On Monday, Microsoft announced a new program that will see schools around the world able to purchase the company’s Surface RT tablet hybrid in bulk at a reduced per-unit rate. The program is quite simple: Surface devices will be sold to schools at low prices. The restriction is that only the 32 gigabyte, Windows RT-based ...
Obama Wants 99% of Students on High-Speed Internet by 2018
on 6.7.13
President Barack Obama thinks American students aren't connected enough, and that access to faster Internet connections and technologies is crucial in today's schools. That's why he wants to make sure that 99% of students have high-speed broadband access within the next five years. "We are living in a digital age, and to ...
Apple Drops Low-End MacBook Pro to $999 for Education Customers
on 5.30.13
To coincide with a new Retina Display 16GB iPod touch, Apple has also dropped the price of its low-end 13-inch MacBook Pro for educational customers. A quick glance at Apple’s online store shows that the standard MacBook Pro, which comes without Apple’s high density Retina Display, will now set consumers back $999. For ...
25 Things Every Young Professional Should Know by Age 25
on 5.19.13
If you want a job straight out of college, don’t come knocking on Kirk McDonald’s door. President of a tech company in New York City, McDonald wrote a brutally honest op-ed in the Wall Street Journal called ‘Sorry, College Grads, I Probably Won’t Hire You.’ He believes most college graduates don’t have the ...
Google I/O 2013: Play for Education Improves Discovery for Educational Apps
on 5.15.13
Google's making it easy for educators and their students to discover and recommend applications and books with Play for Education. Announced onstage at this year's I/O by Chris Yerga, Google's Android Engineering Director, the new Play storefront organizes content by education type, age and various other criteria to make ...
Sony Unveils 13.3″ E-Ink Slate and Stylus, Aimed at Students
on 5.13.13
Sony's no stranger to the odd e-ink device, but its latest prototype creation isn't targeted at the bookworm, it's intended to educate. The e-paper slate is quite a lot bigger than most tablets, let alone e-readers, sporting a 13.3-inch screen (1,200 x 1,600) to match the standard A4 size of normal, boring paper. That ...
A Changing Earth Is on Display in Google Timelapse
on 5.9.13
Time, Inc., together with Google, the U.S. Geological Survey, and Carnegie Mellon University's Create Lab, have set up a website featuring timelapse animations depicting changes in Earth's surface from 1984 to 2012. The animations are based on images collected as part of the Landsat program, conducted jointly by the USGS ...
9-Year-Old Girl Raises Over $20,000 on Kickstarter to Make Video Game
on 3.25.13
Finally, some good news concerning females in technology. In the same week that people lost their minds over the Donglegate and upon learning that a woman is behind the popular Facebook page "I F*cking Love Science," the Internet redeemed itself somewhat after throwing its collective support behind a Kickstarter campaign ...
Amazon’s Whispercast Now Lets Schools Easily Distribute Apps
on 3.19.13
Amazon introduced Whispercast for Kindle back in October of 2012, and now the service is getting an update that allows it to deploy not just books and documents, but also apps. that means organizations like schools and businesses can now widely deploy apps across a number of Kindle Fire devices quickly and easily. The ...
Microsoft Offers Students 3 Months of Office 365, 20 GB of SkyDrive Free
on 3.11.13
Microsoft is dangling a new offer to get students to try its Office 365 University software. As of Monday, students with a qualifying .edu e-mail address can register to receive three months free of Office 365 University and an extra 20GB of space for their SkyDrive online storage. Share the offer on Facebook and you'll get ...
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