Apple’s YeariPads, iPhones, iLife, MacBooks, iMacs...

With much of our attention this year on online services like Google Apps for Education or Edmodo, we only just last week hosted an Early Bird Technology Workshop in which we focused on Apple’s iLife ’11. As the latest versions of iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand were released in October, many have already been using the new features in a lab or during an STI class. For those who weren’t able to join us last Tuesday morning, this issue summarizes major changes.

Our relative silence should not be misinterpreted as suggesting that there isn’t plenty going on at Apple. Just take a look at this timeline, highlights from (and links to) a year’s worth of Apple press releases: new devices, hardware, software, services...

May 3, 2011

Apple Announces New iMac With Next Generation Quad-Core Processors, Graphics & Thunderbolt I/O Technology

April 27, 2011

White iPhone Arrives Tomorrow

March 2, 2011

Apple Launches iPad 2

Random House, Inc. Makes Entire US Catalog of 17,000 ebooks Available on Apple’s iBookstore

February 24, 2011

Apple Updates MacBook Pro with Next Generation Processors, Graphics & Thunderbolt I/O Technology

Apple Releases Developer Preview of Mac OS X Lion

February 15, 2011

Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store

February 2, 2011

iPhone 4 on Verizon Wireless Available for Pre-Order Tomorrow

January 22, 2011

Apple’s App Store Downloads Top 10 Billion

January 11, 2011

Verizon Wireless & Apple Team Up to Deliver iPhone 4 on Verizon

January 7, 2011

Mac App Store Downloads Top One Million in First Day

January 6, 2011

Apple’s Mac App Store Opens for Business

iMovie ’11Create awesome movie

trailers in a variety of genres, using a

templated storyboard. iMovie trims the clips,

adds effects and transitions, even a

soundtrack from the London Symphony.

New audio editing tools give you more

control over your movie’s sound effects, voiceovers, and music.

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Fast Elegant ComputersTrend-Setting Apps and Services

Over the last twelve months, Apple has upgraded all of its major hardware lines. These MacBooks and iMacs are reliable, faster, more powerful. And, of course, the iPad now seems as revolutionary as any previous Apple computer or device.

The iPad is one of several developments in a year at Apple that hints at trends likely to define computing in the future. The App store has quickly evolved from how one downloads applications for the

iPhone and iPad to the only way some software can be purchased for an Apple computer.

This Web-only approach to software purchase and installation seems a harbinger for other moves into the Cloud. GarageBand, iMovie and especially iPhoto make it easy to share content through email and social media sites. Indeed, iDVD’s quiet departure from the iLife suite may suggest a move away from physical media of any kind.

Finally, many expect Apple to put their imprint on Cloud computing with the next operating system (Lion) and future versions of iWork.

December 21, 2010

New Apple TV Sales to Top One Million This Week

November 22, 2010

Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

November 16, 2010

The Beatles Now on iTunes

October 20, 2010

Apple Reinvents Notebooks With New MacBook Air

Apple Introduces iLife ’11 With Major Upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand

Apple Gives Sneak Peek of Mac OS X Lion

Apple Brings FaceTime to the Mac

September 1, 2010

Apple Introduces New iPod touch

Apple Reinvents iPod nano With Multi-Touch Interface

Apple Unveils New iPod shuffle

Apple Introduces iTunes 10 With Ping

Apple Premieres New Apple TV for Breakthrough Price of $99

August 24, 2010

iTunes U Downloads Top 300 Million

July 28, 2010

Apple Updates Safari 5

July 27, 2010

Apple Updates iMac Line

Apple Unveils New Mac Pro With Up to 12 Processing Cores

Apple Unveils New 27-inch LED Cinema Display

June 28, 2010

iPhone 4 Sales Top 1.7 Million

June 22, 2010

Apple Sells Three Million iPads in 80 Days

June 15, 2010

New Apple Store App Makes Buying Apple Products Easier Than Ever

Apple Unveils All New Mac mini

June 7, 2010

Apple Presents iPhone 4

Apple Releases Safari 5

May 31, 2010

Apple Sells Two Million iPads in Less Than 60 Days

May 3, 2010

Apple Sells One Million iPads

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iPhoto ’11Browse, edit, and share photos in a new full-screen mode. Sharing photos via email or Facebook is now possible without leaving iPhoto, and exciting animated slideshow themes have been added.Apple continues to raise the bar with high quality print books and letterpress cards.

GarageBand ’11 includes new amps and effects as well as tools for editing a piece’s timing and rhythm.