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Apple launches back-to-school promo in Australia, New Zealand

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 15th, 2013)

Apple is back again with its annual "Back to School" promotion to kick off the school year in Australia and New Zealand. The promotion offers gift cards for a Mac or iPad purchase and is similar to the one offered last year in the US and Europe. The promotion is open to any student, faculty ...

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 ...

Best Buy to match Apple's $100 Back to School promo

by Steven Sande (Jun 20th, 2011)

If you were waiting for Apple's annual Back to School promotion to pick up a free iPod to go along with your new Mac, you're probably not very happy with this year's deal -- Apple isn't giving away iPods. Instead, you get a $100 gift card that you can spend in the Mac App Store, iTunes Store, ...

Apple Back to School promotion starts June 16 with a $100 gift card

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 15th, 2011)

Apple's annual Back to School promotion begins June 16 and runs until September 20. There are a few things that are different with this year's promotion compared to years past. First, the promotion is starting about two weeks, on average, later than in earlier years. Secondly -- and most ...

Weekend rumor roundup: Apple Retail event, new MacBook Airs, unlocked iPhones, more

by Chris Rawson (Jun 12th, 2011)

Several rumors with varying degrees of credibility came up over the weekend. According to AppleInsider, Twitter user @chronicwire (reportedly a source of past Apple leaks) reports that Apple's retail stores are setting up to launch Apple's annual Back to School promotion on Wednesday. The same ...

Apple education deal rumored for WWDC

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 27th, 2011)

BGR broke out a rumor today suggesting Apple may unveil a new Back-To-School promotion at WWDC. As part of this sale, everyone who buys a new Mac with their educational discount would receive a free iPod touch or $200 off the cost of an iPad. For the past several years, Apple has kicked off a ...

Apple to launch Back to School promo next week

by Michael Grothaus (May 18th, 2011)

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple will begin its annual back-to-school promotions next week. The promotions typically run from late May/early June to the first week in September. Shoppers can probably expect a free or discounted iPod touch when a Mac is purchased, as that is usually what Apple ...

Best Buy to expand iPad availability, sales cannibalizing laptops by up to 50%

by Mike Schramm (Sep 17th, 2010)

Here's another report of the iPad stealing attention and money away from more traditional computing. Best Buy's CEO Brian Dunn tells the Wall Street Journal that the iPad has "cannibalized" sales of laptops by up to 50%, meaning that customers in the big box retail store have gone for Apple's ...

Tonight's TUAW Talkcast: Back to school and an iPod announcement preview

by Steven Sande (Aug 29th, 2010)

Sunday night is the funnest night of the week, when you can join the TUAW staff for an hour or so of live banter about what's happened in the Apple world in the previous week. This week, we'll also be chatting about the mystery Apple press conference on Wednesday, which probably isn't too much of a ...

In brief: Free iPod with Mac purchase offer ends 9/7

by Michael Rose (Aug 26th, 2010)

As expected, Apple has sent out a quick reminder that the annual discount offer for college students -- buy a new Mac, get a free iPod touch -- is expiring September 7. While this date was expected to coincide with the rock & roll introduction event, we now know that the big shindig will be ...

A barrel of free books from Kaplan makes a great back-to-school haul

by Mel Martin (Aug 25th, 2010)

Kaplan Publishing is offering quite a few free eBooks through the iTunes store, but you can only access them on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It's a great deal if you're heading back to school or just want to stock up on some quality reference material. The books are in the categories of ...

iTunes U breaks 300 million downloads

by Dave Caolo (Aug 25th, 2010)

iTunes U lets students (or anyone, really) listen in on lectures, classes and other programs from the world's top educational institutions. In fact, more than 800 universities participate, and this week Apple announced the delivery of 300 million iTunes U downloads. Students can use iTunes U to ...

Apple launches annual Back to School program

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 25th, 2010)

Apple has launched its annual Back to School program for the US, enticing buyers with a free 8GB iPod touch after a $199 online rebate (you can also apply the same rebate to larger-capacity iPods). To qualify, you must purchase your new Mac and iPod touch at the same time either through the ...

Pear Note: note taking for the best of us

by Sang Tang (Oct 14th, 2009)

Though I graduated from college (Go Bears!) not so long ago, in computer years it seems like ages: notebook computers have almost completely replaced spiral-bound notebooks, and PowerPoint and Keynote are increasingly supplanting the chalkboard. The changing dynamics of teaching demand a change in ...

Using LaTeXiT to display math formulas

by Sang Tang (Aug 18th, 2009)

TeX is a typesetting standard that, among other things, allows you to typeset complex math formulas. One flavor of Tex is LaTeX, for which LaTeXiT serves as a front-end for on Mac OS X. Using LaTeXiT, one can drag and drop complex math formulas to a number of apps -- Pages, Keynote and TextEdit, to ...