Skip to content
Search

Latest Stories

ipad

Recent

Articles

Follow Florida's Lead: Why More States Should Switch to Digital Textbooks in Schools Now

All of Florida's public schools will switch to digital textbooks by 2015. Yes, it sounds expensive, but other states should be following suit.

Articles

Downloading College Textbook Chapters Could Make College More Affordable

Only need to read two chapters in the $90 textbook? What if you could download each for $3.99?

Articles

San Diego Is Bridging the Digital Divide with Refurbished Computers for Low-Income Families

Trying to do research for an assignment or type a paper without your own computer is really hard.

Articles

The Last Typewriter Factory Closes. Good Riddance (UPDATED)

It's easy to be nostalgic—but moving on from typewriters was one of the best things to happen for students.

Articles

Is Foreign Aid Ready for the iPad Era?

Today an aid worker can test a blood sample or catch counterfeit medication with mobile devices. Too bad the World Bank and USAID can't keep up.

Articles

Jesse Jackson Jr. Says the iPad Is Killing Jobs

The civil rights leader's son attempts to make the case that the iPad is a job killer. He fails.

Articles

An iPad Case for Your Inner Book Nerd

Pad & Quill's line of cases for e-readers have the look, feel, and even pleasantly musty smell of your favorite leather-bound classic edition book.

Articles

Apple's Genius Idea: Donating Your Old iPad to Teach For America Classrooms

iPads are extremely useful educational tools, so it's nice that Apple is helping to funnel used first-generation models to schools that need them.

Articles

TED's "Ideas Worth Spreading" Are Heading to E-Books

Get your mind blown all over again—this time by text. Select TED talks will now be available as concise, 20,000-word e-books.

Articles

Apple Ranked Dead Last on Pollution, Workplace Safety in China Apple Slammed by Chinese Environmental Groups

Apple ranks dead last in supply chain transparency in China. Are they hypocrites or just being singled out?

Articles

Is the iPad Set to Dominate Public Schools?

New York City just dropped $1.3 million on 2,000 iPads. Should your local school district do the same?

Articles

Should Schools Go Back to 1983 Technology?

A class of suburban Chicago sixth graders gives up the internet, cable TV, and cell phones for a week—and survives.

Articles

Step Away from the Smartphone

It's a New Year. Maybe it's a good time to re-evaluate our ever more complicated relationship to technology.

Articles

Print. It Ain't Dead Yet

Print is dead. Or is it just sleeping?

Design

The Evolution of College-going Gear

From the textbook to the laptop to the iPad, what will tomorrow's college student be using? A look back at how far we've come in terms of innovation.

Articles

@GOOD Asks: With the Rise of the iPad and Kindle, Can Physical Books Survive? Answers

GOOD readers tell us their thoughts about the future of papers books versus eBooks: "Books offer an aesthetic, and tactile experience that electronics simply can't replace."