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Apple executives will put the spotlight on the iPad’s educational value at its planned San Jose event on Tuesday, according to a new Bloomberg Businessweek report. The report cites “a person with knowledge of the planning” of the event as the source, but doesn’t go into further detail about how specifically they’ll be promoting it Continue Reading →

After months of leaked rumors and speculation, Apple will officially unveil the iPad mini on Tuesday, October 23rd. In terms of price, rumors have persisted that the tablet would go head-to-head with competing 7-inch tablets such as the Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire HD, selling for between $249 and $399. But according to Continue Reading →

InteraXon wants to read your mind. Well, certain signals from it, and turn that information into actionable data that developers can use to develop applications that you can control with your mind. If that sounds a bit sci-fi to swallow, I have to agree. Taking the call with the firm TNW was a bit skeptical. Continue Reading →

Diverting some of the attention away from Apple’s ‘iPad mini’ unveiling on October 23 and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 event on October 29, Google is to unveil a number of new devices and software improvements on the same day as Microsoft – and we have all the details. A source with knowledge of Google’s plans Continue Reading →

Rumor has it Apple will announce a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display at its October 23rd iPad mini event. There have been leaks about its battery sporting an “unprecedented” design and not having a discrete GPU, but nothing has been said about its pricing. 9to5Mac has now delivered the goods with claims that Apple Continue Reading →

The end is near for Apple’s second-generation 9.7-inch iPad 2, according Evercore Partners analyst Rob Cihra. In a note to investors, Cihra said he believes Apple will streamline its product lineup and phase out the iPad 2 to make way for the iPad mini. Since the release of the new iPad, Apple has continued to Continue Reading →

It’s not just know-nothing bloggers who think Microsoft’s Surface is overpriced — some tech industry analysts think so as well. Per Business Insider, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu sent a note to investors on Thursday saying that the Surface’s “high pricing could prove to be a fatal mistake and relegate it to be a niche Continue Reading →

There’s little doubt that having a myriad of positive online reviews can work wonders for your business – be it a hotel on TripAdvisor, a private apartment on AirBnb or a restaurant on Yelp. Indeed, the lure of five-star feedback does lead to some folk trying to game the system, which is why Yelp is Continue Reading →

Yes, the entry-level Microsoft Surface offers twice the nominal storage of Apple’s entry-level iPad of the same price. But as Business Insider notes, there’s a catch: More than one-third of that storage is taken up by Windows RT, Microsoft Office and several preloaded apps. In an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit Wednesday, Microsoft Surface Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121018_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Back in January, Apple unveiled iPad textbooks, which they said would revolutionize classrooms and be what students of the future would use to learn. Fast forward nine months, and Apple’s dream hasn’t taken off. On Wednesday, Amazon unveiled Whispercast, which lets organizations like schools easily deploy Kindle Continue Reading →