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It's simple: the numbers don't lie. Clearly aware of the many, many hours viewers are squeezing out of their tablets, the BBC has, for the better, made its iPlayer for Android more friendly with 10-inch models. What this means is folks using the app will no longer have to rely on a shortcut to the website, with the BBC iPlayer now offering native support for those larger Android slates. The changelog also notes that there are some (undisclosed) tweaks to the UI on handsets and 7-inch tablets, but mum's the word on what the changes were exactly. Either way, we're sure owners of, say, a Nexus 10 will be happy to hear they'll now need less steps while trying to catch their favorite shows. Filed under: Home Entertainment, Tablets, Software Comments Via: Android Police Source: Google Play

For today’s Daily Deal we’ve found 14 great apps to add to your iPad collection this Memorial Day weekend.  We have 4 productivity / entertainment apps and 10 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 these apps are up to 80% off, a couple are even free, so be sure to check them out because they are on sale for a limited time. Game Apps Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer () – This fun board game has a 4.5 star App Store rating and is now available for $0.99. That’s a savings of 80% off the apps’ normal price of $4.99. AVP: Evolution () – This very popular Aliens vs Predators action game has a 4 star App Store rating and is now on sale for $0.99 instead of $2.99. This app weighs in at 396 MB so please be sure that you have enough space on your iPad before downloading. Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies () – This zombie game has a 4.5 star App Store rating and is now on sale for $2.99 instead of $6.99. This app weighs in at 356 MB so please be sure that you have enough space on your iPad before downloading. Call of Duty: Zombies HD – This Call of Duty action game is now on sale for $1.99 instead of $4.99. Food Fight iOS () – This amusing game has a 4.5 star App Store rating and is now on sale for $0.99 instead of $3.99. Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery : Episode 1 () – This entertaining game has a 4.5 star App Store rating and is now on sale for $0.99 instead of $2.99. This app weighs in at 388 MB so please be sure that you have enough space on your iPad before downloading. Need for Speed Shift for iPad – This very popular racing game has a 4 star App Store rating and is now available for $0.99. That’s a savings of 80% off the apps’ normal price of $4.99. Robot Bros () – This iPad puzzle game has a 4 star App Store rating and is now available for Free instead of $1.99. W.E.L.D.E.R. () – This extremely popular word game has a 4.5 star App Store rating and is now available for Free instead of $2.99. Word Smack () – This word game is now on sale for $0.99 instead of $2.99. Productivity and Entertainment Apps Photo Measures () – This measuring app has a 4.5 star App Store rating and is now available for $0.99. That’s a savings of 80% off the apps’ normal price of $4.99. TomTom U.S. & Canada () – This nav app is now on sale for $44.99 instead of $59.99. This app is a whopper, it weighs in at 1.44 GB so be sure that you have enough space on your iPad and that you are on a speedy network before purchasing. TomTom U.S.A. () – This very popular US navigation app is now on sale for $35.99 instead of $49.99. This app is a whopper, it weighs in at 1.34 GB so be sure that you have enough space on your iPad and that you are on a speedy network before purchasing. TomTom Western Europe () – This European nav app is now on sale for $54.99 instead of $79.99. This app is a whopper, it weighs in at 1.65 GB so be sure that you have enough space on your iPad and that you are on a speedy network before purchasing. Also be sure to check out yesterday’s Daily Deal to find more great savings. = Indicates app is Universal and will run on an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. We use our PadGadget Apps Tracker to constantly monitor the App Store to find the biggest price changes on iPad apps. Our editorial team goes through the data, picks the best deals on the most interesting apps and then brings them to you on a regular basis. All app prices are checked at the time of posting but prices are subject to change without notice. When developers put their apps on sale it’s usually for a very limited time, often 24 hours or less, so be sure to check pricing on iTunes before making a purchase. » Related posts: PadGadget Daily App Deal – 18 iPad Apps on Sale

Don Melton, former Engineering Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, returns for a special follow-up episode with Guy and Rene to discuss the newly announced Google Blink and Mozilla/Samsung Servo HTML rendering engines, and to tell us what us which new bear he's trying to get dancing. type="audio/mpeg"> Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in RSS Download Directly Show notes Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project Mozilla and Samsung Collaborate on Next Generation Web Browser Engine Úll conference Guests Don Melton of donmelton.com Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.

