We are at a very dangerous crossroads when it comes to the internet. Companies are doing what they think they need to do to be profitable and still bring the best content they can to their readers. Publications like the New York Post are trying things in the hope of discovering the secret sauce to make money. They are heading in the wrong direction and they need to be told as much. In what “must have sounded like a great idea to someone at News Corp,” the paper has blocked iPad access via Safari, the default browser on the tablet. The goal is to prompt iPad users into downloading their app if they want to get…

The iPhone app was available the moment that the Apple App Store opened nearly 3 years ago. Their efforts for the iPad took a year and 2 versions of the tablet before they made it ready, but it appears to be ready to launch shortly. Sources close to Facebook indicated that the iPad Facebook App is currently in final testing and will be ready for launch in a few weeks. Rumors also swirl around founder Mark Zuckerberg who has reportedly been very active in the development process. “The photo and video experience is amazing, offering full resolution and full-screen images,” said an unidentified…

So, let’s get this out of the way now: there is no ‘tablet market’. There is no huge demographic out there craving and desiring a tablet computer. There are millions of iPad customers. And there a few hundred thousand people – maybe even a few million worldwide – who desperately want a tablet running Android, WebOS or QNX. Yet because that’s true right now, it doesn’t mean things won’t change. The tablet is just too inevitably necessary for the (lack of a) market to stay that way. The need for a web-connected frame for content of all sorts is just too obvious. And while tablets will not and are not meant…

With Apple in the process of suing Samsung for stealing the design used for iPhone and iPad, some interesting images have surfaced on the Internet that may reverse the claim: It just goes to show that if you’re going to go after someone, you should be sure that they don’t have a counter-claim against you….

The Web browser has been a standard feature included with operating systems for years. Most of them look and act in a similar fashion, with the core behaviors being relatively similar. But the devices have changed, and now the browser is changing along with it. The 360 Web Browser is leading that change. Digital Poke’s tagline is “proving crazy concepts.” Well, 360 Web Browser truly is a crazy concept, but not only is it crazy, it is also amazing as well. It takes everything you know and love about the standard Web browsing experience and modernizes it for touch-based interfaces. Comparing…

Is it possible to be in touch with the world of high technology and still hold true to the vintage, nostalgic roots from which we came? That is the question that Hipsters face on a daily basis, trying to balance moving forward with staying in touch with our past. Thanks to the good folks at Spinning Hat, it’s possible to have your iPad and keep your hipster-cred intact. As an officially licensed Apple product, the Limited Edition Typescreen™ offers all the style and quality that you’d expect from Apple with the playful design and innovation expected from Spinning Hat.  Compatible with both…

Sometimes, processor speed isn’t everything. Sometimes you want something kitschy and slow, that moves at 8 or fewer frames per second. You know how hipsters listen to cassette tapes for no other reason than they suck more than MP3s? This is like that, but more iPad-y. Ukrainian artist Svetlana Shokhanova has done a bang-up job of recreating the iPad experience with nothing but plasticine and a cute, shuffly indie tune, and the result is something I honestly wish we could see without the aid of stop-motion technology. honestly, tactile screens can’t come fast enough….

Maybe not. Apple has now officially announced WWDC 2011, and the rumours are flying out of the mill faster than can be caught. Though Jobs n’ Friends have promised a ‘preview of the future of iOS and Mac OS X’,it remains to be seen whether or not any hardware will be making the scene. The iPhone 5 might be a no-show – and according to the Loop, that’s a guarantee. Can WWDC be a rockin’ good time without a hardware announcement? Obviously an iPad 3 is an impossibility, as the second generation’s been out less than a month… or maybe it’s been a month. Time flies, y’know. Macs are approaching the morgue in…

Most of the iPad’s competition has been inferior and higher priced, which has resulted in numerous failures to create a true competitor. But Research In Motion might be on to something with the Blackberry Playbook. But this one little detail might be the most shocking of them all: it will cost $499. Since the creation of the original iPad, there has been little in the way of competition for Apple. Tablets like Galaxy Tab and Xoom have hit the scene, but they also have a price (a bigger one than iPad), which meant that not only was iPad superior, but it was more competitively priced. And that is how it has…

There has been incredible discussions throughout the Web about Apple’s decision to take 30 percent of the revenues through iOS subscriptions. Many are not happy about the decision. I’m sorry to say, however, that everyone who disagrees is flat-out wrong. Apple is right. Many tech journalists — including John Gruber, MG Siegler, Dwight Silverman, and Rob Pegoraro — have their theories about this incredible pickle that Apple has presented to third-party developers. It makes for a fun, drama-filled discussion, but it also raises a few very important issues: how important are third-party…