More People Recognizing That Media iPad Adaptations Feel Like CD-ROM Media
Earlier this year, we pointed to an excellent Danny O'Brien blog post comparing the media's mad dash for the iPad as a "savior" to the media's similar mad-dash to CD-ROMs as a savior. I'm reminded of...
View ArticleCongressman Complains That iPads Are Killing Jobs In The Paper Industry
Incredible. Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. apparently decided to cement his position as a full-on luddite by going on the floor of the House to claim that the iPad was killing jobs in the paper,...
View ArticleTwo Can Play At This Game: Samsung Wants To See Apple's Next Gen iPhones & iPads
Last week, we noted that Apple had successfully convinced a court that Samsung should be forced to hand over unreleased prototypes of its new phones and tablet computers as part of its patent dispute...
View ArticleHow Do You Know If A TSA Agent Stole An iPad? There's An App For That
While the TSA has already declared themselves this nation's official Humor Police, all while likely profiling based on race, the agency constructed to keep us safe while we fly has another problem to...
View ArticleFCC Boss Tired Of Having To Put His iPad Away For Takeoff, Tells FAA To Fix It
Numerous people have talked about the ridiculousness of requiring airplane passengers to put away their iPads or other portable devices during takeoff and landing on airplanes. There used to be...
View ArticleFrance Tells Apple To Pay Giant 'You Must Be A Pirate' Tax On iPads
French politicians had been pushing for years to extend its infamous "you must be a pirate" copyright levy (tax) to tablets, and it appears that's now in place. Apple has been ordered to pay €5...
View ArticleDRM-Plus, Or How Eidos Is Treating Anyone With A Jail-Broken iPad Like A...
You know the DRM story already. Game publisher creates game, has everything needed to release it, then slaps on some annoying digital rights mechanism. Often times the DRM is pointless, getting...
View ArticleLA School Gives iPads To Students; Students Hack Protection; School Freaks...
Technology: what could often be the best friend of educators is usually treated as their worst enemy. Even when school districts make potentially positive steps, they're often undone by either the...
View ArticleDailyDirt: Parenting With Technology
Recently, the LA school district has had some problems with its adoption of iPads into its classrooms. Kids will be kids, and some of them figured out how to use their school-issued iPads for...
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