Following Apple’s education event in Chicago in March, I wrote about what the company’s announcements might mean for accessibility. After sitting in the audience covering the event, the big takeaway I had was Apple could “make serious inroads in furthering *special* education as well.” As I wrote, despite how well-designed the Classroom and Schoolwork apps seemingly are, Apple should do more to tailor their new tools to better serve students and educators in special education settings. After all, accessibility and special education are inextricably tied. It turns out, Apple has, unsurprisingly, considered this.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook remembers Steve Jobs in heartfelt commencement speech
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Apple CEO Tim Cook turned to a familiar source when it came to offering advice to the class of 2018.
Speaking at the commencement ceremony at Duke University, Cook encouraged the students in attendance to learn from the example set by Apple founder Steve Jobs.
“No big challenge has ever been solved, and no lasting improvement has ever been achieved unless people dare to try something different, dare to think different,” Cook said echoing the words of Apple’s famous marketing campaign.
Congratulations and thank you to the @DukeU class of 2018! Graduates, be fearless! pic.twitter.com/XeDV9seX0E
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) May 13, 2018 Read more…
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An original job application from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is up for auction.
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Apple employees keep walking into the glass walls of the new ‘spaceship campus’
Apple’s new futuristic, almost all-glass, Cupertino, Calif. campus may be beautiful, but it’s causing some problems for employees.
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Apple finally lets visitors onto its ‘spaceship’ campus
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Steve Jobs’ last big project is finally ready for the public — but you have to go to Cupertino to see it.
I’m talking, of course, about Apple’s famed “spaceship” campus. Though employees moved in months ago, and Apple launched the iPhone X in the newly minted Steve Jobs Theatre, none of the campus has been open to the public — until now.
On Friday, Apple officially opened the doors of Apple Park’s Visitor Center — the public face of the company’s storied new headquarters — and the Apple faithful were there in full force to savor the moment.
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