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HighTower Advisors and United Capital seek to stamp out wirehouse feel by embracing Apple technology

The aggregators see risk in standing pat with PC technology when advisors use Macs at home

Author Brooke Southall May 6, 2010 at 6:28 AM
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Matt Camden shows off an iPad that is now compatible with HighTower's tech platform

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Bill Winterberg

Bill Winterberg

May 6, 2010 — 4:13 PM

I suppose I will have to request a login to the HOST network. Otherwise the iPad app is useless.

Bill @ <a href="http://fppad.com">FPPad.com</a>

Bill Winterberg

Bill Winterberg

May 6, 2010 — 4:27 PM

Oh, I forgot to mention: I couldn’t find an iPad-specific app for HOST in the Apple app store. All I found was the iPhone app that is scaled up to fit the screen size of the iPad.

Bill @ <a href="http://fppad.com">FPPad.com</a>


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