Recently Apple made three announcements of new or updated technologies: “iBook Author,” “GarageBand for eBooks,” and fundamental changes to iTunes U. These solutions, put together, are designed to be an end‑to‑end solution for the interactive eBook publisher—create, organize, and publish. Publishing companies have been delivering e-textbooks for a couple years. So, what makes this...
Apple’s iOS 5 was released a few weeks ago and if haven’t updated your iPhone or iPad yet, it’s a good time to do so. The update is performed through iTunes and takes from 30 minutes to about an hour. The most significant of the 200 new features, from my perspective, are the Notification...
It’s no secret that Apple changed the landscape of personal computing when they released the original iPad in April 2010. One year later, the iPad 2 was released and once again, it’s expected to have a major impact on overall tablet sales. If you don’t own an iPad, you may wonder what all of...
Date: February 1st, 2010 Author: Jason Hiner When you talk to IT pros and business managers about tablet computers, the first question they tend to ask is, “Looks cool, but what I do with it?” This conversation has been happening for a decade since Microsoft’s pen-based Tablet PC was introduced at Comdex 2001. There,...
This fall, Northeastern University is embarking on a pilot of audience response systems – aka Clickers. EdTech and Information Systems has partnered several faculty to evaluate the best “clicker” technology for NU. These faculty and students are evaluating two brands of clickers: iClicker and Turning Point . Visit the website Fall 2009 Clicker Pilot...
Apple’s OS X Snow Leopard is now available for all Macintosh users with the Intel-based Macintosh. Support for Snow Leopard is not yet available by Information Services. An announcement will be made when support will be available. Availability Once support has been announced, as part of the campus license, Northeastern staff and faculty will...