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How many of you got an iPad for Christmas? Maybe you got it from a friend or family member or maybe you bought it yourself with the Christmas money you got, but however you got it, now it’s time to download some iPad apps. You could just go with the standard apps it comes with such as basic stocks, weather, time zones and a few other things or you can download any of the done 300,000 apps available at the Apple iTunes store.

Ever since the development of the iPone, third party developers have come up with thousands of software applications, or apps for short, that can do just about everything. And since the iPad is now completely ingrained into American society (another huge victory for Apple marketing) You can get apps for weather, sports, to watch television, movies more, apps for games (there are thousands of game apps, that’s probably the biggest category), of course, news and news papers, travel apps, driving apps such as the TomTom GPS that’s probably one of the most expensive apps at $49 and tons and tons of other things.

It quite literally never ends, there is an iPad app to download for everything you can think of. What are some featured ones and some of the more popular ones? Well, out of the some 300,000 available, here are a few of the more popular iPad apps available today:

Popular Science+ For The iPad
Get your nerd science fix by reading the coolest science and technology magazine out there. That would be Popular Science. This magazine has been around for decades and I remember reading it when I was a kid and now you can get it on the iPad. One of the coolest things about this app is that you can do a lot more than just read the magazine, you can interact with it. The most interesting feature about this app is the Multi-Touch capability which allows you to tap the screen and the text just disappears so you can check out the  great images. Kinda cool, huh?

Real Racing HD
Yes, games are probably the most popular apps for the iPad and Real Racing HD is one of the most popular. Responsive technology makes this racing app tons of fun to use. You have the steering wheel of a race car right in your hands with your iPad, just grab the iPad like you would your steering wheel and you’re off to hours of fun.

The Weather Channel App
Okay, who doesn’t follow the weather these days. But let’s admit it, actually watching the Weather Channel is a bit boring. But, if you download the Weather Channel app there are all kinds of cool things you can do with it. You get full size weather maps, full size radar (you can even zoom into your local street),  and more and you can even customize your weather maps. If you are into weather, then the Weather Channel iPad App is a must.

There are tens of thousands more apps for the iPad and these are just 3 of the most popular to start with, so stay tuned for lots more reviews of cool iPad apps.

And if you don’t have an iPad, check out how to get a FREE iPad here. Just submit your email address.

One of the more popular online MMORPG games is called Fiesta or Fiesta Online and has some of the coolest features of an RPG flash game you will ever experience. And one of the more notable features of this game is that it is very easy to learn. So if you are new to role playing games, Fiesta will be easy to learn, but if you are an expert at these classes of games, Fiesta also has some great features for you as well.

The game was created by Outspark and has some 2 million players worldwide, so there is plenty of competition. It has a lower learning curve than most MMORPG games, but is fun and even expert RPG players love the game.

The exciting cell shaded graphics are also a positive that many Fiesta Online players rave about as well as its solid item crafting system or process. There are four playable classes in this MMORPG game and they are listed below:

Archer – Archers are quick and can kill wound easily with their bows ad great for striking an enemy from a distance, but they don’t do well in close or hand to hand fighting or in a combat with lots of players at close range.

Mage – A traditional spell casting player. Great for distance while implementing their magic, but not very good at defending themselves in melee style combat. They can easily also get their butt’s kicked.

Fighters – Great for close, high velocity combat. They have the most armor for self defense and the most hit points in Fiesta. They can also use one handed and two handed weapons with ease and are true warriors.

Clerics – While Clerics are the weakest player in Fiesta, they are extremely valuable to your playing party. They have healing powers which obviously make them a great asset to your injured Fighters. In a group, they are very valuable players. don’t leave home without them.

Bottom line, you are going the have a great time getting involved in playing Fiesta Online. Download it here.

Like Mafia Wars? If you do, then you will love this Mafia Wars Facebook Layout that you can use to customize your profile with. You can either put the background on just your profile page or on all your pages you have in Facebook.

