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My Thoughts on Microsoft Bringing back the Start button and the need for Change in eLearning

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Two recent example come to mind: 1) Apple not allowing Adobe Flash on the iPhone and iPad; and 2) Adobe recently making the move to a cloud-only Creative Suite product offering. ” via Microsoft Windows Blue Will Bring User Improvements and Support for Smaller Tablets to Windows 8 – ABC News. software later this month.

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The New Microsoft Surface Tablet and the Rear-view Mirror Effect [Mobile]

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And I saw this effect again yesterday as I watched Microsoft unveiled their upcoming Tablet called Surface. I admire the fact that in designing and manufacturing a Tablet, Microsoft chose not to “copycat” the iPad and instead took a chance with a bold new approach to Tablet computing. This one is from Steve Ballmer himself.

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This Week in mLearning Podcast – 09 – Apple’s Post-PC vs. Microsoft’s PC-plus

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4- Apple iPad Mini 2012 rumours. 5- Microsoft´s PC Plus era vs. Apple´s Post-PC. 1- Impressions about Nexus 7, the new Android tablet by Google. 2- Brief discussion about Android vs iOS. 3- Google+ in the iPad. 6- Thinking differently: the impact of the iPad. 7- The mobile experience brought to the desktop.

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Why Windows 8 and Touch-enabled Laptops Bode well for the Future of Mobile Learning – [Video]

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Microsoft is ahead of the game here with Windows 8 and while Apple is famous for saying that they will never make a MacBook or an iMac with touch, it’s worth noting that they have said that many time of other things and eventually have done it, so I do believe the same will happen with touch-enabled Mac laptops and desktops.

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4 Traditional PC Features Mobile is NOT About

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Around the same time, stories related to how Microsoft is doing thus far with their Surface tablet began to come out. via Surface Revenue Falls Below Microsoft’s $900 Million Write-Down (MSFT) | Benzinga. They are significant enough to break them out from the rest.

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6 Trends in Rapid eLearning Tools to watch in 2012

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Desktop App Stores — Mac users have downloaded over 100 million apps from Apple’s Mac App Store and Microsoft recently showcased their upcoming Windows 8 Store, which will enable PC users to easily download, install and stay up-to-date with software.

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8 Things we MUST do in 2013 to seize the potential of mLearning

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In 2012 Apple announced the iPhone 5, two new iPads and the new iPad mini; Google unveiled their first tablet, the nexus 7 and later the 10″ version; Amazon gave us three Kindle Fire HD tablets. Not to be outdone, Samsung announced the Galaxy Note II and the Tab Tablet, and of course Microsoft announced the Surface Tablet.