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Chromebooks Gaining On Apple In The Classroom [EdTech]

As many school systems across the country start heading back to school, there is more and more technology available. In what was once a market dominated by Apple, there is now stiff competition, and it's not coming from PCs. Apple has had a presence in the classroom since the mid 1980's. Apple started catering to [...]

This iPad Air Ad Was One Of Robin Williams’ Last Works

The world was in shock and disbelief on Monday afternoon as the news that Robin Williams had passed away, began to fill up social media feeds on Twitter and Facebook. Williams, the comedic, and sometimes very serious actor, had been the subject of previous social media death hoaxes, and the world didn't want to believe. [...]

TutStu: A ReverbNation for Teachers

   We just came across a really interesting new EdTech Startup: TutStu. The company is still in private beta, but looks to open a public beta here in the next month or two. Anyhow, TutStu has a pretty unique platform. Essentially, it is sort of a ReverbNation for teachers. We had a chance to ask [...]

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Wait Is The iWatch Is Back On Again

(image: BusinessInsider.com) It's funny, the world seems to be in an uproar because Apple is going to unveil the iPhone 6 at a media event on September 9th. Most people aren't even considering the fact that the last 4 editions of the iPhone have all been unveiled at press events in early to [...]

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Tally Board Putting Math Into Casual Math Games

   As anyone who has ever played 2048 will tell you, a game like that is incredibly addictive. It is both frustrating and exciting at the same time. Recently, I have become a bit burnt out on it. However, I think I may have just found a perfect replacement: Tally Board. Tally Board combines gameplay [...]

Finally A Heated Jacket You Can Actually Wear

Heated Jackets have been around for the last five years or so. The problem is that most of them are designed specifically for construction use. I'm sure there's plenty of times you wish you had a lighter weight heated jacket that was warm. The heated jackets that are out there today are made by tool [...]

ThinkPower: 10,000 mAh of Backup Power for $40

It's no secret that we love external batteries. Kyle has been known to carry upwards of 100,000 mAh of backup power to conferences. Anyhow, we just came across what may be the best external power source out there, ThinkPower: The team behind the ThinkPower make some pretty bold claims: ThinkPower by Zettaly is a 10,000mAh high-capacity battery [...]

Siri Coming To Your Mac?

(image: AppleInsider.com) Siri on Mac OSX Move over little paper clip man it looks like Apple may finally be looking at bringing Siri, the iOS digital assistant to Mac OSX environments. Technobuffalo reminds us that earlier this summer at the World Wide Developer's Conference Apple introduced the world to Yosemite. Now Yosemite is [...]

iGuardian Protecting All Your Devices At Home

A new product from San Jose based Itus Networks, promises to bring enterprise level security tools to home users. Their new product, iGuaardian is a network security device designed specifically for use in homes. People don't realize it but every time you add a new connected device to your home network you're opening up another [...]

It’s Time For The Annual Back To School EdTech Survey

EdTech's version of Kassandra, Audrey Watters has been keeping track of teacher's most anticipated back to school tech since 2010, ya know before EdTech was so amazingly huge. After a summer of being inundated with the latest and greatest in tech for the classroom we've seen a lot of great stuff. ISTE 2014 along with [...]

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