education
- News
Google Launches its Highly Informative COVID-19 Website
With current concerns surrounding the Coronavirus (or COVID-19 if you prefer) we’ve already seen a number of websites pop-up looking to offer us some useful information about it. While it may have taken them some time to get their online ducks in a row, however, Google has just launched theirs…
Read More » - News
Nearly Half of UK Parents Think Schools Should Ban Phones
It’s hardly any secret that the use of smartphones by pupils at schools is a highly contentious subject. While you might have difficulty getting the kids to agree, many parents (and teachers) think that not only are they an unnecessary distraction, but can also lead to other problems. These include…
Read More » - News
DJI Introduce New ‘Tank’ Drone Designed to Teach Kids Coding
DJI Reveal ‘Tank’ Drone DJI is, without a doubt, one of the best-known names in terms of drone manufacturers with them providing both entry-level and exceptionally-high level drone products. Their latest reveal, however, is taking things very much back to terra firma! Following the release of a video, DJI has…
Read More » - News
Several US High-Schools Now Have Varsity eSport Teams
Varsity eSports Now Recognized in Eight States It is no surprise that competitive video gaming is now in the mainstream. Especially with how much money the eSports industry is pulling in every year. Just last year alone, the global marketed raked in $1 billion. And with a projected audience reach…
Read More » 
- News
HP Unveils Two New Intel-Powered Chromebooks
New Education Edition HP Chromebooks HP has unveiled two new additions to their Chromebook lineup. This includes the Chromebook x360 11 G2 Education Edition and Chromebook 11 G7 Education Edition. Considering Google‘s Chromebooks are dominating the education market, it makes sense for HP to cater to this segment. According to…
Read More » - News
2K Games Launches ‘2K Foundations’ Charitable Program
2K Games Giving Back to the Fans 2K Games, publisher of NBA 2K19 is launching their new 2K Foundations program. The goal of this new charitable program is to rejuvenate rejuvenate basketball courts in 12 US cities. This includes Cincinnati, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Chicago and Cleveland within its first year…
Read More » - News
Apple Announces $329 iPad to Combat Chromebooks
Apple iPad is Now More Accessible Apple announced a major change in their iPad line during a Chicago event. They are rolling out a new iPad that works with its Apple Pencil and is aimed directly against Chromebooks. Specifically, eating away at their huge chunk of the education market. Google’s…
Read More » - News
UK University Offering £5,500 Computer Science Degree
Computer Science Undergraduate Course These days, getting a degree can be a very costly experience. If the actual living expenses weren’t enough, with the hike in tuition fees, most students are lucky to come away with debts less than £50,000. One university, however, is offering 3,000 placements on an undergraduate…
Read More » -
- News
Microsoft to Take On Chromebook with New Low-Cost Surface Device
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is expected to announce the company’s new push into the education market at their New York City hardware event on May 2. There will also be talk of Windows 10 and the cloud used for the same market focus. Since the Surface Pro 5 and Surface…
Read More » - News
Scientists Want New Planetary Definition to Include 110 Space Objects
A group of six scientists from five institutions including John Hopkins University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Baltimore, Maryland, USA are not just sore about Pluto losing Planetary definition status a few years ago, they disagree with existing planetary definition standards entirely. Currently, planets are defined primarily as…
Read More » - News
20,000 Worldclass University Lectures Available for Free Once Again
University of California at Berkeley originally placed over 40,000 hours of audio/video courses, events, lectures online for anyone to access completely for free but was unfortunately forced to be taken down a few days ago. A lawsuit filed by two students from a different university, however, claimed that since the…
Read More » - News
Museum of London Bringing Great Fire of London to Minecraft
When it comes educational games, Minecraft is getting more and more attention as it goes. From the original concept of building the world in blocks to the survival and sculptures that the game now features, Minecraft has come a long way. Now it would seem that they’ve teamed up with…
Read More » -
- News
MacBooks Are Being Replaced by ChromeBooks at Tim Cook’s Old High School
Apple MacBooks have been used in the education sector for some time and it’s not uncommon for students to given one to help with their studies. One notable example is Tom Cook, the CEO of Apple who attended Robertsdale High in the small town of Robertsdale, Alabama. This particular institution handed…
Read More » - News
The 42 Team Looks to Create Free Coding Schools
We are often told that we have to learn to program, in a world where everything is running on 1’s and 2’s knowing how software works by making even the simplest of programs can often open your eyes to everything from the cyber security issues you read about every week…
Read More » - News
Windows 10 Pro Stops Users From Blocking Windows Store
Windows 10 is nearing the end of its free upgrade period and with its price officially released users are making the final choice to adopt or stick with the older operating systems. With older systems losing their support and Microsoft keen to bring everyone to Windows 10, stripping users of the…
Read More »
