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25 Game-Changing iPad Apps for Lawyers & Law Students

iPad Apps for Lawyers & Law Students
Nobody envies law students, paralegals, or lawyers for their reams upon reams of paperwork, save perhaps masochists of certain inclinations. So, to this particular professional demographic, nifty little gadgets such as the iPad and its ilk are touted as a godsend. These digital devices significantly cut back on the amount of time hunched over books as thick as [Insert Name of Personally Disliked Public Figure Here]'s head, laptops, or desktops, freeing up time for more pressing matters.

The following applications just make things that much easier in some way or another.

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10 Surprises We Have Learned About Steve Jobs After His Death

Steve Jobs

With a bestselling Steve Jobs’ biography by Walter Isaacson on the shelves, the public has learned many shocking details about the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs since he succumbed to cancer in October of 2011.

In addition to the surprising allegations of refusal to pay child support to the mother of his eldest daughter and the story behind his black turtleneck uniform, here are ten other surprises that have come out since his untimely demise.

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Apple’s iBooks 2 for iPad, A New Way to Buy and Read Books

iBooks 2 for iPad
Apple is launching iBooks 2 for iPad, featuring iBooks textbooks, an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, engaging and truly interactive. iBooks textbooks offer iPad users fullscreen textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, unrivaled navigation and much more. Apple is also setting up a textbook section its iTunes store.

iBooks 2 will be able to display books with videos and other interactive features for elementary and high school students, the company announced Thursday at an event at an event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. It’s not clear how Apple plans to get it front of students, however, since textbooks are subject to lengthy approval processes by states. Also, few students have iPads, which start at $499.

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How Apple TV Could Succeed in 2012

Apple iTV

This year’s CES should bring out the latest HDTV sets from all the big names including Samsung, Sony, LG, Panasonic, Sharp, Toshiba and more. We expect to see more connected TVs with more iPads and other tablets controlling them. We may see is added TV “smarts” either built into the TV itself or provided in a companion device like a tablet. TVs with more smarts will help but with rumors of an Apple TV coming in 2012, we wonder if any of the major TV brands will be able to compete with Apple in the battle for the living room.

Apple, Microsoft and Google Could be Next Big Brands in HDTV

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Fail-Safe Christmas Gift Ideas for The Bosses: What To Give Your Boss This Holiday Season?

Fail-Safe Holiday Gift Ideas for The Bosses

Hey folks! Do you have your boss as your exchange gifts partner for the holidays this year? Are you clueless about what to give him or her? Well, help is here. Whether you have a bossy boss, or a nosy one or the one like Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”, we have just the right gift ideas for them.

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