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If Steve Jobs Had Been African

Innovation is not what it used to be. It’s no longer limited to the usual places, to the usual social groups, or the usual personality types. As it grows in…

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A First Look at Apple's iBooks Author

Today, at Apple’s Education Event in NYC, the company announced iBooks Author, a new Mac application that enables authors to easily publish interactive ebooks into the iBookstore. The app is a…

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Hands-On With Apple's New Breed of Textbooks

Today, Apple introduced a new breed of textbooks for the iPad. They’re interactive, with a bunch of cool multimedia elements that should make learning about topics insanely better than paper…

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Apple Drops iTunes 10.5.3 Update

After announcing its new iBooks 2 platform, iTunes U iOS app, iBooks Author app for Mac and other educational features, Apple has released iTunes 10.5.3, allowing you to sync interactive…

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Apple's Education Event: Everything You Need to Know

Apple is making a big push into education and “reinventing the textbook” with the launch of iBooks 2, the company announced today at a private event at the Guggenheim Museum…

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Apple's iBooks Author Live on Mac App Store

Apple’s new iBooks Author Mac application is now live on the Mac App Store, enabling authors and those interested in publishing their own interactive books to create and submit their…

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Apple Announces New iTunes U App

Today, at an education-focused event, Apple’s Eddy Cue announced an all new iTunes U app. The app will give users access to iTunes U content all in one place, rather…

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Download Apple Textbooks Right Now

Apple is making big moves today in the textbook world, offering books that cover 5 years of subject matter for a mere $15 each. Announced at an event in New…

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Apple Partners with Textbook Makers for iBooks 2 Launch

At its education focused event today in NYC, where it announced iBooks 2, digital textbooks and iBooks Author, Apple also announced that it is partnering with textbook makers Pearson, McGraw…

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Apple Announces iBooks Author for Mac

Today, at the Apple Education event, held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, Apple announced a new feature for Mac owners who want publish get their books on the…

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Apple: 1.5m iPads in Education, Over 20,000 Apps

Today, at the Apple Education event, held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, Apple’s Marketing head Phil Schiller confirmed that more than 1.5 million iPads are in use in…

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Apple Announces iBooks 2: New, Interactive Textbooks

Among industrialized nations, the US has fallen well behind, coming in at 17th in reading, 21st in math and 23rd in the sciences, globally. ”No one company can fix it all,”…