Long gone are the days when kids would keep their innermost thoughts and secrets hidden away in a diary. For the most part they're happy to share everything on Facebook and Twitter these days, and in the rare event they'd actually want to keep something secret, there's now an iPad app that protects their private… » 5/27/13 9:14pm 5/27/13 9:14pm

"Does your cat need an iPad?" implores the Yahoo news headline. I don't know, says my brain, does your dog need a cell phone? Does a monkey need a TI-83 graphing calculator? Do I need my own giant particle accelerator? But I clicked anyway. And iPad aps for cats are just as unnecessary yet hilarious as you might… » 4/20/12 6:45pm 4/20/12 6:45pm

Teenagers are renowned for their love of electronic gadgets and their poor judgment, and it seems these two things have come together in a rather unfortunate way for one teen in central China. A 17-year-old high school student apparently traded his kidney for money to buy an iPhone and an iPad. Five people have now… » 4/08/12 11:55pm 4/08/12 11:55pm

This would actually be an ingenious marketing scheme — that is, it would be ingenious if horses were people. It takes an exceptionally gentle horsie to not crack those delicate iPad screens with its hooves, and more cracked screens equals more cash money for Apple because, as well know, horses can't talk and so would… » 3/10/12 3:30pm 3/10/12 3:30pm

Here's a horrifying video for all of you technophobes. iPad-savvy Babies don't understand why they can't use gestures to scroll and zoom in print publications. Though, perhaps this little girl would make the same hand motions when trying to operate a hat. » 10/13/11 9:24pm 10/13/11 9:24pm

At first glance, this above iPad app titled "KITTY!" looked like a cross between the Game Boy games about pets and the Tamagotchi's of yesterday. But upon further inspection, I'm kind of in love with this virtual cat: it sleeps, it purrs, and it looks at you with the realistic-looking and loving eyes when you pet it. Of … » 10/12/11 4:55pm 10/12/11 4:55pm

There are a lot of things going wrong in this world: dead satellites are hurtling toward our houses, innocent people are being executed, and the bands of our youth are calling it quits. In fact, there is so much to be upset about that it's almost impossible to keep track of it all. Luckily, the New York Times is here… » 9/22/11 3:05pm 9/22/11 3:05pm

In a recent study by Staples, 80% of tablet owners said they bought them to help achieve improved work/life balance — and by that they meant they want to surf the web while pooping. Respondents said they take their devices just about everywhere, and for 35% that even means the bathroom. The next time you receive a… » 8/24/11 10:20am 8/24/11 10:20am

Ladies, we've finally achieved gender equality. With this commercial, Hearst announced the release of CFG: Cosmo for Guys, its first iPad-only magazine. It promises to supply men with the same moronic sex tips and inane musings on how to tell if your partner's cheating that ladies have been burdened with for decades.… » 8/02/11 12:45pm 8/02/11 12:45pm

Rather than saving print media, sales of magazine iPad issues are declining even as more devices sell. Wired sold 22,000 iPad copies last month, down from more than 100,000, and Glamour's digital sales are down 40% since September. » 12/29/10 3:13pm 12/29/10 3:13pm

"Ghost in the Machine" is a new iPad app for the more discriminating ghost to communicate its thoughts with you. I mean, you didn't expect them to use anything other than a touch screen, did you? [The Life Files] » 10/16/10 2:34pm 10/16/10 2:34pm

Today in shit you don't need: a six-armed plush case for your kid's iPad. It's ugly as heck and named "the Woogie." Whatever happened to buying them wooden blocks? » 10/09/10 11:48am 10/09/10 11:48am

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