Just last week, the world?s largest retailer Walmart unveiled its new iPad app and it?s been well received so far.

The iPad app offers the usual online shopping experience customers expect with the ability to ship to home, or pick up an item at a store. Customers can also see what?s in stock locally by choosing the branch nearest to them. The iPad app offers a clean, tidy experience that?s easy to use, but doesn?t offer too many bells and whistles.

The updated iPhone app, however, takes better advantage of the advanced capabilities iOS offers. It allows customers to create voice-activated shopping lists and let?s them scan both QR and barcodes.

Gibu Thomas, Walmart?s senior VP of mobile and digital told The Washington Post ?We look at this as a great opportunity to help our customers shop better with Walmart and have a much more convenient way to access our low prices.? He also mentioned that the app is a ?hit with shoppers?, but with just three reviews in the iTunes App Store that seems a little premature.

But, just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the upcoming weeks, Walmart is smart to get their apps in better shape for the forthcoming holiday shopping season.

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Though Apple has had more money than the U.S. government, and even beat out Exxon mobile as most valuable in the world, the company is known for sitting Smaug-like on its horde of profits. However, during the past few weeks, Apple has steadily been implementing a charitable program which began last year?over 9,000 (not a meme) free iPad 1 units have been shipped to Teach for America corps in 38 states.

The public service program was initiated last spring when the iPad 2 was launched. Apple customers that were upgrading were encouraged at retail stores to donate their iPad 1 for the Teach for America program.

The non-profit teaching organization sends graduates from top schools to teach in low-income communities in the United States for a number of years. These graduates get paid very poorly in their struggle to bridge educational inequality.

However many units Apple collected, there were enough to offer a free iPad 1 to every member in Teach for America. An e-mail notice read, ?What could an iPad do for your classroom and your students? Well, we?re asking you to help us answer this question.? The units were distributed over the last two weekends.

Though the refurbished iPad donations is a start in creating an Apple?s image of charity, there has been some criticism. Steve Jobs? wife, Laurene Powell, happens to be on the board of directors so nepotism is a word that has been used to label the donations. There?s also been speculation as to how much one iPad per classroom could actually accomplish. Zack Whittaker at ZDNet points out that the problem of reading won?t be solved by the introduction of a new tablet alone, though LeVar Burton may disagree. It?s a start.

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Via Fortune

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