iPad - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Amazon strikes deal with Apple to sell iPhones, iPads

  Amazon.com will carry more Apple products globally in time for the holiday shopping season, as the tech rivals put aside past differences to boost sales.

• Apple edges closer to enterprise with Accenture iOS partnership

  Apple has taken another step closer to cementing its position across the enterprise, after striking an iOS partnership with Accenture.

• Aussie watchdog gets green light to serve “error 53” legal action on Apple’s home turf

  ​The ACCC has been given the all clear by the Federal Court to serve legal action over the local fallout of Apple’s “error 53” incident.

• Cisco's Spark Board looks like an iPad -- and acts like one

  The Spark Board meeting device that Cisco Systems introduced on Tuesday is not so much a whiteboard or a videoconferencing screen as a giant tablet that everyone in the room can share.

• ​Is Apple under threat?

  Revenue and profit declines show weakening influence on the devices market.

• iPad Pro early adopters share pros and cons

  A group of business users and iPad Pro power users look back on their time with Apple's tablet and share favorite features, as well as the shortcomings that drive them mad.

• iPad Pro vs. Surface Pro 3: Two sides of the same coin

  The pro-grade tablets from Microsoft and Apple may have some things in common, but the strategy behind them is quite different.

• Are iPads Making the Grade on College Campuses?

  Apple has made a big push to get iPads in the hands of college students -- and productivity apps such as iWork and now Office for iPad are helping. But one university professor says tablets 'fall far short' of meeting the prerequisites for serious college coursework.

• Microsoft's Office for iPad shakes up mobile enterprise

  It's hard to overstate the impact of the Microsoft Office for iPad. The arrival of the dominant productivity suite on the dominant tablet promises to change how iPads are viewed in the enterprise. Office for iPad may also crush competitive apps, shut out Cloud storage providers and limit MDM vendors.

• Spec showdown: Apple iPad Air vs Samsung Galaxy Note vs Sony Tablet Z

  Apple CEO Tim Cook spent a bit of time dissing the competition while he was on stage at Apple's iPad Air launch event on Tuesday, but how does Apple's newest tablet stack up against the competition?

Whitepapers about iPad

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  Top 10 reasons you don’t need mobile device management

  That’s right, the top reasons you don't need MDM. Who says mobile and social technologies are here to stay? This satirical whitepaper outlines why it might be good to just “wait out” the trends of BYOD and MDM. • Understand why allowing mobile, flexibility & security is a slippery slope to the whims of the masses • Learn 10 "new excuses" that will convince anyone why you don’t need to implement MDM • Find out why visiting your IT Help desk is more fun than going to Disneyworld and Las Vegas combined