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Delta iTunes U Enhances Learning in a Familiar Web 2.0 Environment

Published by rwatstein November 15th, 2008 in education, technology and Apple. 0 Comments

Students now expect to use interactive, Web2.0 applications in their education environments. As part of a strategy to meet such expectations, Delta College in Michigan launched an online Delta iTunes U environment this fall.

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Turn Your iPhone Into an e-Book

Published by rwatstein November 15th, 2008 in Apple, iPhone and e-books. 0 Comments

Lexcycle’s Stanza program displays electronic books and articles in the iPhone or Touch screen in an easy-to-read (and adjustable) format.

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Raising the Genius Bar: 7 Years of iPod Evolution

Published by rwatstein November 15th, 2008 in innovation, technology and Apple. 0 Comments

It has been seven years since Steve Jobs announced the first “perfect thing” in the fall of 2001. Since then, very few products have come to exact total domination in their respected fields like the iPod has. And really, no other gadget in recent memory (save for maybe the iPhone) has exploded onto the cultural cache with the same impact. Here, take a scroll down memory lane with us and see the evolution of the product from its initial rocky conception to its current button-free touchscreen interface. Come on, it’ll be fun.

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McGraw-Hill and Modality Partner to Bring Step-by-Step Guide to Surgical Procedures to the iPhone

Published by rwatstein September 21st, 2008 in innovation, Apple and iPhone. 0 Comments

Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional has partnered with Modality to bring Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations to the iPhone and iPod touch. This innovative surgical reference application for the iPhone and iPod touch is designed to provide busy medical students, residents, and surgeons with instant mobile access to the knowledge they need.

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Columbia U Going Live on iTunes U

Published by rwatstein August 31st, 2008 in podcasts, education, video and Apple. 0 Comments

Columbia University has been beta testing its content through iTunes U, Apple’s education-focused portal within its popular iTunes digital media player. The New York-based university expects to go live with its release at the start of the fall semester. Columbia on iTunes U will allow students, instructors, and the public to search, download, and play content on computers or iPods. The site, accessible via the Web site, ccnmtl.columbia.edu/itunesu/, contains audio and video podcasts of course lectures, course media and campus events.

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Apple’s Next Big Thing: MacBook Touch?

Published by rwatstein July 26th, 2008 in innovation, technology and Apple. 0 Comments

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iTunes U Expands International Reach

Published by rwatstein June 7th, 2008 in education and Apple. 0 Comments

Apple Tuesday expanded the international reach of iTunes U, bringing in 10 universities from the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia, all of which are providing content via the iTunes education portal free of charge. The initial slate of schools from abroad joining in the service, which provides free content (educational and otherwise) from and for the higher education community, includes Open University (UK); University College, London; Trinity College Dublin; the Australian National University; Griffith University (Australia); Swinburne University of Technology (Australia); University of Western Australia; University of Melbourne; University of New South Wales; and University of Otago (New Zealand).

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Vanderbilt University Optimizes Web Site for iPhone

Published by rwatstein March 29th, 2008 in web sites, Apple and iPhone. 0 Comments

Vanderbilt University has released a version of its homepage designed for the Apple iPhone. The site was created by the Vanderbilt News Service’s Office of Web Communications, which is working to optimize the university Web site for other mobile devices.

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The Mac Guru of Damascus in the Case of the Missing Laptops

Published by rwatstein March 29th, 2008 in Apple. 0 Comments

Eric Umansky in Wired writes, “Before my fiancée and I headed to Syria to study Arabic, we often heard there was one advantage to living in a police state: almost no crime. So it came as a surprise when Sara and I returned to our Damascus apartment one night after a dinner party to find splintered wood in the hallway — wood that had once been part of our front door. I made a beeline for the living room to check on our most valuable possessions: my MacBook and Sara’s MacBook Pro. Both gone. There’s no 911 in Damascus, so we called our landlord, who contacted the cops. Within an hour, a dozen police were on the scene. About half of them sat around fingering unlit cigarettes. (Pushy Americans, we had asked them not to smoke inside.) The others engaged in what could generously be called an investigation. They took fingerprints from the door. They dusted the fridge. “Maybe the robber was thirsty,” one said. They did not dust the coffee table where the laptops had been sitting.”

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iPhone Owners Big Users Of Mobile Web

Published by rwatstein March 23rd, 2008 in mobile/cell phones, internet, Apple and iPhone. 2 Comments

M:Metrics says 85% of iPhone owners searched the Web for news and information using their phones in January. “The iPhone has certainly delivered on its hype,” Mark Donovan, senior analyst for M:Metrics, said while releasing the figures. “Beyond a doubt, this device is compelling consumers to interact with the mobile Web, delivering off-the-charts usage from everything to text messaging to mobile video.”

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The Elite Apple Corps

Published by rwatstein December 16th, 2007 in Apple. 0 Comments

Whatever it is (Radio Shack for rich people? The Sharp -est Image?), the Apple Store isn’t what it used to be, even a year or so ago. The initial thrills, the feelings of i-comfort and i-belonging, still await you behind its translucent facade, especially now, in the gizmodic spree of the Christmas season. But somewhere along the way, the zendo quality of the Apple Store changed. The TV commercials worked. Mac Guy, even with his non-arrogant arrogance, is your real friend, and then he gathered too many friends, and suddenly he doesn’t have time for them all.

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Apple Fan Goes From YouTube to Prime Time

Published by rwatstein November 3rd, 2007 in YouTube, users and Apple. 0 Comments

After Apple fanatic Nick Haley posted his homemade iPod Touch commercial to YouTube last month, a few ad execs at the Cupertino based company saw it. But rather than send him a cease-and-desist letter, they bought his ad, flew him out to Los Angeles to reshoot it in high def, and will be broadcasting it during the World Series.

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