Shazam can be a helpful tool when you need to identify a song quickly with just a snippet of audio. The app continues to expand, now making it possible to identify and tag advertisements and television shows in addition to just music. Brand new features have just been added to Shazam in the latest update, but for now they are exclusive to the iPad. So what can iPad users expect when they install Shazam 6.0.0? For one, the app will run in the background and automatically tag any audio within earshot of your iPad. This feature makes it possible to use other apps while Shazam quietly listens the entire time. A redesigned home screen shows real-time data including a map of what music is being tagged around the globe. read more

Turns out that spectacular Photos Every Day ad Apple released last month was just the first in a new series, as today they've introduced Music Every Day and it's every bit as terrific. Like the previous spot, Music Every Day shows people using the iPhone to enjoy music. Many and different people in many and different ways. It's shot just as beautifully, mixed just as subtly, and highlights the iPhone as every bit the inheritor of the iPod, and cultural icon it's become. I might be overly predisposed to love this spot at the moment, what with all the bitter Apple-is-doomed BS of the last few months, and the cheery but forgettable ads that predated this series, but with both those things as palette cleansers, these last two ads come off especially sweet. This is an Apple returned to their marketing savvy of old, once again at the height of their commercial powers. Hopefully they keep it up.

On last night's Daily Show, host Jon Stewart took time to make fun the United States Senate, as well as Apple, over the testimony given by CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday with regard's to Apple's tax practices. Stewart took Senators to task for their positive treatment of Apple and pointed out the flaws in Tim Cook's call to simplify the corporate tax code, while also poking fun at Maps and the infamous iTunes End User License Agreement. As usual for The Daily Show, the segment is very funny. Check out the video below. The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Source: The Daily Show

The Evernote app for iPad and iPhone has been updated today, to Version 5.3. This update adds Reminders as a new feature which lets you pin notes to the top of your list to help you remember those that are most important. You can also add due dates and receive notifications in the app and via email, and mark notes as Done when you’ve completed them. Here are the remaining items on the change list for this update: Enhanced security with XAuth • View all applications that access your account from Evernote Web SettingsBusiness: toggle between personal and business tags in the tag viewNumerous bug fixes, including:• Fix for an issue causing certain large notes to duplicate on sync• Fix for several offline search issues For those who use Evernote for task and to-do tracking the new reminders features should prove hugely useful. I rarely use Evernote that way, but I...Read the whole entry... »        Related StoriesPopular Mailbox App’s iPad Version Is Out NowZite for iPad Updated – Improved Recommendations & MorePrice Drops: Flickr Studio for iPad Free Today Only 

iTunes U makes it easy to download and subscribe to any courses you'd like. While not all courses come with assignments and material, some do. If you decide you'd like to complete assignments or want to download additional material, here's how to find out if any is available in iTunes U and download it directly to iBooks. Launch the iTunes U app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad. Tap on the Catalog button in the upper right hand corner. Search for or navigate to the course you'd like to download assignments or additional material for. Just like actual classes are listed, any additional assignments or materials will be listed as well. You can see the different in the icons. Just tap on the Download button in order to download a specific assignment or additional item. Once downloaded, just tap on the Download button one more time and you'll be taken to Safari to view it. You'll have the option to save it directly to iBooks if you'd like. Just tap on the Open in iBooks option that appears across the top under the address bar. That's all there is to it. Unfortunately there isn't a way to save assignments with courses within the iTunes U app but saving them to iBooks is a means to an end and the next best thing. After you've opened the assignments and/or course material within iBooks, it'll be saved there for as long as you like and until you'd like to delete it.

My iPhone rang. I answered. There was the laugh. The one that emanates from the beard. "Hi Jim!" I was then told I'd be writing an article for The Loop Magazine and I'd have it done by Sunday. I was and I did. And Jim and Peter were crazy enough not to reject it. So here we are. Issue 2. Lots of smarter people in this one as well -- Joe King, Matt Gemmell, Stephen Hackett, Matthew Panzarino, and the aforementioned Peter Cohen - writing smart stuff. If you've already subscribed, just dive into Newsstand, tap the Loop Magazine cover, and download the new issue. If not, there's no better time to give it a try. Free with subscription - Download now

AT&T has quietly added a new administrative fee that is now appearing on the bills of postpaid customers. The fee is for $0.61 and shows up as a line item under the surcharges and other fees section. According to The Verge who spoke with AT&T, the new fee was enacted help cover expenses for items such as cell sites and maintenance. If you're a postpaid customer, you'll see the new charge on your bill starting with bills that are cut after May 1st of this year. With AT&T's subscriber base of over 70 million users, AT&T will see an increase in revenue of almost half a billion a year. AT&T tells us that the administrative fee will "help cover certain expenses, such as interconnection and cell site rents and maintenance." It also added that the charge is "consistent with similar fees charged by other carriers." Carriers calculate fees differently with some bundling them into other categories. Compared to Verizon and Sprint, AT&T's fees are slightly lower. While $0.61 doesn't seem like a lot of money per customer, it ends up being a very healthy amount when collected from all subscribers. If you have AT&T, did you see the charge appear on your most recent bill? If you have another carrier, how much money do you currently pay in surcharges and fees? Source: The Verge