58. Apps
are
the
way
to
go!
— 40
billion
apps
have
been
downloaded
—
since
the
iOS
58
App
Store
opened
in
2008.
— Half
of
those,
20
billion,
were
downloaded
in
2012.
— There
are
now
775,000
iOS
apps
available
— 300,000
iPad
apps
59. How
to
find
good
apps?
— Check
Curated
Websites
And
Blogs
59
— AppAdvice,
MacStories,
iMore,
TUAW
— Check
iTunes
App
Store
Reviews
— Make
sure
the
app
Isn’t
abandoned
— Check
the
updated
date
60. Built
in
Apps
• iPad
comes
with
built-‐in
apps
that
are
basic
business
tools
60
64. Twi>er
— Simple
to
operate:
sign
in
with
your
account
and
your
stream
of
tweets
will
be
displayed.
— You
can
see
photos
and
websites
that
your
followers
have
shared
right
within
your
stream
64
68. Pinterest
Benefits
— You
can
browse
others
in
different
categories
(travel,
food,
etc.)
by
swiping
in
from
the
lee
side.
— The
highlight
here
is
content
–
photos
are
beaufully
displayed
and
it's
easy
to
flip
through
others'
boards
and
admire
the
striking
collecons
of
cool
stuff.
— You
can
also
browse
the
web
through
the
app
and
pin
new
things
to
your
boards.
68
70. Skype
— one
of
the
best
cross-‐plahorm
video
calling
services.
—
70
The
app
works
much
like
the
desktop
programs.
— Log
in
with
your
username
and
password
and
you'll
get
a
list
of
your
contacts.
— You
can
choose
to
video
call
with
them,
send
them
a
message,
or
make
a
regular
voice
call.
72. Amazon
Kindle
— Choose
from
millions
of
tles
in
Amazon
store
— Access
any
books
you've
bought
on
other
Kindle
e-‐
readers
right
on
the
tablet
— Has
a
feature
called
X-‐Ray,
which
shows
the
"bones
of
the
book,"
including
the
main
characters
and
places
— You
can
also
purchase
magazines
through
the
app
72
74. Flipboard
Benefits
— Social
reader
app
–
log
in
with
your
social
network
and
it
gathers
all
the
links
to
the
stories
and
photos
your
friends
are
sharing
in
a
clean
layout
— Flip
through
pages
and
pages
of
stories
that
are
popular
with
your
friends.
— Customize
your
news
sources
and
select
different
topic
areas
— Basically,
build
your
own
personalized
magazine
74
76. News360
— Similar
to
Flipboard
but
is
for
the
harder
news
addict
— Launch
it,
select
the
topics
you
are
interested
in
–
polics,
technology,
health,
etc.
— It
feeds
you
current
news
about
each
of
those
from
different
news
outlets
— Will
analyze
what
you
like
and
start
to
feed
you
more
about
those
stories
76
78. Instapaper
— Reading
a
long
arcle
on
your
computer
is
not
fun
— Sign
up
for
an
Instapaper
account
(instapaper.com)
and
when
you
come
across
a
long
arcle
on
your
computer,
you
can
"Instapaper
it"
with
a
bookmarklet
that
you
install
— When
you
log
in
to
that
same
account
through
the
iPad
app,
the
arcle
will
appear
in
an
easy
to
read
format
78
80. Evernote
— Step
up
from
Apple's
built-‐in
Notes
app.
— The
cross-‐plahorm
app
syncs
your
notes
from
the
web
and
all
of
Evernotes
other
apps
so
you
always
have
them
in
one
place.
— You
can
insert
images
and
voice
reminders
within
your
notes
too.
— Evernote
has
organized
all
your
notes
into
notebooks,
which
you
can
give
a
cover
photo.
80
82. Dropbox
— Best
way
to
get
photos
and
files
from
one
device
to
another.
— The
app
can
be
downloaded
on
your
computer
(Mac
or
PC),
your
phone,
and
your
iPad.
