Anyone planning an enterprise deployment of iPads specifically, or tablets generally, is advised to check out the series of podcasts available.
From their web site: Deploy 2014 is a series of shows we are currently building up to help you lead a major technology deployment in your school or organisation. The series is published in our regular podcast feed and this page gathers and organises each of the posts in the series, along with a summary of the content.
Windows 9 Update! Very interesting report from Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet.com…
Microsoft is aiming to deliver a “technology preview” of its Windows “Threshold” operating system by late September or early October, according to multiple sources of mine who asked not to be named.
via Microsoft to deliver Windows ‘Threshold’ tech preview around late September | ZDNet.
With so many choices available this may help folks new or recently learning to use Linux. By Jack Wallen at Linux.com…
Wow. I learned a few tricks in this article by Ryan Dube at MakeUseOf.com…
Hidden features you say? Absolutely. They include keyboard shortcuts, secret tricks and other interesting features that most long-term Windows 7 users never realized existed, and a few features that amazingly were added as late as the last year or two – evidence by the fact that they were just recently added to the Windows 7 New Features download provided by Microsoft.
What a great collection! By Anup More at Linux.com…
Often due to some restrictions by the web development company, most of the web developers are forced to use free open source platforms such as Ubuntu. For such developers, it becomes headache to work without the tools that are mandatory and used for developing a website. However, there are some similar tools available for Linux that can be used in the web development.
via Web Development Tools for Linux & How to Install Them | Linux.com.
Some useful productivity tips by Serenity Caldwell and Dan Moren at Macworld.com…
Whether it’s the first time you’ve picked up an iPad or the seventeenth time you’ve pulled out your iPhone today, there are probably still some iOS 7 features and functionality that you’re not familiar with. Don’t sweat it: We’re here to help. We’ve collected some of our favorite and most useful tips and compiled them here, just for you.
A good overview of more popular Linux distributions. By Thomas J. Fitzgerald at The New York Times…
HAVE you ever wondered what happened to Linux? Linux is the free software created through the open source development process that many technology enthusiasts had predicted would revolutionize the world of computing.
via The Many Alternative Computing Worlds of Linux – NYTimes.com.
Good news reported by Paul Thurrott on his blog. I like MS Office, and I love the iPad. I hope it’s a good marriage!
With Microsoft Executive Vice President Tami Reller seeming to tiptoe around a discussion about Microsoft’s plans for delivering a full-featured Office version for iPad this year, we don’t need to parse her comments to learn more. A related and reliable report suggests that Microsoft is in fact speeding up the delivery of Office for iPad. And it will probably arrive ahead of the version for Windows 8.
via Office for iPad | Paul Thurrotts WinInfo content from Windows IT Pro.