iPad for Personal Use

Bridget
Gibbons

Gibbons
Digital
Consultants

Apr
3,
2013

Apps
are
the
way
to
go!

—  40
billion
apps
have
been
downloaded
—
since
the
iOS

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

2

How
to
ﬁnd
good
apps?

—  Check
Curated
Websites
And
Blogs

—  AppAdvice,
MacStories,
iMore,
TUAW

—  Check
iTunes
App
Store
Reviews

—  Make
sure
the
app
Isn’t
abandoned

—  Check
the
updated
date

3

GeUng
Started
-‐
SeUngs

—  Bluetooth

—  Do
Not
Disturb

—  Sounds

—  Brightness

—  iCloud

4

Built
in
Apps

•  iPad
comes
with
built-‐in
apps
that
are
basic
business
tools

5

Business
ProducZvity

•  Top
3
business
tools:
Pages,
Keynote,
Numbers

6

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

9

Facebook

—  View
your
Newsfeed

—  View
photos

—  Send
messages
to
your
friends

11

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
beauZfully

displayed
and
it's
easy
to
flip
through
others'
boards
and

admire
the
striking
collecZons
of
cool
stuff.

—  You
can
also
browse
the
web
through
the
app
and
pin

new
things
to
your
boards.

13

Skype

—  one
of
the
best
cross-‐plaiorm
video
calling
services.

— 
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.

15

Gmail

—  You
can
star
and
label
your
messages

—  Allows
you
to
switch
between
up
to
ﬁve
Gmail
accounts

— 
When
you
hold
the
tablet
horizontally
you
can
view
your

Inbox
on
the
lee
and
your
messages
on
the
right

17

Amazon
Kindle

—  Choose
from
millions
of
Ztles
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

19

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

21

News360

—  Similar
to
Flipboard
but
is
for
the
harder
news
addict

—  Launch
it,
select
the
topics
you
are
interested
in
–
poliZcs,

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

23

Instapaper

—  Reading
a
long
arZcle
on
your
computer
is
not
fun

—  Sign
up
for
an
Instapaper
account
(instapaper.com)
and

when
you
come
across
a
long
arZcle
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
arZcle
will
appear
in
an
easy
to
read
format

25

Evernote

—  Step
up
from
Apple's
built-‐in
Notes
app.

—  The
cross-‐plaiorm
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.

27

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;

29

Onlive
Desktop

—  OnLive
Desktop
lets
you
see
your
full
PC
desktop
right
on

the
iPad's
screen.

—  You
can
navigate
your
Windows
PC,
open
ﬁles
or
folders

and
even
read
and
edit
Microsoe
Word,
Excel,
or

PowerPoint
documents.

—  You
can
access
your
PC
from
anywhere
as
long
as
you
are

connected
to
WiFi.

—  Mac
–
Appears
that
you
need
to
upload
ﬁles
to
see
them.

31

Mint

—  Personal
ﬁnance
organizaZon
app.

—  Lets
you
track
your
budget
and
see
all
your
accounts
in

one
place.

—  Presents
everything
in
a
touch-‐friendly
way.

—  Protected
by
a
4-‐digit
PIN.

33

ShowYou

—  The
app
you
want
for
tuning
into
the
best
videos
on
the

Internet.

—  Brings
in
video
that
your
friends
are
sharing
on
Twi]er
or

Facebook.

—  Log
in
with
your
accounts
and
it
will
bring
in
the
videos

people
are
sharing
on
YouTube
and
other
video
sites.

—  You
can
share
your
own
videos
with
your
ShowYou

followers
and
easily
share
them
on
other
social
networks.

35

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

subscripZons
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

37

HuluPlus

—  One
of
those
must-‐have
apps
for
turning
your
iPad
into
a

TV
replacement.

—  If
you
have
a
Hulu
Plus
subscripZon
($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.

39

GetGlue

—  Log
in
with
your
Facebook
account
and
you
can
"check-‐
in"
to
the
TV
show
you
are
watching.

—  You
can
then
see
who
else
is
watching
that
show
and

what
they
are
saying
about
it.

—  You
can
follow
friends
and
they
can
follow
you.

