DashPad brings the Dashboard to the iPad, sort of…
August 20, 2010 by asep · Leave a Comment
DashPad (US$9.99) takes a unique approach to putting a Dashboard on your iPad. Instead of using an app, (which would never get approved by Apple), or jailbreaking, it uses Safari to serve an iPad specific page that contains eight widgets. More widgets will be coming, according to DashPad’s developer Pixlcreations. Here’s how it works. First you’re taken to Paypal [...]
Asus is selling fewer netbooks because of the iPad
August 20, 2010 by asep · Leave a Comment
At an investor’s conference in Taipai this week, Asus CEO Jerry Shen announced reduced sales forcasts for the popular Eee PC line of netbooks. Why? Because people are buying iPads instead. Digitimes reports that Eee sales fell from 1.6m units in Q1, to 1.5m in Q2, and are now expected to be 1.4m in Q3 . As [...]
Safari extension highlight: Awesome Screenshot
August 20, 2010 by asep · Leave a Comment
With the addition of the Safari Extensions Gallery to Apple’s website, TUAW will be highlighting extensions that we think are special, useful, or just plain fun. Today’s featured extension is Awesome Screenshot which lets you capture, annotate and share screenshots to awesomescreenshot.com. The way it works is pretty neat. Once you’re at a webpage you’d like to [...]