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Facebook Mobile App Hooks Up With OpenTable
Facebook on Monday announced a new integration with restaurant reservation network OpenTable, which will allow Facebook users to book reservations directly through the Facebook mobile iOS app. The update, which will go live on Monday, will also include TV listing information on TV show pages, based on a user’s local time and station lineup. Users are now also to search hashtags for trending discussions via mobile device.
Apps Raise the iPad’s Aptitude for Real Work
iPads and other tablets are being used every day for productivity tasks once reserved for laptops. Walt Mossberg looks at apps that attempt to emulate the features of Office.Boo, the World’s Cutest Dog, Calls a Facebook Employee “Mom”
Boo’s owner, unmasked!Microsoft Office on iPad
Walt answers readers’ questions about technology, including opening Office files on the iPad.Apple Helps Devices Get Their Heads in the Cloud
Apple launches iCloud, a service designed to store and replicate documents on computers, the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad.Apple Brings iWork Apps to iPhone and iPod Touch
Already available for the iPad, Apple is bringing Pages, Keynote and Numbers to the iPhone and iPod Touch. The apps sell for $9.99 apiece and are free for those who have already purchased the iPad versions.Grand Opening: Mac App Store Debuts With 1,000 Apps
Apple’s Mac App Store went live this morning with the release of Mac OS X 10.6.6. And it’s off to a good start already. At launch there are some 1,000 apps, paid and free, spread out over the standard of categories–productivity, games, etc. Among the Apple apps on the store’s virtual shelves: Pages and others from the iWork suite for $19.99, iPhoto and GarageBand for $14.99 and Aperture 3 for $79.99.News Byte