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350,000 Textbooks already downloaded from iBookstore – Report
A new report from All Things D, citing a note from analyst Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry, relays that Apple’s foray into the textbook business is off to a rousing start. According to Global Equities Research, which monitors Apple’s iBook sales via a proprietary tracking system it doesn’t much care to discuss, more than [...]
Continue reading...Terry McGraw says Apple’s textbook announcement was the result of Steve Jobs’ vision
Saturday, January 21, 2012
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Apple this past week officially signaled their foray into the world of textbooks, a multi-billion dollar industry that the late Steve Jobs said he was interested in revolutionizing. And with all of the content creation tools Apple showcased last week, not to mention its partnership with the biggest textbook publishers on the planet, Apple may [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s education event to focus on Textbook authoring tools – Report
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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With Apple’s education-oriented special media event just two days a way, a number of outlets are fleshing out some details as to what Apple has in store. The short of it is that we can expect a significant announcement regarding digital textbooks, and indeed, it was noted in Steve Jobs’ biography that the textbook industry [...]
Continue reading...Apple University will ensure Jobs’ legacy and taste will live on
Friday, October 14, 2011
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By Luis Estrada: In an effort to keep Apple thriving even in his absence, Steve Jobs a few years back initiated a new program dubbed Apple University. The initiative aims to teach Apple executives the mind set that makes Apple, well, Apple. Led by the former dean of Yale’s Business School, Joel Podolny, the University [...]
Continue reading...Apple launches education-only iMac for $999
Monday, August 8, 2011
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Apple today launched a cheaper $999 iMac available exclusively for educational institutions (i.e no individuals can take advantage of this pricing). Normally, the price for Apple’s entry level iMac is $1,199.00 and still $150 cheaper than the $1,149 pricing Apple affords to college students.
Continue reading...Apple announces 2011 Back To School promotion
Thursday, June 16, 2011
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Apple earlier today released their 2011 Back to School promotion and while it’s good, it’s certainly not as appealing as the rumored “$200 off an iPad” deal that was floating around a few weeks ago. Under Apple’s new promotion, all folks eligible for education pricing who purchase a qualifying Mac from June 16 through September [...]
Continue reading...Evernote Peek meshes clever software with Apple’s Smart Cover
Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Talk about clever. Evernote has a new learning app out that makes use of Apple’s iPad 2 smart cover. So smart. The app, which is free by the way, is called Evernote Peek and designed as a handy dandy little study tool. Once you’ve connected Peek to your Evernote account and selected your study materials, [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s next back-to-school deal may include $200 off an iPad
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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Apple isn’t a company typically known for its deals. It sets a price and, by and large, it sticks with it through thick and thin. As a matter of fact, Apple has even been known to include provisions in its contracts with retailers that prevent them from selling Apple products like iPods below a certain [...]
Continue reading...Could you have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Something tells me that kids back then were a tad bit smarter than they are today. Below is an 8th grade final exam circa 1895 from Salina, Kansas. From Grammar to Arithmetic, and even Orthography (huh?), an 8th grader from the late 19th century could probably give a considerable number of high schoolers a run [...]
Continue reading...iTunes U downloads surpass 300 million
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Apple announced earlier this morning that downloads from iTunes U have now surpassed 300 million. Last we heard, iTunes U hit the 250 million download mark in late June, so 50 million downloads in just under two months (during the Summer months, mind you) is quite impressive. In just over three years, iTunes U downloads [...]
Continue reading...iTunes U downloads surpass 250 million
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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You might not have heard of iTunes U, but it’s certainly worth checking out. iTunes U is a special section within iTunes that provides users with an extensive amount of educational content (audio and video lectures, slides) from actual classes at a good number of prestigious universities, including Harvard UCLA, Princeton, and MIT. Though some content [...]
Continue reading...Princeton publishes report detailing iPad DHCP issues
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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Princeton University recently documented some problematic wireless issues they’ve encountered on campus due to the growing number of iPads. The malfunction we see is that the iPad uses DHCP to obtain a lease, renews the lease zero or more times (as expected), but then continues using the IP address without renewing the lease further. The [...]
Continue reading...Harvard joins Apple’s iTunes U program
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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Apple’s iTunes U program is a special area within iTunes that lets Universities provide educational content (lectures, lab demonstrations etc.) typically available only to paying students to the public at large. While some of the content is restricted to students who attend a specific university, the breadth and diversity of information available to the masses [...]
Continue reading...Leading textbook publishers prepare to bring content to the iPad
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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The Wall Street Journal reports that a number of major textbook publishers have recently struck a deal with ScrollMotion Inc., a software company that will help publishers prepare their textbooks and test preparation materials for the upcoming iPad. Some of the publishers signed up include McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, and the Washington Post owned Kaplan Inc, [...]
Continue reading...Apple in talks with McGraw-Hill and Hachette to provide titles for Apple Tablet
Friday, January 22, 2010
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You know, we’re gonna look pretty stupid once Apple comes out with a tablet device and calls it something like the iSlate or iPad, all the while we’ve been referring to it as the Apple Tablet for months. But we digress.. The tablet rumors used to trickle down like a leaky faucet, but now they’re [...]
Continue reading...Stanford makes popular iPhone Development course available on iTunes U once again
Monday, January 18, 2010
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iTunes U is sort of like that great local band that doesn’t get the national recognition it deserves – there’s a lot of quality there, but people just aren’t aware of its existence. In case you’re unfamiliar, iTunes U is a section within iTunes that provides users with an incredible amount of educational material such [...]
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Monday, January 23, 2012
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