Apple to participate in ConnectED program to help bring high-speed Internet to U.S. schools
Apple, along with other Silicon Valley titans such as Microsoft and carriers like Verizon and Sprint, is going to work with the United States government to help connect schools on America with high-speed broadband Internet. The Obama administration wants to connect as much as 99 percent of schools to high-speed Internet over the next four years and companies like Apple should help advance that effort… From Obama’s State of the Union address: Last year, I also pledged to connect 99 percent of our students to high-speed broadband over the next four years....