Tag: ibooks
iTunes Update Syncs New iBooks Textbooks with Your Computer
Along with the new iBooks, iBooks Author and iTunes U app, Apple released an iTunes update taking it to version 10.5.3. The update allows you to sync the new interactive iBooks textbooks on your iPad with iTunes on your computer. There isn’t anything else new in this update. You can get the update by running Software [...]
Apple Announces iPad 2 with Cameras, Faster Processor and White Version
Wednesday Apple announced that the iPad 2 will ship March 11 with prices starting at $499, the same price as the previous iPad. As always our sister site Gottabemoble.com was on top of the coverage. The biggest news is that the iPad 2 will have a new dual core processor, gain a thinner and ligher [...]
How I Use my iPad to Teach – Demo, Apps and Tips (Video)
dropbox ipad appThe iPad is one of my favorite tools for teaching. While many people use the iPad for entertainment and relaxing it’s proven to be one of my most used tools for teaching. I teach a college level business course, but these tools could be used to teach in any discipline or any setting. [...]
Google eBook Store Editions Coming Soon
To compete with Amazon, the 900 pound gorilla in eBooks, and Apple’s upstart iBooks, Google is finally going to launch the long awaited eBook store with the name Editions, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites someone “familiar with the company’s plans” as their source but also received confirmation from Google spokesperson Michael [...]
Apple iWork 9.0.4 Update Makes Export to iBooks Possible
Apple’s office suite of productivity applications for the MAC OS is now able to export documents into a format that can be read on their iOS devices thanks to an update.. The update puts ePub support into the Pages application so that documents created using the word processor can be read in iBooks, the eBook [...]
New Kindles Shipping in Record Numbers Today
Amazon’s newest Kindle is now shipping. If a buyer ordered on the first day of pre-orders, he or she will receiver shipment soon as they are going out today. Amazon announced that the newest version of their popular eReader is the fastest selling version. They did not divulge actual numbers but did say that they [...]
How To Update Your iPhone or iPod Touch to iOS 4
The release date of iOS 4 for iPhone and iPod Touch is June 21st. In order to take advantage of all of the new features that iOS 4 has to offer, just follow this informational guide on how to upgrade to the newest iPhone operating system. Why you want iOS 4 on your iPhone/iPod Touch [...]
iBooks for iPhone, iPod Touch Announced
iBooks is now available as a free download for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Geared for the iPhone 4 with its new Retina display, the pages are produced with vivid illustrations and sharp, easy to read text. It attempts to give users a sense of reading a real book, giving you the power to “grab” [...]
iPhone 4 Hands On Roundup
The iPhone 4 was just announced at WWDC and already journalists are fighting their way to the demo tables to bring you all their first impressions of the new iPhone. The first iPhone 4 hands on reports are coming in from Engadget, Ars Technica and TechLand. We expect to see more soon. Engadget – Joshua Topolsky Engadget [...]
iPad Success by the Numbers
Today at Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference, Steve Jobs updated the world on how well the iPad is doing. The numbers show that the iPad is a big success. According to Apple, an iPad is sold every three seconds for a total of more than two million iPads in the first two months. The iPad [...]
