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How to use iCloud to share appointments, apps, and more for the whole family

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Jul 17, 2012 a 4:25 pm

If you have a family and more than one iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch floating around, iCloud can make it much easier to share everything from doctors appoints to game purchases, but it can be a challenge to set things up perfectly. Deciding which devices sync which services, and what if any parental restrictions need to be put in place are all important choices to make.

Here are your options and some ideas to get started.

How to create and accept calendar invitations on your new iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Mar 27, 2012 a 10:58 am

Your new iPad is a great way to stay organized and focused on the activities and events that matter to you most. The built in Calendar app has a lot of great features and tools to help you create, edit, manage, and share your schedule, including event invitations.

How to use Facebook on your new iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Sunday, Mar 25, 2012 a 11:19 am

The new iPad is simply one of the most enjoyable ways to keep up with your Facebook friends, share your status and location, post pictures and videos, and more. It's instant-on, it has a big, beautiful screen, and the multitouch interface makes it a lot of fun for social networks where ever you are, whenever you're in the mood.

How to add and manage contacts on your new iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Sunday, Mar 18, 2012 a 11:30 am

Once you have your new iPad all set up, you're going to want to get your contacts sorted out so you can email, iMessage, FaceTime, Skype, and otherwise stay in touch with the people that matter the most to you.

How to post a video to YouTube or Facebook from your new iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Saturday, Mar 17, 2012 a 12:55 pm

Now that you've unboxed your new iPad and set up with with iTunes or iCloud you'll probably want to start taking videos with the new and improved camera. The iPad makes it easy to share all your videos with friends and family several ways. We'll guide you through sharing your videos on two of the most popular services - YouTube and Facebook.

How to set up and send email on your new iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 a 10:45 pm

Once you've got your new iPad and it's all set up, you'll want to add your email accounts to it. Reading and responding to email from an iPad is a great experience on its own. Whether you've got iCloud, Gmail, Exchange, Hotmail, Yahoo! or another type of mail, or no mail account at all yet, it'll only take you a few minutes to get all set up.

How to subscribe to magazines on your new iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 a 10:23 pm

Reading magazines and newspapers is an amazing experience the new iPad thanks to its retina display. Newsstand is Apple's built-in way or ogranize and manage all your issues and subscriptions, so your magazines and newspapers are where you want, when you want. They'll even download over night so new editions are ready for you right when you wake up!

How to purchase apps and games on your new iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 a 10:12 pm

Now that you've got your new iPad in hand it's time to get to find some great apps and games from the App Store. If you're new to iPad, no worries. We'll have you flinging birds, finger painting with productivity, slicing fruit, and making the perfect pictures in no time.

How to download and read iBooks and Kindle eBooks on your new iPad

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Mar 15, 2012 a 10:05 pm

Now that you've got your new iPad you'll definitely want to check out how awesome it is to read books on the gorgeous new retina display. Text looks better than ever and reading on an iPad has never been more enjoyable. Whether you want to use Apple's own iBooks service, Amazon's Kindle powerhouse, or something different, we've got you covered.

How to choose the best quality color mod parts for your iPhone 4

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 a 6:18 pm

Just because Apple never made colored iPhone parts doesn't mean you can't find good ones if you know what you're looking for.

If you have an iPhone 4 and you want to swap out the standard Apple black or white backplate for something more colorful -- like red or blue -- it can be a challenge to find the best, high quality parts. Backplate swaps especially are an easy DIY project, but you want to pay careful attention to the supplier, the materials they're using, the specific model of iPhone 4 you're ordering for (AT&T/GSM is different than Verizon/Sprint/CDMA), and that you have all the tools you need for the job.