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Apple March 27 Chicago school event: Start time, live blog, what to expect

Apple’s heading back to school, and it’s taking us with it.  The company will host an event today (Tuesday, March 27) at the Lane Tech College Prep High School on Chicago’s north side. “Let’s take a field trip,” the invitation says, asking media to “join us to hear new creative ideas for teachers and students.” Now …

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Data privacy big on Apple’s agenda as it touts Schoolwork app

Apple introduced a new way for teachers to hand out assignments and monitor student progress through an app called Schoolwork at its education event in Chicago on Tuesday. The Schoolwork app stores student data in the cloud, but the company really wants you to know that keeping this data safe from prying eyes is its No. 1 priority. See also …

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New iPads and more: Everything we want from Apple’s March 27 Chicago event

Expect new iPads to be the centerpiece of Apple’s big education event this year. That was my guess in the hours after Apple announced its March 27 press conference more than a week ago, and all the news since then continues to point in that direction. >> Follow CNET’s Apple live blog here But let’s back up a bit. Apple’s surprise announcement …

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Buy an iPad, save a frog? Apple’s AR app lets you dissect them

Nine months ago, Apple stole the augmented reality race. Google has been playing catch-up practically ever since.  But now that millions of iOS and Android phones can become portals to any world an app developer dreams up, what’s a Cupertino company to do next? Dissect frogs, apparently.  Froggipedia is one of a host of new ARKit apps that Apple just announced, …

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iPad stays at $329, but will iPhone X, MacBook Air get cuts?

Perhaps this is a new Apple, one that’s kinder and gentler to your wallet. The Cupertino, California, consumer electronics on giant on Tuesday unveiled a new iPad. While the $329 price tag (£319, AU$469) is identical to last year’s model, the new version comes packed with more features — notably support for the Apple Pencil stylus. As CNET editor Scott …

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Apple gives 200GB iCloud storage to education customers

Apple has a new perk to attract customers in the education business: 200GB of iCloud storage, a major step up from the 5GB ordinary Apple customers get. Apple announced the deal at an event Tuesday at the Lane Tech High School in Chicago, where it also unveiled a new, more powerful iPad in an effort to re-establish itself in the classroom. Better …

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Apple’s iPad works with Logitech’s new $50 ‘crayon’ stylus

You could already draw all over the iPad with the Apple Pencil, but how about crayon?  Logitech just announced a $49 alternative to Apple’s $99 Pencil called the Crayon, which lets you write and draw as you would with a pencil and paper. The digital pencil promises not to roll off the desk, and claims 8 hours of battery life — …

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Apple Pencil will now work with new iPad, but remains $99

Apple is bringing its Apple Pencil stylus to more of its iPads. On Tuesday, the tech giant said the stylus will now be compatible with a newly unveiled 9.7-inch iPad that starts at $329 for consumers (the same price as the previously cheapest iPad). Previously, the Pencil was only compatible with pricier iPad Pro tablets. Also, Apple won’t be adding Pencil …

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Apple’s Chicago iPad event: What we didn’t get

Apple’s education event in Chicago delivered the expected new (though not exactly cheaper) iPad with support for the Pencil stylus, as well as a slew of education-related apps and services for students and teachers. But that was basically it. Given the education tilt of the event, most of us didn’t expect to see much more. Still, there are plenty of …

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Amazon’s Fire 10 is still half the price of the new iPad

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Enlarge Image Meet the new iPad price; same as the old iPad price. (Unless you’re a school, in …

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