[TechRepublic] How Microsoft can convince me to ditch my iPad

Tablets in the Enterprise TechRepublic Member | July 06, 2012

How Microsoft can convince me to ditch my iPad Patrick Gray lists five requirements of the Microsoft Surface tablet before considering it over his Apple iPad. Read more Resource of the day BI Survey 10 Findings Check out this podcast to learn more about the results of a 3000 person survey on BI. Hear how BI plays different roles at companies of all varieties. Record podcasts from your Android tablet with Audio Evolution Mobile Jack Wallen walks you through the creation of a podcast on your Android tablet with the help of Audio Evolution Mobile. Read more Apple whines, court caves, Samsung stops sales Another senseless patent. This time Apple blocks the U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy 10.1 tablet. Jack Wallen offers his take on this slippery slope that could tarnish the reputation of the Big A. Read more Google Play: Android's Bouncer can be pwned Deciding whether to trust apps or not just got more complicated. Michael Kassner asked a pair of researchers why that is. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Infographic: Mobile business applications This infographic, by ClickSoftware, chronicles the rise of mobile application use in the enterprise. Read more Use Gson to work with JSON in your Android apps In this Android tutorial, William J. Francis uses Gson to build up a standard Java entity and flatten it into JSON. Read more iOS app development for non-programmers Download a chapter from the book Learn GameSalad for iOS to get tips on creating an Angry Birds-like game. Read more BYOD apps: Five ways business can tap into workers' software Staff using their own devices for work is the least of the problem. What really matters are the apps that come with BYOD and how organisations capitalise on that software. Read more BYOD face-off: The case for, and against Can't decide whether to implement Bring Your Own Device? Two CIOs explain how they made their decision. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display Bill Detwiler cracks open the MacBook Pro with Retina Display and finds a laptop that looks more like a MacBook Air than a MacBook Pro. View on site Scenes from a celebration: The Higgs within reach (pictures) A behind-the-scenes look as scientists find a long-sought subatomic particle that's key to furthering humanity's understanding of the universe. View on site NASA unveils its Orion deep-space capsule (pictures) Orion, the centerpiece of NASA's post-shuttle push to break out of low Earth orbit, arrives this week at Kennedy Space Center, but its first manned launch isn't until around 2021. View on site Today's recommended downloads Live Webcast: The Truth Behind Big Data Analytics (TechRepublic) SCM: The "Blocking and Tackling" of IT Security (Tripwire) Deliver a Secure Cisco Cloud Experience (Cisco Systems, Inc) HP and Intel Deliver Flexible Networking Solutions (Intel & Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Case Study: How Aaron's Achieved Significant Process Improvement through Telecom Expense Management (Cass Information Systems) Perennial favorites   Why tablets matter for enterprise users Five tips for improving your tablet experience Toshiba Thrive: The best business-grade tablet on the market Connect with TechRepublic IT skills crisis? How coding and cool can crack it Some deny its existence. Others can't agree on its nature. But regardless of your viewpoint on the IT skills crisis, a shake-up of certain attitudes could really make a difference. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tech Sanity Check Google in the Enterprise Cracking Open 10 Things

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