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Apple’s iBooks Textbooks: 4 Reasons to Be Skeptical
I should know better than to look at a new Apple creation and call it an outright failure. The company’s batting average is too high lately. There’s not a lot of room for nay-saying.
Still, I think a dose of skepticism doesn’t …
Apple’s Textbooks: Undeniably Cool, But Will They Help Students?
Apple debuted the holy grail of textbooks on Thursday in New York City. The books are undeniably cool: they will integrate videos, photos and interactive graphics, make taking notes a breeze and be easy to navigate — all …
Apple Rolls Out iPad Textbooks, Publishing Software for Teachers
Apple held an event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York today. The company’s number one initiative: “Reinventing the textbook,” said SVP of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller.
Apple announced iBooks 2, a free app for the iPad …
Apple Reportedly Holding Media Event in New York Later This Month
Apple will apparently be holding an event in New York later this month, according to All Things D. New iPad?! The 4G-enabled iPhone?! New laptops???! An Apple TV set?!!!
Nope, says TechCrunch. The event will reportedly be …
Everything You Need to Know About the Current State of Digital Comics
If you’ve ever been tempted to start reading comic books via digital distribution, this may have seemed like the perfect month to do so; in addition to DC Comics relaunching its superhero line with simultaneous print and digital releases throughout September, Marvel Comics has also relaunched its “Ultimate” line this month, including a …
Apple Kills iBooks On Jailbroken iOS, But Is That Legal?
If your iPhone or iPad has been jailbroken, Apple may have decided that you don’t deserve to use their iBooks store anymore as punishment. Josh from the Social Apples website has noticed that Apple has, in his words, “deliberately crippled” his iPhone after jailbreaking:
Since using the greenpois0n jailbreak, I have been unable to open
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