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Daily Update for February 28, 2013

by Steven Sande (Feb 28th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

iTunes U tops 1 billion downloads

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 28th, 2013)

One part of iTunes that many people overlook is iTunes U. Though consumers may not be aware of the educational resources available on iTunes U, educators and students have taken notice. According to Apple, iTunes U student rolls have exceeded 250,000 and its content has now topped 1 billion ...

Stanford offers free iOS app development course on iTune U again

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 24th, 2013)

Stanford is offering its online iOS App development course starting this month, according to a report in MacRumors. Coding Together: Developing Apps for iPhone and iPad is one of the most popular courses on iTunes U and its latest version steps students through iOS 6 development. The course ...

iTunes U opens up limited accounts to K-12 teachers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 26th, 2012)

During its Q3 2012 earnings conference call, Apple revealed that the quarter was its best yet for educational sales of the Mac and the iPad. To capitalize on this expansion into education, Apple updated iTunes U and now allows K-12 teachers to create private courses for their ...

Apple updates some iOS apps for better Mountain Lion and iCloud compatibility

by Steven Sande (Jul 25th, 2012)

Mac apps aren't the only ones getting updates today. Apple has released updates to Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and iTunes U for iOS, improving compatibility with iCloud, according to a post on MacStories. Pages, Keynote and Numbers have all been updated to version 1.6.1. According to the update ...

Apple publishes iTunes U support pages

by Steven Sande (Jan 23rd, 2012)

Another piece of the Apple education puzzle has fallen into place. The company has published a set of special iTunes U support web pages to help with questions from users of the new iTunes U app, from teachers who are using the iTunes U Course Manager, and from administrators who use the iTunes U ...

Colleges enthused as iTunes classes go live

by Mel Martin (Jan 21st, 2012)

There's a pretty high level of excitement flowing from Thursday's arrival of the iTunes U app. Harvard University is now adding its science + cooking lectures from its school of Engineering and Science for what will likely be an interesting public offering. Titles like 'Olive Oil and Viscosity' and ...

Daily Update for January 19, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 19th, 2012)

Dev Juice: Stanford updates courses to iOS 5

by Erica Sadun (Nov 22nd, 2011)

Stanford's extremely popular series of iPad and iPhone development classes have been updated to iOS 5. Join instructor Paul Hegarty for a series of 9 lectures (to date) that cover basic iOS application design. Topics in this iTunes U series include model-view-controller basics, Objective C, ...

iTunes U tops 600 million downloads

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 8th, 2011)

Launched in 2007, iTunes U is an Apple service that lets teachers distribute classroom content to students easily over the Internet. It's available at over 1,000 universities in 123 countries. In the four years since launch, the program can boast of 600 million downloads, with more than 300 ...

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 ...

iTunes U breaks 100 million downloads

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 20th, 2009)

Apple's iTunes U has broken the 100 million download mark. iTunes U is a part of the iTunes Store featuring free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and more from over 175 higher education organizations including Princeton University, UCLA, Harvard University, MIT, NYU Medical School, Oxford, ...

Complete Yale courses now on iTunes U

by Mel Martin (Jul 17th, 2009)

What a great opportunity to brush up on controversies in Astrophysics, Game Theory, or France since 1871. Apple and Yale University have partnered to bring complete Yale courses to iTunes U and they are free for the clicking. Apple was already offering significant quantities of lectures and ...

iPhone developers get Ivy League edu-mu-cation

by Aron Trimble (Apr 6th, 2009)

If you're an aspiring iPhone developer looking to hone your skills or a seasoned veteran who is willing to accept there is more to learn, then has Stanford University got a deal for you. Stanford and Apple have teamed up to offer course materials from Stanford's undergraduate program for iPhone ...

PBS videos for educators hit iTunes U

by Michael Rose (Apr 14th, 2008)

The ongoing expansion of edu-world content in iTunes continues with Friday's addition of PBS to iTunes U (direct link); teaching support videos and instructional content from KQED, WETA, WNET thirteen, WGBH and more. Video clips that illustrate science, geography or history (including segments from ...