+Follow Social Media Beat

AG Tablets Beat

Tweetbot Twitter client release for iPad

Tweetbot Twitter client release for iPad

Tweetbot Twitter client Tapbots just released their Tweetbot Twitter client for the iPad, making for a more streamlined and user-friendly Twitter experience with the convenience of using your iPad. And on an even better note, they’ve also released a 2.0 upgrade for the iPhone version. If you already had Twitterbot on your iPhone, you can upgrade for free. And if ...

Charlene Jimenez | 2012/02/10  | 12 Comments Social Media

iPad app boosts productivity, saves professionals’ time

iPad app boosts productivity, saves professionals’ time

Boosting productivity with an iPad app Sometimes taking and creating effective notes, plans, and documents requires more than just typing on a computer. Some find it easier to understand or formulate ideas when they have more freedom to create, draw, notate, and even scribble. The obvious solution is to do all of your note-taking and document formation and creation on ...

AGBeat | 2012/02/04  | 19 Comments Tablets

Google takes steps to remove malware in Android Market

Google takes steps to remove malware in Android Market

Android security In the last year, Google has taken heat for their Android Market being vulnerable to viruses and malware as their open attitude towards app developers sharply contrasts the closed door, approval-required Apple app environment. According to Google, device activations rose 250 percent year over year and the total number of app downloads from the Android Market surpassed 11 ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/02/03  | 12 Comments Operating System

Google Docs for Android updated, offline access added

Google Docs for Android updated, offline access added

Google Docs looks a bit different Android users that open their Google Docs on a tablet app will notice a few changes, and although minor, the aesthetic changes alongside the function updates make the app extremely useful for anyone who relies on their phone in the field while working, especially in rural areas that drop signals frequently. First, Google has ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/02/01  | 10 Comments Smartphones

Teen designs 17″ tablet PC, seeks investment pledges

Teen designs 17″ tablet PC, seeks investment pledges

Young innovator, James Hartman Young James Hartman of Los Angeles asks “why are there no large tablets on the market?” He has designed a 17″ tablet PC and launched it on Kickstarter.com to seek pledges for investment with a little bit of help from his father. Kickstarter.com is “the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects,” wherein projects are posted ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/01/24  | 23 Comments Tablets

One in three Americans now own a tablet or e-reader

One in three Americans now own a tablet or e-reader

Recent explosion in tablet/e-reader ownership According to a report released today by Pew Internet & American Life Project, one in three American adults own either a tablet or an ereader with the share of tablet owners and ereader owners doubling between December 2011 and January 2012, with the holiday season being very kind to the tablet/ereader industry. Pew notes, “These ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/01/23  | 20 Comments Tablets

iPad survives fall from space thanks to inexpensive case

iPad survives fall from space thanks to inexpensive case

The 100,000+ foot free fall Extreme electronics case manufacturer, G-Form filmed an iPad encased in “Extreme Portfolio” case by a skydiver from hundreds of feet in the air, revealing an unscratched device that survived the fall. Consumers cried foul because it fell in the grass and said it was a weak test. In response, G-Form upped the ante and sent ...

AGBeat | 2012/01/09  | 19 Comments Tablets

iPad 3 rumors focus on camera technologies

iPad 3 rumors focus on camera technologies

iPad 3 rumor mill churning While various rumors about the next generation of iPad have made headlines, there is not much agreement as to the validity of what features will actually appear at launch. One change most believe to be true is that the iPad 3 will be slightly thicker than the iPad 2 and it will feature an A6 ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/01/05  | 12 Comments Tablets

Two new iPad models rumored to be announced soon

Two new iPad models rumored to be announced soon

Two new iPad models? This week has been full of juicy Apple rumors, with whispers that the iPhone 5 could be fully redesigned and released in the fall of next year and that a mini-iPad (7.85 inch screen) could be released in 2012 to compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire. Digitimes reports that two new iPad models could be announced ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/12/29  | 26 Comments Tablets

Rumors of a mini-iPad to launch in 2012

Rumors of a mini-iPad to launch in 2012

Rumors of a mini-iPad Although Steve Jobs reportedly said the user experience on a screen smaller than ten inches would not suffice, Apple is known to change their minds from time to time. In the past, there have been rumors of a smaller iPad with rumors surfacing again, this time with technologists buying into the possibility. According to Digitimes, their ...

AGBeat | 2011/12/26  | 18 Comments Tablets

Mobile use up, mobile business intelligence investment is down

Mobile use up, mobile business intelligence investment is down

What is mobile BI? Mobile Business Intelligence, also referred to as Mobile BI, refers to how business data is distributed to smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. It is a software that extends standard business intelligence apps so they can be used on a mobile device so workers in the field can better view key performance indicators optimized for a ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/12/12  | 24 Comments Smartphones

Two iPad case designs competing for funding on Kickstarter

Two iPad case designs competing for funding on Kickstarter

New iPad case designs Kickstarter.com is “the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects,” wherein projects are posted to the site and anyone with a credit card can pledge money to fund the projects, but the twist is that a project must reach its funding goal before time runs out or no money changes hands because “creators aren’t expected to ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/12/11  | 20 Comments Tablets