Ipad News

A new ad from Microsoft mocks iPads by comparing them unfavorably to tablets running Windows 8, which receive live updates on their Start screens, run office apps, display two apps at a time and support Microsoft Office applications things iPads don't do.

One in 10 computers in secondary schools will be a tablet by the end of 2013, according to research carried out by the British Educational Suppliers Association .

Amazon announced today that its Kindle Fire HD tablet offerings will rocket from availability in just seven markets to 170+ countries in mid-June. The 7" and 8.9" Amazon Kindle Fire HD models have enjoyed great success in the consumer market, as Forrester predicted they would even before the first device was released in November, 2011.

It is speculated that Apple will introduce the next generation of iPads in September.

Sources revealed that iPad 5 will boast 9.7-inches of screen display, rear microphone right next to its camera, same design elements with iPad mini such as thinner bezel around the screen and more rounded edges.

Mailbox, the uber-popular iOS client for Gmail account holders is now supporting Apple's iPad tablets .

Thousands of tablet computers distributed to middle and high schools have made students more engaged academically and more familiar with mobile technology they will use in college and their careers, Beaufort County School District officials say.

In an attempt to draw interest away from Apple's iPad, Microsoft has set up a tablet comparison page that falsely presents the iPad as having a smaller screen than a Windows tablet with less screen area.

Michael Samual Solid and Jacob "Jake" Dismont stood in shackles before a judge as Chief Deputy Clark County District Attorney Robert Daskas cited convenience store video he said shows Solid and Dismont planning the fatal robbery.

Tablets are slowly but surely replacing the clunky desktop machine. In a blind effort to increase efficiency and productivity, ZDNet's Zack Whittaker attempted to do exactly that - but not with the result he first expected.

Shazam was one of the early App Store success stories , offering users the ability to easily identify music by capturing a snippet of the song and matching it against a database to provide title and artist information.

Like the iPhone app, the iPad version of Mailbox lets users schedule incoming messages to read later and sort into different lists, such as "To Buy" and "To Watch," with simple gestures.

The app supports notes and pins, so that each dog owner can keep a rich diary of his activity with his dog.

Being behind in a market sucks, and it's understandable to want to lash out at the top dog, as Microsoft has shown it's willing to do with Google in search and email, and now with Apple in tablet computers.

Clear, the popular list-making client for iPhone from Realmac Software, now allows you to email your lists thanks to a new update that's available to download from the App Store today.

Mobile firm Shazam has revamped and relaunched its iPad app , with a new feature that automatically identifies TV shows, advertisements and music, rather than waiting for people to manually tag them.

The US government's price-fixing lawsuit against Apple goes to trial next month in New York.

The word on the street is that maybe - just maybe - a "critically-acclaimed Star Wars RPG" is on its way to the iPad.

Apple's iPad 5 looks set to the best iPad of all time : thinner, lighter and faster than ever before.

As noted by The Verge , Microsoft has released a new Windows 8 tablet ad that uses Siri to highlight a few of the iPad's shortcomings, depicting the ASUS VivoTab Smart tablet as a robust productivity machine while implying that the iPad is more suited to entertainment.