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Weekend Tech Review: a free iBook for iPad, week 5 2012

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin

Here’s a recap of the top tech stories involving Apple for the fifth week of 2012, including a look at product news, the week’s business stories, and upcoming events. It’s published as an iBook you can interactively navigate using iPad Continue reading →

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Bill Gates discusses Steve Jobs, Apple’s iBooks & the future of education

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

In a new interview, Microsoft founder Bill Gates discusses conversations he would have with the late Steve Jobs, and also shares his thoughts on the future of education in the wake of Apple’s iPad textbook announcement. Continue reading →

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(Insider) The Macalope Daily: Off-topic

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

The big topics of the day are Apple’s quarterly results and the iBooks Author brouhaha. So naturally, the Macalope’s going to talk about something else. (This story is viewable exclusively by Macworld Insider members.) Continue reading →

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Sencha embeds interactive CSS3 animations in iBook Author

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

In 2005, Adobe acquired Macromedia for $3.4 billion to branch out from conventional print publishing into the dynamic web market, largely to get ahold of Flash. Using web standards, Apple has bridged conventional publishing with dynamic, interactive animation in iBooks Author, and Sencha has demonstrated how to extend iBooks with custom, Flash-free animations. Continue reading →

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Video: Weekend Tech Review: iBooks Event Week 3 2012

Posted on January 22, 2012 by admin

Here’s a video recap of the top tech stories involving Apple for the third week of 2012, including a look at Apple’s iBooks Event, product news, the week’s business stories, and upcoming events. Continue reading →

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Amended class-action complaint alleges Apple, publishers engaged in ‘price-fixing conspiracy’

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

Even as Apple unveiled new partnerships with publishers focusing on ebooks and digital textbooks earlier this week, lawyers have amended a class-action lawsuit against Apple and five of the six big publishers accusing them of “deep antagonism” toward Amazon and its pricing scheme. Continue reading →

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Apple’s digital textbooks with iBooks 2 were ‘vision’ of Steve Jobs

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin

Apple’s newly unveiled textbook initiative for the iPad with iBooks 2 was a project spearheaded by the late Steve Jobs before his death. Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs rumored to have shot down Push Pop Press for iBooks Author

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

Steve Jobs was rumored to have scuttled the prospects Push Pop Press after its founder allegedly built the company’s physics engine using patented Apple technology, despite knowing about Apple’s parallel plans for advancing iBooks. Continue reading →

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Apple releases iTunes 10.5.3 with iBooks 2 textbook syncing

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

iTunes 10.5.3 was released by Apple on Thursday, bringing support for the new iBooks 2 application for iOS and allowing users to sync their textbook purchases. Continue reading →

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Apple’s e-textbooks cost $14.99 or less, major publishers already on board

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

Digital textbooks available for iBooks 2 on iPad will come at a significant discount over regular paper-based books, with prices at $14.99 or less from major publishers like McGraw Hill and Pearson. Continue reading →

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