—  The
app
also
shows
you
what
is
coming
up
on
TV
and

provides
central
pages
for
programs
to
show
you
what

others
are
saying
about
it.

—  Basically,
it's
the
ulZmate
social
experience
around
TV.

41

ZeeBox

—  The
app
shows
you
what
people
are
talking
about
–
the

biggest
buzz
around
shows,
what
the
stars
are
watching

and
what
people
are
raZng
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.

43

SpoZfy

—  Ho]est
music
services
and
its
iPad
app
shows
oﬀ
its

greatest
features.

—  Log
in
and
you
will
be
presented
with
your
collecZon
of

songs,
albums
and
playlists
on
the
lee
side.

—  On
the
right
column
you
see
the
list
of
songs.
The
app

also
surfaces
opZons
which
are
buried
in
the
desktop

apps
or
sites,
like
the
Inbox
and
messaging
features.

— 
There's
also
an
easy
search
funcZon
and
"What's
New"

area
to
see
top
songs.

45

Pandora

—  Must-‐have
when
it
comes
to
discovering
music.

— 
Log
in
with
your
account
and
you'll
get
all
your
saved

staZons.

—  You
can
easily
search
for
an
arZst
or
song
to
create
a
new

staZon.
T

—  he
app
is
decently
designed
but
don't
expect
any
bells

and
whistles
here

47

Shazam

—  Popular
music
idenZﬁcaZon
app

49

Fab

—  Fab
has
become
one
of
the
most
popular
places
to
shop

on
the
Internet
because
of
its
social
media
Ze-‐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.

51

Google
Catalogs

—  The
app
brings
the
beauty
of
browsing
those
new
and

glossy
catalogs
to
the
digital
world.

—  Not
only
do
you
get
the
colorful
pages
of
the
catalog,
but

tap
on
an
item
you
like
and
it
will
bring
up
more

informaZon
from
the
lee
side
of
the
screen.

—  It
will
display
the
price,
more
photos,
and
a
link
to
go
buy

it
on
the
company's
website.

—  You
can
also
share
and
search
a
catalog
from
within
the

app.

53

Red
Laser

—  RedLaser
scans
the
ordinary
bar
code
on
any
product
and

shows
you
all
the
prices
of
that
product
in
your
area.

55

Flashlight

—  Flashlight
uses
the
LED
light
on
iPhone
4
and
ﬁlls
your

screen
with
bright
white
light
to
illuminate
your
world

when
you
ﬁnd
yourself
in
a
dark
spot
or
concert.

57

Words
with
Friends

58

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
selecZon
of

le]ers
and
has
to
create
words.

—  Sign
in
with
Facebook
and
you
can
start
games
with
your

friends.
You
can
play
mulZple
games
at
the
same
Zme.

59

The
Room

—  Apple:
one
of
the
best
iPad
apps
of
2012

—  Creepy,
mysterious
fun.

You
are
lee
to
unlock
a
safe,
which
you

learn
from
the
outset
contains
answers
and
the
key
to

"incomprehensible
power."

—  The
game
takes
advantage
of
the
touch
screens
in
brand
new
ways

–
you
have
to
swipe
to
look
around
rooms
and
tap
to
open
up
clues.

—  The
puzzle-‐based
game
does
grow
increasingly
complicated,
though

the
game
provides
you
with
hints
and
Zps;
tap
the
quesZon
mark

icon
if
you're
stumped.

—  Rich,
colorful
graphics
combined
with
ominous
music
that
plays

throughout
make
it
easy
to
become
immersed
in
this
imaginaZve

mystery

61

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
addiZonal
packs,
such
as

guitar
packs
as
well
as
the
ability
to
disable
ads.

63

Photoshop
Touch
/
Express

64

Photoshop
Touch

—  Provides
you
with
the
basic
ediZng
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
collecZon,
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
interacZv

65

ESPN
Scorecenter

66

ESPN
Scorecenter

—  Scorecenter
for
iPad
contains
a
rich
amount
of
informaZon

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
capZon
of
what
you're
about
to
see.

—  This
is
a
comprehensive
app
with
an
enormous
amount
of

data
at
your
ﬁngerZps.

