#CanIHaveIt

Why the new iPad 3 is completely irresistible to even a shoe-loving girl

First things first: I'm no tech writer. I have a certain level of comfort that comes with growing up in the digital age, but I definitely can't write HTML, I don't understand how Micro Four Thirds cameras work and I call the Genius Bar only slightly less often than my parents.

So this whole iPad 3 business has raised a lot of questions, namely — do I buy one? I didn't buy the iPad because I figured it would be best to let Apple work out the kinks and come out with something better. I didn't buy the iPad 2 because one of my sale sites had a flash sample sale and there were these SUPREME Brian Atwood wedges that I wanted more.

So here we are. The third iteration. What's different? What's supposed to be better? Read with me, as I do my consumer research in a story:

Retina Display

This might not mean much to me, since (#trueconfessions) I can't even tell when my television is and isn't on HD, but the iPad 3's Retina Display (fancy word for screen) is apparently the stuff of nerd dreams.

Writes Gizmodo's Casey Chan of the iPad 3 as compared to Apple's other iOS devices: "The 2048x1536 screen would dwarf everything (emphasis his)." He says, "If the 2048x1536 iPad 3 retina display turns out to be real this year, oh god almighty it's going to be glorious."

It's unclear whether the iPad 3's Retina Display will actually be such an impressive resolution, but it would follow, since it would double the resolution of the first two iPads — like the iPhone 4's (and iPhone 4S) Retina Display doubled the resolution of the iPhone 3GS screen.

FaceTime

iLounge reports that the iPad 3 will have an HD front-facing camera, the better to FaceTime your friends with and — oh, god — upload high-res sexy pics with?

Yes, you'll view images in higher res, and you'll take images in higher res. Both the front and rear cameras are reportedly getting upgraded, via Mashable.

Also, the iPad might — and I mean might, maybe — go 4G before the iPhone, according to consumer electronics site BGR (Boy Genius Report, a spin-off of Engadget.)

Verdict

If even an iota of the rumors are true, I might have to have it. A glossier virtual magazine-reading experience AND better airport movie-watching? Count this girl in.

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Jobs report

Texas clocks in as No. 7 best state to find a job, new report says

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It's easier to find a job in Texas than in nearly any other state.

If you’re hunting for a job in Texas amid a tough employment market, you stand a better chance of landing it here than you might in other states.

A new ranking by personal finance website WalletHub of the best states for jobs puts Texas at No. 7. The Lone Star State lands at No. 2 in the economic environment category and No. 18 in the job market category.

Massachusetts tops the list, and West Virginia appears at the bottom.

To determine the most attractive states for employment, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 34 key indicators of economic health and job market strength. Ranking factors included employment growth, median annual income, and average commute time.

“Living in one of the best states for jobs can provide stable conditions for the long term, helping you ride out the fluctuations that the economy will experience in the future,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo says.

In September, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas led the U.S. in job creation with the addition of 195,600 jobs over the past 12 months.

While Abbott proclaimed Texas is “America’s jobs leader,” the state’s level of job creation has recently slowed. In June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas noted that the state’s year-to-date job growth rate had dipped to 1.8 percent, and that even slower job growth was expected in the second half of this year.

The August unemployment rate in Texas stood at 4.1 percent, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Throughout 2025, the monthly rate in Texas has been either four percent or 4.1 percent.

By comparison, the U.S. unemployment rate in August was 4.3 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2025, the monthly rate for the U.S. has ranged from 4 percent to 4.3 percent.

Here’s a rundown of the August unemployment rates in Texas’ four biggest metro areas:

Austin — 3.9 percent
Dallas-Fort Worth — 4.4 percent
San Antonio — 4.4 percent
Houston — 5 percent

Unemployment rates have remained steady this year despite layoffs and hiring freezes driven by economic uncertainty. However, the number of U.S. workers who’ve been without a job for at least 27 weeks has risen by 385,000 this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in August. That month, long-term unemployed workers accounted for about one-fourth of all unemployed workers.

An August survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed a record-low 44.9 percent of Americans were confident about finding a job if they lost their current one.

This story originally was published on our sister site, InnovationMap.

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