We’ve gotten a few requests from potential users of Q-Scribe to develop an Android platform. When we started developing Q-Scribe, the only viable platform for tablets was iOS. From a usability standpoint based on our testing of Android tablets, we didn’t feel Android was ready for mainstream use until the JellyBean release. So we have been considering whether to develop Q-Scribe for the Android platform. However, after reading this report (Mobile Threat Report Q4 2012) from F-Secure, a leading computing security firm, we are really hesitant to move to the Android platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Nice post by Mike over at Tech Bubbles about using tablets in business. Mike notes of one group of business users – a third aren’t giving tablets a thought, a third are thinking they’ll do something [with tablets] one day, and a third are already using tablets [to outperform the competition].

The key to outwitting competitors comes from finding niche use specific to your business. Something that will cut costs, increase revenue or raise competitive edge.

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This video presents a number of educators and school administrators talking about the future of mobile technologies in education. I posted here about the Z-generation and their relationship with technology. My kids are using iPads in school in place of paper textbooks and as computers. Instead of a 50-lb book bag and laptop, they’re carrying an iPad. My 9 year old son just wrote his first paper on an iPad this week.

The kids today who are learning with the aide of technology will be ejected into the workplace sooner than you might expect. Do you want to bet the future of your firm on your current paper-based technologies?

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The benefits of using iPad professionally if you are an attorney (or engineer). Read the rest of this entry »