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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

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In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. I don’t believe that robots will take, let alone need take, all our jobs. The markets, according to the press releases, are always growing.

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ProfHacker 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

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I already have a Chromecast installed on my television to stream shows, but I don’t like that it doesn’t work without a phone/tablet/computer. I’ve cut ties with it about a year ago, but still use streaming services like Netflix. And if they don’t subscribe to Howler , remedying that is the best gift of all.).

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What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

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The topic names have been modified “for consistency,” the report’s authors say (although I’m a little unclear about some of these choices – how are “mobile learning,” “tablet computing,” and “bring your own device” separate technological developments? Were they adopted?