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Apple unveils iPad Mini
SAN JOSE, California — Apple unveiled a smaller version of the iPad on Tuesday, venturing into the market for smaller tablet computers dominated by Amazon, Google, and Samsung. “This is iPad mini,” Apple’s senior vice president for marketing Phil Schiller said as he displayed the new iPad at an Apple…
Facebook rolls out faster iPhone and iPad app
Facebook unveiled a new mobile app Thursday for its users on Apple iPhone and iPad, saying it would speed up the performance of people accessing the world’s biggest social network. The new app is “a major update to the Facebook for iOS rebuilt from the ground up, to focus on one thing, performance,” said Facebook…
Analysts: Apple may trounce rivals with smaller iPad
Apple, which is expected to launch a mini version of its market-leading iPad tablet, could quickly overpower its rivals in the segment with the addition of the new product, analysts say. The launch expected later this year however would probably prompt Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to roll over in his…
Apple settles Chinese iPad trademark fight: court
US technology giant Apple has paid a Chinese firm $60 million to settle a long-running dispute over the iPad trademark in China, a court said Monday. The government body overseeing trademarks has been asked to immediately recognise Apple’s rights to the iPad name, the High Court of the southern province of Guangdong said on its…
Raw Story introduces its first mobile app (for iPad and iPhone)
If you happened to be checking Raw Story on your iPad or iPhone today, you may have noticed that it looks different and (if we do say so ourselves) a lot cooler. That’s because our mobile site for those devices is now an app! The new app — which you…
Orangutans learn to communicate via iPad
Ape trainers at Miami’s Jungle Island are using a unique new approach to communicating with their favorite captives, helping orangutans learn to say what they mean using a special piece of software for Apple’s iPad. Linda Jacobs, a volunteer trainer, told The Associated Press this week that apes enjoy communicating…
The ultimate babysitter? iPads for infants stir debate
Twenty-two-month-old George sits on a tiny blue chair, at a baby-sized desk, playing with a grown-up toy — an iPad, sign of a powerful trend that has set alarm bells ringing among child developmentexperts. Leaning over the tablet, the little Parisian finger-stabs the duck icon on “Moo Box”, an application with animal images that…
Milwaukee Zoo arranges iPad ‘play dates’ for oragutans in other zoos
The young orangutan reaches his hand through the cage and rubs his knuckles over an iPad, drawing wide colors across the screen with his favorite app. A few minutes later, Mahal presses his face up against the mesh, stretches out his long tongue and taps the screen to make it…
Concerns grow over children using tablet computers
Electronic tablets like the iPad are a revolutionary educational tool and are becoming part of childhood, but should be watched carefully so that overuse doesn’t lead to learning or behavioral problems, experts say. “It’s a topic that really emerged in the last two years. You can’t pull it from their…
Apple sells three million iPads on opening weekend
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple announced on Monday that it sold three million of its new iPad tablet computers over the course of its first weekend on the market. “The new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold — the strongest iPad launch yet,” said Apple senior vice president of…
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