<story><title>Apple takes on Google and Microsoft with iWorks real-time collaboration</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/07/apple-takes-on-google-microsoft-with-iworks-real-time-collaboration/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>joezydeco</author><text>My kid&amp;#x27;s elementary school has recently shelved the iPads in favor of Chromebooks.&lt;p&gt;Usable keyboard, multiple logins, gDocs collaboration, low replacement cost, etc etc etc.&lt;p&gt;The fact that the iWorks collaboration was highlighted in an education talk tells me a lot.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tedmiston</author><text>I know for a kindergarten classroom specifically, the amount of useful and quality software available on an iPad far exceeds what&amp;#x27;s available on a Chromebook (ie, as a web app).&lt;p&gt;Kits like Osmo are a great example of this.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.playosmo.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.playosmo.com&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple takes on Google and Microsoft with iWorks real-time collaboration</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/07/apple-takes-on-google-microsoft-with-iworks-real-time-collaboration/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>joezydeco</author><text>My kid&amp;#x27;s elementary school has recently shelved the iPads in favor of Chromebooks.&lt;p&gt;Usable keyboard, multiple logins, gDocs collaboration, low replacement cost, etc etc etc.&lt;p&gt;The fact that the iWorks collaboration was highlighted in an education talk tells me a lot.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cheriot</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s an old trope isn&amp;#x27;t it? How many families bought their first PC and subscribed to AOL so kids could look things up for their homework? But homework never required that. It&amp;#x27;s a great excuse to give parents that want to buy anyway.</text></comment>