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Apple’s iPad for schools had a most educational debut

“Welcome to first period with Mr. Harmon,” says a big screen at the front of the classroom. The teacher stands to the side, holding an iPad in his hands. I’m sitting on a stool at a black lab table in what appears to be a science classroom, next to roughly 40 other adults crammed inside. In front of us are …

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Facebook memo: Giving the ‘ugly’ Bosworth note a read

The leaked Facebook memo, entitled “The Ugly” and penned by longtime exec Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, has upped the creepy quotient on the world’s largest social network, even as it wrangles with the current scandal about its data dealings and the work of voter-profiling firm Cambridge Analytica. Bosworth — who joined CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s team in 2006, ran Facebook’s ad business, …

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