The biggest hesitation when deciding to get an iPad or not is understanding the limitations of the device, and what you'll be able to do without shelling out cash and iTunes gift cards for apps. This guide broadly covers what you can do for free (though there's tons of other stuff) on your iPad - all that's really required is an internet connection. All apps mentioned in this post are or were available for free.

If you are entering the working world soon, one of the biggest pains you would have come across is creating your CV. While one of the most common documents there is, it's still an incredibly difficult process to put it together, figuring out what to put in, the amount of detail, the order and formatting, and all the rest.

Having an ethernet-only internet connection when you're trying to rock your WiFi device, or having to share a single 3G internet device when you're on the road, or having your wireless router fail and needing to reconfigure all your WiFi devices to new setting are all painful experiences, we wish we could avoid.

If you've ever freelanced, you'll know that having a professional and meticulous administrative system can some (most) times give way to the creative process and getting a kick ass piece of art or writing out by the deadline. 

Facebook does a pretty great job of informing you and letting you manage people on Facebook who want to be your friend. When things snarl up though, apart from seeing a drop in numbers in your Friends List, you're not alerted to when someone unfriends you.

So you've just gotten a BlackBerry? My condolences. Still, better make the most of it, eh?

It's fairly easy to open a US iTunes account, to get access to the free apps available to US peeps. In fact, Marc Forrester did a great step-by-step post on how to make it happen.

@mirfaan — If you don't frequent local sites and services like Newshost to get your daily or weekly fixes of tv series, you'll know that it can be difficult keeping track of what's aired, what the new episode numbers are, and where to find reliable torrents. Enter ted, a simple and intuitive tool you can use to keep your torrenting as seamless and immediate as possible: