iPad In Business
June 10th, 2010 at 6:35 PM EST | by inu846W
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iPad in London at the Apple Store in Regent’s St.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the security breach in AT&T Inc.’s website that exposed the email addresses of some iPad owners.
“The FBI is aware of these possible computer intrusions and has opened an investigation,” said Katherine Schweit, an FBI spokeswoman. Ms. Schweit said the FBI opened the investigation Thursday but it will not comment on what it is looking at. “It’s very early in the investigation,” she said.
AT&T, the sole U.S. provider of wireless service for the Apple Inc. tablets, acknowledged Wednesday that a security flaw in its website made it possible for iPad users’ email addresses to be exposed.
Read more: The Wall Street Journal
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June 10th, 2010 at 1:13 PM EST | by inu846W
Periodic Table of the Elements
The app nominally appears like a standard Periodic Chart of the Elements – like that huge poster in the back of our High School chemistry class. But it’s different in that instead of cramming all the information for an element into a small square you select different chemical traits and the entire chart becomes color coded to show how that trait is distributed across the chart, and how it varies with atom diameter and electron pattern.
But I think most interestingly, this demonstrates how traditionally static instructional diagrams can now be interactive, and therefore more engaging and interesting, as textbooks migrate to the iPad. It’s not just that millions of pages can now fit into a slim iPad – the pictures and diagrams themselves can come to life!
– Kevin Neelands
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June 8th, 2010 at 12:50 PM EST | by inu846W
Apple has pulled the best-selling iPad RSS application, Pulse, from the app store at the request of the New York Times. Why? Because it downloads and displays the New York Times RSS feed, just like every other RSS reader on the planet.
Pulse has been an app-store hit thanks to its slick design, which pulls news from various sources and aggregates them in an easy-to-read manner, perfectly suited to the flick-and-scroll interface of the iPad. The design was good enough to impress even Steve Jobs, who mentioned it in his WWDC keynote speech Monday. The application, which costs $4, has been downloaded 35,000 times. It was the top paid app for a while.
Pulse was removed from the App Store yesterday after a takedown request was sent by a the NYT’s legal counsel. Here is the relevant excerpt:
The Pulse News Reader app, makes commercial use of the NYTimes.com and Boston.com RSS feeds, in violation of their Terms of Use*. Thus, the use of our content is unlicensed. The app also frames the NYTimes.com and Boston.com websites in violation of their respective Terms of Use.
Read more: WIRED
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June 7th, 2010 at 11:22 AM EST | by inu846W
Politico reported in May on a bipartisan influence group gaining prominence on the Hill — the iPad caucus, or congressman and senators who have begun to use the tablet computer for work.
Now the group is gaining allies in other Washington power centers (not to mention Gracie Mansion).
Today the Washington Post reports that top players in the White House — Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod and Larry Summers among them — have also begun to rely on the device.
Read more: New York Observer
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June 4th, 2010 at 6:44 PM EST | by inu846W
The New York Times reports that AT&T is currently considering taking steps to accommodate users wishing to activate unlimited 3G service plans for the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G before the plan is discontinued on Monday but who have been unable to obtain a device due to shortages.
According to an executive at the company, who would not be identified because the company’s efforts were still in discussion internally, AT&T was exploring allowing customers who pay for an iPad before June 7, but don’t get the device in hand, to still sign up for an unlimited data account.
Until the company’s solution is announced, though, consumers have until 11:59 p.m. on June 6, just three days from now, to buy an iPad with 3G capability and sign up for the unlimited plan.
Apple’s own online store already suggests that such a policy is in place, claiming that the unlimited 3G service plan for the iPad is "available if ordering iPad from the Apple Online Store by June 6" and making no mention of a requirement that the device also be received and service activated by that deadline.
Read more: MacRumors.com
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June 4th, 2010 at 6:39 PM EST | by inu846W
Many years ago, I used Documents To Go with my Palm IIIe.* Now, the productivity suite for handhelds is available for the iPad. Just like that old version, this universal app lets you view and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents (including those in the Office 2007/2008/2010 XML format). Unlike Docs To Go on the Palm, it’s got the iPad’s big, beautiful screen to work with.
It also takes advantage of iTunes file sharing and apps that use the "Open in…" feature. For example, you can send an email attachment directly to Docs To Go from within Mail. You can also open iWork files and access documents in your Dropbox, Google Docs, Box.net, iDisk, or SugarSync accounts. It’s definitely nice to see the majority of a spreadsheet or an entire Word document at once, and desktop sync over Wi-Fi (separate desktop app required) is quite handy.
Read more: TUAW.com
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