Charles Arthur talking about how people and businesses are replacing computers with iPads. And then there’s this little nugget:
For instance, the 2012 Greek bailout – the biggest in history, requiring the renegotiation of €146bn of bonds among 135 principal bond owners in just 30 days – was completed using iPads. A specialised visualisation app (written by a British company, Bondholder Communications Group) ran on the encrypted, 3G-connected tablets that banks were happy to allow on their premises – something they’d never have agreed to for Windows laptops, because of security fears about viruses. Because the iPads could be updated in real time, used while on the move, didn’t constantly need charging and the progress could be shown visually, the deal was done.
I wonder how the critics find bad news in that one.