A few weeks ago, Google announced a new addition to its technology suite: Google Play. Built as a competitor to iTunes and Amazon, Google Play is a veritable megaplex of content for the online shopper. Books, music, movies and apps are all available for purchase and download. Like Apple and Amazon does with their tablet [...]
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A few weeks ago, I discussed the new iBooks Author app and also outlined some of my concerns with the End User Licensing Agreement for the application. If you recall, some people were interpreting the EULA as Apple claiming some ownership of any content that is authored using the iBooks Author app, whether it is [...]
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After featuring Apple-related topics in the last two posts on the 8 Blog, many readers may be ready for something different. Before moving on, however, there is one more important feature of the Apple Education event that I feel needs to be discussed. Besides the release of the iBooks Author app and the dedicated iTunesU [...]
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Last week, we discussed a new iBooks Author app which Apple unveiled at its huge education event. By giving free authoring tools to educators, Apple aims to revolutionize the textbook industry by providing homegrown competition to traditional publishing companies. With educators creating their own multimedia e-textbooks for their students, Apple hopes to drive the price [...]
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Apple dropped an educational bombshell last week by announcing a new venture into the textbook market. Besides providing separate iTunesU access for course materials (more on this next week), the announcement included the release of iBooks Author, a free app for creating eTextbooks right on your Mac laptop or desktop computer. With the iBooks [...]
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