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Apple’s ‘field trip’ event preps for iPad education do

Five years ago, Apple appeared to own the education market. Its iPad was selling like crazy, and Apple partnered with major publishers to digitize their textbooks. Many schools bought the tablet — most notably, Apple won a $1.3 billion deal with the Los Angeles Unified School District to provide nearly 700,000 iPads bundled with Pearson curriculum for every student and …

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Dropbox posts strong debut as public company

Investors want a piece of Dropbox and apparently paid more for it than expected.   The company raised $756 million in its initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, citing someone familiar with the information. Dropbox sold 36 million shares in its IPO at $21 each, according to the report. Initially, shares were expected to sell in the $16 to $18 range. The increased …

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