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Five apps for High School and College graduates

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 3rd, 2012)

It's that time of the year when graduating students proudly receive their diploma and move onto the next phase of their life. Many high school graduates have college on their mind, while college grads are preparing to enter the workforce. Here are five apps that'll help these grads as they move ...

Boston schools producing iPhone apps

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 3rd, 2012)

Readers who went to college in the pre-App Store days will likely remember what it was like to receive a college brochure when they were shopping for schools. It was so exciting to thumb through the pages of a bright and colorful brochure which was printed on thick, glossy paper. In the next ...

Holiday Gift Guide: iPhone apps for students

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 20th, 2011)

Welcome to TUAW's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide! We're here to help you choose the best gifts this holiday season, and once you've received your gifts we'll tell you what apps and accessories we think are best for your new Apple gear. Stay tuned every weekday from now until the end of the year for ...

Survey: 60 percent of back-to-school PC purchases are Macs

by Mike Schramm (Sep 20th, 2011)

We've posted before how Apple is not only growing in terms of portable devices, but also in terms of Mac sales. Here's another indicator of that: A survey of 158 college students, all undergrads, says 60 percent of new PC purchases by the group this year consisted of Macs. That's not a huge ...

Trade textbooks with The Amazon Student

by Steven Sande (Aug 15th, 2011)

Since forever, college students have done the trade-in dance at the beginning and end of semesters to exchange unwanted textbooks for cash. Usually that cash goes back to the bookstore for the next round of textbooks (or a bit of end-of-semester partying), but it's a tried-and-true way of ...

Apple's back-to-school promo reportedly beating Microsoft 8 to 2

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 8th, 2011)

According to a report from Global Equities Research, more incoming college students are picking up an Apple computer than a Windows computer this year. Apple is not just edging out Microsoft either; Macs are beating out Windows machines at an impressive rate of 8 to 2. About 80% of incoming ...

Interview with Jeremy Olson of the Grades app

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 18th, 2011)

Created by Jeremy Olson of Tapity, the Grades app is a tool for students to help them earn the grade they want in a class and achieve their target GPA. The app lets students input their current grades, list upcoming assignments and finally set their target grade or GPA. The app will calculate ...

iPad passes Reed College higher ed test

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 15th, 2011)

Reed College took the Apple iPad for a spin in 2010 and was pleased with the tablet's performance as an educational tool. The College was one of several educational establishments that tested the Kindle DX when the eReader was launched in 2009. When the pilot program was completed, the Kindle DX ...

Apple pushing its at-home advisor program to college students

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 28th, 2011)

Apple is reportedly boosting its efforts to recruit college students for its college advisor program by passing out flyers on college and university campuses. As an Apple At-Home advisor, you receive a free iMac, full benefits and are paid more than $10 per hour to work 16 hours per week during the ...

Schools in Singapore issuing iPads to teachers and students

by David Quilty (Jan 17th, 2011)

Reuters is reporting that, at an initial cost of S$135,000 (about US$100,000), a pilot program handing out iPads to 140 students and 10 teachers at Nanyang Girls High School, Tampines Secondary School, Nanhua Primary School and Dunman Secondary School in Singapore aims to replace textbooks and ...

The current state of Mac use in higher education

by David Winograd (Nov 15th, 2010)

Apple used to own the Higher Education market throughout the 80s and early 90s. Apple eventually took a back seat to the lower-priced Dell product line, but all of that is changing. According to a Group Logic Inc. survey of IT professionals at 125 North American colleges and universities, use of ...

Ngmoco releases We City

by Mike Schramm (Sep 23rd, 2010)

Ngmoco has introduced its third title in the "We" series. We City arrives after We Rule and We Farm as the same kind of social simulation game. This time around, players will be building and creating their own cities, but other than the setting and the graphics, not too much has changed. Just like ...

Barnes & Noble releases NOOKstudy for e-Textbooks

by Mike Schramm (Aug 5th, 2010)

As promised, Barnes & Noble has released their NOOKstudy app for both Windows and OS X computers -- you can get the app for free on their webpage now, and then use it to download textbooks for school this fall (either buying them at a discount compared to the real paper copies, or just checking ...

Twelve iPhone apps for students

by Rosemary Kitchen (Mar 26th, 2010)

It's been a while since we were in school, but with spring break almost done with, it's time to settle back into that last long stretch of school before it warms up and summer starts. You've got your handy iPod touch or iPhone with you on campus, and of course, you'll download some games, music, ...

Toy Story 3 and the Mac

by Mike Schramm (Feb 15th, 2010)

One of the things I missed in the news last week due to being so busy at Macworld (along with most of the Olympics, though we did get to watch the opening ceremony at a post-show dinner) was the brand new Toy Story 3 trailer -- Pixar's latest movie has Buzz and Woody in a third adventure, and while ...