The New iPad: A Graphics Powerhouse

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As the new iPad was announced earlier this week, I was watching the live blogs about the new features it would include. The pundits and rumor blogs were pretty accurate this time. The new iPad 3 features… Retina Display with 2048 x 1536 Resolution (WOW!) A5X Processor with Quad Core Graphics iSight5 Megapixel Rear Facing [...]

The iPad 3: Rumors and Questions

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The rumor mill has been very active during the past few months on the specifications of the upcoming Apple iPad 3. While the rumors have been all over the place, the last few days have brought a lot of consolidation and a few supposed photos. Here are a few things that most rumor sites agree [...]

iBooks Author Tutorial: First Take

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The educational community was all abuzz over the last few weeks about the new interactive textbooks coming out from Apple. Instead of static pictures and text, these new books come alive with audio, video, and interactive diagrams and charts. These interactive texts are viewable on the iPad and other iOS devices. The creation software, iBooks [...]

iPad Presentation Tools

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With the addition of iOS6, the iPad 2 and 3 now have the ability to become a Presentation Powerhouse. Using Airplay, you’ll be able to pull up the Keynote program and send your Powerpoint style slides across the room wirelessly to a large screen monitor or projector. Imagine being able to walk around the room with [...]

iPad & the Death of Netbooks

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I noticed something very curious Friday in the financial news. Microsoft’s stock dropped over 5% in one day. The headline went on to say that the main culprit was the drop in sales of the windows operating system. The largest drop was in netbook sales which were down a whopping 40%. The main reason given [...]