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Grading Apple's digital textbook technology

Shortly after his world history students began a pilot program testing a digital textbook for the iPad, Ken Halla noticed something different: His students were actually reading their textbooks
Last chance for developers to get WWDC 2013 tickets

Apple is offering out WWDC tickets for developers who didn't manage to purchase any from the first batch
WWDC 2013: free tickets for students, session videos for all developers

Apple has announced 150 scholarships for students wanting to attend WWDC 2013, and interested in developing for iOS or OS X
China wary of Android dominance over nation's tech market

White paper from a Chinese regulator suggests authorities want to support a homegrown mobile OS, an expert said
Turkey man owns trademark 'Steve Jobs', plus Apple meets with Turkish president

It's all about Turkey today as it emerges that a Turkish business man owns the name Steve Jobs
Apple's Jony Ive supports UK design industry as they tell Michael Gove to put design into the EBacc

Apple's design chief signed a letter to education minister asking him to reconsider omission of art and design in the EBacc qualification
Samsung refused stay on injunction against U.S. sales of Galaxy Tab 10.1

The court had earlier ordered an injunction against sales of the tablet in the U.S.
Apple launches Back to School promotion

Includes brand new Retina Display MacBook Pro with discount of up to £346
The new iPhone 5: rumours, tech specs, Liquidmetal, 3D cameras, 4in display and more

We take a look at all the iPhone 5 rumours and try to see if there's a kernal of truth in the field of chaff
150 WWDC student scholarships up for grabs

Apple’s sold out event might not be out of reach for students

Apple is, for the moment at least, no longer selling the Mac Pro in Europe. Is Apple annoyed with us for still buying BlackBerries or siding with Samsung in the courts? No, it’s because an amendment to the IEC 60950-1 regulation increases requirements around electrical port protection and the fan guards in the system.

>> Thu, 10 Jan 2013

Can Microsoft kill the iPhone?

By Matt Egan

Can Microsoft kill the iPhone? Let me answer that with another question. Why did we stop asking if Google can kill the iPhone? Because it found a niche of its own. For all the lawsuits and talk of thermonuclear war, Apple and Google know that this town is big enough for the both of us.

>> Wed, 09 Jan 2013

Apple's bad cable manners

By Simon Jary

After an 18-month wait Apple is finally shipping a new range of iMacs, and very nice they are, too. I bought one of the 27-inch iMacs because our home iMac bores the pants off me when it tries to handle a few hungry Adobe programs and bad-boy iPhoto at the same time. See: Apple iMac (27-inch and 21.5-inch) review (Late 2012)

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Apple Education

Today’s generation of students see technology as a vital part of the learning experience. The MacBook and MacBook Air are essential tools for many collage students, and with the iPad replacing textbooks and laptops across the globe Apple looks set to be at the heart of learning for years to come. Apple also uses its powerful iTunes U program to deliver podcasts, lectures, and course materials to students around the world.

Apple supplies $30m of iPads to Los Angeles schoolkids

Apple has won a $30m deal to provide iPads to Losd Angeles schoolkids.

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