Divine, this is beyond sad bruh!
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On the plus side, if Steve Job's ever disappeared, they can take the DNA off of Divine's mouth and clone him.
On the plus side, if Steve Job's ever disappeared, they can take the DNA off of Divine's mouth and clone him.
oh shit
On the plus side, if Steve Job's ever disappeared, they can take the DNA off of Divine's mouth and clone him.
Damn!!!!
I almost spit on my Mac...
iPads take a place next to crayons in kindergarten
By CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press
57 mins ago
PORTLAND, Maine – Kindergarten classes are supplementing crayons, finger paints and flashcards with iPads, a development that excites supporters but that detractors worry is wasted on pupils too young to appreciate the expense.
Next fall, nearly 300 kindergartners in the central Maine city of Auburn will become the latest batch of youngsters around the country to get iPad2 touchpad tablets to learn the basics about ABCs, 1-2-3s, drawing and even music.
"It's definitely an adventure, and it'll be a journey of learning for teachers and students," said Auburn kindergarten teacher Amy Heimerl, who received an iPad on Tuesday ahead of the full deployment in the fall. "I'm looking forward to seeing where this can take us and our students."
But the $200,000 that Superintendent Tom Morrill is proposing to spend on iPads — which retail for around $500 — might be better spent on some other school program, said Sue Millard of Auburn, who has children in the fourth grade and high school. She also questions whether kindergartners are old enough to appreciate the effort.
"I understand you have to keep up with technology, but I think a 5-year old is a little too young to understand," she said.
Maine was the first state to equip students statewide with computers when it distributed Apple laptops to all seventh- and eighth-graders in 2002 and 2003. The program has since expanded, with laptops parceled out to about 50 percent of high school students.
The state Department of Education says it believes Auburn is the first school district in Maine that will give iPads to kindergartners. The school board last week unanimously approved the plan to give all kindergartners iPads next fall.
The iPad is a powerful education tool with hundreds of teaching applications, Morrill said. With its touchpad screen, it's simple to use and can bring learning to life with imagery and sounds, he said.
"It's a revolution in education," Morrill said.
Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller declined to comment on how iPads are being used in schools, but dozens of school districts around the country have been giving iPads to students. Schools in Omaha, Neb.; Columbiana, Ohio; Huntington, W. Va.; Paducah, Ky.; Charleston, S.C.; and Scottsdale, Ariz., are among the places where kindergarten pupils are using them.
Angus King, the former Maine governor who launched the state's laptop program, said the idea of iPads in kindergarten wows him. Anything that holds the attention of pupils will help in the learning process, he said.
"If your students are engaged, you can teach them anything," King said. "If they're bored and looking out the window, you can be Socrates and you're not going to teach them anything. These devices are engaging."
Morrill is convinced that in the end, using iPads to teach kindergarten will lead to improved student proficiency scores.
Heimerl, one of five kindergarten teachers in the district who got iPads on Tuesday, was impressed as she checked out apps for phonics, building words, letter recognition and letter formation.
"The more education teachers have using these tools the better we can enhance children's learning and take them to that next level," said Heimerl, a teacher at Park Avenue Elementary School.
Not everyone is sold. Larry Cuban, professor emeritus of education at Stanford University and the author of "Oversold and Underused: Computers in Schools," said there's no proof that computers bring learning benefits to pupils that young.
"There's no evidence in research literature that giving iPads to 5-year-olds will improve their reading scores," he said.
Peter Pizzolongo of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, based in Washington, said iPads can be an effective supplement to three-dimensional objects, whether they be books or building blocks.
"We can't say whether what the school district in Maine or anywhere else is doing is good or not good, but what we can say is when the iPad or any other technological tool is used appropriately, then it's a good thing for children's learning," he said.
The best use of iPads is probably in elementary and special education classes because the devices are so easy to use, said Nick Sauers of Iowa State University's Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education. There are hundreds of education apps to choose from with a touch to the screen.
Sauers expects a boom soon, with most current iPad initiatives being billed as pilot or experimental programs.
"I think next year is when we'll see our first big bubble," Sauers said. "There will be districts next year that implement it school-wide, whether it be at the high school level or elementary level."
Morrill said most of the criticism has been about the costs during tough economic times — not about whether tablet computers are age-appropriate.
He said he plans to raise the money needed for about 325 iPads and teacher training from foundations, the federal government, the local school department and other sources.
As bullish as he is on the kindergarten iPad, he cautions that it needs to be properly supervised and isn't a panacea.
"I'm not saying they should be on this 24-7," he said. "The students still need to move, get up, dance, socialize."
By CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press
57 mins ago
PORTLAND, Maine – Kindergarten classes are supplementing crayons, finger paints and flashcards with iPads, a development that excites supporters but that detractors worry is wasted on pupils too young to appreciate the expense.
Next fall, nearly 300 kindergartners in the central Maine city of Auburn will become the latest batch of youngsters around the country to get iPad2 touchpad tablets to learn the basics about ABCs, 1-2-3s, drawing and even music.
"It's definitely an adventure, and it'll be a journey of learning for teachers and students," said Auburn kindergarten teacher Amy Heimerl, who received an iPad on Tuesday ahead of the full deployment in the fall. "I'm looking forward to seeing where this can take us and our students."
But the $200,000 that Superintendent Tom Morrill is proposing to spend on iPads — which retail for around $500 — might be better spent on some other school program, said Sue Millard of Auburn, who has children in the fourth grade and high school. She also questions whether kindergartners are old enough to appreciate the effort.
"I understand you have to keep up with technology, but I think a 5-year old is a little too young to understand," she said.
Maine was the first state to equip students statewide with computers when it distributed Apple laptops to all seventh- and eighth-graders in 2002 and 2003. The program has since expanded, with laptops parceled out to about 50 percent of high school students.
The state Department of Education says it believes Auburn is the first school district in Maine that will give iPads to kindergartners. The school board last week unanimously approved the plan to give all kindergartners iPads next fall.
The iPad is a powerful education tool with hundreds of teaching applications, Morrill said. With its touchpad screen, it's simple to use and can bring learning to life with imagery and sounds, he said.
"It's a revolution in education," Morrill said.
Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller declined to comment on how iPads are being used in schools, but dozens of school districts around the country have been giving iPads to students. Schools in Omaha, Neb.; Columbiana, Ohio; Huntington, W. Va.; Paducah, Ky.; Charleston, S.C.; and Scottsdale, Ariz., are among the places where kindergarten pupils are using them.
Angus King, the former Maine governor who launched the state's laptop program, said the idea of iPads in kindergarten wows him. Anything that holds the attention of pupils will help in the learning process, he said.
"If your students are engaged, you can teach them anything," King said. "If they're bored and looking out the window, you can be Socrates and you're not going to teach them anything. These devices are engaging."
Morrill is convinced that in the end, using iPads to teach kindergarten will lead to improved student proficiency scores.
Heimerl, one of five kindergarten teachers in the district who got iPads on Tuesday, was impressed as she checked out apps for phonics, building words, letter recognition and letter formation.
"The more education teachers have using these tools the better we can enhance children's learning and take them to that next level," said Heimerl, a teacher at Park Avenue Elementary School.
Not everyone is sold. Larry Cuban, professor emeritus of education at Stanford University and the author of "Oversold and Underused: Computers in Schools," said there's no proof that computers bring learning benefits to pupils that young.
"There's no evidence in research literature that giving iPads to 5-year-olds will improve their reading scores," he said.
Peter Pizzolongo of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, based in Washington, said iPads can be an effective supplement to three-dimensional objects, whether they be books or building blocks.
"We can't say whether what the school district in Maine or anywhere else is doing is good or not good, but what we can say is when the iPad or any other technological tool is used appropriately, then it's a good thing for children's learning," he said.
The best use of iPads is probably in elementary and special education classes because the devices are so easy to use, said Nick Sauers of Iowa State University's Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education. There are hundreds of education apps to choose from with a touch to the screen.
Sauers expects a boom soon, with most current iPad initiatives being billed as pilot or experimental programs.
"I think next year is when we'll see our first big bubble," Sauers said. "There will be districts next year that implement it school-wide, whether it be at the high school level or elementary level."
Morrill said most of the criticism has been about the costs during tough economic times — not about whether tablet computers are age-appropriate.
He said he plans to raise the money needed for about 325 iPads and teacher training from foundations, the federal government, the local school department and other sources.
As bullish as he is on the kindergarten iPad, he cautions that it needs to be properly supervised and isn't a panacea.
"I'm not saying they should be on this 24-7," he said. "The students still need to move, get up, dance, socialize."
What I dont understand how someone can be so consumed with a brand?
On the plus side, if Steve Job's ever disappeared, they can take the DNA off of Divine's mouth and clone him.
On the plus side, if Steve Job's ever disappeared, they can take the DNA off of Divine's mouth and clone him.
On the plus side, if Steve Job's ever disappeared, they can take the DNA off of Divine's mouth and clone him.
