Apple promoting educational Apps for World Autism Awareness Day

Today is the 8th World Autism Awareness Day, which kicks off Autism Awareness Month. Apple is highlighting a series of iOS apps to assist autistic individuals. The apps appear within an Autism Awareness Month section of iTunes under Education heading. iTunes also features a large number of podcasts by non-profit Autism Empowerment.

One in 68 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), 30% higher than previous estimates, according to the CDC. Information on Autism in Canada can be found here. Hit jump for some of the featured iPad apps.

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Adobe's Slate app enables high-impact visual storytelling on iPads

Adobe today launched Slate, a new free iPad app that makes it easier than ever to turn words and images into a story that can be published as beautifully laid-out Web content, in minutes. 

Slate brings Adobe’s creative expertise to the mass market, enabling anyone to communicate with impact. Students, teachers, non-profit organizations, small business owners or corporate communicators can now turn their next report, newsletter or travel adventure into a document that captures attention.

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Withings' Activité Pop is now on sale in Best Buy as well as on Withings.com

One of the classier and less obtrusive wearable health-trackers in the market is the Withings Activité Pop which is now on sale in Best Buy Stores as well as on Withings.com.

Following up the stylish Withings Activité watch, Activité Pop converges fashion and mobile technology and is available in 3 distinctive “Pop chic” colors (Azure, Shark Grey, and Sand) and can be purchased for a retail price of US $149.95.

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Apple Watch strikes a pose on the cover of Canada's Flare magazine

TV ads for Apple Watch have started to appear in Canadian primetime TV and the latest issue of Canadian fashion and lifestyle magazine Flare has the Apple Watch Sport variant of watch on the cover with an accompanying 15 Things you Can Do with your Apple Watch article. It seems we can expect all things Apple Watch to surface to the mainstream as the April 24th launch date nears.

Source: AppleInsider