Ever since the iPad 3, er, new iPad announcement, my sister has been pestering me about whether or not she should get an iPad. To help her reach a decision, I asked her a simple question: what will you use an iPad for?
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When Clear for iOS debuted about a month or two ago, most of the negative reception focused on its lack of features.

Where are the push notifications?
How come I can’t share this list to my Facebook friends?
Why isn’t there a calendar?

Drawn by their video demo, I downloaded the app in earnest. I was more curious to get my fingers interacting with the much-hyped user interface. My review thus far?
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Back in 2010, I wrote a review on a Mac app called Dropzone. Back then, it was only in version 0.3.3 and wasn’t even available at the Mac App Store. In the article, I wrote:

Dropzone is a handy tool that acts as your sidekick that can handle the common tasks you perform on your computer in only a fraction of the time. With its intuitive drag and drop interface, Dropzone allows you to automate repetitive tasks with ease.

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Editor’s Note: Today, I’m pleased to announce a guest post by the founder of pinglio, Patrick Bisch. Go check out his blog, where he writes about the latest gadgets, apps, and social media. You can also follow Patrick on Twitter @patbisch.

We’re right smack-dab in the middle of SXSW, and a handful of startups have debuted or updated their applications for public consumption. One of those startups is Work Camp, Inc., a company that recently released an app called Highlight. It’s an iPhone-only app that aims to connect you with people around you who have similar interests as you and does so in a unique way. CNET named it one of the hottest new apps of SXSW, so it has to be good, right?

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Do I detect a signal for abandon ship?

The OpenStreetMap Foundation, a non-profit foundation who aims to support and enable the development of free-to-use geographical and spatial data as well being connected to the collaborative project OpenStreetMap,  today confirmed that the newest iteration of the iPhoto app for iOS – which Apple unveiled yesterday at their special event – is using OpenStreetMap location data for its photo geo-location feature instead of Google Maps.
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Stop the presses! Apple’s App Store has reached yet another milestone!

That’s right, just when you think the Apple App Store can’t surprise anyone anymore it comes out with big news: It just broke 25 billion app downloads, according to Apple’s webpage.
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For those of you who lurk around the Apple App Store charts, you may have noticed something interesting.

Over the weekend, an app called Pokemon Yellow rose the charts to #3, but there was a slight problem: it’s not real.
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could save apps you find at the App Store into a wish list?

Maybe you’d prefer to read reviews online first before deciding to download the app. That’s fair enough, but how to keep track of those apps?
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