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How to Tweet photos directly from your Photos app

Posted March 18, 2012 by Touch User Guide

With iOS 5 comes the Twitter integration throughout the whole operating system. This is great news for Twitter users, especially if you have the new iPad with the amazing new camera. Now to tweet your photos direct from your iPad is very worthwhile thanks to the 5MP camera. How to tweet photos from my iPad [...]

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How much thicker is the new iPad vs iPad 2?

Posted March 16, 2012 by Touch User Guide

Well, we heard speculation that it was thicker and heavier noticeably. Well, as you can see from the image below, the thickness difference is negligible, however its quite a bit heavier to hold but you only really feel it after a while. The SmartCase for iPad means you will probably be leaning your iPad on [...]

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iPad 2 pulled from Amazon China as lawsuit looms

Posted February 16, 2012 by Touch User Guide

Apple’s class-leading iPad 2 tablet has been pulled from Amazon’s website in China following a lawsuit filed by Chinese firm Proview International. Proview recently filed suit against Apple for using its trademarked “iPad” name, seeking to ban sales of the iPad in China and abroad. Apple contends that it licensed the name from Proview, which [...]

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How to jailbreak the iPad 2 untethered on Windows or Mac

Posted January 25, 2012 by Touch User Guide

Owners of the iPad 2 can now get a full, untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 (the latest version of iOS). This uses the same Absinthe tool that the iPhone dev team released for the iPhone 4S (see our iPhone 4S jailbreak instructions here). The method is able to beat out the protection Apple put around [...]

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350,000 textbooks downloaded from new iBooks in just three days

Posted January 25, 2012 by Touch User Guide

The first metrics for Apple’s new textbook sales initiative are beginning to roll in, and it already looks like Apple has a success on its hands. According to independent third party Global Equities Research (GER), users have downloaded over 350,000 textbooks in just three days, making the launch of iBooks 2 a signal flare to [...]

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Akai releases MPC Fly for iPad

Posted January 23, 2012 by Touch User Guide

We already knew Akai was refreshing its legendary MPC range, but the newest member to the family — the Fly — has to be about the cutest. It kinda looks, initially, like a knock-off MPC novelty case, until you realize those pads are real, and that software on screen is legit. The case-and-device approach seems [...]

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Alesis brings a pair of new musician-friendly iPad docks to NAMM

Posted January 23, 2012 by Touch User Guide

If there’s been one must have accessory at NAMM this year it’s been the iPad. That’s right, no mixer, instrument or microphone is stealing the show, it’s Apple’s 9.7-inch slab of touchability that everyone is after. Alesis is just one of many companies creating compelling musical offerings around the iOS tablet with its latest products, [...]

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Publishing your books with iBooks Author

Posted January 20, 2012 by Touch User Guide

Today Apple announced iBooks Author. iBooks Author makes it simple to flow in text, graphics, movies, and more, so your book looks exactly the way you want. Drag and drop a Pages or Microsoft Word document to the Book navigator to add it as a new section. Then, when you drag and drop in images, [...]

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Apple to drive iPad adoption at schools with digital textbook tools

Posted January 19, 2012 by Touch User Guide

Apple may be working on bolstering its educational content in order to drive the adoption rate of iPads in schools. Apple is holding a press event in New York City tomorrow where we will no doubt hear more on what the company has planned for education. “Apple will raise a lot of awareness about digital [...]

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