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Some apps do one thing, and they do it well. Others have a host of clever, hidden uses that you might have never thought of on your own. Here are our favorite clever uses for popular apps.

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During official events, such as the swearing in of a President, mayor, a judge, or a politician, a Bible is used to officiate the event. However what happens when you don’t have a bible with you? What if the officials of the ceremony had misplaced the Bible and can’t find one? Should the event be held off until they do, or should they turn to more modern alternatives, like a digital Bible, for example? Well that’s what happened when Republican Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano was sworn in to his second term and an iPad with the Bible app was used instead of a physical copy.

According to the NewsDay report, “Addressing a standing room audience at Bethpage High School, where he graduated in 1980, Mangano took the oath of office on an iPad featuring a text of the Bible when a printed copy could not be located.” While this seemed like a clever and more hi-tech solution, it has also sparked debate as to whether an iPad with a Bible app should be allowed to replace the real thing. Of course that is a debate for another time, but with religious figures such as the former Pope hopping on board Twitter, why shouldn’t modern technology be used, right? In the meantime if you’d like to see the video in which Mangano was sworn in with the iPad Bible, hit up NewsDay’s website for the details.

Politician Swears In With iPad Bible App When Physical Copy Could Not Be Found original content from Ubergizmo.

Tablets kickstarted the “post-PC” revolution and now they are one of the most preferred methods of on the go computing. Its safe to say that the netbook category has been wiped out by tablets, which aimed to bring portable computing at a relatively low price as opposed to traditional notebooks. A wide variety of OEMs manufacture tablets, though Apple’s the only one making tablets that run on iOS. According to Digitimes research, ASUS and Apple are currently the top two tablet vendors in Japan.

As far as operating system is concerned, Android and iOS dominate the market share in the Land of The Rising Sun. Digitimes research reveals that during January-October 2013, over 94.4 percent was accounted for by Android and iOS in Japan. If there ever was a duopoly, it would certainly look like this. Particularly for Apple, Japan is a very lucrative market, its actually the company’s fastest growing market with margins being 15 percent higher than anywhere else in the world. Figures revealed earlier this year showed Apple dominating 37 percent and 50 percent of the smartphone and tablet market in the country, respectively. During the past fiscal year alone Apple’s sales in Japan surged 30 percent. Moreover in October, the iPhones accounted for 76 percent of all smartphone sales in the country.

Apple And ASUS Top Two Tablet Vendors In Japan [Research] original content from Ubergizmo.

As we are approaching the end of 2013, we’re sure some of you guys are wondering how well certain products have done throughout the year. Given the innovation and new technology we’ve seen throughout the year, it will definitely be interesting to see who ends up on top, and what worked and what didn’t. Well according to the folks at NPD who have released their latest figures, it would seem as though Apple’s iPads are still dominating the tablet scene, although it does seem to have dipped slightly compared to the previous year. Android and Windows tablets are still behind the iPad although it does look like they are slowly catching up and it will be interesting to see if they will be able to catch up in 2014.

What’s more interesting is the fact that Apple’s MacBook computers have actually taken a dip and have fallen, allowing Google’s Chromebooks to overtake them by a significantly huge margin. It’s interesting because Apple’s MacBook refreshes this year introduced Intel’s latest chipset which not only helped to boost battery life, but also provided a more than decent integrated GPU, but we suppose factors such as price could have been an issue. The report also goes to show that sales of desktop computers are starting to wane, and that Windows-based laptops have started to drop in sales as well. Naturally 2014’s figures could tell an entirely different story but at the same time there’s no reason to see why the trends shown in the graph above might not continue into 2014.

iPad Sales In 2013 Are Leading The Way, But Android And Windows Catching Up original content from Ubergizmo.

Yesterday, an Apple employee newsletter surfaced in which CEO Tim Cook teased some big plans the company has in store for 2014. While such big plans weren’t elaborated on, a … Continue reading