Over the weekend, Fortune reported on data collected by research firm Student Monitor showing Apple holding down the #1 spot among notebook computer manufacturers favored by U.S. college students. In its most recent survey of 1,200 students, the firm found that 27% of student-owned notebooks were Macs, compared to 24% for second-place Dell. Apple also [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Sam Oliver Published: 09:00 AM EST Interests in Apple’s iPhone amongst high school teenagers is on the rise, according to a new study from investment research firm Piper Jaffray, which found that nearly twice as many students are planning to buy one of the touchscreen handsets in the next 6 months compared to last [...]
China Mobile wants iPad, and Chinese 3G for Apple’s iPhone IDG News Service – China Mobile hopes to offer both Apple’s iPad and a version of the iPhone that supports China’s homegrown 3G mobile standard, comments by China Mobile’s top executive showed on Thursday. Read more on Computerworld Gerrymandering takes toll At its widest point, [...]
Marvell on Thursday promised one of the most aggressive plans for a tablet so far. As part of a new initiative, a tablet prototype known as the Moby would cost just $99 but would use Marvell’s Armada 600 ARM processor to provide performance that would be unavailable from much [...]