We ’ve heard what Apple had to say on education , and the masses have responded ; meanwhile , the Smithsonian spotlights one august Mac production from the halls of chronicle . pitch up for some learnedness — the remainders for Thursday , January 19 , 2012 are get to go take a nap on their desks .
Apple ’s New Math . Or : Why a $ 15 ebook Equals a $ 75 Paper Book.(All Things D )
Why are publishers so happy to deal their novel iBooks - undivided textbooks for $ 15 or less ? According to McGraw Hill CEO Terry McGraw , “ volume ” is the answer : rather of selling text to schools , the companies are taking target at pupil , who can not resell or trade the digital written matter after they ’ve finish with it . tinny textbooksandhappy publisher ? I venture the Mayans were correct — the man really is ending .
Apple “ Classic ” Macintosh Personal Computer(National Museum of American History )
you’re able to see many thing when you visit the National Museum of American History , but there ’s one picayune computer you wo n’t : the Macintosh . It ’s one of 137 million artefact stored at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC , though it has yet to make its entry onto the museum floor . In the meantime , it hold the dictaphone and the world ’s first CB radio by replay its 1984 introduction speech over and over .
intersection News :
Slender : Dragon Forged Software released Slender , a Mac App that helps developers shrink their projects by removing unused files . Slender is equal to of tracking which plus files are n’t being used , which are pretermit twin , and which images have incorrect dimension . The app supports both Io and Mac projects . $ 5 sale cost , on a regular basis $ 10 .
xScope 3 : The Iconfactory has released version 3.0 of its xScope Mac app for designers and developers . xScope boast puppet that can measure , inspect , and test on - screenland graphics and layout . The latest version let in update to the app ’s port ; makes it potential to connect multiple iOS devices to the same windowpane on a Mac ; design recognition cock ; increased zoom capacity ; and more . $ 20 .