Fortune: ‘iPhone as a business is nearly twice the size of Google’s entire operation’
from IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis by Marc Flores
The platform wars are raging on, and Android versus iPhone market share articles are being churned out by the dozen seemingly every week. However, one Fortune writer believes that these articles and the market share comparison itself are inconsequential. Why is that?
According to Andy M. Zaky at Fortune:
For example, suppose Research in Motion (RIMM) decided it wanted to offer the Android operating system on all of its phones starting on December 31, 2010.
Even if Blackberry sales declined in 2011 for the first time ever, Android growth would skyrocket because every single Blackberry device sold would carry the Android operating system. Suppose the reason for the drop in Blackberry sales is later attributed to the fact that customers disliked the Android operating system and decided to go elsewhere.
This is true. As new manufacturers begin adopting Android each year, the actual platform market share numbers go up even if device sales are stagnant or declining.
But what does this say about the iPhone? Are the increasing numbers of Android users giving Apple investors a reason to worry? Probably not:
Interestingly enough, iPhone sales continue to far outpace the growth in the global smartphone market. In the December quarter, for example, while the global smartphone market grew at a pace of 70% year-over-year, Apple’s iPhone grew by 87%. This point right here should end all discussion.
In an article published at Business Insider a few weeks ago, Henry Blodget said that Android is eating up everything and that Apple is dead in the water. Clearly, Blodget was working with a very limited data set, and one that only applied to U.S. figures, not worldwide numbers. But his trolling worked — the sensational headline and outlandish story has gotten nearly 300,000 views since, and he also published another article defending it, too.
Perhaps this is the most salient point in the Fortune article, the emphasis is mine:
[Via: Fortune]
from IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis by Marc Flores
The platform wars are raging on, and Android versus iPhone market share articles are being churned out by the dozen seemingly every week. However, one Fortune writer believes that these articles and the market share comparison itself are inconsequential. Why is that?
According to Andy M. Zaky at Fortune:
For example, suppose Research in Motion (RIMM) decided it wanted to offer the Android operating system on all of its phones starting on December 31, 2010.
Even if Blackberry sales declined in 2011 for the first time ever, Android growth would skyrocket because every single Blackberry device sold would carry the Android operating system. Suppose the reason for the drop in Blackberry sales is later attributed to the fact that customers disliked the Android operating system and decided to go elsewhere.
This is true. As new manufacturers begin adopting Android each year, the actual platform market share numbers go up even if device sales are stagnant or declining.
But what does this say about the iPhone? Are the increasing numbers of Android users giving Apple investors a reason to worry? Probably not:
Interestingly enough, iPhone sales continue to far outpace the growth in the global smartphone market. In the December quarter, for example, while the global smartphone market grew at a pace of 70% year-over-year, Apple’s iPhone grew by 87%. This point right here should end all discussion.
In an article published at Business Insider a few weeks ago, Henry Blodget said that Android is eating up everything and that Apple is dead in the water. Clearly, Blodget was working with a very limited data set, and one that only applied to U.S. figures, not worldwide numbers. But his trolling worked — the sensational headline and outlandish story has gotten nearly 300,000 views since, and he also published another article defending it, too.
Perhaps this is the most salient point in the Fortune article, the emphasis is mine:
Google will probably report about $6.5 billion in total revenue when it releases its first quarter results later this week. Apple’s iPhone alone will very likely eclipse $11 billion for the March quarter. For 2011, Google is expected to report about $27 billion on the top line compared to the iPhone’s expected $48.2 billion in revenue. The iPhone as a business is nearly twice the size of Google’s entire operation. This is a financial reality rarely illuminated in these so-called “platform market share” articles where Apple investors are supposed to be “deathly afraid” of the Android operating system that doesn’t even create a fraction of the revenue Apple generates from the iPhone.
Whether you’re an iPhone or Android fanboy doesn’t matter — you can’t argue figures like these. Anyone who tries is really in blind denial. That’s the honest opinion of a tech geek who owns both an iPhone and several Android handsets.
[Via: Fortune]
after the motherfucker quoted a white power website to try to explain how europeans were in Africa and wrote the Red Sea Scrolls in ARAMAIC...
i put his bitch ass on FfVb ignore.
ain't seen none of his ignorant shit since.
i put his bitch ass on FfVb ignore.
ain't seen none of his ignorant shit since.
On the plus side, if Steve Job's ever disappeared, they can take the DNA off of Divine's mouth and clone him.
Same here. The only way I see his posts is if I switch browsers...he's still good for a laugh though...
