Accenture and Apple partner to provide iOS-focused enterprise solutions

Apple and Accenture announced that they are partnering to help businesses transform how their people engage with customers through innovative business solutions for iOS.

Accenture will create a dedicated iOS practice within Accenture Digital Studios in select locations around the world. Experts from Apple will be co-located with this team. Working together, the two companies will launch a new set of tools and services that help enterprise clients transform how they engage with customers using iPhone and iPad. The experts will include visual and experience designers, programmers, data architects and scientists, and hardware and software designers.

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Apple's next data centre in Iowa will run on 100 per cent renewable energy

Services like iMessae, Siri, App Store and iCloud make up some of the most profitable aspects of Apple's business and large data centres are what power these services.

Apple today announced plans to build a 400,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art data center in Waukee, Iowa, to better serve North American users of iMessage, Siri, the App Store and other Apple services. Like all Apple data centers, the new facility will run entirely on renewable energy from day one.

Apple’s investment of $1.3 billion will create over 550 construction and operations jobs in the Des Moines area, and the company is contributing up to $100 million to a newly created Public Improvement Fund dedicated to community development and infrastructure around Waukee.

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Apple reveals new iPad + iOS 11 tips and tricks videos

iOS 11 will be here before we know it and available for free to millions of exisiting iPhones and iPads. Apple is already sharing videos showing off some of the new features and functionalities users can expect when this new OS update rolls out.

The six new videos cover the following how to use the new Dock, manage files, be more efficient with multi-tasking, markup with Apple Pencil across different apps, scan, sign, and send documents, and how to use the new multi-touch gestures.

What College/University Students want for back to school

Heading back to school is an exciting time especially for first year college and university students. Moving away from home opens a whole new world of independence. We already know that they need to make sure they start each fresh year with making sure they've got their laptops and smart phones ready. But what else do they need?

We unofficially asked a few students who've experienced at least a year of being away from home to let us know what else they would recommend. And no, you don't need a drone. 

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