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Airbus creates electronic flight bag apps for pilots with iPads

by Mike Schramm (Jul 10th, 2012)

We've heard about iPads being given to airline pilots before. Because airline pilots usually need quick access to all sorts of information and documentation, an iPad often ends up being cheaper and easier than handling and updating all of the usual paper documents that used to go into any given ...

iFixit introduces Dozuki, to provide and share crowdsourced service and repair manuals

by Mike Schramm (Aug 18th, 2011)

iFixit is, of course, the great upgrade and repair community with all kinds of step-by-step instructions for Macs, iPods, iPhones, and almost any other devices you happen to have, Apple or otherwise. Now, the company has introduced a new release called Dozuki, which is designed to make sharing ...

iPad 101: User Guides and other helpful resources

by Erica Sadun (Apr 4th, 2010)

You've bought your iPad. Congratulations! So are you ready to learn all the ways you can get the most from your new purchase? Here's a quick run-down of some indispensable resources as you're getting up to speed with your new purchase. Read the manuals: The iPad User Guide (pdf) provides an ...

Apple as "the world's most feminine brand"?

by Mike Schramm (Jul 30th, 2009)

Fortune's Bridget Brennan has a bold statement: "Why doesn't Apple make remote controls? You ask: Why Apple? Because if any company could improve one of the world's most user-unfriendly electronic devices, it would be Apple. And then there's this: Apple just may be the world's most discreetly ...

Show floor video: Screensteps makes documenting easier

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 24th, 2008)

Do you make documentation? Do you constantly find yourself having to explain step-by-step procedures to do things on the Mac? BlueMango Learning Systems has been doing this stuff for a while, and the tedium eventually drove them to create their own tool to make things faster. That's innovation for ...