Apple may be making improvements to its online store, but it seems the changes will only be for its education customers.
According to Apple Insider, the company has posted a notice on its K-12 educators website explaining that a new e-commerce store is in the works. The notice, which is stamped with a blue “coming soon” sign, explains that the online store will allow teachers to create and view proposals, access order statuses, and the overall interface of the store will be getting an uplift. Apple says it will be sending education customers “more information about the store’s features, benefits, and launch date” soon.
While these changes are sectioned off for educators, it could be a sign of things to come for the broader Apple store. The company could be trying out the new user interface on a subset of customers first before rolling it out to the public.
This is not the first effort Apple has made to help the education industry as more teachers introduce iPads and other Apple products into the classroom. Recently, the company announced its iBooks 2 initiative, taking physical textbooks and translating them into digital content for the iPad. iBooks Author, announced at the same time, allows people to create these interactive textbooks using drag and drop templates, hopefully making it a more attractive solution to the traditional printed paper.
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