By Daniel Eran Dilger Published: 05:00 PM EST The School of Medicine at Stanford University has adopted Apple’s iPad, providing the device to all incoming first year medical students and Master of Medicine students. The school cited four reasons behind the new program, including student readiness, noting that iPad “creates opportunities for efficient, mobile, and [...]
Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. By Slash Lane Published: 03:55 PM EST Thirteen fifth-grade students in Florida were given free iPads by Apple, and could appear in a forthcoming advertising campaign after they were photographed excitedly eyeing the company’s new [...]
Apple has today kicked off the annual “Back to School” promotion within the U.S. and Canada. Those qualified to take part in the promotion will receive a free iPod when purchasing a new Mac via a rebate of up to US$199 or C$219. The offer extends to both standard and built-to-order Macs but not [...]
By AppleInsider Staff Published: 11:25 AM EST Apple on Tuesday officially kicked off its 2010 back-to-school promotion, an annual sale where students and school faculty can buy a Mac with education pricing and get a free 8GB iPod touch, a device that now costs $199. Shoppers can save $50 on a low-end MacBook, up [...]
As predicted in a brief note yesterday, Apple has launched its annual “Back to School” promotion targeted at college and university students in the U.S. and Canada. The promotion offers customers qualifying to purchase through the company’s education channel in those countries rebates of up to US$199 or C$219 for the purchase of a [...]
Apple’s upcoming summer event has sold out in just eight days. Perhaps the iPhone HD and iPhone OS 4 launch at WWDC 2010 has something to do with it? In any case, this is the third year in a row that Apple sold out its annual developers conference, coinciding with the [...]
A third-party investigation has largely downplayed accusations of misconduct aimed at a Philadelphia school district that spied on students using MacBooks provided on loan. Although the investigation has been labeled as “independent,” it was completed by a law firm, Ballard Spahr, which was directly hired by the Lower Merion [...]
Earlier this year, you might remember a little lawsuit filed by the family of 15-year old Blake Robbins against the Lower Merion School District. The school district had initiated a program to give all its students a MacBook loaner for the year, but it soon became evident that the school was [...]