Apple recently updated and improved their deployment and management tools to facilitate large scale deployments by enterprises. They enhanced both the device deployment and management tools and app purchase and deployment tools. TechCrunch has a good article summarizing the new tools — Apple Makes Big Improvements in iOS Management Tools for Enterprise and Education. Read the rest of this entry »

Check out how Oasis Consulting Services, a geotechical/materials testing consulting firm in Atlanta, Georgia, is using Q-Scribe and iPads to work smarter and more efficiently in the field to serve their clients better. Read the rest of this entry »

Check out this article over at iBackflip.com about how Balfour Beatty has saved millions on their Dallas-Fort Worth Airport project using iPads and a cloud-based solution for digital plans as a replacement for paper. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve had the iPad Air (5th gen) now for going on two months and I can say, without a doubt, this iPad has the best battery life of any iPad I’ve owned (I’ve had all except the iPad 4). Read the rest of this entry »

If you love the ability to locate your density tests (and/or technicians) with the GPS capability of the iPad and Q-Scribe, you might be interested in this testing performed by CloudPoint Geographics (cloupointgeo.com). They tested the precision and accuracy of several consumer type devices and compared the results to a $10,000 Trimble Geo XH 6000 (article here). The accuracy and precision of the consumer devices is surprisingly good — especially the iPad. Read the rest of this entry »