Hold on to your horses, tomorrow's the big day where the iPad Mini (or whatever it gets called) gets unveiled. But how's Apple going to spin the announcement, what will they focus on? It appears that books and education may be getting top billing at tomorrow's event. … [Read more...]
For those unfamiliar with TED, here is a quick background. First of all, the acronym stands for Technology Entertainment Design. TED is a large set of conferences which host presenters on various topics including, Technology, Entertainment, Design, and more. More importantly, TED is a think … [Read more...]
Apple's January 19th event will focus on eduction, according to the invite sent last week. ArsTechnica weighs in today to provide some clarity as to what we might see at the event. … [Read more...]
We had heard previously that Apple might be planning a special event for sometime in January and that's now been confirmed by The Loop who received an invite to the event. … [Read more...]
Like so many others out there, Reading Rainbow was a staple of my early television years, and helped instil a long and lasting love of books. So why not do the same for the digital age? According to Fast Company, LeVar Burton is planning on bringing the Reading Rainbow name to the iPad. Burton’s … [Read more...]
As we reported earlier this week, this year's annual Apple Back To School sale will net you $100 to spend at the Mac App Store — which means $100 on your iTunes account, which could be used to buy music, iOS apps, rent TV shows, iBooks or just about anything else. Unfortunately, unlike years … [Read more...]
Every year up until now, Apple's "Back to School" program has seen them handing out free iPods to students with the purchase of a laptop — but if rumors are to be believed, that might not happen this year. According to 9to5 Mac's sources, instead of a free iPod (or discounted iPad), students will … [Read more...]
Apple has a history of introducing its Back To School specials every year in late May or early June, so we're eagerly awaiting this year's offering. If BGR's generally well placed sources are to be believed, this year Apple is holding off until WWDC to make their announcement (that's June 6th), … [Read more...]
According to AppleInsider, Apple is gearing up for the "Back To School" special that it runs every year, where they offer a free iPod if you buy a computer. AppleInsider says that within the next two weeks the promotion will go live, and will be part of the huge employee meetings all the Apple … [Read more...]
App Store developers now have the ability to allow their applications to go for cheap to schools. When submitting the app, there's a little checkbox for "Discount for Educational Institutions", and if it gets checked, when a school buys multiple copies of an app, they get a 50% discount. With … [Read more...]
