Steve Sande

<p><span>When my husband and I purchase a new iPhone or iPad, the older models are handed down to our children who are old enough to have a smartphone or tablet device. As a result, our family now has a total of 6 iOS devices that we sync to iTunes and connect via Apple's Family Sharing and iCloud accounts.</span></p>

<p><span>This Sunday, the Major League Baseball season will begin as the St. Louis Cardinals visit the Chicago Cubs at a newly renovated Wrigley Field. Major League Baseball is doing a great job of embracing mobile technology, and as such, Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) has created some groundbreaking apps over the years. Whether you follow every game of your favorite team all season, or just occasionally take yourself out to the ballgame, MLBAM's apps are worth considering. Let's take a look:</span></p>

<p><span>This is pretty cool. </span><a href="http://newsblog.drexel.edu/2015/04/02/drexels-newest-vending-machine-dispenses-ipads/">Drexel University has installed an iPad rental vending machine</a><span> that can be accessed by university students and neighboring residents. Students must present their ID while non-students take out an iPad with a valid Library of Philadelphia card. The rental period lasts four hours, and all data entered by the customer is expunged when the device is returned.</span></p><p><span>This has got me thinking about how public libraries can evolve to better serve their communities in the digital age.</span></p>

<p>Here are some of the best free apps, app updates and new apps that have landed in the App Store recently. Today's notable apps include a discount on The Minims - A New Beginning, the new A Day In The Woods game and an update to Waze . All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can.</p>

<p><span>Ahhh, those were the days. If your wallet was full of cash or you had a decent amount of available credit on your credit card, you could pick up one of these babies -- a "ten plus megabyte" Macbottom hard drive for your Mac 128K or 512K. All you had to do is call 1-800-MACBUTT (I am not making this up) to order one.</span></p>

<p><span>With as many apps as I have on my iPhone 6 Plus, I usually put them all in nicely arranged folders. There's an exception, though -- </span><a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scanbot-document-scanner-qr/id834854351?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scanbot</a><span> (free with in-app purchases) always remains on my Home screen because I use it constantly. It was just a year ago that the app was launched, and the developers announced that over 1.75 million people have now downloaded Scanbot. Today the app received an update to version 3.7, and the developers added some extremely powerful integrations to the mix as well.</span></p>

<p>Ahead of the Apple Watch debut later this month, Wired's  David Pierce  interviewed Apple's Kevin Lynch, who left Adobe in 2013 and joined the Cupertino company.  The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wired.com/2015/04/the-apple-watch/" rel="noopener noreferrer">long-form article</a> doesn't focus on Lynch exclusively; rather it chronicles on the history and development of the Apple Watch. </p>

The busy iOS developers at Microsoft have released an update to Outlook that features a new address book and improvements...

<p>Here are some of the best free apps, app updates and new apps that have landed in the App Store recently. Today's notable apps include a discount on Figure, the new Boss Monster game and an update to Tweetdeck for OS X. All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can.</p>

<pre>Hello, and welcome to a new edition of the Accessible Apple newsletter. For those of us in the blind community, I have to sadly report that our cry for equal access to the new Mac OS and Newton has gone unanswered for yet another month. What's up with that, Apple?</pre>

<p>With more than 81 million active users, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pandora.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pandora</a> is a heavyweight in the music streaming industry. It is bigger than <a target="_blank" href="https://www.spotify.com/us/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a>, which has 60 million active users, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-radio/" rel="noopener noreferrer">iTunes Radio</a>, a less popular streaming service that Apple introduced alongside iOS 6. With Apple now owning <a href="http://www.beatsmusic.com/">Beats Music</a> and reportedly working to revamp the service, the competition in the streaming music business is now more intense than it has ever been.  </p>

<p>It's April Fools' Day, which means it is time to fool your friends and family using some these harmless and humorous pranks below. We include the old standards as well as few new techniques to expand your pranking repertoire. We finish off the list with a few good apps that'll leave you, and hopefully your target, in stitches. </p>

<p>Here are some of the best free apps, app updates and new apps that have landed in the App Store recently. Today's notable apps include a discount on Thunderspace 4K, the new Gunpowder game and an update to1Password for iOS. All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can.</p>

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<p><span>There are a lot of iPhone cases on the market that use nano-suction material to affix the case to the iPhone, `but this is the first case I think I've seen that uses nano-suction to let you stick the case on just about any clean, flat surface. The </span><a target="_blank" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/megatiny/zero-g-iphone-6-case-changing-the-way-you-use-your" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zero G case from Mega Tiny Corporation</a><span> is currently in a Kickstarter campaign for funding, and if the pre-production device I reviewed is any indication, this could be the wooden stake to put through the heart of selfie sticks.</span></p>