THE News Update: Report: Internet of Things To Hit 25 Billion Devices, $264 Billion by 2020

11/13/2014

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Report: Internet of Things To Hit 25 Billion Devices, $264 Billion by 2020

The number of things connected to the Internet and in use will grow 30 percent from this year to next, for a total of 4.9 billion, according to a new report from market research firm Gartner, and will hit 25 billion by 2020.
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Students Help Pearson Design Learning Technologies
Eight students gather each week at Pearson's Arizona office to work on design challenges that help the company design create more effective learning tools.
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ISTE Launches Project ReimaginED To Align Learning Activities to Common Core
The International Society for Technology in Education has launched Project ReimaginED, a social learning community that aims to redesign learning activities for alignment with the Common Core State Standards and the ISTE Standards for Students.
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Discovery Ed, Intel Partner on Digital Safety Initiative
Discovery Education and Intel Security have partnered on a three-year initiative, the Intel Security Digital Safety Program, designed to help students make safer decisions online. Educators and parents in the United States and Canada will also be able to participate in a sweepstakes contest, with grants and technology prizes, as part of the program.
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Students Face Off at NYU-Poly Cyber Security Week
New York University Polytechnic's School of Engineering is hosting eight separate security events this week in the 11th annual Cyber Security Awareness Week Conference.
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