Neowin News Feed for: Universities

Vodafone scheme helps organisations support vulnerable customers

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:16:01 +0000

Vodafone has launched a new scheme called communities.connected. It aims to let organisations offer their vulnerable customers lower cost internet access, dongle devices, and MiFi devices. Read more...

Apple to bring contactless student ID on iPhone and Apple Watch to more universities

Paul Hill — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 17:16:01 +0000

Apple Wallet will support a plethora of new student IDs in the new academic year. The feature will allow eligible students to access university services by scanning their iPhone or Apple Watch. Read more...

Huawei's research firm, Futurewei, has sandboxed itself from parent company

Paul Hill — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 03:06:01 +0000

Huawei's research and development arm, Futurewei, has sandboxed itself from Huawei in a bid to mitigate the damaging effects of the U.S. government's actions against the Chinese phone maker. Read more...

Sony uses blockchain technology to digitize education records

Stergios Georgopoulos — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 14:02:01 +0000

Sony will be partnering with various educational institutions to commercialize a blockchain-based service that will act as a centralized ledger for storing education records and information. Read more...

Learn what's next: What to expect at Microsoft's Windows 10 education event in NYC

Andy Weir — Mon, 01 May 2017 18:00:03 +0000

Microsoft will be hosting an event on May 2, at which it's expected to announce its new Windows 10 Cloud edition - possibly known as 'Windows 10 S' - along with new hardware, and more. Read more...

Microsoft introduces Intune for Education, promising simple setup and management of devices

Andy Weir — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:48:01 +0000

Microsoft says its new Intune for Education management suite "makes it easy to set up default policies for all the devices and users in a class, school or district in a matter of minutes". Read more...

Google visiting universities in Pakistan for the first time starting next week

Usama Jawad — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:56:01 +0000

Google has announced that it'll be touring leading universities in Pakistan - including LUMS, FAST NU, IBA, UET and more - for the first time to host talks on web and app development and ad revenue. Read more...

UK Universities ban watches in exam halls ahead of Apple Watch release

Usama Jawad — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 18:56:01 +0000

Considering all the hype around the upcoming Apple Watch, which will be available this April, several UK universities have started banning the use of watches in exam halls altogether. Read more...

Cray announces XC30 computer, capable of 100 petaflops worth of computing

Paul Ferson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:27:00 +0000

Cray has announced its XC30 supercomputer, offering an impressive 100 petaflops of computing power to academics and researchers who might need it. No prizes for making a "that speed cray" joke. Read more...

Academic institutions reject Kindle

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:58:46 +0000

There has been a great deal of talk about devices such as the famous ebook reader, the Amazon Kindle and the up and coming Apple Tablet replacing the way individuals interact with printed media. However,... Read more...

Opera visits Universities in the US

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:57:56 +0000

Opera Watch, the insider blog run by Opera users, is reporting that Opera representatives visited the four largest Universities in the United States that have signed up with Opera. Opera Introduced free site... Read more...

GameCube dev kits for UK universities

Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:28:32 +0000

Nintendo and SN Systems announce a deal that will see four leading UK Universities gaining access to GameCube development tools. Nintendo and SN Systems have today announced a deal that will see... Read more...

Universities targeted in music piracy push

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:58:28 +0000

Ten Australian Universities are facing claims for compensation and possible legal action for allowing students and staff to copy music on their networks. The Australian Record Industry Association has decided to go after them. "There... Read more...