Notre Dame launches eReader (iPads) study, creates first paperless course

“This has become known as the iPad class,” Corey Angst, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame, told his students on their first day of class Aug. 24. “It’s actually not…it’s ‘Project Management.’” YouTube Video about the "iPad Class produced by Notre Dame". A member of Notre Dame’s ePublishing Working Group, Angst is debuting the University’s first and only class taught using Apple’s new wireless tablet computer to replace traditional textbooks. The course is part of a unique, year-long Notre Dame study of eReaders, and Angst is conducting the first phase using iPads, which just went on...

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Is Android Bad for Google’s Brand?

“The public doesn’t trust Google as much as it does Apple. And the Nexus One debacle proves that without a customer service infrastructure, you’re screwed.” So wrote the best music analyst and one of the best bloggers extant, Bob Lefsetz on Lefsetz.com last week. He was making a point about how Apple’s biggest secrets to success lie in the company’s ability to simply deliver the best customer experience of any corporation on the planet. His words as to how Apple got so good: “You’ve got to go back ten years. Actually, just a bit longer, to when Steve Jobs came...

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Some Tech Big Boys Pepper The Latest IBD 100

Ah, the big guys. You know that every big cap made some stockholders pretty happy on their way toward becoming big caps. And even when big, a lot of the big guys have plenty of fuel left in the tank. The latest IBD 100 has some pretty big tech big caps, including some big names and some up-and-comers. The tech companies with the largest market caps on the latest IBD 100 are: 1. Apple (AAPL) . Apple is No. 58 on the latest list,

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