Having read Jonathan Liu’s post on the Cars 2 AppMATes toy car controller for the Cars 2 iPad game, I’ve been itching to try my kids out on it. Having spent a weekend watching them play with it, I was impressed at how this simple toy car controller changed the ...

I grab a lot of iOS apps when they’re free — quite often they’re free for a very limited time, before they go back up to regular price. Freebies aren’t always super, but I have gotten a lot of fun ones. This Core Dump is a collection of apps I ...

The latest offering from Moonbot Studios is a gorgeous homage to Fritz Lang's Metropolis bundled up in a children's story about a world where the alphabet has not yet been invented, and everything is communicated through numbers.

I’m thinking about the challenges faced by previous generations of parents. I’m thinking about parents that had to cope with the arrival of Rock ‘n’ Roll or the Sexual Revolution; parents that had to send their kids off to the factory or the draft. I’m thinking about these parents as I ...

Moshi Monsters are currently trying to take over the world, it seems. The site, aimed at kids around seven and upwards, now boasts over 50 million members, many of them paying a subscription fee to keep their own Moshi Monster happy and entertained. If you don’t pony up the fee, ...

My son turned two this fall. By the time he starts kindergarten in three years’ time, I have no idea how he will be learning. The first computer I was exposed to in elementary school used 5 ¼-inch floppy discs; I’m not even sure he’ll be using a computer by ...

At last we have arrived, my friends. It’s our 12th Day of Geekmas, and today’s offerings are even more spectacular than those that came before. Up for grabs is our last Philips Wireless HDMI Net Connect, a device that streams content wirelessly from your desktop or laptop directly to your ...

ScrollMotion and Warner Bros. are offering up five GeekDad readers a free iOS app from their interactive app library. The free apps include two copies of the holiday-themed DC Super Friends: Race to Save Christmas as well as one copy of  Scooby-Doo: The Apple Thief and two copies of Scooby-Doo: Fall ...

If the doctor had an iPad, what would he use to prtect it? I think it would have to be something like one of these iPad 2 Duct Tape Magnetic Jackets from CoreGeek. It looks pretty cool with great features including an integrated sleep/wake function, magnetic insert and removal, magnetic ...

The name may be slightly misleading: this iPad accessory isn’t a game changer, but it does provide a digitally enhanced gaming experience that my family has found engaging and fun. GameChanger is an iPad accessory that will set you back about $80. That is the starter kit which includes two ...