April 2012
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February 2012
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December 2011
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The iPad’s other life: medical device... →
Much of the iPad’s use in medical settings so far has been in the form of pilots and trials, but it’s getting ready to take off in a much bigger way. The Veteran’s Administration in the U.S. is looking at rolling out as many as 100,000 tablets across 152 hospitals, says Wired, based on the success of the 1,500 trial iPads it currently has in use. Over 80 percent of U.S. hospitals have similar...
November 2011
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The iPhone 4 digit keylock doesn't work (but...
It seems reasonable to assume that combining Apples ‘automatic wipe’ after 10 failed attempts with a 4 digit code is adequate security. After all, 4 digits is 10,000 combinations, and almost impossible to guess in 10 attempts.
However, a hacker who has your device is not just going to sit and type in to the screen. They will attack the system directly, and as Vladimir Katalov at...
October 2011
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It's official - TV is crap for under 2's, the Ipad...
Yesterday, the AAP (AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS) released a report on the use of media by children.
Most of the findings seem pretty obvious, except that most of us hoped there were at least some benefits to watching TV, but Sesame Street can have a negative effect? Damn!
There is hope however, the author said she doesn’t have a problem with touch screens, and as nobody has really...
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"I passed out the handouts, everyone ignored them...
I had a meeting with a buyer from a large supermarket chain last week, we were talking about some possible uses of safedrop for managing the supply chain.
I had a mix of wireframes (thanks balsamiq!) and screen shots, as well as some raw data from the client. I passed around the handouts, but everyone ignored them, and instead passed around the ipad. And it worked, really really well.
The...