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Apple iPad Disappoints eLearning Industry

Upside Learning

I have great respect for Apple as an organization particularly because I use an iPhone and I think the iPhone has definitely become one of those game-changers in the smartphone world and by a large margin. I’d best not make any big statements against or for Apple or any other company. Microsoft, HP, IBM – where are your tablets?

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Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development?

Upside Learning

Last week, while justifying Apple’s refusal to allow Flash player on iPhone/iPad, Steve Jobs wrote– “ New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too) ”. A few days before the launch of iPad Apple had released a list of ‘iPad ready’ websites having support for HTML5.

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Apple Vs Adobe: Impact On Mobile Learning Development

Upside Learning

The war between Adobe and Apple just got hotter. Apple has revised the Developer Program License Agreement to ban the use of cross compiler tools like Unity3d, Appcelerator’s Titanium, Adobe’s Flash CS5 etc. Adobe is understandably frustrated enough to tell Apple to go screw itself. on several mobile devices –.

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Apple iPad: Who Is It Really For?

Upside Learning

A Google search on ‘Apple iPad’ throws up an excess of 30 million results! Clearly the Apple iPad has drawn much applause and an equal amount of criticism in the last few weeks. At Upside Learning we’ve been thinking about ways the Apple iPad can be useful for eLearning – especially in the workplace.

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Apple missing the small picture

Clark Quinn

I’ve previously discussed the fight between Apple and Adobe about Flash (e.g. Which Apple is blocking, for interactivity. Which Apple is blocking, for interactivity. Apple allows cross-platform media players, whether hyperdocs (c.f. Tags: mobile strategy technology. video and audio formats are playable).

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Adobe AIR & Flash Player 10.1– How it Can Benefit Mobile Learning

Upside Learning

Tags: Future Technology Mobile Learning eLearning Adobe AIR Adobe Flash Android Apple BlackBerry Dell eLearning Development eLearning Technology Flash Flash Player ipad IPhone mLearning Open-Screen project Palm Symbian. Related posts: Adobe Flash: Now With Face Recognition Is Adobe’s AIR better than Microsoft’s Silverlight?

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Tim Cook, the man who really saved Apple

Nomadic Learning

A quiet, even-tempered workaholic, Cook dove into his new role by negotiating innovative agreements with contract manufacturers in China and other places that would pull Apple out of the manufacturing business. Some Apple veterans were shocked at the priority Cook placed on negotiating supply chain relationships.

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