In most college classes, you get yelled at if you play with your cellphone.
At the University of Maryland this semester, you're in trouble if you don't.
At the University of Maryland this semester, you're in trouble if you don't.
That's because the school now dedicates an entire computer science course to iPhone programming.
The University of Maryland is one of several schools teaching apps technology.
Stanford has had oversubscribed courses since last year.
Once upon a time, if you were a computer major, you learned to program mainframes and then PCs; you aspired to be the next Bill Gates, developing code that might revolutionize an industry.
Now a single-purpose app, like a silly program that fogs up the screen like a bathroom mirror, can net the author a fortune.
Such gold rush possibilities make iPhone development a very enticing academic offering.
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