| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Why Some Schools Are Selling All Their iPads
| | | For an entire school year Hillsborough, New Jersey, educators undertook an experiment, asking: Is the iPad really the best device for interactive learning? (The Atlantic)
Why This Is Important: After an initial burst of iPad preference, the educational market is trending toward Chromebooks over iPads — a huge coup for Google. According to the Atlantic article, the market is set to spend nearly $10 billion on technology for the school year.
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| | #2 | 'Google Glass On Your Windshield' Lets You Check Your Phone With Eyes On The Road
| | | When you focus on your phone, you can't focus on the road. A start-up company wants you to be able to do both by bringing Google Glass to your windshield. (Washington Post)
Why This Is Important: The device, which will feature gesture-based call control, can be used in any car produced after 1996, making it a dream for aftermarket installers.
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| | #3 | Amazon Launches Same-Day Delivery In Six Major Cities, Challenges Convenience Of Bookstores
| | | Amazon has launched same-day delivery in six more major cities, making goods from baby supplies to textbooks available almost immediately for millions more shoppers. (Forbes)
Why This Is Important: Amazon, which already dominates half of the U.S. book market, is extending its advantage over bricks-and-mortar bookstores with same-day delivery on certain products if the order is placed before noon.
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"Speaking of adaptation, this updated Walmart.com now tailors itself much more to our individual customers, personalizing much more of the content than ever before based on many aspects of a customer's history with us." -- Ben Galbraith, VP of global products, Walmart global e-commerce
| | | Blog Post of The Day | What The iPhone 6 Needs To Stay Ahead Of The Game
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
With rumors circulating that Apple will unveil the next iPhone in September, speculation as to what the iPhone 6 will bring to the table hitting fever-pitch, the usual tech websites are awash with mockups and what claim to be leaked parts from the next-gen handset. More » |
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