Microsoft event for educators on May 2 likely brings Windows Cloud

Microsoft is said to be combating Google's Chromebook that's been invading classrooms with a cheaper Windows experience that can be upgraded.

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Dell’s new education laptops include convertible Chromebooks, pen-wielding Windows models

Dell never puts all its eggs in one basket, yet again launching both affordable new Chromebooks and durable Windows laptops for the classroom.

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The 1Million Project is Sprint’s way to connect underserved kids

There are the typical platitudes about the internet changing how an entire planet communicates with each other and delivers information at the snap of your fingers. But the Pew Research Center last year found that the internet gap still exists in a big way, especially with some minority groups, people who live in rural areas, low-income households and those without advanced education.An estimated 13 percent of Americans only have their smartphones as means of on-demand access to the internet. To

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Udacity partners with HTC Vive, Google for VR content development course

Online education platform Udacity has a new virtual reality content development course, thanks to partnerships with Google, HTC Vive and UploadVR.The program, working off of Unity, gives developers a chance to catch on to a growing jobs field in technology. It covers VR platforms on phones, PC and room-scale consoles, too — basically wrapping around all three partner comapnies’ programming. Udacity will provide ...

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Get back to school with a Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book at $300 off

Just as an FYI: if you’re not already back at school, you’re going to be there soon. Sorry. And if you don’t go to school, you should be the parent of a kid going to school.Why? Because Microsoft’s Education Store has furthered the existing discounts of some Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book models. In fact, you can save a maximum of $300 ...

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BBK, owner of OnePlus, OPPO, vivo, launching education brand called imoo

In the nebulous of smartphone manufacturers that is China, there’s always one brand trying to be the same as Apple, another trying to be different and one more trying to be the same as ...

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Amazon gets New York City public schools eBooks contract worth $30 million

New York is the place to do business in. In addition to the usual movers, shakers and salsa-makers, government is a huge client to serve between borough, city, state and cross-state agencies, there are tens of thousands in ...

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Google Play for Education ends, Chromebooks better for schools than Android tablets

Google Play for Education was a program that sold Android tablets specialized for school use. But its partner vendors have gotten word that the program has ended.An executive at one of the vendors said he was trying to acquire a quote for an order. After a lengthy wait, ASUS and Samsung said that their products were “end-of-lifed” and suggested that the vendor look at

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