Mar 31

Kleiner Perkins iFund doubles to $200m, investing in iPad apps from Shazam, ngmoco and more

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Apple said it expects the iPad to be a “second gold rush” of app development as consumers rush to add content to their new devices, and it looks like Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers agrees: the venture capital firm just announced that it’s expanding the iFund to $200 million to invest in iPad app development. If you’ll recall, the iFund was originally announced alongside the iPhone OS 2.0 SDK, and provided $100 million in total investments to 14 iPhone app developers like Shazam, ngmoco, and Shopkick — companies responsible for 18 apps that have hit the App Store Top 10. Keep in mind that this money was promised before the iPhone App Store was even launched — so given how that bet paid off, it’s not surprising that KPCB’s decided to double down on the iPad, which looks like it’ll have even higher app prices. Along with the announcement, some iFund devs announced the following iPad apps:

  • Pinger: Doodle Buddy and Starsmash
  • Booyah: MyTown, a popular location-based game
  • Shazam: Shazam, optimized for the new screen size,
  • ngmoco: Flick Fishing, a new MMO called CastleCraft, Charadium (described as “massively multiplayer Pictionary”), God Finger, We Rule, WarpGate, and one more we missed — anyone catch it?
  • GOGII: TextPlus

Nothing too surprising here, but it looks like the heavy hitters are going to be on the iPad bandwagon from day one — and pushing hard for this thing to be a success.

Kleiner Perkins iFund doubles to $200m, investing in iPad apps from Shazam, ngmoco and more originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 31

iPad Alternatives: The Main Contenders [Ipad]

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Just because most of us bought iPads doesn’t mean that any of you should. There are plenty of devices, out now or coming soon, that can do some things as well—or better. Here’s a roundup of the best: More »

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Mar 31

Flowchart: How You’ll Inevitably Shatter Your iPad [Broken]

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The iPad has a 9.7-inch glass screen. As for when it will slip from your hand and slam face-first into the hard, unrelenting floor or sidewalk, such is only a matter of time. Flowcharts, you see, never lie. More »

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Mar 30

Chrome brings Flash Player into the fold, trains it to kill iPads?

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If Apple had its way, we expect that the iPad would go down in history as the device that nearly single-handedly destroyed Adobe’s empire of Flash. While HTML5 has been in development for years, content providers like the Wall Street Journal, NPR, CBS and more have only begun transitioning video services to the new standard (and subsequently, away from Flash) now that it’s time for Cupertino’s big release. But this week, Adobe has found an ally in Google, which has just announced that the Chrome browser — and more importantly, Chrome OS — will not merely support but natively integrate the technology. In the short run, what this means is that the Chrome browser won’t require you to download Adobe Flash Player or spend time updating it before back-to-back YouTube viewings and marathon Newgrounds sessions. In the long run, Google explains that it intends Flash to become an integral, seamless part of web design up there with HTML and Javascript — and if we extrapolate, an integral part of its new Chrome OS as well. Pardon us for thinking out loud, but it sounds like Google’s found an exclusive feature to highly tout, when it inevitably brings a Chrome OS tablet to market.

[Thanks, Adam]

Chrome brings Flash Player into the fold, trains it to kill iPads? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 30

Did Apple Sucker Us With iPad Rush Shipping? [Broken]

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If you ordered your iPad by March 27th with expedited shipping, you should receive your iPad by April 3rd. If you ordered your iPad by March 27th with normal shipping, you should receive your iPad by April 3rd. Wait, what?? More »

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Mar 30

iTunes 9.1 now available, brings iPad syncing and iBook support

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Hot on the heels of a ginormous OS X update comes this, the freshest version of the music management software that everyone loves to hate. iTunes 9.1 is live and available to download, bringing with it support for iPad syncing (you know, that little tablet that arrives on Saturday?) as well as the ability to “organize and sync books you’ve downloaded from iBooks on iPad or added to your iTunes library.” The new version also gives users the ability to rename, rearrange, or remove Genius Mixes, but we’re fairly sure you stopped caring after hearing the first point. It’s weighing in at around 97.3MB (give or take a few KB), so fire up Software Update and get it going… if you dare.

Update: We’re hearing that the new version renames “Applications” to just “Apps” and the Genius Mixes / iPhone / iPod touch sync pages have been retooled. Anything else major? Let us know in comments!

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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iTunes 9.1 now available, brings iPad syncing and iBook support originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 30

Seton Hill University hands out iPads to students

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If there’s one thing that universities are good at, it’s dreaming up trendy technology initiatives. Apple knows that (as does McGraw-Hill) so it’s no surprise that the company’s been pushing to get the iPad adopted by schools around the country. And so it begins: Seton Hill University, a school in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has announced that starting this fall all full-time students will get a slate of their own. We thought that the Kindle as textbook replacement idea was a little whackadoodle, and we don’t have much hope in the iPad as a textbook replacement either. But if the school’s aim is to get students playing Super Monkey Ball and up-to-date on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, then we might have a winner here.

Seton Hill University hands out iPads to students originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 30

Does the iPad Make Man Purses Okay Now? [Fashion]

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The iPad isn’t crazy big. But it’s too big for a pocket. That means one thing: a bag. Not too big of a bag. More like a purse. More »

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Mar 29

iPad Camera Connection Kit finally surfaces for pre-order, still absurdly overpriced

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If you’ll recall, Apple had no qualms revealing the iPad Camera Connection Kit at its ‘Latest Creation‘ event back in January, but the solution seemingly dropped from the face of the Earth shortly thereafter. Even as cases, keyboards and all sorts of other iPad accessories surfaced for pre-order, the camera kit remained nowhere to be found. Over the weekend, the $29 adapter bundle finally found a home at the outfit’s website (with a “late April” ship date), offering users a pair of dongles to support USB and SD cards. Of course, one could easily argue that the iPad should have native support for both of these widely used formats without forcing users to lug around two extra peripherals, but if that were the case, this thing just wouldn’t be an Apple, now would it?

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iPad Camera Connection Kit finally surfaces for pre-order, still absurdly overpriced originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 29

Apple confirms Best Buy iPads at launch, what time you’ll need to be there

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Apple confirms Best Buy iPads at launch, what time you'll need to be there

We’re nearly there. The mystical, magical iPad experience starts this Saturday, April 3, and if you haven’t already pre-ordered your only way to get one for the weekend is going to be to fight the rush at retail. Apple has confirmed that all 221 of its Apple Stores will have the wunder-tablets on sale, and has also confirmed the Best Buy rumors, indicating that “most” of the big-box retailer’s locations will have them. Stores are set to open at 9:00am, so we figure you can probably roll on over there at 8:45 or so and get a good spot in line.

Apple confirms Best Buy iPads at launch, what time you’ll need to be there originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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