Category: iPad
Apple has updated iBooks Author, updating the End User License Agreement, getting even more specific about what can or cannot be sold when producing content with the application. In the original EULA, Apple had said that “If you charge a fee for any book or other work you generate using this software (a ‘Work’), you may only sell or distribute such Work through Apple (e.g., through the iBookstore) and such distribution will be subject to a separate agreement with Apple.”…
Apple has released an update for iBooks 2. The update, version 2.0.1 is intended to address an issue with Textbooks not opening within the program. The update is now in the iTunes App Store and is a free download. To download the update, go to: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8
Everyone one knows that Steve Jobs had several industries that he wanted to revamp and change for the better. Education was one of those industries. Apple made huge headway into fulfilling Steve Jobs’ dream on 19 January with the introduction of iBooks 2.0, Ibooks Author, iTunes U and of course, the text books section of the iTunes Book Store. Now it appears, that the US government is also getting on the band wagon with some announcements of their own. The…
JotStudio is an application specifically made to the allow precision drawing using Jot by Adonit. The application lets you take note and draw in the application, arranging photos and other media around the drawing. While you can draw badly by hand, having a Jot or JotPro stylus is really your best bet. While initial reviews of the App have been less than stellar, it is still worth the look. Adonit has some issues still to deal with in the App…
A report on the Boy Genius Reports website this morning is showing photos of a purported screenshot from code showing Apple’s next generation iPad. According to the report, the iPad 3 will contain Apple’s A6 Chip and will also be quad core. The new iPad will also be compatible with GSM, CDMA, and LTE networks of all major phone carriers. This would likely include the latest 4G networks as well. Source: BGR
Mac お宝(otakara) is now saying that there are two events scheduled by Apple. The first event which they were saying was for Apple’s iPad 3 announcement apparently has been pushed back to March. The first event supposedly in February is yet unknown. Mac お宝 is saying that the event would be “a Strange Event”. Speculation by some of the posters on the site and others says that the February event might be scheduled to coincide with Steve Jobs birthday which…
Apple lost a decision last month in Shenzhen Province Court regarding the iPad naming rights in mainland China. The original filer of the name, Proview, apparently still owns the legal rights to the name iPad, in spite of their Taiwan subsidiary having sold the name to a British company, IP Applications. Apple purchased the name from IP Applications in 2010, however, according to Proview, they never transferred the name or the rights to the name. Apple lost a judgement in…
The High Definition version of the popular game Angry Birds has been updated. Version 2.0.2 includes some minor improvements in the performance of the program. This version was produced specifically for the iPad and now comes in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese , and Spanish. Angry Birds HD is a $4.99 download from the Apple iTunes Store and requires at lead iOS version 3.2. The game can be can be found at: http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/angry-birds-hd/id364234221?l=en&mt=8
Byte Squared has updated their Office2 suite to version 5.0.2. The Office2 suite allows users to create and edit Word, Excel and Powerpoint files on their iPhone or iPad. The $#5.99 App is a must for users who just cannot live without their Office suite. Some of the changes in the latest version of Office2 Suite include: ☆ Document saving now preserves 100% existing content fidelity ☆ New page layout based document editor interface option ☆ Ruler bar with ability…
GAMEVIl got this game absolutely right. Old school video game baseball comes to the iPad and iPhone. Everything about this game reminds me of the days of the Nintendo Famicon or NES as it is called in the rest of the world outside of Japan. The style of characters in the game remind you of those old time games and the way that baseball was played. We downloaded the App, and even though there are options for more G-Points,we chose…
SMK-Link has introduced a new docking stand for the iPad which essentially turned the iPad into a desktop. The PadDock 10 or VP3650 Ver. 2 allows you to not only use it as a desk top, but also adds speakers, has full 360 degree rotational ability and a really cool option, tilting. The PadDock 10 has two speakers built into the stand and is currently only compatible with the iPad2. Obviously a bluetooth keyboard would need to be used for…
Readdle has released an update to the PDF document control software, PDF Expert. Version 3.2 of PDF Expert incorporates a number of enhancements to the package including: Document Search now looks far beyond the file name. It lets you find the needed documents faster and easier than ever before! New sorting panel lets you reorder the files based on Name, Date or Modified Date. Just scroll the document list to the very top to reveal it, pretty much like in…
According to a report by GigaOm, Apple has overtaken all of the other large hardware manufacturers to become the number one purchaser of semiconductors. The report states that Apple spend a total of $17.3 Billion USD last year on semiconductors. This change in the top rank has been spurred on by the iPhone and iPad’s popularity and demand. Source: GigaOm
Apple has finally created a support website for the iTunes U. Introduced along with Apple’s Education Initiative last week in New York City, iTunes U is intended to give students of all ages materials which are downloadable to their iPads as well as instructurs the tools with which to reach the student easily and interactively. Lack of a real support structure has been hindering usage of the facility so far, however Apple eliminated that issue yesterday. You can check out…
In the 5 days since the launch of the Textbooks section of the Apple Book Store, they have sold approximately 350,000 books according to Global Equities Research. They also apparently gave away 90,000 plus copies of the iBooks Author software for textbook production. If these numbers and trends continue, Apple could well have the largest book store sales in the world within a matter of weeks instead of the normal years that it took Amazon to get to the top….
For those iPhone and iPad users lucky enough to have downloaded iMame prior to its being pulled on the 23rd of December, 2011, there is a nifty new instruction set available on the Internet for adding more ROMs. iMame came with 10 ROMs but none of them were particulaly exciting from the aspect of the average gamer. The one thing that was exciting was the fact that MAME had made it into the Apple App store. This has been rectified…
This week, Apple shook up the education and textbook world with the introduction of iBooks 2.0, iTunesU for k-12 and of course their now ever so popular iBooks Author. Many educators we have talked to seemed enthusiastic about the possibilities presented with the new application, however, Apple has a caveat in the End User Licensing Agreement which prevents users of iBooks Author from selling books created with the package anywhere else other than Apple’s iBook Store. While PDF’s exported from…
This morning, Apple announced their new initiative to make education one of their highest priorities. This announcement has not really changed their stance on the subject of education, but the way in which they did it deserves merit. The first thing that Apple did is to eliminate the physical books and the cutting down of trees to print those books. This alone will save Billions of dollars each year and definitely help save the forests that are so important to…
Apple held an event this morning in New York to announce a slew of education related items. The first thing off the blocks was the introduction of the update to the iBooks franchise with a version 2.0. This new version includes a ton of rich media capabilities and allows the introduction of school textbooks, which was one more thing Apple did this morning. As we so rightly predicted last week, Apple also introduced a publishing tool, iBooks Author for those…
An online study by Adobe Systems Inc shows that tablet users tended to spend about 21 percent more per purchase than other users. This study shows that they spent even more when compared to smart phone users, by a whopping 54 percent. This analysis may be the result of many companies tailoring their services for tablet devices in current updates. However, with the current trend in tablet computing the ease with which purchases are performed on the devices could be…