67

Around
Me

—  Around
Me
locates
the
nearest
gas
staZon,
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
locaZon
loads
onto
the
main
screen.

—  Tap
"Supermarkets,"
for
example,
and
the
app
loads
the
nearest
opZons
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
locaZon
on
the
map
below.

—  Tap
the
Hotels
tab,
and
the
app
provides
a
list
of
hotels
nearest
you

including
star
raZngs
and
the
lowest
rate
available
per
night.

69

Dark
Sky

—  The
preUest
one
you
will
ﬁnd.
A
weather
radar
for
local

forecasts,
the
app
provides
up-‐to-‐the-‐hour
weather

predicZons
for
your
speciﬁc
locaZon.

—  The
GPS
driven
app
also
employs
radar
animaZon
to
show
you

the
path
of
rain
or
a
snowstorm.

—  You
can
even
pinpoint
the
arrival
of
a
storm
or
precipitaZon;

the
middle
secZon
provides
tabs
indicaZng
the
weather
now

and
an
hour
from
now
(press
the
Next
Hour
tab
and
it
will

display
addiZonal
predicZons
including
the
next
few
hours
and

look
ahead
to
the
morning,
too)

71

Chrome

—  Every
iPad
comes
with
Apple's
Safari
browser,
but
Google's

Chrome
is
giving
that
preloaded
opZon
a
run
for
its
money.

—  Launch
the
app
and
sign
into
Chrome
to
sync
your
bookmarks

with
your
Google
accounts—this
will
allow
you
to
bring
all
of

those
bookmarks
and
tabs
to
your
tablet.

—  You
can
easily
toggle
through
tabs
by
swipe
the
screen
to

move
to
the
next
one
and
search
Google
right
from
the

address
bar.

—  For
the
privacy-‐minded
user,
you
can
browse
sites
without

leaving
a
trace
in
your
history
or
cookies
by
tapping
on
the
tab

switcher
icon
in
the
upper
right-‐hand
corner.

73

Paper
by
FieyThree

74

Paper
by
FieyThree

—  Design
lovers,
illustrators
and
even
the
casual
doodler
will
find

Paper
to
be
an
essenZal
app
for
sharing
sketches
and
illustraZons

across
the
web.
Begin
with
a
blank
journal,
and
choose
a
photo
for

the
cover
of
your
journal
from
your
camera
roll.

—  Tap
the
journal
to
open
it
and
start
to
fill
it.
Tap
on
a
page,
and
a

row
of
drawing
utensils
and
a
pale]e
appear
before
you
below.

—  Select
the
pen
tool
and
a
color
from
the
pale]e
and
begin
to
draw-‐-‐
the
lighter
you
press,
the
thinner
the
line.
Pinch
and
zoom
to
shrink

the
journal
and
flip
to
the
next
page,
or
close
it
enZrely
when
you

are
done.
If
you've
got
an
iPad
stylus
this
is
one
of
the
best
apps
to

go
along
with
it

75

TED

—  TED
is
a
series
of
events
featuring
some
of
society’s
most

fascinaZng
and
innovaZve
ideas
and
most
inﬂuenZal

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.

77

NPR

—  Another
one
of
the
best
iPad
news
apps
from
a
media

organizaZon
is
the
NPR
app.

—  It
lets
you
quickly
skim
top
stories,
read
related
text

arZcles,
and
quickly
add
radio/audio
stories
to
a
playlist

that
you
can
then
listen
to
all
at
once.

79

The
Guardian
Eyewitness

80

Guardian
Eyewitness

—  features
amazing
photojournalism
from
around
the
world

from
the
popular
UK
news
publicaZon.

—  The
photos
look
fantasZc
on
the
iPad
screen
and
provide

a
great
way
to
scan
through
some
of
the
most
important

current
events
on
the
planet.

81

ProPublica

—  A
non-‐profit
publicaZon
of
invesZgaZve
reporters,
is
doing

some
of
the
most
important
work
in
journalism
today
—
the

work
that
has
increasingly
been
cut
out
of
the
profit-‐driven

newsrooms.

