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Apple joins rivals in offering an app to teach coding
Published Tue, Sep 13, 2016 · 09:50 PM
New York
APPLE plans to release a free coding education app on Tuesday that it developed with middle-school students in mind, in the latest salvo among technology companies to gain a share in the education market and to nurture early product loyalty among children.
Apple's app, called Swift Playgrounds, introduces basic computer programming concepts, like sequencing logic, by asking students to use word commands to mov…
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