In April 2011, several groups of parents, whose kids spent hundreds of dollars on in-app purchases while playing “free” games, filed a class action lawsuit against Apple. Is Apple to blame for what happened? On one hand, it does appear deceptive to call a game “free” when in fact playing it requires making in-app purchases. […]
The Gates Foundation has recently issued a report “Technology and Effective Teaching” that surveyed 400 teachers across the United States. According to the report, 67% of teachers use technology in class. 20% of the teachers said that they felt that technology should not be used in the classroom. In general, teachers remained skeptical that […]
In February 2012, the FTC issued a report which focused on mobile apps available for children. The FTC found that there was lack of information available to parents prior to downloading mobile apps regarding the data collection and sharing practices of the apps. It was not clear from the description of the apps on the […]
According to an ongoing survey “Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education” conducted by the Book Industry Study Group, less than 60% of surveyed students purchased current print editions of textbooks. Instead, 25% “occasionally” photocopy the new content and 4.1% “frequently” do so. 11% of students turn to textbook rental services. Textbooks are no longer […]
A recent article in Tech Crunch (see link below) introduced a new company Apptopia that is getting ready to provide a marketplace for developers ready to exit from the app development field, starting in February. Unlike some other companies that focus on selling some aspect of an app, such as Appslit, SmartAppsters, Chupa, Verious and […]
Apple Inc. recently announced iBook textbooks for iPads. If successful, this new development can shape the future of education. Light backpacks, textbook interactivity and constantly updated content can become features of tomorrow’s classroom. However, the transition to digital textbook might not be smooth. Disparity in family incomes means that not all students will have iPads. […]
For those who are just beginner developers in this fast-evolving world of apps creation, this following post might be quite handy. As per Jordan Golson at www.macrummors.com, Stanford University is offering the iOS 5 edition of its well-regarded iPhone and iPad application development course for free. This course is offered at Stanford, but without the […]