Monday, March 7, 2011

iPad


TurboTax 2010 Released for the iPad
PadGadget
Intuit announced their best selling tax preparation software is now available as an app for the iPad. TurboTax 2010 is a new app designed and optimized for use on the iPad. It combines Intuit's well-known, easy-to-use tax software with the iPad's ...
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Buying an iPad 2: What You Need to Know
Mashable
On Friday March 11, 2011, Apple's iPad 2 will become available for purchase online and in retail stores. Early trade-in activity surrounding the original iPad suggests that that the iPad 2 will be in high demand. As with last year's original iPad and ...
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Wolverton: Android vs. Apple: Xoom tablet nice, but no iPad killer
San Jose Mercury News
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Motorola's Xoom is the best non-iPad tablet so far. But it helps illustrate just how far ahead of its rivals Apple remains. Before I get into that, let me say that there's a lot to like about the Xoom, which hit store shelves ...
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Best Buy denies rumors of iPad handout to all staff, considers multiple devices
Apple Insider
Best Buy's "Connected Store" pilot program is currently testing a range of tablets, including the Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Motorola Xoom. The program attempts to emulate the Apple Store experience by providing interested customers with ...
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Profound Disconnects At The Apple iPad2 Announcement
InformationWeek
In my case, it took a roundtable I cohosted on Leo Laporte's weekly TWiT show to put together an explanation in my mind for the mistakes and missteps at Apple's iPad 2 announcement last week. What am I alluding to? The fact that CEO Steve Jobs fed us a ...
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Atrinsic Soars After iPhone, iPad Announcement
ABC News
AP Shares of Atrinsic Inc. nearly doubled Monday after the company said subscribers to its Kazaa music service can stream music on the iPhone and iPad and by going to the Kazaa website — without downloading a special application and thus avoiding ...
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Early iPad 2 benchmarks: CPU performance remains mostly unchanged
Ars Technica
CNET UK was able to run some JavaScript benchmarks on the iPad 2, and found that original iPad users won't be missing out on much compared to their iPad 2-touting friends, at least as far as Web-browsing performance is concerned. ...
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iPads Invade the Cockpit
BusinessWeek
Apple's iPad is making its way into some cockpits. The device won approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to display navigational charts for some charter pilots, according to a story published today by my Bloomberg colleague Sonja Elmquist. ...
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Apple's Amazing iPad Business In Context (AAPL)
San Francisco Chronicle
Apple's iPad is already a massive business. The most amazing thing is that it didn't exist a year ago. In the first 9 months of sales last year, Apple sold almost 15 million iPads, generating almost $10 billion in revenue. This year, analysts expect ...
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PlugShare Uses Crowd Sourcing to Provide Electric Vehicle Charging
PC Magazine
By Leslie Horn PlugShare is a new, free app for the iPhone and iPad that provides a remedy for those suffering from "range anxiety," the fear that an electric vehicle will run out of juice. Produced by Xatori, a Palo Alto startup, PlugShare calls ...
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