Contactless student ID cards for iPhone and Apple Watch arrive at three universities
Contactless student IDs on iPhone and Apple Watch are becoming a reality at three U.S.-based universities. Three more are supporting the feature soon.
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The best student planner apps for iPhone to stay organized
Ease the load throughout your school year with helpful student planner apps for iPhone. These awesome options will keep you on track and organized.
Apple confirms students worked illegal overtime assembling iPhone X
The Cupertino company also disputed claims that students were actually forced to work overtime.
iPad Pro from a college student’s perspective
The iPad is more powerful than ever! As a college student who recently made the switch from laptop to iPad Pro, I’m here to tell you all about the experience.
Apple shares details about WWDC 2017 Scholarships
Worldwide Developers Conference will be returning to San Jose and Apple this morning shared details on Scholarships that reward talented students and STEM organization members with the opportunity to attend this year’s conference. Young developers selected for a scholarship will receive a free WWDC17 ticket and lodging. Submissions open March 27.
Apple Music student pricing now available in over 30 countries
Apple on Tuesday began offering student pricing for its streaming music service in 25 new countries, reports MacRumors. This brings the total number of regions where students can get a significant discount on Apple Music to 32.
The new countries include major markets like China and India, as well as Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates.
Apple begins notifying WWDC 2016 scholarship winners
Apple on Monday began notifying recipients of this year’s WWDC scholarship winners. A number of developers have taken to Twitter to announce they’ve received word from the company that they’ve been awarded a scholarship, and are invited to the conference.
Applicants were required to submit an app demonstrating “creative use of Apple technologies,” as well as an essay about their coding process. In all, 350 scholarships will be given out to students and STEM members, and 125 to developers with financial limitations.
$4.99 Apple Music subscriptions now available to eligible students in seven countries
As first reported by TechCrunch, Apple’s begun offering half-price Apple Music subscriptions to students who are enrolled in an eligible college or university.
Costing just $4.99 per month in the United States with the same features as the regular $9.99 per month plan for consumers, the fifty percent discount is now available to students in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
The company is working with UNiDAY, a student verification technology provider, to ensure that students who sign up are actually enrolled in classes.
Amazon updates Kindle app with Flashcards and several improvements
Amazon posted a major update for its iOS Kindle client this afternoon, bringing the app to version 4.1. The update includes a number of new features, like Flashcards for students, and several improvements for things like search, X-Ray and Dictionary.
Perhaps one of the biggest changes in 4.1 is the new Flashcards feature. It’s only available for print replica textbooks, but students can use the feature to convert important terms from X-Ray, or their own notes, into flashcard sets for studying…
Best Buy and Sprint giving students 12 months of free talk, text and data with phone purchase
If you’re a student on the lookout for an iPhone this holiday season, look no further than Best Buy and Sprint which teamed up for a cool smartphone promotion. Beginning today and valid until January 4, eligible students who purchase an eligible Sprint phone at Best Buy stores, at the student-activated price, and sign up for one of Sprint’s plans will received twelve months of free service which includes unlimited talk, text and one gigabyte of data.
This normally costs $70 per month so the free year of service could save you a total of $840. Jump past the fold for the full reveal…
App Giveaway: iStudiez Pro for iPhone and iPad
iStudiez Pro is a beautiful app for the iPhone and iPad that helps students manage their assignments and schedules. It’s just plain useful.
We’re giving away 7 free copies of iStudiez Pro to lucky iDB readers! Keep reading for the details…
Amazon Releases New App for College Students
It’s that time of year again. College students everywhere are counting down their final days of Summer vacation, and preparing for the school year ahead.
Two of the biggest chores of the pre-semester activities are tracking down and buying your books. Luckily, Amazon has just released an iOS application that can help you with both — Amazon Student…