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iPad sales to reach 100 million this year, pushing desktops toward extinction

by Rob Larimer Published: March 5,2012

Tags: Apple, iPad

Apple iPad sales are expected to exceed 100 million this year and eclipse desktop computer sales within a few years. Analysts believe when Apple debuts its sharp, new, lightning-fast tablet this week, consumers will turn out in droves to purchase them, pushing sales to the milestone. The tablet was introduced in April 2010, and this [...] [...]

Apple starts selling interactive iPad textbooks

by Associated Press Published: January 19,2012

Tags: Apple, iPad, textbooks

Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books. The electronic textbooks, which include “Biology” and “Environmental Science” from Pearson and “Algebra 1″ and “Chemistry” from McGraw-Hill, contain videos and other interactive [...] [...]

Laptop being replaced by a younger, thinner model (access required)

by Marci DeVries Published: August 4,2011

Tags: iPad, tech talk

Remember the 1979 tune, “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles? Here’s round two: the smartphone is well on its way to killing the laptop. Everyone’s talking about it, venture capitalists, users, developers. It’s happening. I started noticing the reality of this trend when I saw an iPhone app that I could use to [...] [...]

Aurora council might use iPads to save money

by Associated Press Published: November 10,2010

Tags: City Council, iPad

The Aurora City Council is considering trying out iPads to go green and help save some green. The Aurora Sentinel reports that council members in the east Denver suburb want to see if using the tablet computers can replace papers. City officials say it currently costs $710 to print each city council information packet and [...] [...]

Man loses part of finger in iPad theft (access required)

by admin Published: April 20,2010

Tags: iPad, theft

A man lost part of his pinky finger when a thief snatched an iPad that was in a bag tied around the man’s hand. Fifty-nine-year-old Bill Jordan said he had just purchased Apple’s latest must-have item at a store at Denver’s Cherry Creek Mall Thursday and was near the parking garage when a thief grabbed [...] [...]

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