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Why the iPad is becoming the best mobile phone and how to do it

Posted on December 28, 2012June 3, 2013 by timbatchelder

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With the recent addition of iMessage to non-cellular devices in the Apple family, many have been happily adapting their iPad as their new go-to communicative device. Unfortunately, because the iPad isn’t tied to a mobile number, the user’s email address associated with their Apple account is the…

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Wired.com How-To: Micro Edition: How To Sync iMessage Across iOS Devices

Apple’s iPad Dominates Tablet Web Usage with 82% Share. (forbes.com)
Logitech intros FabricSkin Keyboard Folio for iPad (electronista.com)

iPads swarm healthcare

Posted on December 23, 2012April 19, 2013 by timbatchelder

Is Your Doctor’s iPad Good For Your Health?
By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com

Surgeons, doctors, nurses, residents, and other medical professionals all regularly use iPads on the job. The practice has inspired a cottage industry, health care innovation, and privacy concerns.

Slowly but surely, iPads are changing the fa…

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Auxo coming to iPad next month (idownloadblog.com)

Google cloud music match is free

Posted on December 19, 2012April 18, 2013 by timbatchelder

Google’s cloud-based music-matching service has arrived… and it’s free
Cyrus Farivar, arstechnica.com

This is what Ars editor Cyrus Farivar sent to Google Play this morning.Cyrus FarivarGoogle has announced its own music-matching locker service, but unlike Amazon’s Cloud Player and Apple’s iTunes Match, this new service is free. Google Play, in th…

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“Stop the Cyborgs” launches public campaign against Google Glass (arstechnica.com)
Google ‘to launch Spotify rival this year’ (telegraph.co.uk)
Setup and use the Google Music service in Ireland (themobilemouth.wordpress.com)
Top 11 Cloud Computing Services (techcular.com)

Scripkit lets you code iPad apps fast

Posted on December 1, 2012April 8, 2013 by timbatchelder

With Scriptkit, Code Simple iPad Apps In The Time It Takes To Read This Post
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com

Even non-coders can use Scriptkit for iPad to prototype web-powered iPad apps, all without ever touching a keyboard.

I’ve never coded a day in my life before 15 minutes ago, and as I write, I’m looking at a map I just created to show me the…