LA plans to give 640,000 students free iPads

It shouldn't take five minutes to start your computer | Huge changes in iOS 7, huge challenges for business developers Follow CITEworld BY IDG ENTERPRISE July 29, 2013 InCITE Your twice weekly digest of the most important developments in the consumerization of IT LA plans to give 640,000 students free iPads The Los Angeles Unified School District has already bought 31,000 iPads, and plans to give them to all of its 640,000 students. We talked to the Chief Facilities Officer to get more details. It shouldn't take five minutes to start your computer Imagine if you're 22 and never worked in an office before. What happens the first time you turn on your computer to get some work done? Huge changes in iOS 7, huge challenges for business developers iOS 7 is the most enterprise-friendly mobile OS Apple has ever created, but the new look and APIs mean that companies may need to radically redesign their in-house apps and user experience to capitalize on what Apple is offering. Luckily, there's a service that can help. How Google and Apple's contrasting styles affect IT Google iterates constantly and isn't afraid to kill products if they're not working out, while Apple releases perfectly finished gems. These different approaches matter as you're dealing with BYOD. The battle between Android and Chrome is over -- and Chrome won From here on in, most of Google's platform innovation will happen on Chrome, not Android. Here's why. What IT pros need to know about Android 4.3 The update to Google's Jelly Bean -- Android 4.3 -- includes some enhancements to device security, long an acknowledged flaw of the search giant's open source mobile OS. Ubuntu head: Our phone will have faster updates, less "silly bloatware" than Android Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth said that Canonical is proposing that operators adopt a new kind of update process that leaves Canonical in control of OS updates. If operators go for it, the plan would solve the headaches that Android users face when their operator is slow to push out OS updates. VIDEO: Google's Nexus 7 announcement in under four minutes We were on hand this morning as Google announced the latest version of its Nexus 7 tablet, manufactured by ASUS. Here, Google's VP of Android product management, Hugo Barra, goes through the specs on stage.   Follow CITEworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to citeworld_weekly_update as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Copyright (C) 2013 CITEworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 **Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@citeworld.com.**