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iPad news is steady and strong as the iPad enters its third year of life… hard to believe it’s only two years old! Seems like much longer! Here are the best tidbits …
* Apple’s iPad turns 2
* Apple iPad: Happy 2nd Birthday
* How to hack an iPad
* Amazon Fire’did not dent’ iPad sales
* iBooks Won’t see School College Bookstores
* Why the iPad is a salesperson’s best friend
* Apple’s iPad Could be a Pain in the Neck: Study
* Apple Factory Violations in China: Tim Cook: ‘Not Who We Are’
* Apple iPad 3 countdown: how to tell if Apple will launch a new product
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When I founded the Macintosh Business SIG as part of the Boston Computer Society back in 1986, there seemed to be more accounting software for the Mac than there is today. Usually you hear people talking about Quickbooks and maybe AccountEdge. Here is one that I had completely forgotten about, that is certainly worth considering.

Accountek Solutions Inc., a leader in the Macintosh accounting software industry for over 20 years, has announced the release of its latest version of Connected Accounting & ERP software, version 7.0, including advanced features that focus on access to information and improving collaboration between teams. The version 7.0 release of Connected Accounting & ERP enables businesses to move one step closer to a paperless office and boost productivity. Continue reading »

Here comes a generic mix of iPad / iPhone apps just for the season, with something for just about anyone …
* iBooks Author
* Valentine Day Cards
* Photo Sense fast effective retouching
* Photo Collage HD Lite
* DrawCast – Drawing/painting/sketching/doodle
* Valentine Camera+
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The popular iPhone mileage log application, MileBug, has been updated to include the IRS 2012 tax deduction rates. The IRS has actually only changed the Medical/Moving rate, decreasing it by one-half cent. The rates for 2012 are as follows: Continue reading »

Good news, bad news, rumors and more! I got my wife a new MacBook AIR for Christmas and it’s a killer! Now, I’m not so sure the iPad is the coolest device — I believe if they put iPad’s touch screen for the AIR, THEN we would have the coolest device yet! Maybe.
* Web traffic patterns suggest Apple’s iPad was a dud
* Apple moves in on business equipment through 2013
* Apple iOS 5.1 beta code hints at quad-core iPad
* After 2011′s flop, can Android tablets recover?
* iPad to Feature Quad-Core Apple A6 Processor?
* iPad Maintains Dominance Over Holiday Season
* Apple Dominates Competitors on App Revenue
* Apple gaining on Microsoft in enterprise tech
* Apple’s new retail ambitions aimed at Target?
* Apple iPad 3 Release Date Coming
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Invoice Pro is a simple and flexible invoicing application. The app has been designed to manage several companies with the same application, and enables you to produce a PDF version of the invoice, ready to print or send via e-mail, in just three steps. Continue reading »

Version 1.2 of CAS Calc P11, a fully developed scientific calculator for the iPad. Comparable to Maple and Ti92/Ti89, this is the most powerful calculator available for the iPad. Continue reading »

Here comes some very cool apps that bring educational value to younger children …
* Advent Calendar 2011
* The Dirty Little Secret About App Review Sites
* A to Z for toddlers
* Toddler Activity Island
* Kids Canvas for iPad
* Everyone loves puzzles …
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InfiniteSkills has rolled out a new Apple Motion 5 Tutorial Video Course designed to teach practical compositing and effects techniques for post-production workflows. Continue reading »

Some new iPad rumors this week, along with some encouraging rumors about iPad3, just when I’m beginning to learn iPad2 …
* iPads in Space & Apple TV Rumors that Just Won’t Die
* ‘Newsstand’ Sparks Surge in Magazine Subscriptions
* What’s Really Next for Apple in Television
* Will computer tablets help save newspapers?
* Future iPad Could Have 3D Gesture Controls
* What are the Essential Apple iPad Apps?
* Apple’s Siri-Enabled TV: 4 Problems
* Apple’s iOS 5: A Good Fit
* iPad 3 retina display
* iPad 3 Release Date
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Industry still talking about Steve, and where Apple is going
* Words of inspiration meant for everyone
* The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
* Macintosh, Orwell and 1984
* Apple profit soars but misses high expectations
* Apple posts video of Jobs memorial
* How Steve Jobs Saved Apple
* Steve Jobs: Hardly a Perfect Person, Perhaps a Perfect Icon
* Where next for Apple shares?
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A little something old, a little some thing new, and lots of new iPad rumers, news and views including:
* Free Your iPhone or iPad From the Tyranny of iTunes Syncing
* With iPad, Apple faces tougher market, analysts say
* Brazil’s Batista interested in Foxconn partnership
* Initial iPad launch ‘annoyed and depressed’ Jobs
* Report: Apple’s iPad Dominance Fades
* Apple rumored to be building iPad 3
* Apple Breaks iPad Music Up in iOS 5
* Apple iPad 2 password hack
* Use iPad as Digital Signage
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Fieldforce for Jive integrates Fieldforce mobile productivity app with Jive 5 to make life easier and more productive for today’s increasingly mobile professionals. With Fieldforce with the Jive Apps Market, enterprises will be able to extend the power of the Jive 5 social enterprise out “into the field” and likewise, those mobile field professionals who increasingly rely on their smartphones as their primary productivity tool can now easily share with their colleagues “back in the office.”

The big question is what next? But iPad seems to still seems to be stirring the pot with lots of new rumers, news and views including:
* Apple iPad Killer: 10 Reasons Why It Will Never See the Light of Day
* Apple iPad is Kindle ‘Fire-Proof’
* With iPad Apple’s Steve Jobs Changed Course of Health Care
* Apple’s Siri: Better Suited for the iPad?
* Android apps work on IOS thanks to Alien Dalvik 2.0
* Apple unlikely to be major seller of Jobs bio
* The Apple falls far from the dream
* How to run Android apps on your Apple iPad?
* Study: Will iPad And Tablets Displace Searches On Laptops?
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