iPad

2012 Back to School promo includes iPad for first time – MacNN

Apple on Monday launched its 2012 Back to School promotion, giving educational shoppers the chance to get an App Store/Mac App Store gift card when buying specific products. The company’s usual education pricing still applies. This is the first year … Continue reading

The App Store Effect: Songza Scores More Than 500,000 New Downloads – Mashable

When Songza updated its excellent iPhone app to support the iPad, it was hoping to make a splash. Still, the success the company has found over the past few days is nothing short of staggering. In just five days, Songza … Continue reading

U.S. State Department chooses Amazon’s Kindle over Apple’s iPad – Venturebeat.com

Apple’s iPad may get the headlines and the market share, but Amazon’s Kindle looks like a better choice to at least one federal agency. Today Amazon agreed to a no-bid, $16.5 million contract with the U.S. State Department to provide … Continue reading

Willmar, Minn., School Board sets iPad policy for fall – West Central Tribune

WILLMAR — Willmar juniors and seniors will each pay a $50 annual rental fee when they are issued Apple iPads in September. The Willmar School Board adopted a policy and a student/parent handbook for iPad use at school. A public … Continue reading

Top iOS 6 Features Beneficial to iPhone 5, iPad – Int’l Business Times

Apple presented the latest version of its mobile operating system at the WWDC event yesterday packed with over 200 new and improved features that will be released this fall. Siri: Siri made a big debut with the release of iPhone … Continue reading

Requiem for an iPad 1 – Mashable

Everyone is lining up, except me. I’m an iPad 1 owner (also known as “first-gen iPad,” “Original iPad” and the rarely used “iPad Classic”) and have just learned, thanks to an exhaustive presentation by Scott Forstall at WWDC in San … Continue reading

Apple confirms Siri for iPad, mapping app for iOS 6 in fall – The Business Journal

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Apple turns to Tom Tom for maps Apple navigates away from Google TomTom shares up on Apple maps deal Follow this company confirmed plans to replace Google Maps on its next … Continue reading

Siri Will Shakeup Apple’s iPad Line – PC World

Apple announced Monday an improved version of its Siri voice-control software is coming to the new iPad, which has been shipping since March. The decision creates a wider gulf, features-wise, between the iPad 2 and the “new” (3rd-generation) model, which … Continue reading

BBVA Compass introduces enhanced iPad app at mobile banking summit – Marketwatch

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — BBVA Compass introduced version 2.0 of its iPad app Monday at American Banker’s Mobile Banking and Commerce Summit in San Francisco. The free app, which will be available at the end … Continue reading

One More Thing! Apple Launches iPad Smart Case – Mashable

You know it’s a busy day for Apple when the company doesn’t launch all of its new products at its keynote. Here’s one much-requested item Tim Cook didn’t get around to announcing: a Smart Case for the new iPad and … Continue reading