—  Plus,
they
have
an
excellent
iPad
app.
The
three
column
layout

gives
you
the
latest
stories
from
ProPublica
(most
of
which

don’t
make
the
mainstream
news),
the
middle
column
links
to

good
invesZgaZve
news
pieces
from
the
mainstream
media

(many
of
the
stories
are
buried),
and
the
third
column
has

ProPublica’s
“Projects”
or
groups
of
stories
where
you
can
stay

up
to
date
on
on-‐going
issues.
Keep
in
mind
that
ProPublica
is

non-‐profit
and
funded
completely
by
donaZons.

83

NASA

—  NASA
has
a
strong
tradiZon
of
sharing
its
space

exploraZon
advances
and
research
and
they’ve
conZnued

that
tradiZon
in
mulZ-‐touch
style
with
an
excellent
iPad

app
that
lets
you
explore
photography
from
satellites,
see

NASA’s
launch
schedules,
research
historical
informaZon

about
missions,
and
watch
NASA
TV
live.

85

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
informaZon
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.

87

Disney
American
Presidents:
The
Unoﬃcial
Oval

Oﬃce
Scrapbook

88

Disney
American
Presidents:
The
Unofficial
Oval

Office
Scrapbook

—  This
app
gives
users
the
chance
to
explore
a
digital
scrapbook

to
learn
about
the
lives
and
Zmes
of
all
44
U.S.
presidents.

—  Swipe
to
the
lee
to
page
through
each
president,
one
by
one,

and
learn
about
the
era
in
which
they
lived,
significant

challenges
they
faced,
and
fun
and
entertaining
facts
you
may

not
have
known
about
the
men
who
sat
in
the
Oval
Office.

— 
One
outstanding
feature
is
the
original
video
content;
for

each
president,
the
app
provides
expert
interviews
and

commentary
from
historians
and
poliZcal
commentators.
(

89

Barefoot
Atlas

—  Lets
you
turn
around
the
world
with
an
interacZve
3D
globe.

With
one
finger,
spin
the
globe
to
find
a
country.
Pinch
to

zoom
in
and
select
an
object
to
learn
more
from
the
narrator

and
geographer,
Nick
Crane.

—  Tap
on
the
Polar
Bear,
for
example,
and
the
object
enlarges
to

the
foreground
accompanied
by
an
informaZon
text
field.
On

the
top
lee,
tap
on
a
selecZon
of
four
icons
to
see
countries,

regions,
favorites
and
features.
Select
a
country,
for
example,

and
the
globe
rotates
to
reveal
your
selecZon
along
with
basic

data
about
the
country,
such
as
the
capital
city
and
local
Zme.

It's
worth
the
money.

91

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

direcZons
and
on
the
lee
side,
the
app
displays
video
synced

with
simple
instrucZons
as
well
as
esZmate
prep
and
cook

Zmes.
Other
cooking
apps,
such
as
Foodily
and
Epicurios,

provide
helpful
how-‐to's
and
recipe
as
well.

93

LunchBox

—  Lunchbox
is
a
food-‐ﬁnding
app
that
will
save
you
in
a
pinch

when
you
forget
to
pack
that
brown
bag
or
need
a
quick
list
of

restaurant
opZons.
Search
categories,
such
as
Food
and

Snacks
and
Coﬀee
and
Tea.

—  Search
for
locaZons
on
the
map
by
pinching
and
zooming
on

the
screen,
or
enter
a
search
term,
such
as
"Veggie
Burger"
to

see
the
nearby
opZons.
Tap
on
a
suggested
locaZon,
and
the

app
displays
a
map,
as
well
as
reviews,
star
raZngs,
and
photos

taken
by
other
users.
The
app
provided
a
wealth
of
opZons

when
we
looked
at
it—it
even
recognized
our
own
ABC

cafeteria.

95

Vegetarian
How
to
Cook

Everything

96

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

possibiliZes.

—  The
app
includes
a
built-‐in
Zmer
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,
preparaZons
steps

and
variaZons
on
the
selecZon.

