People who own iPads have awful personalities and are 'selfish elitists', study reveals

An online-based quizmaster and personality-based social networking site named MyType has published the findings of a 'study' that reveal owners of Apple's new iPad are "selfish elitists".

The study, according to the New York Observer, is 'catnip for journalists', having already caught the eye of around 75 news outlets - based on a simple Google News search.

Apart from being stuck up and selfish, the report details how iPad owners are intelligent, wealthy and sophisticated. In other words, it can't be too bad.

The iPad 'elite', it continues, is not defined by wealth, but more a common bond between them. A constellation of characteristics that defines a leadership class that includes intellectuals and political influencers.

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Virgin maverick launches new iPad magazine called...Maverick

Flamboyant entrepreneur Richard Branson, the chairman of the Virgin group of companies, has decided to launch himself head-first into the realm of the Apple iPad with a new magazine that exists only on the device.

The first of its kind, the new magazine - cleverly named Maverick - will have no print companion, and will signify what is considered by many to be a new kind of digital media.

Branson's daughter is reportedly leading the initiative [grunt over nepotism], which will not be available on any other device like Amazon.com's Kindle, which lacks the necessary gloss and design that a magazine-like publication requires.

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Rupert Murdoch loves Steve Jobs as much as you do

In an interview with his noise channel, media baron Rupert Murdoch professed his profound love for Apple, Steve Jobs and the iPad. He also took time to note that the laptop is dead, and echo the belief of the tech industry on the fate of newspapers. [Via Fox News]

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Australian restaurant replaces menus with iPads

Global Mundo Tapas, a restaurant in Sydney, Australia, has replaced its menus with the MenuPad app for iPads.

The app allows the restaurant to easily change its menu, shows pictures of each dish, and also communicates orders directly to the kitchen, cutting down on server error. And, just to show off, it can even recommend dishes based on the weather or your mood. The video below shows the MenuPad at work.

[Republished from eater.com]

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Ol' Rupe' takes the time to blast Obama

The CEO of the evil media empire, News Corporation, has always been vocal about his views on politics (watch Fox News if you're unsure about what I mean) and is never one to pass up an opportunity to share his abundant political wisdom with the world.

As well as praising the iPad, as Bloomberg Businessweek reports, the newspaper mogul took time to call President Obama 'irresponsible' at the opening of The New York Forum yesterday.

Let's not forget that this is the same man that once portrayed the president as a racist, and once published a cartoon that compared him to an ape. That particular cartoon didn't go down so well in the liberal circles that Murdoch is now associated with, by the way.

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Frightened by the iPad? Amazon cuts the price of Kindle

Online mega-retailer Amazon.com cut the price for its ancient e-reader, Kindle, as new competition (such as the iPad) begins to roll onto its turf.

Perhaps it's not so much about keeping iPads out of the hands of consumers, but keeping iBooks out of the hands of consumers.

I think somebody's getting a little bit frightened!

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News Corporation buys an e-reader manufacturer

Could this be the future of the newspaper? Rupert Murdoch has said before that the newspaper of the future will be electronic and will also update every hour or so.

Is this the first step to the realization of his vision?

Perhaps, for today News Corporation has purchased a fledgling young startup, named Skiff, that makes e-readers designed specifically for the newspaper market.
[See a Guardian article on the sale]

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Guess what Oprah gave her staff at O Magazine

Oprah Winfrey, the talk show queen and media empress that presides over the empire that bears her name, may just be the most generous woman on television, or perhaps even the entire media world.

Feeling generous yesterday, Oprah dropped in on the staff that works at her magazine, entitled O, and gave them each, regardless of how long they had worked there, an Apple iPad, a leather case and a cheque for $10,000.

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