Comparing Apple, Google and Microsoft’s education plays – TechCrunch

Today’s Apple event in Chicago was about more than just showing off new hardware and software in the classroom — the company was reasserting itself as a major player in education. The category has long been a lynchpin in Apple’s strategy — something that Steve Jobs held near and dear. Any ’80s kid will tell you that Apple was a force to be reckoned with — Apple computers were mainstays in