Apple, Microsoft among top tech vendors backing Hour of Code programs Dec. 7-13

Big tech vendors such as Apple and Microsoft are tossing their heft behind non-profit Code.org's 3rd annual Hour of Code campaign, which runs Dec. 7-13.

Launched in 2013, Code.org's goal is to expand access to computer science education to every student around the world, with a particular emphasis on reaching out to females and underprivileged kids. Some 173,000 Hour of Code workshops are slated to take place next week.

Among the outfits hosting such workshops is Apple, which at its stores will offer one-hour introductions to computer programming for kids 6 and up (sign up here). Apple will offer special events at some stores, such as its SOHO spot in NYC, where Code.org co-founder and CEO Hadi Partovi will speak at 6pm on Dec. 7.

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