Google further solidified the lead of its Android mobile operating system in the last quarter of 2012. Android's worldwide market share jumped nearly 20 points, while its chief rival, Apple's iOS, remained essentially flat. Both platforms saw significant increases in total units shipped.
Money talk and institutional reputation dominates student choice in deciding which colleges and universities would make a good fit for them.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/17/13
The possibilities inherent in digital learning won't in and of themselves flatten the global playing field for students, according to new research, unless we first give attention to the idea of creating "connected learning environments."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/17/13
Exposure to word variation for early readers may boost their abilities, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Iowa to be published in the January issue of Developmental Psychology.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/15/13
Here are five key areas that K-12 districts, administrators, and teachers should keep an eye on in the year ahead.
- By Bridget McCrea
- 01/15/13
The worldwide PC market saw a worse-than-expected decline in the fourth quarter, leading to the first holiday season drop in five years--6.4 percent--and a 12-month decline of 3.2 percent. The United States in particular experienced a more mild decline, but saw an even deeper drop of 7 percent for the year as a whole, according to new data.
The outlook for IT services, software, and devices is looking up. According to a new forecast, worldwide IT spending across all sectors will grow by $249 billion in 2013, reaching $3.74 trillion--up 4.2 percent from 2012.
The IT industry's transition to mobile computing, cloud services, social networking, and big data technologies--collectively referred to as the third platform--will accelerate in 2013, according to IDC Predictions 2013: Competing on the 3rd Platform, a recent report from International Data Corporation.
Recent research on high school students in Florida found that those who took at least one technology course and a technical certification exam tended to have better attendance and a higher grade point average than those who didn't.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/19/12
The PreK-12 non-hardware education technology market in the United States grew by 3.5 percent in 2011, reaching $7.76 billion from $7.5 billion in 2010, according to a new report from the education division of the Software and Information Industry Association.