Ahead of iOS 8's launch, there were tantalizing rumors that the iPad would get split-screen multitasking. They were roundly ignored by Cook & Co. but persists because developers have found code which hints at its presence—and here's how it might work.
This
 GIF and video, below, have been put together by Steve Troughton-Smith 
after playing around in the iOS 8 iPad Simulator. He's managed to enable
 some of those rumored split screen skills, using a two-finger swipe to 
the side to activate them. The results show Safari being resized to fill
 75, 50 and 25 percent of the screen. In fact, filling just a quarter, 
it looks a lot like the iPhone running the same software. 
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Playing soccer in space looks more fun than playing in the World Cup
It
 looks pretty great, and isn't hard to imagine using to, say, read a web
 page while composing an email. Remember, though, that it is based on 
some guess work, as well as the aforementioned code,
 and we're yet to see what two apps running side-by-side might look 
like.  Indeed, given Apple completely ignored the new feature it may not
 even see the light of day just yet. We'll have to wait and see. [@stroughtonsmith  via 9to5Mac via Engadget]
