Newton

2022 - 5 - 29

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Newton North continues winning tradition with sweep of Division 1 ... (The Boston Globe)

SHREWSBURY — With one event remaining in the MIAA Division 1 Track track and field championship Sunday, the Newton North girls trailed Westford Academy by ...

Olivia Foster, Andover, 10-0; 3. Annamaria Mbuyu, Lowell, 17-9; 3. Lily Bulczynski, Newton South, 2:16.78. Amelia Everett, Newton South, 2:11.93; 2. Alex Acuna, Newton North, 52-2.75; 3. Stephon Patrick, St. John’s Prep, 43-1; 3. Tireni Asenuga, St. John’s Prep, 43 feet 2.5 inches; 2. Chris Worthley, Andover, 12 feet 6 inches; 2. Newton South, 3:25.11. Newton North, 3:22.09; 3. Nathan Lopez, St. John’s Prep, 9:20.3; 3. The trio combined for 23 points, closing the gap on St. John’s Prep.

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Newton North rallies to double at Div. 1 track (Boston Herald)

SHREWSBURY — Coming off of Friday — the first day of the Division 1 state track meet — Newton North was not in a particularly great position on either the ...

“Coming off the two-mile on Friday night, there was just a little bit of tiredness left in my legs. That was the strategy I wanted to use today.” Sophomore Skye Petrie-Cameron coming in second in the shot put (40-1) was also big. They’re coached by Mike Bower, best shot put coach in the state, one of the best in the nation. The girls did not have anyone finish first, but the Tigers scored in 13 events. “Going in, I thought we had 1-3-4 as our seeds (in the shot put), and indoors we went 1-2-3,” Newton North boys coach Shawn Wallace said.

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Apple's Newton was a failure—and an inspiration (Ars Technica)

Thirty years ago, on May 29, 1992, Apple announced its most groundbreaking and revolutionary product yet, the Newton MessagePad. It was released to great ...

Yet while the Newton was a failure, it galvanized Apple engineers to create something better—and in some ways led to the creation of the iPad and the iPhone. The handwriting-recognition software, a key selling point for the device, was also progressing slowly. Steve Jobs, who co-founded Apple in 1976, had wooed marketing guru John Sculley away from PepsiCo to become the new Apple CEO in 1983. Unfortunately, the Hobbit wasn’t nearly as nimble and clever as its namesake. Meanwhile, Apple engineer Steve Sakoman was bored after launching the Macintosh II. He wanted to make a portable device like the pioneering PC laptop he had built for Hewlett-Packard. To stop him from leaving Apple, vice president Jean-Louis Gassee let him set up a “skunkworks” project to pursue his dream. Thirty years ago, on May 29, 1992, Apple announced its most groundbreaking and revolutionary product yet, the Newton MessagePad. It was released to great fanfare a year later, but as a product, it could only be described as a flop.

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Lilbits: Remembering the Apple Newton, using a 2003 Windows ... (Liliputing)

Lilbits: Remembering the Apple Newton, using a 2003 Windows Mobile PDA in 2022, and exploring one of the earliest builds of Android.

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