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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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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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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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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The Oneplus 6 has been officially revealed. Now, it does have a notch, but also image stabilization on its dual rear cameras. We spoke with OnePlus co-founder, Carl Pei about the new phone and the future of OnePlus. If you’ve been waiting to buy the OnePlus 5T, you’ve just missed your window. The OnePlus 5T is currently sold out in its North …
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If all the rumors are right, you won’t be able to escape foldable phones if you try. The latest scuttlebutt is that Apple is on track to join Samsung and Huawei in a growing group of device makers planning to make a foldable phone. While Samsung’s may arrive by the end of 2018, a foldable iPhone is said to be …
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Just how difficult is it going to be for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to clean up the world’s largest social network and make sure apps aren’t there waiting to potentially exploit your data? Maybe even harder than he thinks, given what we found after just a quick check of some of the apps linked to our own profiles. Those include …
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The minute Apple announced an education-focused event in Chicago for March 27, the betting on new hardware announcements focused on refreshed iPads. Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is reporting the company “plans to show off a new version of its cheapest iPad that should appeal to the education market.” While once considered a potential powerhouse for education, the iPad has been …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A good idea? Or a touch annoying? Android Authority/Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s not easy being shunned. You can feel hurt. You might even want to protest. This may be what inspired Huawei to place mobile billboards outside Apple and Samsung Experience stores in …
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Apple has apparently patched an error in a new ad for the iPhone X that appeared on YouTube. In the original video, published March 16 (the same day the rival Galaxy S9 went on sale), a student strides, runs and rolls around her high school unlocking various objects with a glance. At the end of her Face ID jamboree, she …
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