Posts Tagged ‘apple’

iBooks Author for Mac

Apple changes the publishing business once again. Sure there are other formats and authoring tools which are supported in iBooks, but this is different: an application that fits tightly in the Apple ecosystem, and as is normally the case with Apple products, simple. Apple unveiled this new tool in their Apple Education event in NYC. Here are [...]

An Unofficial Look into Steve Jobs’ Life and Career

The All About Steve Jobs website is an unofficial yet comprehensive source of information about Steve’s lifestyle, career, key people in his life, genius on stage, and genius at work. The neatly-curated and well-presented information on this website includes interviews with colleagues, family, employees, and the man himself. Here you can have a glimpse at [...]

Steve Jobs Has Passed Away

A visionary, as many say. May sound clichè, but he (and the team he led) have truly revolutionized the world of technology. Under Steve’s command Apple brought UNIX-based laptop and desktop machines to a wider audience with the Mac with a longer life cycle than any more popular Windows-based systems then. Steve made  listening to [...]

Steve Jobs – Thinking Outside the Box

It’s common knowledge that Steve Jobs is an innovator and has done a great hob at bringing Apple back up and making it one of the most prominent technology companies of our time. This video is particularly interesting in that it shows Jobs’ ability to express ideas in a simple manner with effective persuasive discourse [...]

Uses of the iPhone/iPod/iPad in the Classroom

I came across a short presentation by Grace Poli from Union City High School on Slideshare.net. The presentaion focuses on practical ways for using the iPod Touch in class, but of courses the uses of all of Apple’s mobile devices are interchangeable most of the time since they have similar technical specifications. Here are some [...]

Apple’s Mobile Devices and Education

Apple is known for supporting educational uses of its technologies. On Apple Learning Interchange Community, for instance, teachers can find news and share lesson plans and ideas on different subjects. Of course, Apple also supports the use of their mobile devices for learning, and here is their official website dedicated to just that: showcase different ways the [...]

Apple and the iPhone – When the Customer doesn’t Matter…

“…because we’re too good for you…” That is the vibe I get from Apple with this whole iPhone 3G shortage fiasco, or circus… Everyone that reads my blog posts here knows that I have been quite disappointed with the customer care at Apple and their attitude towards the shortage and their customers. Well, today I [...]