Preface
In October 2011, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared some interesting facts about the iPad:
▪ Ninety-two percent of Fortune 500 companies are testing or deploying iPads.
▪ More than 80 percent of U.S.-based hospitals are testing or piloting the iPad.
▪ Every state in the United States has some type of iPad deployment program in place or in pilot.
Just a year later, in October 2012, Tim Cook announced that 100 million iPads had been sold. Think about that for a moment: 100 million iPads sold in just two and a half years! That is an amazing feat.
And the news about the iPad doesn’t stop there. The FAA has approved the use of the iPad instead of paper charts for on-duty airline pilots. Without a doubt, the iPad is changing the way people think about ...
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