iPad used by UK troops to handle a fire mission The Apple iPad isn’t meant for ordinary home users only as UK troops have the advantage of using a specially developed app that allows them to learn how to handle a fire mission. What’s a fire mission? It involves artillery being fired at the enemy from several miles away. Troops at the Royal...

Complicated iPad Stand Makes It Hover Over Your Bed Can’t get enough of your iPad, even when you’re lying in bed? Holding the iPad above your face while you’re lying down isn’t the most comfortable thing to do, and that’s probably why the Japanese company Resound is offering this PC Set Stand for 15,540 Yen (approx....

oStylus Capacitive Pen Will Help You Draw Masterpieces On Your iPad While the capacitive touchscreen on the iPad and iPhone is great, it’s not too useful if you’re trying to doodle complex diagrams or a nice piece of art on them if you’re using your finger. Andrew Goss, a jeweler, has come up with the oStylus, which should make it an easy task, giving you...

Griffin FlexGrip for iPad- accessory review This week I had a chance to look at the black FlexGrip case for the iPad by Griffin, available in black, blue, purple and white. The FlexGrip manages to protect and look good. It’s made from silicon, but the slick kind. The case it self is not slippery, but rather it does not stick to surfaces. This is...

iTunes accounts being hacked, used to cheat App Store? It looks like there’s been a sharp rise in iTunes accounts being hacked. We don’t have any solid information on this yet, but when it comes to security TiPb believes in warning first, worrying about the details later. Engadget points to a link between the hacks and the rise in popularity of...

iPad at Work: Elementary school teacher How does an elementary school teacher use his iPad to get the job done and what iPad apps help get him through his day? TiPb’s iPad at work contest aims to bring you just such slices of the iPad life. Here’s Courtfrogger’s answer and as a small token of thanks we’re sending him a $20 iTunes...

Apple sells 1.7 million iPhone 4 Apple has announced that from launch through Saturday, June 26 they’ve sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s. “This is the most successful product launch in Apple’s history,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Even so, we apologize to those customers who were turned away because we did not have enough...

Complete Steve Jobs D8 interview now on iTunes Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher’s D8 conference interview with Steve Jobs has been posted in its entirety on iTunes for your higher quality, uninterrupted viewing and/or listening pleasure. It’s quite a good interview and we get to see Jobs excited, pensive, and — to quote him —...

Official Apple Find my iPhone app now in App Store Apple has released an official Find my iPhone app, and it’s a universal binary for both iPhone and iPad. (Yes, it’s still called Find my iPhone on the iPad and iPod touch, what’s in a name?) It works pretty much as you’d expect — enter your MobileMe login (it asks for the...

Apple posts WWDC session videos for developers Apple has, with lightning quickness, posted videos from the WWDC sessions online for developers. And here’s the terrific part — they’ve made them available to ALL registered developers, not just those who bought expensive tickets to the event. Terrific idea. If you’re a developer...