App Store, Apple Music, iTunes & other services hit by ongoing network issues [u]

A host of public- and developer-facing Apple online services — including flagships like the App Store, the iTunes Store, Apple Music, and the Mac App Store — were encountering unspecified difficulties, according to the company's system status trackers.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 8

iTunes U Collections migrating to Apple Podcasts app in September

Apple is preparing to migrate iTunes U Collections from the iTunes U app to Apple Podcasts, with a warning to educational institutions advising the change will take place in September as part of the release of iTunes 12.7.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 5

Apple updates iTunes U for iOS with photo annotations, video messages

Apple on Tuesday updated iTunes U with a handful of new features, including improved annotation options and ways of sharing and accessing media.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 2

iTunes U update allows homework submissions, outside app integration [u]

Apple's iTunes U is set to be updated to allow students to submit homework through the app, and for course materials to integrate external apps, greatly expanding the abilities of its education-focused platform. [Updated]

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 13

Apple's iTunes U update brings new discussion features for students, course creation tools for teachers

As expected, Apple on tuesday released a major update to its iTunes U comprehensive educational software, bringing new discussion options for students and iPad creation tools for teachers.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 14

Apple to update iTunes U on iPad with student class discussions, teacher course creation & management

Apple on Monday revealed that it will bring a major new update to its education-focused iTunes U app for iPad starting July 8, offering class discussions for students, and giving teachers the ability to create, edit and manage entire courses.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 10

Apple expands educational iBooks to new markets in Asia, Latin America & Europe

Apple on Tuesday announced that iBooks Texbooks and iTunes U Course Manager, two education-oriented products from the company, are expanding into new markets around the world, including Asia, Latin America, and Europe.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 2

Apple updates iBooks & iTunes U with fresh, flatter looks for iOS 7

Apple on Thursday issued a major update for its iBooks application, giving it a cleaner and simpler look in line with the company's design for the iOS 7 platform.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 65

Apple's iTunes U educational content downloads top one billion

Apple announced on Thursday that its iTunes U education service has seen more than a billion downloads, with 60 percent of those from outside the U.S.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 9

UC Irvine says Apple's iPad helped students score 23% higher on exams

After launching a new iMedEd initiative built around Apple's iPad, the University of California at Irvine reports that students in the program have now scored "an average of 23 percent higher on their national exams" than previous classes, "despite having similar incoming GPAs and MCAT scores."

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 11

Apple's iPad education sales double, outperform Mac 2-to-1

Apple on Tuesday announced the iPad is quickly becoming the company's strongest asset in the education market as sales nearly doubled from a year ago, meaning the tablet outperformed even portable Macs in the segment for the quarter ending in June.

Mikey Campbell 13 years ago 9

Stanford partnering up with Piazza to add social layer to iTunes U course

Stanford University has teamed up with social learning startup Piazza for a first-of-its-kind iTunes U course that will be tied in with peer-to-peer social features.

Josh Ong 13 years ago 5

Stanford, Open University surpass 50M downloads on iTunes U

Two content iTunes U content providers both crossed the 50 million download mark, with Stanford reaching the milestone in March followed by Europe-based Open University.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 5

Briefly: iTunes U support, first Netherlands Apple Store

Apple rolls out a support page for the newly refreshed iTunes U and the Netherlands puts the final touches on its first Apple Store located in Amsterdam.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 12

Apple posts full video of iBooks 2 education event

The full video of Apple's education-centric event on Thursday, at which it unveiled iBooks 2, iBooks Author and iTunes U for iPad, is now available to stream online.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 44

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