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The Submitted-Claims Edition Sunday, January 7, 2024

iPads, Mangroves, And Aspirations: How Apple Is Touching Lives In India, by Nandagopal Rajan, Bijin Jose, THe Indian Express

Today, most schools in India, especially the IB Boards, have included technologies such as iPads and notebooks in their teaching methodology. While this has given students from recognised schools an edge over their peers from schools in socially backward quarters, it has also widened the gap between the educational and learning abilities among them. Akanksha Foundation, a non-profit organisation, that was set up in 1991 as an after-school centre has been working towards bridging this gap. In 2014, the organisation partnered with Apple to integrate technological support in their schools across Mumbai and Pune.

At Sitaram Mill Compound School, iPads are introduced to students right from kindergarten. While they start with relatively simple applications such as the Book Creator, they move on to more applications as they progress through grades. “Each day, these students look forward to classes, especially to learn more about the apps that are making learning a fun experience,” added Patel, who highlighted the fact that they usually don’t have access to any gadgets at their homes.

StoryGraph Is The Goodreads Alternative Worth Switching To, by Sadie Gennis, Polygon

Because rather than try to sell you books or gamify the industry, StoryGraph seems focused on genuinely trying to provide readers a fun space to find, celebrate, track, and connect over books they love (or, in some cases, don’t). How can you beat that?

Apple Starts Sending 'Batterygate' Settlement Payments To iPhone Users, by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors

Apple in 2020 agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the U.S. that accused the company of "secretly throttling" some iPhone models, and payouts finally started going out this week to individuals who submitted a claim.

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It rained all day over here, and so I stayed in and worked on my hobby project while watching some movies.

Okay, watched some movies while occasionally worked on my hobby project.

Learnt about capsules and other kinds of shapes. Not sure if I'll use any of them.

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