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Facebook Gets a Useful Unofficial iPad App

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: May 11, 2010
  • Reading Time: 1 min
  • Word Count: 208 words

We need a native iPad app for Facebook but until Facebook HQ gets around to making one, the next best thing has just arrived via social media aggregator sobees. sobees for Facebook [iTunes link] is an iPad app that lets you manage your Facebook experience in a native app designed to take advantage of the iPad’s enlarged screen. The app, which is free through the end of May, provides many of the features that Facebook fans have been looking for in an iPad app. This includes the ability to: ...

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Celebrate Earth Day, Dr. Seuss Style

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: April 17, 2010
  • Reading Time: 2 min
  • Word Count: 263 words

Just in time for Earth Day, Oceanhouse Media has released two special iPhone and iPad apps based around Dr. Seuss’s classic book, The Lorax. First published in 1971, The Lorax was written by Dr. Seuss to teach children about the value of caring about the environment. Like the other Dr. Seuss apps for the iPhone and iPad, the spirit of the characters and story are recreated for touch devices. And just like the other Dr. Seuss eBooks, the book can either be read aloud at a set pace, put in auto-play or readers can read and interact with the book on their own. The eBook costs $3.99. ...

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