Drop
a
file
in
your
Dropbox
on
your
computer
and
it
will
pop
up
on
your
iPad.
— It's
a
great
way
to
transfer
images
or
files.
Dropbox
gives
you
2GB
for
free;
82
84. YouTube
— While
ShowYou
is
great
for
seeing
what
others
are
watching,
nothing
can
top
the
official
YouTube
app.
— It
features
lists
of
video
topics
on
the
lee
side
along
with
subscripons
to
your
favorite
channels.
— When
you
play
a
video
at
full
screen,
you
just
have
to
swipe
from
the
lee
to
bring
back
those
channels.
— Swipe
from
the
right
and
you
will
see
suggested
videos
based
on
the
one
you
are
watching
84
86. HuluPlus
— One
of
those
must-‐have
apps
for
turning
your
iPad
into
a
TV
replacement.
— If
you
have
a
Hulu
Plus
subscripon
($7.99
a
month)
you
get
unlimited
streaming
through
the
app
— You
get
all
the
standard
video
controls,
but
move
to
the
split
screen
mode
and
you
can
watch
a
video
while
browsing
other
shows.
86
88. Beamly
— The
app
shows
you
what
people
are
talking
about
–
the
biggest
buzz
around
shows,
what
the
stars
are
watching
and
what
people
are
rang
shows.
— When
you
input
your
zip
code
and
cable
provider
it
will
also
give
you
a
guide
of
the
day's
programming
and
what
the
buzz
is
about
the
show
with
data
from
Twi>er.
— If
you
happen
to
be
watching
the
same
show
as
a
friend
you
can
even
chat
with
them
within
the
app
about
it.
88
90. Spofy
— Ho>est
music
services
and
its
iPad
app
shows
off
its
greatest
features.
— Log
in
and
you
will
be
presented
with
your
collecon
of
songs,
albums
and
playlists
on
the
lee
side.
— On
the
right
column
you
see
the
list
of
songs.
The
app
also
surfaces
opons
which
are
buried
in
the
desktop
apps
or
sites,
like
the
Inbox
and
messaging
features.
—
90
There's
also
an
easy
search
funcon
and
"What's
New"
area
to
see
top
songs.
92. Pandora
— Must-‐have
when
it
comes
to
discovering
music.
—
Log
in
with
your
account
and
you'll
get
all
your
saved
staons.
— You
can
easily
search
for
an
arst
or
song
to
create
a
new
staon.
T
— he
app
is
decently
designed
but
don't
expect
any
bells
and
whistles
here
92
96. Fab
— Fab
has
become
one
of
the
most
popular
places
to
shop
on
the
Internet
because
of
its
social
media
e-‐in
and
its
awesome
inventory.
— You
can
browse
lots
of
cool
stuff
in
the
well
laid-‐out
app.
— You
can
see
what
your
friends
have
bought
or
liked
if
you
log
in
with
your
Facebook
account.
96
100. Words
with
Friends
— You
will
find
that
some
have
turned
their
iPads
into
Words
with
Friends
machines,
just
playing
the
Scrabble-‐
like
game
with
opponents
for
hours
and
hours.
—
Zynga's
Words
with
Friends
is
exactly
what
it
says
it
is
–
a
word
game
to
play
with
your
friends.
— Very
similar
to
Scrabble,
each
player
gets
a
selecon
of
le>ers
and
has
to
create
words.
— Sign
in
with
Facebook
and
you
can
start
games
with
your
friends.
You
can
play
mulple
games
at
the
same
me.
100
102. Virtuoso
Piano
3
— Piano
keys
are
conveniently
labeled
with
chords
and
colors
to
help
you
learn,
and
right
and
lee
arrows
at
the
top
help
you
progress
and
navigate
the
keyboard,
bringing
you
up
and
down
the
scale.
— For
$.99
each
you
can
purchase
addional
packs,
such
as
guitar
packs
as
well
as
the
ability
to
disable
ads.
