Best Free iPad App of the Week: Fotopedia Heritage

Who doesn’t like free? And who doesn’t like great iPad apps? When the two come together it’s good stuff. With that in mind, we’d like to share our Best Free iPad App of the Week here every weekend. This week’s pick is Fotopedia Heritage – a wonderful app that’s at once a superb travel guide […]

Fun Game: A Hidden Objects Adventure Game That’s Truly Scary!

Every week Mac Games and More features a fun, casual game you can play over the weekend. This week’s selection is another collector’s edition Mac game that takes you to a private island to explore the spooky estate you just inherited. Download it now Shiver Poltergeist Collector’s Edition (adventure/hidden objects) – Ricardo has just inherited […]

iPad Insight – Best Ways to Follow Us

Following the launch of the 2012 iPad earlier this month, I imagine some of you reading this may be newer readers of this site. If you’re one of those, I hope you’re enjoying the content you find here. Whether you’re a new or established reader, I hope you’re finding our articles interesting and helpful – […]

TweetDeck comes back, Twitter says it was random

Twitter late at night restored TweetDeck’s access after pulling it down over a serious bug. In a statement given to The Verge, Twitter said that there had been a bug that led to a “very small number” of users getting control of others’ accounts, up to …

PadGadget Daily App Deal – 13 iPad Apps on Sale

For today’s Daily Deal we’ve found 13 great apps to add to your iPad collection.  We have 4 productivity / entertainment apps and 9 game apps in today’s bundle. We used our PadGadget Apps Tracker to find these great deals and we’ll continue to look for the best app deals as they pop-up. Some of […]

Apple and publishers reportedly willing to abandon iBooks “agency model” to appease Justice Department

Under the traditional book-selling model, retailers like B&N, Amazon, and others could get 50{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} or more of the revenue from the sale of a book. Under Apple’s “agency model”, they get 30{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b}. The traditional model is retailer-centric. Apple’s model is publisher-centric. This upsets the US Justice Department. Under the old model, the retailer set the price and so could sell the book at any price they wanted, even at a loss. Under Apple’s model, the publisher sets the price, so there’s no retailer discount.