Comcast’s Internet Essentials program expanding as digital literacy project soars



If everyone needs the internet, then poor kids need it more — since so much learning material is dependent on technology. Comcast teamed up with the FCC to produce Internet Essentials: a $10 a month broadband plan and $150 computers to get the nation…

Switched On: You Tell Me It’s The Institution



Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Apple rose to dominate sales of digital music by more or less mirroring the way consumers acquired music in the physical world — that is, purchasing songs, but providing…

Student-friendly Lenovo ThinkPad X130e available now for $429



The last time we heard about the inexpensive and student-friendly ThinkPad X130e, it was being snatched up by the eager school districts. That move ultimately pushed back the rig’s planned ship date, but fortunately Lenovo seems to have caught up wit…

Epson’s iProjection wireless projection app: wireless projection using an app



Facetious headlines aside, Epson’s produced iProjection: an app that lets you display those awkward holiday snaps on any wirelessly connected (Epson branded) projectors from your iOS device. All you need is to make sure your iPod/Pad/Phone is on the …

Apple’s education announcement: what you need to know



Today’s education event was a reasonably small one, so far as Apple pressers go, held at the Guggenheim museum in New York City, with a smattering of media representatives in attendance. It arrives on the tails of some already hearty numbers for the c…