Apple has offered up a preview of what iOS 9.3 will bring, and one new feature is an increased focus…
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Apple delivers multi-user support for iPad – in schools only
What’s more important to Apple, user satisfaction or limiting iOS in order to try to sell more iPad units?
Why Apple devices are losing share to Chromebooks in U.S. public schools
Chromebooks, the devices that run on Google’s Chrome operating system and use the Internet for cloud-based storage…
Apple CEO Cook on Google Chromebooks in U.S. schools: We’re not interested in making ‘test machines’
In a job interview, always ask candidates what types of technologies they used not just in college, but in grade, middle, and high school…
Apple turns retail stores into coding classrooms
Apple is using all of its worldwide network of stores as temporary classrooms this week to teach coding…
Laurene Powell Jobs funds buyout of News Corp’s Amplify education company
Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, is the lead investor who funded the buyout of News Corp’s…
L.A. Unified to get $6.4 million in settlement over iPad software
The Los Angeles Unified School District has reached a tentative $6.4-million settlement…
Child psychologist: Giving iPads to children under two is ‘tantamount to child abuse’
It seems that the arrogance of modern technology (together with ruthless commercialism) knows no bounds…
Why Apple wants to bring back the pencil
Apple’s latest accessory is a return to the written word — not so much a stylus as a digital pen…
Mainstream media blows it, takes Steve Jobs stylus comment out of context
On Tuesday, September 8, Apple unveiled an all new iPad, the iPad Pro. It sports a gorgeous 12.9″ display…
Apple CEO Cook discusses Obama’s ConnectED program on Good Morning America
Among 114 others in 29 states that are starting the school year with Apple iPads…
Apple’s Mac sales have risen and iPad sales have now declined for six consecutive quarters
Last quarter, Mac unit sales and revenue both rose 9% annually…
Apple places cautious orders for 12.9-inch ‘iPad Pro’; low initial supply expected for late-2015 launch
Apple’s upstream supply chain is expected to start supplying components for…
Apple’s 12.9-inch ‘iPad Pro’ is on the way
Sharp will be primarily responsible to supply displays…
New York school district converts 75% of its curriculum to Apple’s iPad
All students in grades 3 through 9 in the affluent Mineola…
At WWDC, clues that Apple is adding a stylus to the iPad
There’s mounting evidence that Apple is working on…
Time for Apple to redefine the iPad?
It’s about time the iPad got a little love…
Apple’s 12.9-inch ‘iPad Pro’ will feature Bluetooth smart stylus, Force Touch, NFC and more, source says
Apple is indeed working on a larger iPad which will feature a number of changes…
Why Apple’s ‘iPad Pro’ will flop or something
I see “iPad Pro” possibly becoming the biggest flop from Apple in years…
What schools must learn from Los Angeles’ iPad fiasco
When Los Angeles schools began handing out iPads in the fall of 2013…
The best stylus for the iPad
A stylus may seem simple, but there are a lot of small ways in which…
U.S. SEC probes L.A. Unified School District’s iPad debacle
The federal Securities and Exchange Commission recently opened…
Los Angeles schools seeking refund over botched iPad plan
The country’s second-largest school district is taking another step to back away…
What happened when The Chronicle of Higher Education sat down with Steve Jobs back in 1998
Steve Jobs was tired, and he didn’t seem thrilled to be sitting down for an interview…
No, Google Chromebooks did NOT overtake Apple in U.S. education, not even close
Lies, damned lies, and statistics…
Apple pivoting iPad education strategy to regain its footing in face of Google Chromebook surge
News that Google Chromebooks outsold Apple iPads in the U.S. education market…
U.S. FBI seizes L.A. Unified School District iPad documents; 20 boxes carted away in surprise visit
FBI agents on Monday removed 20 boxes of documents from the Los Angeles Unified School District…
Apple targets underprivileged students with $100 million for Obama admin’s program to wire up schools
Apple Inc plans to dole out $100 million in grants to U.S. schools…
Beleaguered L.A. schools superintendent to resign in wake of iPad fiasco
Beleaguered L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy is expected to step down…
How L.A. Unified completely screwed up their iPad program
LA Unified district staff was so focused on distributing devices that little attention was paid…
Steve Jobs was a low-tech parent
I had imagined the Jobs’s household was like a nerd’s paradise…
St. Paul schools rolls out Apple iPads to nearly 40,000 students
The St. Paul School District will roll out an iPad initiative this fall…
Los Angeles teachers union calls for investigation of school super Deasy’s ties to Apple, Pearson execs
Los Angeles teachers union president Alex Caputo-Pearl on Monday…
L.A. Unified School District suspends Apple iPad contract
L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy suspended future use of a contract with Apple…
Apple iPads begin replacing text books at Unitec Institute of Technology
Instead of purchasing a series of expensive books students access tailored course…
Why Hoboken is throwing away all of its students’ Dell laptops
Inside Hoboken’s combined junior-senior high school is a storage closet…
Lessons from the Los Angeles School District iPad fiasco
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) learned some tough lessons…
Apple sticks to spirit of Steve Jobs with latest iTunes U upgrades
Apple’s sticking to Steve Job’s vision for education by providing world class tools…
After bungled iPad rollout, Los Angeles school district offers students choice of 6 non-Apple laptops, hybrids
Los Angeles school district officials have allowed a group of high schools to choose…
Apple’s annual Back to School promotion to start tomorrow
Apple’s annual Back to School promotion will begin tomorrow…
Apple announces updates to iTunes U, says 30,000 Multi-Touch books have been created with iBooks Author
Apple today announced updates to iTunes U, bringing educators and students new tools…
Apple iPads in special education: What does the research say?
Apple iPads are being used in a novel way…
