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Wed 19Posted by Toby Wellington on . No responses
While Microsoft and Apple are currently battling it out to become the leading name in education and schools, Apple has just gotten a significant boost. The U.S.'s second largest school board "The Los Angeles Unified School District", has announced that it will be purchasing roughly 35,000 iPads, a sum that will amount to an estimated $30 million. The 35,000 iPads will be distributed to 47 different schools within the district and will cost roughly $678 per device. The higher price is attributed to the educational software that will be included on each unit. While the school board considered whether or not ... more -
Wed 19Posted by Kaylie Moise on . No responses
Role-playing game for iOS, Knights of Pen and Paper, has received a new update, which brings the game to version 2.02. The update brings more than just a few bug fixes though. It's also bringing new monsters, traps, treasures, and powerful bosses. You'll see all this new stuff in new dungeons. The game also introduces The Tavern, a place to stash heroes and switch out party members. You'll have more options than before for characters to implement during battles, adding more depth and variation to fights, and extended campaign filled with lots of new content. Knights of Pen and Paper ... more -
Wed 19Posted by Kaylie Moise on . No responses
When it comes to Apple's iOS-generated hotspot passwords, they might not be as secure as you might think. Researchers at the University of Erlangen in Germany have discovered a flaw in these automatically generated, and seemingly random, passwords used in Apple's iOS hotspots that can make then vulnerable in under sixty seconds. When using an iOS device as a personal hotspot, users have the option to choose their own password to make their device more secure, but before that Apple supplies its own random password. The password is randomly generated so that if you don't change it to your ... more -
Wed 19Posted by Kaylie Moise on . No responses
Gameloft has just pushed out a big update for Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour for iOS, bringing new maps, weapons and guns to the popular first-person shooter game, which is now available to download on the App Store. The update, dubbed Meltdown, is one of the biggest updates the game has received since arriving in the App Store last December. Gameloft started teasing the big update on Monday with a video posted to its YouTube page and offering a sneak peak about the new features coming up. Meltdown is a pretty impressive update. It includes three new maps, new "demolition" ... more -
Wed 19Posted by Kaylie Moise on . No responses
We've all gotten a pretty decent look at what iOS 7 will look like on the iPhone, thanks to WWDC and now developers who have been able to test it out. But, how will the new software look on a bigger screen? Rozetked, a YouTube user in Russia, answers that exact question with a video that allegedly shows what iOS 7 looks like running on an iPad, even though it hasn't actually been released to developers yet. Rozetked claims he is demonstrating an alpha version of iOS 7, but how he actually got his hands on it is anyone's ... more -
Tue 18Posted by Joshua Schnell on . No responses
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Tue 18Posted by Kaylie Moise on . No responses
Fifty-Three, the team behind the hugely successful iPad app Paper, has managed to raise a whopping $15 million to expand its services. Today, Fifty-Three has revealed a group of investors that it hopes will bring about a new era for the Paper app, with plans to not only expand its software, but develop hardware as well. Fifty-Three is made up of a group of creators from an assortment of different companies, including Xbox, Courier, Sonos, Google and others. Last year the company released Paper, which went on to win numerous industry awards and was named App ... more -
Tue 18Posted by Kaylie Moise on . No responses
Thanks to a new update, Siri will now offer a more helpful response when suicide references are made. Before now, Siri would provide users with the contact information for the suicide prevention hotline. Now Siri will actually offer to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the user just needs to hit yes to be connected. This change is seen in both iOS 6 and the upcoming iOS 7. Hopefully this will change will be able to prevent potential suicides in the future. Over one million people die by suicide every year worldwide with the global suicide rate at 16 ... more -
Mon 17Posted by Kaylie Moise on . No responses
With the Facebook event just around the corner, people have been speculating about what "big ideas" the company is planning to announce. Well, it looks like Facebook could unveil a new feature for its Instagram service that would let people take and share short videos, similar to the Vine app. It's really just a rumor at this point, but according to TechCrunch, this could be one of Facebook's announcements at the event on June 20. TechCrunch also notes that the information has not been confirmed, and could actually even be an "intentional blind alley" to throw people off the ... more -
Sat 15Posted by Andrew Kunesh on . No responses
Yesterday was a big day for iPhone and iPad users in Canada. Rogers Wireless and Telus announced that they will both begin selling the LTE-enabled iPad and iPad mini within the "coming weeks." On the iPhone side of things, yesterday Wind Mobile started to sell iPhone 5-compatible Nano SIM cards. Though Canadian iPad users were long able to purchase data plans for their tablets, the iPad has never been available for purchase at their local phone shop. However, that is about to change for both Rogers and Telus customers. Both carriers will be selling the iPad and iPad mini on contract-free ... more
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