| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | First Red Dragon 6K footage shown, boasts three more stops DR (video) | | | by Steve Dent, Engadget | | | After a considerable delay from its slated late 2012 release date, the 6K Red Dragon sensor is finally ready -- and it seems to have been worth the wait. More» Why This Matters: Peter Jackson and Michael Bay already have the Dragon-equipped cameras. You have to wait 'til September. So before we even really have 4K, we now have 6K. –Cynthia Wisehart | | | #2 | Apple OKs preteens iTunes accounts upon school request | | | by Martyn Williams, Computer World | | | Apple is allowing children under 13 to have their own iTunes accounts as part of a new push coming later this year to increase the use of its iPad in education. More» Why This Matters: Apple is tweaking its iTunes user agreements, to get more traction for iPads in schools. Google announced a new education initiative, Google Play for Education, at its I/O conference this year, to help get more Android tablets used in schools. In the AV world, we often talk about flat panels vs video projectors for the classroom, but that could quickly become a moot point if the big APP purveyors shift the momentum to the more APP-friendly tablets and smartphones in teachers' and students' hands.–David Keene
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| | #3 | Eye Candy: Tables of Power: inside the inner sanctums of Fortune 500 companies | | | by Kelsey Campbell-Do Llaghan, Gizmodo | | | Dutch photographer Jacqueline Hassink been inside some of the most important and cloistered rooms in the world. But these aren't science labs or political offices—they're the opulent boardrooms of Europe's largest companies, which Hassink photographed as part of a project called The Table of Power. More» Why This Matters: Not quite enough closeups of the AV. But for that corporate-client-who-has-everything this could be a cool gift/hint. –Cynthia Wisehart | | | | | Find Us Online |
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