Peggle, the insanely addicting game by PopCap, is now available on the iPad! Oh dear. This is bad news. I may get the worst-mom-of-the-year-award since I’ll be spending all the hours in my immediate future playing Peggle. Once I start, I just can’t stop. And since I’m particularly cruel, and want to take up all your time as well, TiPb is going to gift some copies of Peggle HD to our amazing readers!

Shoot to clear all the orange pegs from 55 sparkling levels in what msnbc.com calls one of the “top 5 most addictive games of all time.” Become a Peggle Master and pit your skills against over 40 Grand Master Challenges. Rack up bonus points and hit style shots that will make you smile for weeks.

• Four ways to play – Clear all the levels and train with the Peggle Masters in Adventure mode. Revisit your favorite levels in Quick Play. Face off with friends or your iPhone or iPod touch in Duel. Unlock Challenge mode and prove that you have become a Peggle Master.
• Action on many levels – Raise the Fevermeter in spectacular, colorful levels including snow banks, tulip fields and outer space.
• Master magic powers – Hone your skills with the help of 10 Peggle Masters and learn their magical skills.
• Extreme precision wheel – Fine-tune your aim to bust more pegs with every shot.
• Cool new style shots – Rack up more bonus points with tricky shots like Off the Wall, Double Long Shot and Eye of the Pyramid.
• Trophy Room – Build a shrine to your own awesomeness in the new Peggle Trophy Room.
• Save and replay your best shots – Relive your Peggle glory and show your friends your most spectacular shots!

Giveaway

We at TiPb are huge Peggle fans, and we want to share that addiction with you! For a chance to win, let us know what is your favorite Peggle super power in the comments below. If you’ve never played Peggle, let us know that too! We will randomly choose 5 of you to receive an iTunes gift for Peggle HD. (To qualify, you must have a US or Canadian iTunes account. Apple’s rule, not ours!)

Peggle HD is available on the iPad with a launch price of $2.99.

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In classic The Onion fashion, they’re lampooning Apple’s brand new CEO, Tim Cook with a nod to his HP roots. That’s right — printers.

incoming CEO Tim Cook called a meeting of shareholders and members of the press Thursday morning to announce that he envisioned printers as the company's future. "Laser, ink-jet, double-sided, color, black-and-white—the future of technology is in printers. I am absolutely convinced of that,"

The whole thing is worth a read. And a smile. And our desperate hopes that life never ends up imitating this satirical art.

[The Onion]

We spend a lot of time on last night’s iPhone Live podcast talking about Apple now that Steve Jobs is no longer CEO — an Apple with Tim Cook at the reigns. Now we want to know what you, the TiPb Nation, think.

Apple no doubt has their product plan mapped out for a year or two ahead. Also, Steve Jobs is still there and reportedly still actively involved as Chairman of the Board, so no doubt they’ll be able to map their products out a few years more. But then what? Can Tim Cook an Apple’s executive team keep steering a ship with the most successful course in consumer electronics history? Post Steve Jobs, can they continue to turn out iPods and iPhones and iPads? Can they continue to say “no” when they need to and make absolutely perfect when they say “yes’? They can never be Steve Jobs, but can they continue to be as successful as Steve Jobs helped make them?

And what about competitors? Were they popping champagne corks last night at the news Steve Jobs wasn’t CEO of Apple anymore, and they no longer had to compete with him fully in place and in charge? Will they hope that Apple’s almost unbroken winning streak might just lose a little of its stride, or maybe even stumble? That there will be even more MobileMe’s and Ping’s without Steve Jobs at the helm? Even if nothing else has changed, has competitors morale been given a boost?

Taking over a company at the bottom is an incredible challenge but there’s almost no where to go but up (or insolvency, often quickly forgotten.) Taking over a company at the top of its game can be even more stressful because all eyes are on you and it feels like there’s nowhere to go but down. Will the media give Tim Cook a chance to breathe? Will analysts suddenly pounce on something that would have been normal even under Jobs?

Steve Jobs has always been a part of Apple and he always will, but how important a part was he to you, as an end user, as someone who has an iPhone or iPad or iPod? Does knowing Steve Jobs is no longer CEO change the way you feel about Apple? About your iPhone or iPad or iPod? About waiting for the next product launch or anticipating the next keynote?

It’s the first day of the rest of Apple’s history, and there are more questions than answers, but we’d love to hear what you, the TiPb Nation thinks, and whatever you so choose to share.

Annoyed by the Camera app storing double pictures in HDR mode and wondering how to stop it? Apple introduced an HDR (High Dynamic Range) setting to the iPhone 4 camera with iOS 4.1 and if used in the right circumstances can produce some much improved camera shots. Unfortunately, the way it works can cause a problem if your device is short of storage space. When HDR is turned on, the camera is actually taking four pictures, combining three of them into the HDR picture and saving the normal image in your camera roll. If you don't want to save the normal picture in your camera roll as well as the HDR version, there is simple way to stop it happening, read on and we will show you how.

1. Open up Settings
2. Click on Photos
3. Right at the bottom there is a toggle switch, slide this to the off position

That’s it, if you take a picture with HDR turned on, only the combined HDR picture will appear in your camera roll. This will save on storage space and clutter in your camera roll.

Tips of the day will range from beginner-level 101 to advanced-level ninjary. If you already know this tip, keep the link handy as a quick way to help a friend. If you have a tip of your own you'd like to suggest, add them to the comments or send them in to news@tipb.com. (If it's especially awesome and previously unknown to us, we'll even give ya a reward…)

Ars Technica has received what they feel confident is an email from new Apple CEO Tim Cook to all Apple employees. In it, Cook addresses his new role, and his confidence in Apple and his team going forward.

