Five iPad Apps for Back to School

For students heading back to school, the iPad has become indispensable.  It’s equally effective for after-class entertainment or as an integral part of online education.  The iPad’s unique ability to be customized so completely to the user’s needs makes it especially useful for college students.  University life isn’t only about studying and academic work and the iPad 2 makes it easy to have a range of apps for each area of your life.

BBC News app for iPad. Becoming a well-rounded student is especially important in today’s globally connected world.  The BBC free iPad app allows you to access global news with a list of top news articles about trending events.  It also allows a user to select breaking news according to geographic region as well, so regardless of where you’re from you can keep up with current events.  A favorite feature of BBC iPad app users is its live radio ability.  In addition to all the print news you want you can also listen to the BBC broadcasting live from London twenty four hours a day.

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