Date archive forMay, 2016
By admin On Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
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Apple Watch: One year on the wrist – is it finally time to buy an Apple smartwatch?

APPLE WATCH is now a year-old, and having worn the Apple smartwatch since its UK launch, here’s everything I really like, and everything I hate, about the iPhone manufacturer’s first wearable device. Daily More...

By admin On Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
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WhatsApp might be building a Windows 10 and Apple OS X version of its chat app

WHATSAPP appears to be working on a native client for Windows and OS X, according to a series of screenshots posted on Twitter. Daily Express :: Tech Feed  More...

By admin On Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
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Data Quality Campaign Report Emphasizes Importance of Data

(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The Data Quality Campaign (DQC), a nonprofit policy and advocacy organization working to empower educators, families and policymakers with quality information, has released a More...

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Tennessee Splits with Measurement Inc After TNReady Issues

(Photo: Jae S. Lee, The Tennessean) Because of repeated delays that resulted in uncertainty and anger across the state, the Tennessee Department of Education has halted its contract with the company that runs More...

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Weiming Education Group Close to Purchasing UConn Campus

(Photo: Wikimedia Commons) A private company in China is considering the purchase of a campus from the University of Connecticut to turn the campus into an international school. Weiming Education Group announced More...

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UK Parents Critical of SATs Exams Form Group, Protest

(Image: WikiMedia) Thousands of parents across England are planning to keep their children home from school on Tuesday, May 3 as a form of protest over a difficult new national exam. As part of the nationwide More...

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Facebook Course Pages, Groups Can Increase MOOC Engagement

(Image: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A new study suggests that Facebook could help to keep students engaged while participating in massive open online courses, or MOOCs. The study compared MOOC student use of course-related More...

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CEOs, Governors Join to Push Computer Science to Congress

(Image: janeb13, Pixabay, Creative Commons) America’s leading CEOs, governors, and educators sent an open letter to Congress imploring legislators to provide every student in every school an opportunity to learn More...

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Amazon Liable for Kids’ Unauthorized In-App Purchases

(Image: WikiMedia) Amazon has been found liable by a federal court for charging parents whose kids made unauthorized in-app purchases on a range of electronic devices. The court agreed with the Federal Trade Commission More...

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Despite Protests, Yale Keeps Calhoun College Name

(Image: Yale University) Yale President Peter Salovey has announced that Calhoun College, one of the 12 undergraduate residential colleges on campus, will be keeping its name in an effort to push the school to More...