On the plus side, if Steve Job's ever disappeared, they can take the DNA off of Divine's mouth and clone him.
holy shit
wait, what?
On the plus side, if Steve Job's ever disappeared, they can take the DNA off of Divine's mouth and clone him.
No need to waste a good thread... 
iPad, tablets clearly disrupting PC market, survey finds
from Boy Genius Report by Zach Epstein
A survey conducted recently by Google-owned AdMob found that tablets are eating into the quality time U.S. consumers spend with their desktop and laptop PCs — and the majority of tablet owners might not use their devices the way many pundits believe. A survey of 1,430 tablet owners in the U.S. conducted March of this year suggests that the most popular use for tablets at this point could be gaming. An overwhelming 84% of respondents said they use their tablets for playing games of some type, while 78% said they searched for information on their tablets and 74% said they used email. Another indication tablets could be as disruptive as many analysts believe is the fact that 43% of those surveyed said they use their tablets more than than their desktop or laptop computers, and 33% said they spent more time with their tablet than they spend watching television. 77% of respondents said their use of traditional computers has decreased since buying a tablet, and 28% said the tablet is now their primary computer.
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iPad, tablets clearly disrupting PC market, survey finds
from Boy Genius Report by Zach Epstein
A survey conducted recently by Google-owned AdMob found that tablets are eating into the quality time U.S. consumers spend with their desktop and laptop PCs — and the majority of tablet owners might not use their devices the way many pundits believe. A survey of 1,430 tablet owners in the U.S. conducted March of this year suggests that the most popular use for tablets at this point could be gaming. An overwhelming 84% of respondents said they use their tablets for playing games of some type, while 78% said they searched for information on their tablets and 74% said they used email. Another indication tablets could be as disruptive as many analysts believe is the fact that 43% of those surveyed said they use their tablets more than than their desktop or laptop computers, and 33% said they spent more time with their tablet than they spend watching television. 77% of respondents said their use of traditional computers has decreased since buying a tablet, and 28% said the tablet is now their primary computer.
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Why is this kat a Mod anyway
Fortune: ‘iPhone as a business is nearly twice the size of Google’s entire operation’
from IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis by Marc Flores
1 person liked this
The platform wars are raging on, and Android versus iPhone market share articles are being churned out by the dozen seemingly every week. However, one Fortune writer believes that these articles and the market share comparison itself are inconsequential. Why is that?
According to Andy M. Zaky at Fortune:
For example, suppose Research in Motion (RIMM) decided it wanted to offer the Android operating system on all of its phones starting on December 31, 2010.
Even if Blackberry sales declined in 2011 for the first time ever, Android growth would skyrocket because every single Blackberry device sold would carry the Android operating system. Suppose the reason for the drop in Blackberry sales is later attributed to the fact that customers disliked the Android operating system and decided to go elsewhere.
This is true. As new manufacturers begin adopting Android each year, the actual platform market share numbers go up even if device sales are stagnant or declining.
But what does this say about the iPhone? Are the increasing numbers of Android users giving Apple investors a reason to worry? Probably not:
Interestingly enough, iPhone sales continue to far outpace the growth in the global smartphone market. In the December quarter, for example, while the global smartphone market grew at a pace of 70% year-over-year, Apple’s iPhone grew by 87%. This point right here should end all discussion.
In an article published at Business Insider a few weeks ago, Henry Blodget said that Android is eating up everything and that Apple is dead in the water. Clearly, Blodget was working with a very limited data set, and one that only applied to U.S. figures, not worldwide numbers. But his trolling worked — the sensational headline and outlandish story has gotten nearly 300,000 views since, and he also published another article defending it, too.
Perhaps this is the most salient point in the Fortune article, the emphasis is mine:
Google will probably report about $6.5 billion in total revenue when it releases its first quarter results later this week. Apple’s iPhone alone will very likely eclipse $11 billion for the March quarter. For 2011, Google is expected to report about $27 billion on the top line compared to the iPhone’s expected $48.2 billion in revenue. The iPhone as a business is nearly twice the size of Google’s entire operation. This is a financial reality rarely illuminated in these so-called “platform market share” articles where Apple investors are supposed to be “deathly afraid” of the Android operating system that doesn’t even create a fraction of the revenue Apple generates from the iPhone.
Whether you’re an iPhone or Android fanboy doesn’t matter — you can’t argue figures like these. Anyone who tries is really in blind denial. That’s the honest opinion of a tech geek who owns both an iPhone and several Android handsets.
