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March
15, 2012 - New iPad: A Million More Pixels Than HDTV - In his
review of the new iPad, All Things D’s Walt Mossberg describes
viewing the Retina display as “like getting a new eyeglasses
prescription — you suddenly realize what you thought looked sharp
before wasn’t nearly as sharp as it could be.” He praises the
performance of the iPad as “buttery smooth,” and he writes that he
“loves” the photos he took with the new 5-megapixel camera. Mossberg
concludes, “Since it launched in 2010, the iPad has been the best
tablet on the planet. With the new, third-generation model, it still
holds that crown.”
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March
7, 2012 - Apple Launches New iPad - Apple today introduced the new iPad
— the third generation of its category-defining mobile device —
featuring a stunning new Retina display, Apple’s new A5X chip with
quad-core graphics, and a 5-megapixel iSight camera with advanced
optics for capturing incredible photos and 1080p HD video. iPad with
Wi-Fi + 4G connects to fast networks worldwide, including AT&T’s and
Verizon’s 4G LTE networks, and still delivers the same all-day
10-hour battery life while remaining amazingly thin and light. The
new iPad will be available in black or white through the Apple
Online Store and in Apple Retail stores on Friday, March 16,
beginning at $499 (US). Customers can begin pre-ordering their new
iPad today on the Apple Online Store. Also beginning today, iPad 2
will be offered at an even more affordable price, starting at just
$399 (US).
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February
16, 2012 - OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview - Apple today
released a developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion — the ninth major
release of the world’s most advanced operating system — which brings
popular apps and features from iPad to the Mac and accelerates the
pace of OS X innovation. Mountain Lion introduces Messages, Notes,
Reminders, and Game Center to the Mac, as well as Notification
Center, Share Sheets, Twitter integration, and AirPlay Mirroring.
The preview release of Mountain Lion is available to Mac Developer
Program members starting today. Mac users will be able to upgrade to
Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store in late summer 2012.
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February
16, 2012 - Mooresville’s Shining Example (It’s Not Just About the
Laptops) - The New York Times reports that a MacBook Air
one-to-one program is helping raise student attendance, engagement,
and performance at North Carolina’s Mooresville Graded School
District, which "has quietly emerged as the de facto national model
of the digital school." The article notes, "Mooresville ranks 100th
out of 115 districts in North Carolina in terms of dollars spent per
student — $7,415.89 a year — but it is now third in test scores and
second in graduation rates."
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February
01, 2012 - Apple Invades Corporate Market with iPad -
Bloomberg’s Peter Burrows reports that Apple is making rapid headway
selling into corporations — especially financial services and
pharmaceutical firms. Burrows writes that Apple’s corporate sales
are being driven chiefly by iPad, which “has become a standard
business tool.” The article quotes Matt Wallach, co-founder of Veeva
Systems, who says: “I’ve seen a lot of devices come and go over the
years. Nothing touches the speed of adoption of the iPad.”
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January
19, 2012 - Apple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad -
Apple today announced iBooks 2 for iPad, featuring iBooks textbooks,
an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, engaging, and truly
interactive. iBooks textbooks offer iPad users gorgeous, full-screen
textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, and
unrivaled navigation. Leading education services companies including
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson will deliver
educational titles on the iBookstore, with most priced at $14.99 or
less. And with the new iBooks Author, anyone with a Mac can create
iBooks textbooks and publish them to Apple’s iBookstore. Starting
today, iBooks 2 is available free from the App Store and iBooks
Author is available free from the Mac App Store.
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January
19, 2012 - New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch -
Apple today announced an all-new iTunes U app, giving educators and
students everything they need on their iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
to teach and take entire courses. The all-new iTunes U app lets
teachers create and manage courses — including essential components
such as lectures, assignments, books, quizzes, and syllabuses — and
offer them to millions of iOS users around the world. The app also
gives iOS users access to the world’s largest catalog of free
educational content from top universities including Cambridge, Duke,
Harvard, Oxford and Stanford. And starting today, any K-12 school
district can offer full courses through the iTunes U app.
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