Features

• Is iOS secure enough for the enterprise?

  By Ben Camm-Jones | 15 April, 2012 02:11

  iOS is making inroads into the enterprise right now, largely thanks to the growth of the BYOD (bring your own device) trend.

• iPad in the Enterprise: A videoconferencing dream machine?

  By Tom Kaneshige | 10 April, 2012 08:09

  Three IT workers with iPads gathered around a whiteboard in a conference room in Boston to figure out how to improve a long-standing technical service- and running into more questions than answers.

• Review: Apple iPad (third-generation)

  By Ross Catanzariti | 19 March, 2012 15:40

  Apple's new iPad is an incremental upgrade rather than a revolutionary one.

• Mobile apps: The IT pro's new power tools

  By Robert L. Scheier | 12 March, 2012 21:07

  Think the mobile revolution is all about word games and social networking apps? Think again. Heavy-duty apps for IT pros have arrived on mobile platforms and they're quickly changing the face of IT systems management.

• The new iPad: Industry reactions

  By Ben Camm-Jones | 09 March, 2012 03:16

  Since Apple took the wraps off the new iPad last night, analysts, journalists, bloggers and other Apple-watchers have been weighing in with their opinions on the new tablet.

• Your guide to the new iPad

  By Ross Catanzariti | 08 March, 2012 14:34

  Apple's new iPad has been unveiled. It is worth your hard earned dollars? Let's find out.

• In depth: Apple's new vision of education

  By Ryan Faas | 24 January, 2012 02:35

  Apple has made it clear that one of the next industries it hopes to disrupt and reinvent is education. It's an arena the company has a long history of working with: schools have been one of Apple's biggest market since the days of the Apple II.

• 2011 in review: The year in iOS

  By Lex Friedman | 30 December, 2011 05:31

  In 2011, as in 2010, iOS received a lot of attention from Apple. Apple introduced significant updates to its flagship iOS devices--the iPad and the iPhone. It added a new buying option to the App Store, perhaps rescuing the magazine industry in the process. It premiered an insanely powerful and brilliantly designed piece of software that proved unequivocally that iOS devices aren't just for consumption. And, of course, the company unveiled a significant upgrade to its touch-based operating system itself. And then a not-so-tiny upstart named Amazon tried to leap into the tablet computing fray, too.

• Guide: The best tablet for you

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 30 November, 2011 02:31

  For a long time, you didn’t have much choice if you were in the market for a tablet--Apple’s iPad was the only good option. But that’s starting to change: Though the iPad 2 remains the top slate overall, the best choice for you may well be one that runs Google’s Android operating system.

• Top Christmas gifts: iPad accessories

  By Ross Catanzariti | 18 November, 2011 15:12

  Not everybody can afford to gift an iPad 2 as a Christmas present, but that doesn't mean you should forget the tablet fun! Here are 10 cool iPad accessories that shouldn't blow your budget.

• Technology argument 1: Tablets vs. laptops vs. smartphones

  By Agam Shah | 04 November, 2011 09:40

  Many people today carry multiple mobile devices to access data anyplace, anytime. But a question always lingers: between a smartphone, laptop and tablet, which should you carry on the road?

• NEWS FOCUS: Will tablets soon be free?

  By Mike Elgan | 06 September, 2011 10:53

  The price of touch tablets used to make sense. Apple's iPad has cost between $499 and $829 since it first shipped a year and a half ago. And for a while, competitors all hovered around that price.

• How the iPad will change IT forever

  By Nathan Clevenger | 03 August, 2011 02:01

  When evaluating the adoption of mobile enterprise applications, it's important to understand the overall trends driving the adoption of the iPad within the enterprise. As I worked on the book, iPad in the Enterprise: Developing and Deploying Business Applications, I spoke to, interviewed, and received feedback from dozens of technology authors, industry analysts, enterprise software executives, Fortune 1000 CIOs, and other visionaries of enterprise IT. I felt that the best way to explore this concept was to hear from those industry leaders directly.

• NEWS FOCUS: Mobiles, tablets and app downloads set to soar

  By Hafizah Osman | 19 July, 2011 11:42

  Media tablet shipments in A/ NZ for 2011 are expected to be double those of 2010, according to analyst firm, IDC.

• Apple iOS: Why it's the most secure OS, period

  By Robert Lemos | 06 June, 2011 20:04

  In June 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and the device quickly took off to become a major brand in the smartphone market. Yet when the iPhone shipped, security on the mobile operating system was nearly nonexistent. Missing from the initial iOS (then called iPhone OS) were many of the security features that modern-day desktop software has as a matter of course, such as data-execution protection (DEP) and address-space layout randomization (ASLR). Apple's cachet lured security researchers to test the platform, and in less than a month, a trio had released details on the first vulnerability: an exploitable flaw in the mobile Safari browser.