Team:

I am looking forward to the amazing opportunity of serving as CEO of the most innovative company in the world. Joining Apple was the best decision I’ve ever made and it’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work for Apple and Steve for over 13 years. I share Steve’s optimism for Apple’s bright future.

Steve has been an incredible leader and mentor to me, as well as to the entire executive team and our amazing employees. We are really looking forward to Steve’s ongoing guidance and inspiration as our Chairman.

I want you to be confident that Apple is not going to change. I cherish and celebrate Apple’s unique principles and values. Steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other in the world and we are going to stay true to that—it is in our DNA. We are going to continue to make the best products in the world that delight our customers and make our employees incredibly proud of what they do.

I love Apple and I am looking forward to diving into my new role. All of the incredible support from the Board, the executive team and many of you has been inspiring. I am confident our best years lie ahead of us and that together we will continue to make Apple the magical place that it is.

Tim

Ars has some great analysis to go along with the letter. Check it out via the link below.

[Ars Technica]

For today only, the TiPb Store has the Case-Mate Hybrid Case for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G on sale for only $9.95 — that’s a whopping 72% off!. With a silicone skin that absorbs impact and a tough, ABS plastic shell for complete security, you better hurry up get it now before they’re all gone!

Shop Case-Mate Hybrid Case for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G now!

Steve Jobs called up Google’s Vic Gundotra on a Sunday morning to get an urgent fix for something they were working on, and Gundotra was gracious enough to share the story on Google+.

“So Vic, we have an urgent issue, one that I need addressed right away. I’ve already assigned someone from my team to help you, and I hope you can fix this tomorrow” said Steve.

“I’ve been looking at the Google logo on the iPhone and I’m not happy with the icon. The second O in Google doesn’t have the right yellow gradient. It’s just wrong and I’m going to have Greg fix it tomorrow. Is that okay with you?”

Of course this was okay with me. A few minutes later on that Sunday I received an email from Steve with the subject “Icon Ambulance”. The email directed me to work with Greg Christie to fix the icon.

These are the eyes, and the attention to detail, Apple needs to fight to keep in place moving forward.

[+Vic Gundotra, MacRumors]

Kick the Buddy is an entertainment game for the iPhone aimed to be a stress reliever. The whole point of the game is to physically accost your ‘buddy’ by kicking him or assaulting him with weapons.

I’ve tried out Kick the Buddy, and I don’t have the heart to launch the app again! My buddy is so cute and asked to be friends. He gets sad when I hurt him and asked me to stop. I had to stop.

In this truly interactive game you can kick the Buddy, make him a target of a missile, pull Buddy to pieces, play mini-games with him, make him dance and have a whole lot more smashing fun! Watch him spin, bounce, explode and de-stress your day!

• Fully physically simulated!
• Lots of ways to punish or entertain your little buddy!
• Kick the Buddy and earn money for buying new weapons, items, and mini games!
• The Buddy has Artificial Intelligence and comments on all your actions!
• An easy concept with tons of replay value!
• Enjoy kicking the Buddy on a beautiful Retina display!
• Compatible with iOS multitasking!
• Global Achievements!

Kick the Buddy is available on the iPhone for $0.99.

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Mathcial is an educational app on the iPhone and iPad meant to help kids improve their arithmetic skills. It include 5 different fast-paced mini games targeting key skills.

I’ve play around with the iPhone version of Mathical and it’s fun! These games may be designed for children, but many adults may find some of them to be challenging as well.

Mathical is a 5 in 1 compilation of awesome, fast paced games for primary / elementary aged children to practise mental calculation skills.

The skills the games encourage are:

• Multiplication facts
• Division Facts
• Times Tables
• Addition and Subtraction
• Inverse Operations
• Place Value
• Ordering decimals
• Fractions of shapes

Mathical Vol. 1 is available on the iPhone for $0.99 and on the iPad for $1.99.

[iPhone App Store link] [iPad - App Store link]

Giveaway

The good folks at StusApps have given us 5 promo codes for the iPad version of Mathical, and we’re going to give them to you, our awesome readers! For a chance to win, just leave a comment below and tell us know which area of math is your favorite (or least favorite). My favorite subject is geometry, followed by analysis.

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Well known peripheral manufacturer Logitech has announced a couple of new accessories for the iPad and iPad 2, a new take on the keyboard and a joystick for gaming. The keyboard fits to the rear of the iPad when not in use. When you need it, it folds out and reveals a full size QWERTY layout.

Sitting in a meeting or lecture? The Logitech Fold-Up Keyboard for iPad 2 is perfect for the office or classroom. Ready to use as soon as it's unfolded, it holds your tablet at an ideal angle for comfy typing. It features a full-size, Bluetooth keyboard and you won't lose your power mid-sentence because it charges over USB. It even turns itself off automatically when it's folded to save battery power. Closed, the keyboard rests securely underneath your tablet so you can just grab it and go to your next meeting or classroom.

On the other hand, the joystick resembles the Ten One Fling. If I was a Fling, I would be taking a long hard look at this one!

When you're ready to play, pull out your Logitech Joystick for iPad or iPad 2. This thumb-stick style game controller can be used with just about any game with an on-screen joystick or d-pad. The device attaches to your iPad with suction cups that are easy to apply and easy to remove. And the coiled spring provides force feedback that automatically returns the joystick to the center position. It's so easy to use, who needs to plug in a clunky, old-school controller ever again?

Both accessories are available to pre-order today in Europe at a price of €99.99 ($145) for the keyboard and €14.99 ($22) for the joystick. Both should be available in September. More images below:-

[Logitech]