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This Apple really is for the teacher (and students)

by Mel Martin (Apr 25th, 2010)

iPads for high school students? Yes, thanks. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that Monte Vista Christian School has 60 iPads ready to serve advanced placement students with e-books instead of the clunky old paper variety. The pilot project may expand to more students if all goes well. Teachers ...

Associated Press sources report Associated Press working on iPad app

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 26th, 2010)

Business Insider's The Wire is reporting, rather humorously, that AP sources have the scoop that the Associated Press is working on its own iPad app. It will reportedly be a paid subscription news app that generates content from the AP and more than 1,000 member newspapers and broadcasters. ...

AP Stylebook comes to the App Store

by Joachim Bean (Sep 30th, 2009)

If you're a journalist, writer, or editor, you've probably either heard of, used, or referenced the AP Stylebook in some way. Now, the AP has released an iPhone app of the AP Stylebook [iTunes Link]. It's searchable, allows you to make notes, and offers features for easy access of suggested writing ...

Beatles-on-iTunes talks 'stalled' says Paul

by Robert Palmer (Nov 25th, 2008)

Talks between Apple, Inc., Apple Corps, and EMI to bring the Beatles catalogue to the iTunes Store have "stalled," according to a statement by Paul McCartney to the Associated Press. McCartney said, "The last word I got back was it's stalled at the whole moment, the whole process." He told the BBC ...

Associated Press must have Steve Jobs' phone bugged

by Michael Rose (Jan 8th, 2007)

How else could they have come up with this insightful and super-newsy headline? Hmm, "expected" -- not a strong verb. How about "we'd bet our pants on it?" In fairness to Rachel Konrad, who undoubtedly did not write the headline, the article itself is pretty well done; it discusses the metameme of ...

CNN reports on Mac virus

by Scott McNulty (May 1st, 2006)

Several people have emailed us to point out that CNN is featuring an AP story about the 'first Mac virus' on their front page. It looks like CNN is a little late to the party, since the Mac web already reported about this way back in February. Damien wrote that, 'The bottom line is that this really ...