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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, January 19, 2012
 

 

Apple/Macintosh
Apple Press Releases
  • "Apple Special Event: January 19, 2012/Watch streaming Video from the special event." [Video Report] Apple Events 2:06 PM
  • "The textbook. Reinvented for iPad. With Video, audio, and interactivity, the textbook on iPad goes way beyond the printed page. iBooks Textbooks will capture students' imaginations and take learning to a whole new level. Learn more" [Video Report] Apple 10:18 AM
  • "iBooks Textbooks for iPad. There's nothing textbook about them. Introducing an entirely new kind of textbook that's dynamic, current, engrossing, and truly interactive. A textbook created by publishers using a new authoring tool from Apple. A textbook brought to life by iPad." Apple 10:18 AM
  • "iBooks Author. Create and publish amazing Multi-Touch books for iPad. Available free on the Mac App store, iBooks Author is an amazing new app that allows anyone to create beautiful Multi-Touch textbooks — and just about any other kind of book — for iPad. With galleries, Video, interactive diagrams, 3D objects, and more, these books bring content to life in ways the printed page never could." Apple 10:19 AM
  • "The all-new iTunes U. Everything you need to create and share complete courses — all in one place. If you're an educator at a university, college, or K-12 school, now you have an easy way to design and distribute complete courses featuring audio, Video, books, and other content. And students and lifelong learners can experience your courses for free through a powerful new app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch." Apple 10:19 AM
  • "Apple Unveils All-New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch: Entire Courses from Top Universities Now Available in One App" Apple 10:11 AM
  • "Apple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad: New iBooks Author Lets Anyone Create Stunning iBooks Textbooks" Apple 10:11 AM
  • "Apple Unveils All-New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch" Business Wire 10:02 AM
  • "Apple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad" Business Wire 10:01 AM
  • "McGraw-Hill to Deliver High School Curricula with Apple's iBooks Textbooks" PRNewswire 2:13 PM
  • "Pearson Releases New Wave of Interactive Textbooks for Apple's iPad: Innovative iBooks textbooks feature Pearson's respected learning content enhanced with Video, audio, assessment, interactive images and 3D" Business Wire 6:59 PM
Apple News
  • "Apple digital textbooks: Can Apple reinvent another industry? Apple digital textbooks promise to revolutionize education, just as the company revolutionized music. But is the model for Apple digital textbooks too costly to work?"  Christian Science Monitor 6:55 PM
  • "Apple Education: The Largest Moat Of All"  Seeking Alpha 8:05 AM
  • "Apple: School should center on the iPad" CNN 6:56 PM
  • "Why the iPad is an Investment in Your Child's Future"  Tech.pinions 10:33 AM
  • "Apple Targets Educators Via iBooks 2, iBooks Author, iTunes U App" PC Magazine 11:02 AM
  • "Apple's New iPad Play: Remake Textbook Market/iBooks textbooks offer interactive learning for $15 or less, but hardware costs could hamper Apple's success." InformationWeek 2:49 PM
  • "Engage: Apple's New Tools For Interactive Books on iPad" Wired 11:10 AM
  • "Apple Unveils App and Tools for Digital Textbooks" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 2:50 PM
  • "Apple Announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author; Textbook Partnerships" Barron's 9:52 AM
  • "Apple rolls out digital textbook service iBooks 2" Reuters 9:52 AM
  • "Apple releases iBooks 2 with support for interactive textbooks" Macworld 10:08 AM
  • "Apple's e-textbook gambit just 'a 70% solution,' says analyst: iBooks 2, iBooks Author have 'enormous' potential, but it's very long term" Computerworld 2:00 PM
  • "Apple iBooks Author and textbook store a significant publishing step" Chicago Sun-Times 5:37 PM
  • "Apple: We want to reinvent the textbook" ZDNet 9:58 AM
  • "Viewpoint: Pearson on the rise of 'engaging' e-textbooks" BBC 1:56 PM
  • "Apple to help 'reinvent the curriculum' with new iTunes U" GigaOM 9:59 AM
  • "Apple partners with DK, Pearson, McGraw Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for textbooks" The Next Web 9:50 AM
  • "Apple Reveals A Three Pronged Plan To 'Reinvent' Education" Business Insider 10:58 AM
  • "Apple: 20,000 Education iPad Apps Developed; 1.5 Million Devices In Use At Schools" TechCrunch 9:50 AM
  • "Apple Expected to Unveil Digital Textbook Service" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:05 AM
  • "Apple to bolster iPad's educational content" Bloomberg News 8:15 AM
  • "Textbook Makers: We're Not Afraid of Apple's Education Announcement" Yahoo! News 8:15 AM
  • "Apple Will Profit From Doing the Right Thing: For the first time, Apple will allow independent observers into its suppliers' factories around the world to monitor working conditions. Why now, and what does it mean for the company?" The Motley Fool 7:38 AM
  • "Apple Files Design Suit Against Samsung Smartphones in Germany" Bloomberg 1:58 PM
  • "Apple-Motorola Patents in Dispute Limited by Judge, Says Trial Needed on 5" Bloomberg 8:35 PM
  • "China's challenge to the iPad raises a red flag" Reuters 8:15 AM