97

Livestrong.com
Calorie
Tracker

98

Livestrong.com
Calorie
Tracker

—  The
New
Year
is
approaching,
which
means
resoluZons
on
staying
in

shape
and
eaZng
be]er.
LIVESTRONG.COM
calorie
tracker
aims
to

help
users
lose
weight
the
old
fashioned
way—by
keeping
track
of

calories.

—  The
app
gives
you
access
to
MyPlate,
which
provides
a
database
of

over
1.3
million
food
items
and
tracks
your
calories
and
exercise

acZvity
to
help
reach
your
weight-‐loss
goals.
Enter
basic

informaZon,
including
weight
and
height,
as
well
as
your
acZvity

level.

—  Select
a
goal,
such
as
losing
two
pounds
per
week,
and
the
app
will

calculate
the
calorie
goal
you
should
meet
each
day.
By
creaZng
a

LIVESTRONG
account,
you
can
communicate
with
members
to
help

you
stay
moZvated
and
accountable
to
your
goals.

99

Fitness
HD

—  The
app
provides
over
700
exercises
with
text
descripZons
as

well
as
photos,
video
and
audio
to
aide
you
in
your
ﬁtness

endeavors.
Open
the
app
and
tap
"Exercise
Base."
From
there,

select
movements
according
to
the
part
of
the
body
you
wish

to
target.

—  The
premium
version
of
this
app
gives
you
access
to
a
food

and
body
tracker,
addiZonal
workouts
and
well
as
the
ability

to
communicate
with
ﬁtness
experts.
This
app
provides

simple,
solid
instrucZon
on
how
to
do
basic
exercise
moves,

but
you
will
need
to
fork
over
at
least
another
$2.99
to
get
a

more
in-‐depth
experience.

101

Pocket
Yoga

—  Visual
and
voice
instrucZons
guide
pracZZoners
through
each

pose
in
an
eﬀort
to
make
doing
the
rouZnes
accessible

anyZme.
Select
"PracZce"
from
the
main
screen
and
choose

from
workouts
labeled
Ocean,
Desert
and
Mountain.

—  Once
you
select
your
workout,
decide
on
a
length
of
Zme;
you

can
select
a
30-‐minute,
45-‐minute,
or
1-‐hour
workout.
The

instructor,
represented
by
an
illustraZon,
narrates
the

workout,
pose-‐by-‐pose,
peppering
in
breathing
instrucZons,

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.

103

Apps
GoneFree

—  However,
on
occasion,
developers
and
companies
will
reduce

the
price
of
apps
to
free.
That
is
where
Apps
GoneFree
comes

in.
This
app
handpicks
free
apps
based
on
a
3-‐star
raZng
or

be]er,
provides
a
useful
summary
and
lists
them
for
you
daily.

—  On
the
lee
hand
side,
the
app
shows
calendar
with
the
date

and
days
of
the
week
running
down
the
column
in
descending

order.
In
the
center
panel,
AppsGoneFree
lists
apps
that
are

now
free
along
with
a
short
write-‐up
describing
each
one.
You

can
take
a
look
back
on
the
calendar
to
see
free
apps
released

on
a
previous
day,
and
choose
one
from
the
list.

105

Organize
Apps

—  iPad
lets
you
organize
apps
in
folders
(if
you
have
iOS

version
4.2
or
later)
The
process
is
simple:

—  Tap
and
hold
an
app
Zll
all
apps
do
their
jiggle
dance

—  Drag
an
app
on
top
of
another
app

106

Organize
Apps
(con’t)

—  The
two
apps
get
added
to
a
single
folder

—  To
change
the
name
of
the
folder,
tap
in
the
ﬁeld
at
the

end
of
the
placeholder
name,
and
the
keyboard
appears

—  Press
the
Back
key
to
delete
the
name
and
type
one
of

your
own

—  On
the
iPad
2,
tap
Delete
to
delete
the
name
and
then

type
your
new
name

—  Tap
anywhere
outside
of
the
bar
to
save
the
name

—  Tap
the
Home
key
to
stop
all
that
jiggling!

108

Thank
you!

Bridget
Gibbons

Bridget@GibbonsDigital.com

@gibbonsdigital

Fb.com/gibbbonsdigital

www.GibbonsDigital.com

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