Flipboard iPad app is a free and appealing social network news aggregator.

With Apple enjoying tremendous success with the launch of the iPad, users of the tablet are enjoying the natural feel and large screen of the device among others things. But they are not the only ones finding the iPad very accommodating to work with; developers too like the flexibility of the device which allows them to aggregate media and other Web content in a very appealing interface.
In that environment, content aggregators have thrived. One app, Flipboard a new iPad app that aggregates news from social media, is one step ahead the rest when it comes to taking advantage of all the possibilities that the device has to offer. What makes the Flipboard stands alone, is its ability to present the news in a attractive way that replicates a magazine-like feel.
Flipboard has been making waves lately partially because of how well it fits with the iPad's touch interface and how closely it really does resemble an interactive magazine, but also because of the way it collects all of the articles, blog posts, images, and videos that your social network is discussing.
According to AppScout, "Flipboard is a free app, and once you have it installed and you're logged in to your Facebook and Twitter accounts (if you want the app to see them), it will scan your friends' posts and present the links and articles that they've been posting to Facebook or Twitter to you in a magazine-like layout. Your Facebook friends, their shared links, photos, and videos are all arranged in a layout that looks much better than Facebook itself, and the links from the people you follow on Twitter are pre-loaded and the articles displayed in-line."
You don't have to scroll endlessly through pages and pages of content to find the things you're looking for, either: They're all laid out on pages that look like you're reading an actual magazine, and you can move your finger across the iPad display to flip between pages, AppScout says.

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Ways to display pictures on iPad.

With its 9.7 inch, 1024-by-768 resolution, 132 pixels per inch, backlit LED display, Apple's iPad is an appealing platform for displaying photos. There is an array of apps in the iPad apps store that help do that.
The iPad itself comes with Photos app which is a tool that among others functions, helps display your pictures stored inside the iPad as well as some from elsewhere in an album fashion when you choose Album view.
A way to display photos from somewhere else as an album on iPad, is to sync the device with a feature called Smart Album from Aperture or iPhoto that collects all your best pictures. Once you do that, any time you launch the Photos app on iPad, all those photos will appear as un album if you are in album view.
There are a lot more that you can do with your photos using the iPad, like selecting pictures from a thumbnail and email them to someone or view them in a slideshow.

For more, see Pcworld.com

Apple's iPad set to go on sale Saturday April 3 rd.

On Wednesday, Apple confirmed to its customers by e-mail, the commercial debut of the iPad tablet as being Saturday April 3rd at 9 AM.
To better showcase all the possibilities touted about the new device, Apple is positioning its Apple stores as the place to experience it. It is planning to have its specialists available to demonstrate all the bells and whistles of the iPad and even help potential buyers with the set-up of their devices for free. But the device can also be purchased at Apple's Web site.
The iPad that will go on sale this Saturday will be available in the Wi-Fi format only with prices ranging from $499 to $699 for the 16 GB and the 64 GB while the 32 GB will cost $599.
Apple is planning to release Wi-Fi+3G versions in later April with prices ranging from $629 to $829.

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