iOS 7.0.6 for iPad Released – Security Update

Yesterday Apple issued the latest update to the iPad and iPhone operating system, iOS 7.0.6. This update is primarily a security patch for a known vulnerability relating to SSL connections. The update is available now and can be installed over-the-air (as in, directly from the iPad) via the Settings app. You’ll find it under Settings […]

Weather Chum: Add a Little Cartoon-Style Fun to Your iPad Weather App

Weather Chum is a new weather app for the iPad and iPhone that brings a fresh new cartoon-style animated interface. There are lots of good and even great weather apps for the iPad; but this one is unique as far as I’m aware in bringing a playful spin to things. The app offers animated characters […]

Cool Things: ZEN 3-in-1 Stylus / Pen

I’ve tried out a good number of styluses for the iPad over the last few years – and they were good, bad, and mediocre. I’ve yet to find one that I continued using for more than just a brief tryout period and it’s been a long while since I felt excited about a stylus. The […]

iPad at Work: Helping Climbers Scale the Highest Peaks

The latest story in Apple’s ‘Your Verse’ series on the iPad is all about how the tablet is used by a pair of mountaineers – Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington of the Alpenglow Expeditions group. The iPad is one of the essential pieces of kit that accompanies the climbers all the way to the summits […]

Notable New iPad Apps: Ken Burns

The new Ken Burns app is named after and is the creation of the well-known documentary film maker. It looks like a unique and compelling new app for the iPad promising a chance to ‘see history through a different lens’. Here’s a little slice of its App Store description: See America through the eyes of […]

iPad Art: Making Sandcastle

This weekend’s featured iPad painting is titled ‘Making Sandcastle’.I can’t think of an image that more perfectly evokes the joy of childhood than this one. It’s the work of Pilar Humada, who has been featured often here – painted freehand with the Sketch Club app. Once again I have to mention that Pilar only began […]

iPad App of the Week: Sports Jeopardy

Great and unique apps are a big part of what has made the iPad such an amazing device, With that in mind, we offer up a quick review of one outstanding iPad app a week here each week. Our weekly picks for Best iPad App of the Week are published here every Saturday. Check out […]

Keep Up with iPad Insight on Your Favorite Social Networks

If you enjoy visiting iPad Insight for iPad app and accessory reviews, tips & tricks, and insight on all things iPad, then I hope you may also want to get engaged with us on your favorite social networks. If so, here are some of the best places to follow us: Facebook: Comment on our posts […]

iPad Insight: Now in 82 Languages!

iPad Insight is now available in 82 languages. We’ve just enabled a new plugin that translates the site with just a couple of clicks – which we hope will make it far more helpful for many of our readers around the world. This is something I’ve wanted to get done for a long while. I […]

Feedly iPad Updated: Night Theme & ‘Speed Reading’

The Feedly RSS reader app for iPad was updated over last weekend, to Version 18.0.5. The headline new feature is what the developers are calling speed reading. This is implemented via the ability to move between individual articles with just a quick tap on the right-hand edge of the page. This is a nice new […]

iPad App of the Week: Storehouse

Image Source: Julia Sabot, via Storehouse Great and unique apps are a big part of what has made the iPad such an amazing device, With that in mind, we offer up a quick review of one outstanding iPad app a week here each week. Our weekly picks for Best iPad App of the Week are […]

Cool Things: Google’s Vic Gundotra Loves the new iPad TV Ad

  This post caught my eye on Google+ this morning. It’s from Vic Gundotra – Google’s Senior Vice President, Engineering – who’s one of the most consistently interesting people to follow on Google’s social network. Just in case you can’t see the screencap above very well, Gundotra talks about his love for the movie ‘Dead […]

Notable New iPad Apps: Google Play Movies & TV

Google Play Movies & TV is a new app for the iPad and iPhone that lets you watch movies and TV shows that you bought or rented through Google Play. The app has a very bare bones UI, with just 3 sections – Watch Now, My Movies, and My TV Shows. Watch Now shows your […]

Box Cloud Storage App Updated & Offering 50GB Free Space to New Users

If you’re looking for a good cloud storage and file sync service that will work well on the iPad, then right about now is a great time to look at Box – as they’re offering 50GB of free space to new users and have just done a major update to Version 3.0 of their iPad […]

Price Drops: Drive on Moscow iPad Strategy Wargame On Sale at 50{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} Off

Drive on Moscow: War in the Snow, the excellent strategic wargame for the iPad, is on sale again – at just $4.99. That’s down from its standard price of $9.99. This is the follow-up to the award-winning Battle of the Bulge game from Shenandoah Studio. This one is on even grander scale and lets you […]