102
104. Photoshop
Express
— Provides
you
with
the
basic
eding
tools
to
crop,
adjust
or
create
effects
from
digital
images.
— If
you
use
Adobe's
Photoshop
soeware,
you
will
find
a
familiar
set
tools
in
this
app
such
as
flip,
straighten,
crop
and
rotate.
Select
a
photo
from
your
collecon,
and
then
press
the
edit
bu>on.
— A
row
of
tools
appear
as
icons
on
the
bo>om;
tap
on
the
lens
icon
to
apply
camera
filters,
such
as
Soe
Focus
or
Sharpen.
Press
Crop
and
swipe
from
the
top
or
bo>om
corners
to
adjust
the
frame.
— Adobe
offers
a
more
basic
free
app
called
Photoshop
Express,
but
Photoshop
touch
provides
more
interacv
104
106. ESPN
Scorecenter
— Scorecenter
for
iPad
contains
a
rich
amount
of
informaon
and
detail
on
the
games
and
teams
fans
love
to
follow.
— Tap
the
menu
bu>on
to
access
any
sport-‐-‐football,
for
example.
Select
NFL
to
see
a
recent
calendar
of
teams
that
played
and
the
scores,
too.
— The
app
allows
users
to
view
video
replay;
swipe
to
the
right
of
the
screen
and
the
screen
loads
the
selected
video
quickly,
and
also
provides
a
quick
capon
of
what
you're
about
to
see.
— This
is
a
comprehensive
app
with
an
enormous
amount
of
data
at
your
fingerps.
106
108. Around
Me
— Around
Me
locates
the
nearest
gas
staon,
bank
or
restaurant
for
you,
and
the
newest
release
even
lets
you
book
a
hotel.
—
Launch
the
app
and
a
column
with
categories
to
search
appears
on
the
lee
side,
and
a
map
with
your
current
locaon
loads
onto
the
main
screen.
— Tap
"Supermarkets,"
for
example,
and
the
app
loads
the
nearest
opons
in
the
lee
side
column
with
the
address
and
distance
from
you.
— The
app
contains
a
useful
set
of
map
tools,
such
as
zoom
and
search
bu>ons;
press
the
compass
icon,
enter
in
your
address,
and
the
app
will
adjust
the
locaon
on
the
map
below.
— Tap
the
Hotels
tab,
and
the
app
provides
a
list
of
hotels
nearest
you
including
star
rangs
and
the
lowest
rate
available
per
night.
108
110. Dark
Sky
— The
preuest
one
you
will
find.
A
weather
radar
for
local
forecasts,
the
app
provides
up-‐to-‐the-‐hour
weather
predicons
for
your
specific
locaon.
— The
GPS
driven
app
also
employs
radar
animaon
to
show
you
the
path
of
rain
or
a
snowstorm.
— You
can
even
pinpoint
the
arrival
of
a
storm
or
precipitaon;
the
middle
secon
provides
tabs
indicang
the
weather
now
and
an
hour
from
now
(press
the
Next
Hour
tab
and
it
will
display
addional
predicons
including
the
next
few
hours
and
look
ahead
to
the
morning,
too)
110
112. TED
— TED
is
a
series
of
events
featuring
some
of
society’s
most
fascinang
and
innovave
ideas
and
most
influenal
thinkers.
— You’ll
definitely
disagree
with
some
of
them,
because
there’s
a
large
diversity
of
opinions.
— But,
there
are
a
lot
of
talks
worth
listening
to
and
they’re
all
free.
Many
of
the
talks
are
short
and
succinct,
somewhere
between
5-‐20
minutes.
112
114. NPR
— Another
one
of
the
best
iPad
news
apps
from
a
media
organizaon
is
the
NPR
app.
— It
lets
you
quickly
skim
top
stories,
read
related
text
arcles,
and
quickly
add
radio/audio
stories
to
a
playlist
that
you
can
then
listen
to
all
at
once.
