iOS

Apple to dive into e-textbook market – Bellingham Herald

The app update – which Apple is calling iBooks 2 and which is already released to the iOS App Store – will allow for textbooks to be sold through the popular app, which in the past sold novels, nonfiction and … Continue reading

Apple launches three-pronged education assault – The Register

Textbooks created using iBooks Author can be published to Apple’s iBookstore, where updates can be distributed as needed. To allow students to read these iBooks Author–created textbooks on an iOS device, Apple offers a new iBooks 2 app for the … Continue reading

iPad 2 iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak demoed on video – Fudzilla

Two weeks ago, we wrote that the long-anticipated iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for Apple’s A5-based devices (iPhone 4S and iPad 2) was to be delayed indefinitely due to complications with public distribution methods. From a surface perspective …

Apple to dive into e-textbook market – San Luis Obispo Tribune

The app update – which Apple is calling iBooks 2 and which is already released to the iOS App Store – will allow for textbooks to be sold through the popular app, which in the past sold novels, nonfiction and … Continue reading

Apple Announces iBooks 2 with $14.99 Textbooks – Tom’s Guide

Apple’ SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller today took the wraps off iBooks 2, a new version of its iBooks iOS app that offers new and interactive textbooks from publishers such as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill and Pearson. iBooks 2 … Continue reading

Whited00r brings iOS 5 to older iPhones, iPod Touches – CNET News

Most of the key features that iOS 5 users know and love are available through the latest version of Whited00r, including folders, multitasking, reminders, Newsstand, and even iCloud. There is one limitation. You can’t access the app for Apple’s …

Apple iPad 3 (rumoured) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 – Know Your Mobile

Apple’s iPad 3 will run on the next iteration of iOS, which has won plenty of admirers for its unfussy, easy to use qualities. The device will benefit from the 400,00+ apps on offer in the Apple App Store and … Continue reading

Engage: Apple’s New Tools For Interactive Books on iPad – Wired News

Apple’s first announcement is an update to its primary reading application for iOS: iBooks 2 is available in the App Store for iPhone or iPad today. (Disappointingly, there’s no move to make a desktop client for Mac or Windows.) A … Continue reading

Apple Unveils All-New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch – Investors Business Daily

The iTunes U app gives iOS users access to the world’s largest catalog of free … into entire courses from the world’s most prestigious universities,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “Never before have … Continue reading

Get Ready for A5 Jailbreak, Downgrade to iOS 5.0 if Necessary – Softpedia

When it reboots to iOS 5.0, you can choose to restore your content (i.e. music, apps, photos) from backup. Apple is also rumored to be preparing the release of iOS 5.1 soon. The update should take care of a number … Continue reading