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Facebook App for iOS updated with free VoIP calling in the U.S. and Canada

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Facebook released an app update for iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch devices today. This update brings free VoIP calling between Facebook users in the U.S. and Canada. You can call a Facebook friend from within the app. Here is the official description of all the new features included in this update: New button design makes it easy to like, comment and share posts in News feed. Improved buttons to like, comment, and share posts Share button to re-post stories from your News Feed now available in all languages Call friends for free right from Facebook (US and Canada) *Free Continue Reading →

Mailbox: The Brand New Free Email App that will Revolutionize the way you do email on iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch

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Orchestra, Inc. released it’s revolutionary email client (and updated it for iOS 7) that promises to change the way people interact with email. The designers of the app say that “Mailbox is a completely redesigned inbox that makes email light, fast, and mobile-friendly.” The concept behind it is to help you organize your email in such a way that you can get to zero messages in your inbox on a regular basis knowing that when you need to respond to an email it will remind you. They have integrated a task list and snooze feature that handles this for you. Continue Reading →

6 Tips and Tricks to help you get the most out of the built-in Calendar App on iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch

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The built in Calendar App has a ton of great features to help keep you organized and manage your schedule. Here are a few tips and tricks that will help you get more out of the Calendar App on your iOS device. 1. Rotate iPhone and iPod Touch to Landscape to reveal 3-day View Whenever you rotate your device to landscape when looking at your calendar, the view will automatically switch to a 3 day view. You can scroll left or right to view other days of the week. Week View on the iPad (Mini) always reveals the entire 7 Continue Reading →

Did you know you can gift an iOS app right from your iPhone, iPad (Mini), or iPod Touch? Here’s how…

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With the most recent updates to the iOS App Store, you can now select any app and gift it. Gifting an app is simple – here is how: 1. Open up the App Store app. 2. Locate the app you want to gift and tap on it. 3. Once you tap on the app you want to gift, a little sharing arrow will appear in the upper right corner of the screen. This is where you can gift the app. In the bottom right corner of the sharing icons you will see the gift icon. Tap on this to gift Continue Reading →

Review of Best Baby Monitor App for iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch

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If you are a newer parent and/or have wanted an audio/video monitor, there is an excellent app that will accomplish this for you. If you have upgraded to a new iPhone 5s or 5c or an iPad Mini or another iOS device and have an old device laying around, then this app is perfect for you because you will need 2 iOS devices (or one iOS device and your Mac) to make it work. All you need to do is purchase the app for $3.99 (Click here to go to the App Store: Best Baby Monitor) and download it on both Continue Reading →

Looking for a job? Here are 6 iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch Apps that can help you in your job search

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Finding a job is a difficult process. Thankfully, technology can help make the job search process a little easier. With websites like Indeed.com, SimplyHired.com, Monster.com, LinkedIn and others, it is simple to search for jobs that might fit your skills and experience (for a review of various job search websites, see this article: 10 Best Job Search Websites). Additionally, there are some iOS apps that can help in the process as well. Here are 6: 1. JobAware (Free) This is an app that taps into the power of the Indeed.com job search website. There are various ways to search for Continue Reading →

Help! My iPhone or iPad (Mini) is stuck in Kid’s Mode (aka. Guided Access or Single App Mode)

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With iOS 6, Apple introduced a much needed feature called Guided Access Mode, which I will call Kids Mode. What this does is lock your iPhone, iPad (Mini), or iPod Touch into a single app that requires a passcode to get out of the app. All of the hardware buttons are disabled when in Kid’s Mode (Home Button, Volume Buttons, Ring Silencer, and On/Off Switch). This is a fantastic feature that is perfect for when you give your iOS device to your toddler or one of your other kids and you want to make sure they don’t accidentally delete photos Continue Reading →

5 Things you can Ask Siri: Movie Reviews, Sports, Launch Apps, Make Reservations, and Post to Facebook and Twitter

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Apple gave Siri a big upgrade in iOS 6. There are hundreds of things that you can ask Siri. Unfortunately, Siri is not available on all iOS devices. Siri is only available on the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 3rd and 4th Generation, the iPad Mini and the latest iPod Touch. Here are 5 things you can ask Siri: 1. Movie Reviews Siri has a ton of knowledge about movies. You can get movie times, reviews, theater locations, etc. If you want to get a review for a specific movie, just ask. I asked Siri for a review on The Continue Reading →

11 iOS Apps to help you keep your New Year’s Resolutions

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The iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch are fantastic devices to help you set up and follow through with fitness and diet goals. Here are 11 apps that will help you achieve your new year’s goals. As an aside, my advice is to set goals that will stretch you but not to be too ambitious that you will not be able to follow through. 1. Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker (MyFitnessPal.com) This is an app that helps you enter your current weight and your target weight and then helps you set goals to reach your target weight. The app gives Continue Reading →

10 Essential Apps for your New iPhone, iPad (Mini), and iPod Touch

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If you just purchased or received an iPhone, iPad (Mini), or iPod Touch as a gift, then one of the first questions you are asking is, “What are the best apps I can get for my new iPhone 5, iPad Mini or any other iOS device?” Well, the truth is, there are a ton of really great apps out there and it partly depends on how you are going to use your iOS device. So, I just chose 10 that I use often. I highly recommend these. Some are free and some are not, but they are all worth having Continue Reading →