The iPad Show – Episode 69 – This week in apps




The iPad Show (audio) show

Summary: iPad App ReviewsIKEA Free (http://itunes.apple.com/app/ikea-catalogue/id386592716?mt=8)Skype Free (http://itunes.apple.com/app/skype-for-ipad/id442012681?mt=8)NBC Free (http://itunes.apple.com/app/nbc/id442839435?mt=8)Sponsor: GoToMeeting makes it easy to collaborate online with anyone anywhere. Try it Free! (http://bit.ly/q8FsL1) iPad News Push Pop Press purchased by Facebook * source (http://articles.cnn.com/2011-08-03/tech/no.innovative.ebooks.wired_1_e-books-publishing-platform-multimedia-book?_s=PM:TECH) * publishers of the iPad book app “Our Choice” written by Al Gore, and that is the only book they published, they will not publish any more * they were featured on TED * their goal was to publish books that were highly interactive and really took full advantage of the iPad’s capabilities and interface * they were working on a publishing platform to make it simple for publishers to make stunning iPad book apps as a business model * Install Link (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/our-choice/id432753658?mt=8#) Apple manufacturer Foxconn to replace some of workforce with robots * source (http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/08/01/foxconn.workforce.robots.mashable/) * as foretold by the Dilbert animated series, you can use a computer to buy a computer from a computer that was bulit by a computer. Humans are becoming irrelevant to the process except for consumption. * “Where are the humans? Show me the humans.” -Dogbert The Square reader for iPad has been hacked to be used as a card skimmer. * source (http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/231300283) iPad 2 online shipping finally drops to 24 hours * source (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/apple-ipad-2-online-shipping-finally-drops-to-within-24-hours/4960)