Mafia Wars is one of the most popular games available on social networks such as Facebook and MySpace and it is the most popular crime game in the world. In fact, on Facebook alone, there are more than 25 million accounts for this game. Is that crazy, or what! The game is set in New York City and allows players to travel around to different cities controlling their mob as you get to higher levels. Zynga is the creator of the game and is constantly improving it and adding new features all the time. All you have to do to play is install the app on Facebook and you are good to go.

So if you are a big fan of the game, download and install the Mafia Wars Facebook Layout by clicking on the background below:

You can’t do anything in Farmville without coins, so you need to know how to make money in Farmville. Because you have to have your cash for just about everything in FarmVille, you need to max out the earning potential of your crops and everything going on on your farm.

The easiest way to get a handle on this is to figure out which of your crops earn you the most coins per hour of growth. Let’s take the example of strawberries. They sell for 35 coins for every plot of land you harvest and their growing time is 4 hours. However, pumpkins for instance, they grown in 8 hours and they go for 68 coins for every plot of harvested land.

When we figure all that out, we get for the same acreage planted, earnings of 8.75 coins per hour for raising strawberries and raising pumpkins will earn you 8.5 coins per hour, .25 coins less per hour. Even though this looks like a small difference, these little amounts add up fast and can be substantial the bigger your farm gets. However, you won’t be getting your money’s worth if you can’t harvest the more cost effective plants when they are ready and then go right back and start planting again on the same plot.

Let’s say you can’t log into Facebook for 8 hours or more, you’re much better off planting the pumpkins because they take longer to grow. The longer you leave your plants after they are done maturing, the less you will be getting when you are able to log back in and harvest your crops. The fast money is earned on crops that mature quickly so that means you will have to be able to log in a pick or harvest at just about any time.

You will want to take think about these details when you select your seeds and buy them from the Market. Follow these simple techniques and you will be earning big coins quickly and before you know it you will have a huge farm.

If you want to learn some more great techniques that teach you how to make money in FarmVille and build a mega farm, check out the FarmVille Secrets guide.

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Strategy Guide For FarmVille – Do You Need It?

FarmVille Strategy Guide

If you have never played Farmville before, once you start, you will be able to see why this crazy game is so popular and kind of addicting. It can be confusing because there are lot of options including what decorations and buildings you can place on your farm, what kind of seeds you can grow on your farm, and which kinds of animals you decide to raise on your farm. It’s great to have that many options to mess around with on your farm however, it may be a quite difficult when you are first getting started and deciding what direction to take your farm.

Principle Number 1 – Grow Your Farm Slowly

When you’re working in FarmVille it’s pretty obvious that you’ll want to get the most from your farm. Because of this you’ll want to clear lots of land so that you can plant as many crops as you can. Don’t clear more land than you have money for or so much land that you can’t buy any seeds to plant. To clear one plot of land it will cost you 15 coins, so don’t clear too many at one shot because you won’t have any coins to buy those all important seeds.

You want to expand your plowed plot of land fairly slowly so that you are able to take full advantage of their planting potential and reap a good harvest. Once you harvest all your crops, you should replant all of your current plots first because you have those already paid for. You can then figure out if you have enough profit and coins to expand your land. If you continue to follow this pattern of planting what you already have after each harvest you will always have enough money to plat all over again.

Principle Number 2 – Make A Plan For Your Harvests

Just like in the real gardening and farming world you have to know when the best time to plant your crops so you can harvest at the right time. Everything you plant and every crop will have its growing season and will mature at its specified time. Once your crops are mature, you can harvest them. But you don’t want to wait too long because your crops may wither and die. You wan to make sure you plan everything so this doesn’t happen to you and your farm doesn’t die and wither away to nothing.

You can take Farmville as seriously as you want  If you want to log in just once a week, you can do that as long as you don’t plat crops that need to be harvested in 4 or 5 days. However, once you start playing Farmville for any length of time, it’s probably very unlikely you will stay away from it for a week at a time. You’ll probably log into Farmville several times a day if you aren’t careful.

If you’d like some more tips on how to get started in Farmville and how to build a farm that really rocks. check out the Farmville strategy guide by clicking on the banner below.