Today Apple announced the newest version of its’ Software Development Kit for iPad. The SDK is version 3.2 and is the third release of the SDK since the iPad announcement about a month ago. The SDK can be downloaded for free for registered developers from Apple’s Developer website.

The SDK includes the iPad simulator, sample code bits, a programming guide, human interface guidelines, and a host of programming tools to help you create iPad-ready applications when the product launches in a few months.

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BussinessWeek conducted a recent survey looking for which companies have the best customer service. Apple ranked 3rd in this lineup making it #1 of all computer manufacturers. The next best computer manufacturer was Dell who placed 23rd.

First place went to L.L. Bean and second place went to USAA, an insurance company. Apple received its’ highest marks for “Quality of Staff” and “Efficiency of Service”. Apple placed 20th in last year’s poll by Business Week, showing that they have made considerable progress over the past year.

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[UPDATED: Mon - Feb 22, 2010 @ 10:00am Mountain time] Apple has made a move recently at making the App store more family friendly. They are looking to remove all “Overtly Sexual Content” as they put it, but no clear definition was given. There are numerous apps in the App Store that are nothing more than pornography deliverers. We have also seen an influx of the number of “Digitial Girlfriends” available via the App Store. However, these days are numbered as Apple has recently sent a letter out to all developers of these apps, warning them that these apps are thus forth, no longer appropriate for the App store.

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Steve Jobs introduced the iPad to us almost a month ago now. One of the expected uses of the iPad was as an eBook reader, and Jobs confirmed this with his elegant demonstration of eBooks via the iBookstore. Since that day, we have heard repeated praise and criticism for the iBookstore. We have also heard rumors of price hikes, and price drops from publishers. Recently more news has developed saying that rules with the iBookstore are extremely restricting to publishers. Luckily, now many of these “rules” turned out to either be misconception or have been adapted to aid the publishers. With the launch of the iPad looming out about a month, many of us are holding our breath. What will happen? Can it take over the current eBook monopoly, Amazon?

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We have heard much controversy over the past month between two dominating tech companies: Adobe, and Apple. Since around 2007 with the introduction of the iPhone, Apple has made a greater stand against  the use of Adobe Flash on its’ products. Apple was very quite about the use of Flash on its’ new iPhone mobile device. They knew that openly derogating the value of Flash would cause a web-wide uproar, which caused Apple to more secretly despise the format. More recently with the introduction of Safari, Apple made repeated comments that the number one cause of Safari crashes were triggered from flash applications. We also heard during the introduction of Snow Leopard that Flash causes unnecessary CPU spikes which reduces battery life. It seems that every day, Apple grows bolder in its’ fight against the mighty Flash and Adobe behemoth.

Most recently, after the introduction of the Apple iPad, Steve Jobs has been quoted as saying many nasty things towards Flash. He also openly said that HTML5 is likely to replace Flash altogether, therefore no action is necessary towards creating Flash experiences on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. With all these means things that Apple has done to our poor friend Adobe, is there anyway that they can kiss and make-up? The answer is: ”Yes, Maybe”.

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