If you’re like me, you assumed that the iPad was pretty much identical to the iPhone, but bigger. The form factor alone opens up some new possibilities on the iPad, but there are other differences aside from size. Here are five differences that, while obvious, might be news to you if you’re thinking about purchasing an iPad.
Last week, Pingdom parsed the data on iOS and Android apps, revealing an interesting difference. Specifically, roughly 70% of the apps in Apple’s App Store are paid apps, while 64% of the apps in the Android Market are free.
Why the difference? Are there more junk Android apps, since anyone can develop for it? Or does Android foster a different culture, due to its open nature? What do you think the reason is for this difference?
The mobile app divide: Free rules on Android, paid rules on iPhone [Pingdom]
Whether you travel once a week or once a decade, you need to have a Tripit account. There aren’t many programs that we feel that strongly about — we’re willing to concede that some people may prefer alternatives to Gmail and maybe even Evernote — but Tripit is one of the few applications that has no true competitor. Let’s take a more in-depth look at what it offers, why you need it, and talk about how you can win a free upgrade for a year of Tripit Pro. Read more
If you have read 40Tech over the past year, you may have discovered my minor obsession with productivity apps and methods. It’s a journey that began with my first post here: GTD in Evernote with Only One Notebook (posted a year and a week ago ), and continued through reviews of Action Method Online and on into my latest experiment, Producteev 2. I have really been enjoying Producteev, and have been using it exclusively for some time now — so I decided it was time to attempt a full GTD implementation, and see how it would work. After some trial and error, I’m satisfied. Check out a walkthrough of my method for GTD in Producteev, below.
There are many, many, great resources on the web, especially in the area of education. There are thousands of sites dedicated just to teaching languages, for example. In fact, Bill Gates said earlier this month that he expected that within five years the web would provide a better education than our institutions of higher learning. Here in Texas, the Board of Education seems to have fully embraced this trend, and now offers a home schooling program for elementary school-aged kids that is completely online. They even provide the computer.
My Life Scoop recently listed a few of the best sites for education, and there are more created every day. In fact, Xconomy pubished an article yesterday about a new startup, Udemy, whose name comes from “academy for you.” Udemy received $1 million in seed funding to “democratize learning on the web.”
Notwithstanding these great online learning opportunities, I’m still not sure that I want a lawyer representing me who got a law degree from iTunes U. So what do you think: will the internet ever truly replace the classroom, or will it always be a supplement to improve the classroom experience?
Bill Gates: In Five Years the Best Education Will Come From the Web [via TechCrunch]
Feed Your Mind For Free Online [via My Life Scoop]
Udemy Collects $1 Million to Exapnd Casual Learning Platform [via Xconomy]