[Via: Fortune]
Fortune: ‘iPhone as a business is nearly twice the size of Google’s entire operation’ is a post from: IntoMobile
from IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis by Marc Flores
1 person liked this
The platform wars are raging on, and Android versus iPhone market share articles are being churned out by the dozen seemingly every week. However, one Fortune writer believes that these articles and the market share comparison itself are inconsequential. Why is that?
According to Andy M. Zaky at Fortune:
For example, suppose Research in Motion (RIMM) decided it wanted to offer the Android operating system on all of its phones starting on December 31, 2010.
Even if Blackberry sales declined in 2011 for the first time ever, Android growth would skyrocket because every single Blackberry device sold would carry the Android operating system. Suppose the reason for the drop in Blackberry sales is later attributed to the fact that customers disliked the Android operating system and decided to go elsewhere.
This is true. As new manufacturers begin adopting Android each year, the actual platform market share numbers go up even if device sales are stagnant or declining.
But what does this say about the iPhone? Are the increasing numbers of Android users giving Apple investors a reason to worry? Probably not:
Interestingly enough, iPhone sales continue to far outpace the growth in the global smartphone market. In the December quarter, for example, while the global smartphone market grew at a pace of 70% year-over-year, Apple’s iPhone grew by 87%. This point right here should end all discussion.
In an article published at Business Insider a few weeks ago, Henry Blodget said that Android is eating up everything and that Apple is dead in the water. Clearly, Blodget was working with a very limited data set, and one that only applied to U.S. figures, not worldwide numbers. But his trolling worked — the sensational headline and outlandish story has gotten nearly 300,000 views since, and he also published another article defending it, too.
Perhaps this is the most salient point in the Fortune article, the emphasis is mine:
Google will probably report about $6.5 billion in total revenue when it releases its first quarter results later this week. Apple’s iPhone alone will very likely eclipse $11 billion for the March quarter. For 2011, Google is expected to report about $27 billion on the top line compared to the iPhone’s expected $48.2 billion in revenue. The iPhone as a business is nearly twice the size of Google’s entire operation. This is a financial reality rarely illuminated in these so-called “platform market share” articles where Apple investors are supposed to be “deathly afraid” of the Android operating system that doesn’t even create a fraction of the revenue Apple generates from the iPhone.
Whether you’re an iPhone or Android fanboy doesn’t matter — you can’t argue figures like these. Anyone who tries is really in blind denial. That’s the honest opinion of a tech geek who owns both an iPhone and several Android handsets.
[Via: Fortune]
Fortune: ‘iPhone as a business is nearly twice the size of Google’s entire operation’ is a post from: IntoMobile
Good point.
Fuck it lets start the petition
GET THIS MOTHERFUCKER OUT THE MOD SPOT NOW
GET THIS MOTHERFUCKER OUT THE MOD SPOT NOW
Apple granted patent for Hybrid DisplayPort/USB 3.0 connector
from IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis by Dusan Belic
The US Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for a new type of dock connector to Apple. It is a slim hybrid DisplayPort/USB 3.0 high speed connector which will most likely be used in the upcoming iOS devices.
Apple has recently introduced another high-speed connector called Thunderbolt (originally codenamed Light Peak) which comes with the latest MacBook Pros and it’s safe to bet all future Mac computers will come with the same port, as well. In that sense, the patent suggests that upcoming iOS devices may have come with a Thunderbolt port since DisplayPort and Thunderbolt connections are physically similar.
Finally, while Apple (and other companies for that matter) file patents for technologies that may never see the light of day, PatentlyApple speculates that this new dock connector could be an exception. As a matter of fact, the “Apple patents watchdog” thinks we’re talking about the technology that could be unveiled later this year or in 2012 when Apple adds USB 3.0 ports to their Mac computers…
[Via: TUAW]
from IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis by Dusan Belic
The US Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for a new type of dock connector to Apple. It is a slim hybrid DisplayPort/USB 3.0 high speed connector which will most likely be used in the upcoming iOS devices.
Apple has recently introduced another high-speed connector called Thunderbolt (originally codenamed Light Peak) which comes with the latest MacBook Pros and it’s safe to bet all future Mac computers will come with the same port, as well. In that sense, the patent suggests that upcoming iOS devices may have come with a Thunderbolt port since DisplayPort and Thunderbolt connections are physically similar.
Finally, while Apple (and other companies for that matter) file patents for technologies that may never see the light of day, PatentlyApple speculates that this new dock connector could be an exception. As a matter of fact, the “Apple patents watchdog” thinks we’re talking about the technology that could be unveiled later this year or in 2012 when Apple adds USB 3.0 ports to their Mac computers…
[Via: TUAW]
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