70 American Airlines flights were delayed last week when an app on the pilots’ iPads crashed. The problem wasn’t with the planes or the iPads but with the software, made by a division of Boeing. According to Re/Code a conflict between two versions of the Washington National Airport map jammed up the software, and the glitch was finally solved by deleting and re-installing the app.
American Airlines has been using Apple tablets in all its planes since 2013, replacing the 35 pounds of reference papers and manuals each pilot used to haul on board for each flight. The airline says going paperless and replacing 24 million pages of documents with 8,000 iPads saves the company 400,000 gallons of fuel each year.
“As everyone knows, the world-religion of the educated and prosperous in the twenty-first century is Apple, with its Vatican in Cupertino and its cathedrals in the light-filled Apple Stores that draw pilgrims gripping iPhones and iPads like rosaries. Apple’s flock is secured against heresy by censors who rule the online App Store; only applications with Apple’s imprimatur are allowed on an iPhone. Programmers risk excommunication—with all their works condemned to being listed in an Index of Prohibited Software—if they violate canon law by bypassing Apple’s banking system or ignoring its infallible doctrine.”
Orangutans at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo are using iPads. That explains lots of blog comment threads ….
Seriously, this is a giant evolutionary step for our caged simian cousins. App-groping apes will become just as productive as iPad-toting humans, spending hours with Facebook and Angry Birds.
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“What Happens When You Give an Orangutan an iPad?,” Leah Binkovitz, Around the Mall blog
You bought that tablet computer for work or school, right? A study shows that you really use it for games and entertainment. Together, those account for almost 80 percent of tablet device usage. Even your smartphone is more task-oriented.
“Tablets are ‘media machines’ with games the most popular app category,” Stuart Dredge, The Guardian
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Apple has introduced the new iPad 3, featuring an outrageous display, so your iPad 2 is now totally obsolete. The tech-savvy folks at Wired have devised some ways to re-purpose that old iPad 2. One of our favorites: cutting board .
“20 Ways to ‘Recycle’ Your Obsolete iPad 2,” Christina Bonnington, Wired
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The new iPad 3 went on sale in Japan this week. When the Apple Store in Tokyo’s Ginza district opened on the day of its release, 450 people were in line.
“Letting kids use or own iPads is controversial. Parents, teachers and others aren’t so sure about letting kids get sucked into yet another electronic diversion. Pilot programs at a few schools around the country to experiment with iPad-based learning tools are often met with criticism by parents and teachers alike.
Everybody’s asking: Are iPads healthy for children?
I’m here to tell you: That’s the wrong question.
The right question is this: Is the iPad a healthy ‘replacement’ for TV? And I believe the answer is a resounding yes.”
— “Why Every Child in America Needs an iPad,” Mike Elgan, Cult of Mac
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What? You’ve got one of those old iPad slabs? Dude! Gotta get a new iPad 2. You can dress it up like a Barbie Doll G.I Joe with covers, docks, apps, stylus, adapters, cables — even a real keyboard, just like a — like a computer!
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