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About Sarah Lai Stirland
Sarah Lai Stirland is from the gadget and status-crazed island of Hong Kong, where even sampan drivers enjoy showing off their latest gizmos. Sarah's work has appeared in Congress Daily, National Journal, POLITICO, Portfolio.com, Red Herring, The Village Voice, and Wired.com, among other places. She now lives with her husband, cat and her young gadget-obsessed, button-pushing daughter in San Francisco. Follow Sarah on Twitter at @LaiStirland
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Toddlers On The iPad: What Works And What Doesn’t For One 22-Month-Old
I’m a reluctant iPad parent who gave my toddler my gadget to play with once. Ever since that one experience, it has become impossible to use it when she’s around without her wanting to monopolize it.
She’s a true addict. She even looks at me weirdly if I put it down somewhere within her vicinity without handing it over to her.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Blasts Steve Jobs For Manufacturing The iPad In China
The iPad has inevitably made its debut into the congressional debate over the federal budget.
On Friday, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. D-Ill., made reference to it during a rambling monologue concerning America’s budget and the state of our economy on the House floor.
Apple Launches New iPad 2 Ad: “We Believe,” A Reminder of Its History of Innovation
Apple launched its new ad campaign for the iPad 2 Saturday based on its founding philosophy of bringing technology to the masses.
Time Warner Cable iPad App Is Just The Tip of the Iceberg
There’s been a lot of press lately about Time Warner Cable’s foray into portability by offering its subscribers access to their programming via their iPads.
Software Developer Group To Senators: Access To Checkpoint Data Deters Drunk Driving, Doesn’t Encourage It
A group representing thousands of independent software developers on Monday sent a letter objecting to four Democratic senators’ request last week to smartphone companies to remove applications that alert drivers to DUI checkpoints.
U.S. Lawmaker Wishes World Governments Would Run Like Apple
Is it fair to compare the progress of international deal-making among government policymakers to the innovation cycle of a technology company headed by a man known as the company despot?
How Apple Got Its Logo [Memory Lane]
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There’s long been a number of urban legends about how Apple came up with its iconic logo.
There’s the idea that the bite symbolizes knowledge, or that the overall image is a tribute to mathematician Alan Turing, who committed suicide by taking a bite of an apple laced with cyanide.
But here’s the real story.
Analyst: Microsoft-Nokia Alliance Could Bring Armistice In Apple-Nokia Patent War
Microsoft’s recently-announced partnership with Nokia will significantly increase the chances of both Apple and Nokia settling their bitter patent infringement lawsuits against each other, says a long-time intellectual property activist who keeps a close eye on the patent strategies of the tech world’s largest firms.
British MPs Experimenting With The iPad
The use of gadgets has traditionally been discouraged during debates in the British House of Commons, but that could change with a new experiment underway with iPads in the U.K. parliament, according to a Sunday report in The Guardian.
Egyptian Revolution Unfolds On The iPad, Courtesy of CNN
Going around town today, I didn’t have time to plop myself in front of a television, and so I constantly checked my iPad when at WiFi hotspots to update myself on the exciting developments in Egypt.