114
116. NASA
— NASA
has
a
strong
tradion
of
sharing
its
space
exploraon
advances
and
research
and
they’ve
connued
that
tradion
in
mul-‐touch
style
with
an
excellent
iPad
app
that
lets
you
explore
photography
from
satellites,
see
NASA’s
launch
schedules,
research
historical
informaon
about
missions,
and
watch
NASA
TV
live.
116
118. Louvre
HD
— Providing
excellent
photos
of
150
of
the
Louvre’s
most
popular
masterpieces,
chosen
by
the
museum’s
curators.
It
also
provides
a
virtual
tour
of
the
Louvre
itself.
— It’s
great
that
this
app
provides
a
visual
tour
and
gives
you
a
map
to
help
you
find
each
of
the
150
masterpieces.
It
also
provides
excellent
informaon
on
the
artwork
and
the
museum
itself.
— This
is
the
kind
of
app
that
can
enhance
your
real
world
experience
of
a
place,
or
virtually
take
you
to
a
place
you
may
never
visit.
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120. AllRecipes
— Allrecipes
provides
some
of
the
best
cooking
tools
on
the
iPad.
Its
main
app
provides
thousands
of
recipes
in
a
well-‐organized
layout.
But
to
add
to
that
Allrecipes
has
released
its
Video
Cookbook
app,
which
provides
users
with
thousands
of
recipes
and
hundreds
of
how-‐to
videos
to
help
you
cook
up
a
storm,
step-‐by-‐step.
— Tap
on
a
dish,
such
as
Green
Grape
Salad.
On
the
right-‐hand
side,
the
app
displays
shopping
list
of
ingredients
and
cooking
direcons
and
on
the
lee
side,
the
app
displays
video
synced
with
simple
instrucons
as
well
as
esmate
prep
and
cook
mes.
Other
cooking
apps,
such
as
Foodily
and
Epicurios,
provide
helpful
how-‐to's
and
recipe
as
well.
120
122. Vegetarian
How
to
Cook
Everything
— Ten
dollars
might
seem
pricey
for
a
Vegetarian
cooking
app,
but
this
is
like
buying
a
premium
cookbook.
New
York
Times
columnist
and
author
Mark
Bi>man
provides
vegetarians
with
over
2,000
recipes
in
this
app,
making
it
easy
to
incorporate
variety
into
a
diet
that
might
otherwise
seem
limited.
Search
by
recipe
or
type
in
a
general
term
to
find
a
slew
of
possibilies.
— The
app
includes
a
built-‐in
mer
so
you
can
keep
track
while
you
cook.
Select
a
recipe
and
tap
the
"Favorites"
key
to
add
to
your
list
of
go-‐to
recipes.
Tap
on
a
featured
recipe,
and
see
an
overview
of
the
dish,
as
well
as
ingredients,
preparaons
steps
and
variaons
on
the
selecon.
122
124. Pocket
Yoga
— Visual
and
voice
instrucons
guide
praconers
through
each
pose
in
an
effort
to
make
doing
the
rounes
accessible
anyme.
Select
"Pracce"
from
the
main
screen
and
choose
from
workouts
labeled
Ocean,
Desert
and
Mountain.
— Once
you
select
your
workout,
decide
on
a
length
of
me;
you
can
select
a
30-‐minute,
45-‐minute,
or
1-‐hour
workout.
The
instructor,
represented
by
an
illustraon,
narrates
the
workout,
pose-‐by-‐pose,
peppering
in
breathing
instrucons,
too,
as
you
move.
Convenience
is
the
word
that
comes
to
mind
with
this
app—place
your
iPad
or
iPhone
at
the
end
of
you
yoga
mat
and
go.
124
126. Best
Parking
— Find
the
cheapest
and
most
convenient
parking
facilies
in
105
cies
&
115
airports
throughout
North
America.
Save
hundreds
of
dollars!
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