Data-focused App Development for the iPad Best Practices: A Kaplan Case Study

Feb 15, 12 Data-focused App Development for the iPad Best Practices: A Kaplan Case Study

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How can textbooks on the iPad revolutionize learning? Kaplan provides study guides and tutoring for standardized tests such as the SAT, LSAT, and GRE. Kaplan set out to digitize their study guides and found out that data on how your students read can revolutionize your product development. Maureen McMahon and Jeff Olson from Kaplan...

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Marissa Mayer on Creativity From Constraints

Feb 10, 12 Marissa Mayer on Creativity From Constraints

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  Marissa Mayer (VP of Google Local/Maps/Localization) spoke at the MIT Sloan’s Women in Management Conference today. Known for being the first female engineer hired by Google in 1999, she spoke about how challenges at Google has shaped the advice she gives to others. “Passion is a Gender Neutralizing...

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Using Apple’s Profile Manager for Mobile Device Management Overview & Best Practices

Jan 26, 12 Using Apple’s Profile Manager for Mobile Device Management Overview & Best Practices

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How does a school manage a few hundred iOS devices for only a few hundred dollars? During MacIT Conference, Derick Okihara demonstrated the pros and cons of using Apple’s Profile Manager from his experience managing the Mid-Pacific Institute school. You can download the presentation slides here.   Why Use Apple’s...

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4 Reasons You Should Attend Startup Weekend

Jan 23, 12 4 Reasons You Should Attend Startup Weekend

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1. You Can Meet Your Future Team How do you meet a co-founder or your first engineer? Startup Weekend is the perfect place to meet a future team member or the next great connection that will lead you to a team member. Sick of networking events where you just talk about what you do? The wheat is separated from the chaff at an event...

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What You Need To Know About The Future of the Web

Jan 15, 12 What You Need To Know About The Future of the Web

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Roger McNamee explains what you need to know today to understand where the web is going tomorrow. Let Jeff Bezos remind you there’s a long path of innovation ahead of us...

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My Favorite Apps for Your New iDevice

Dec 25, 11 My Favorite Apps for Your New iDevice

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Did Santa bring you a new iPhone or iPad this year? Here’s my year-round favorite apps for Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch). All these apps are free unless otherwise noted. Because I Stay In Touch Facebook Foursquare – Sync it with your Amex card for discounts that don’t require coupon...

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