In his first major public event as Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella unveiled on Thursday at a press event in San Francisco a long-awaited version of Microsoft Office suite for iPad, bringing productivity applications Word, Excel and PowerPoint to iPad users.
Apple announced today that it has expanded the availability of iBooks Textbooks and the iTunes U Course Manager in new countries, such as Brazil, Italy, Japan, Russia, Thailand, and Malaysia. Textbook are now available in 51 countries while iTunes U Course Manager, available in 70 countries.
The iPad has already gained its popularity with huge success in the K-12 education market over the past year. iPad has been rated as an excellent learning tool by the schools that brought the Apple product into the classroom claiming that it has immensely strong to transform education.
One of the first concerns facing businesses — and many consumers — when choosing a new mobile platform is how it will enable them to get work done.
Apple has pushed new updates for its iWork suite of productivity apps on both the Mac and iOS.
iPad owners, are you feeling constrained in your content creation choices? While there are some savvy cloud-connected apps that let you open,
Apple has released newly updated versions of the iOS iBooks and iTunes U apps, bringing a clean look and feel to the app and getting rid of the wooden bookshelf look that has been a hallmark of the app since it was released.
Writing with pen and paper is entering the digital world thanks to new apps that work with smart pens to capture the written word and share and edit the content.
Paper-based computing company Livescribe has announced the Livescribe 3, the latest version of its popular Bluetooth smartpen for iOS devices. The smartpen includes an ARM 9 processor inside and a high speed infrared camera at the top, along with an on/off twist ring and a lithium ion battery that lasts up to 14 hours.
Teachers far and wide have already warmly embraced Apple's tablet for its wealth of educational possibilities, but a new VentureBeat article shows us a glimpse at how the iPad can be particularly beneficial for special needs students as well.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed that Microsoft Office will come to the iPad just as soon as it’s ready for devices with a touchscreen. Speaking at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Florida today, Ballmer said, “iPad will be picked up when there’s a touch first user interface.”
Apple’s iOS 7 was supposed to make it easier for schools to manage the iPads that are becoming increasingly common in the classroom. But for some, the latest version of the mobile operating system is proving to be a bit of a headache.
As usual, the actions of a few are why the rest of us can't have anything nice... The Los Angeles Unified School District recently began rolling out a plan that would eventually provide iPads to every student in the LAUSD.
I can think of little more boring than grinding away on a gym treadmill the thump, thump thump of your heavy feet slamming out a soporific beat over the even more mind-numbing whirr of the machine. Running outside is dull enough; running inside must be insufferable.
Apple has launched (via The Loop) a newly redesigned "Apple and Education" page on its website, with a simplified design and re-imagined categories that tout iPads, Macs, Special Education, and "Real Stories."
Wacom has unveiled the Intuos Creative Stylus for iPad. The stylus is a pressure sensitive device with 2,048 levels of sensitivity that Wacom says is as close to the experience of pen on paper as anyone has gotten on the iPad yet.
A new Kickstarter project has appeared recently which aims to solve the on-the-go need for a document scanner in a fairly imaginative way.
Apple is allowing children under 13 to have their own iTunes accounts as part of a new push coming later this year to increase the use of its iPad in education.
The Internet has been revolutionizing education, and tech giants are swooping in on the immense potential for schools to become more connected, as Apple has pulled out all the stops to cater to the education sector in its latest iOS version, offering new features that “make it easier for institutions to put devices in the hands of students”.
