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Apple News: Grading Apple’s digital textbook technology Shortly after his world history students began a pilot program testing a digital textbook for the iPad, Ken Halla noticed something different: His students were actually reading their textbooks. “How crazy is that?” said Halla, a ninth-grade teacher at Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria, Virginia. “To me, it’s really great when the kids get excited to read.” Read full story => Macworld Technology…

Apple News: Apple Patents an Application to Turn Smartphone Flashes into Multiple Lighting Setups Phoneography has jumped leaps and bounds in the past few years giving birth to many apps, blogs and even new photographers. The accessibility of capturing the world through one’s own every day life has never been greater. In fact, it has become the norm. When I see someone stop dead in their tracks to take a…

Apple News: 5 Things Apple Needs To Fix In iOS, OS X And iCloud How times have changed. Not that long ago I used to spend the majority of my working day in front of a Windows system, be it a desktop, notebook, or even the odd tablet or netbook. But nowadays much of my ‘computer time’ is spent in front of products emblazoned with a half-bitten apple. The shift…

Apple News: Apple Wins Fascinating iPhone Camera Swiping Control Patent Today’s granted patent, which Patently Apple first covered in February 2010, reveals another Apple innovation that is designed to help users control their incoming calls and voicemail by simply swiping their finger over the external camera lens. This future feature will be able to control rewinding and fast forwarding voicemail. Read full story => Patently Apple Technology News: Big Data…

Apple News: Holiday Apps categories begin appearing in Apple TV menus: Mistakes or preview of what’s to come? Apple recently updated iTunes and Apple TV content with holiday themed sections, featuring “Holiday apps & games” and “Snow Sports” sections on the top of the App Store in iTunes and on iOS devices. Curiously, as spotted by Mac OS Ken, Apple is also displaying holiday themed sections on Apple TV, advertising…