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Internet pioneer Colm Grealy believes the iPad marks a turning point for the online industry, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON

AN APPLE iPad is sitting on the table in the offices of Adforce.ie, just off Camden Street, and Colm Grealy is excited. “2010 is, we think, going to be a major turning point for the online industry,” he says as he taps in to a website using the device’s touchscreen interface. “From here on, the industry we’ve built around the PC is going to change.”