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Entries Tagged ‘Books’

Review: Dr. Seuess’s ABC

The great master of kid’s storybook rhymes has TWO books in the App Store’s Top 25 list, The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss’s ABC. Do the iPhone versions live up to the original books, or perhaps even make them better?
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Apple’s Prices for E-Books May Be Lower Than Expected

Apple wanted publishers to discount bestsellers, so its $12.99-to-$14.99 range is merely a ceiling, according to people familiar with talks with publishers.
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Ahead of iPad’s arrival, books soon to pass games in Apple’s App Store: 27,301 and counting

In advance of the iPad tablet computer’s arrival in six to eight weeks, publishers have placed 27 thousand titles in the iTunes App Store’s Books section…
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The Amazon vs. Macmillan War Isn’t Over Yet

Amazon said: You still can’t buy Macmillan books from Amazon, though, and now the book publishing giant has fired back with full-page ads in The New York Times and Publishers Marketplace.
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Did Apple iBooks rip off Delicious Library?

When Apple was demoing its new iBooks application for the iPad today during their keynote address, I just kept thinking to myself: this simply must have been designed by Delicious Monster, the shop behind the brilliant Mac app Delicious Library.
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No Intel hardware in Apple tablet, says analyst

Apple is not using Intel hardware in its forthcoming tablet, says an analyst with Northeast Securities. Ashok Kumar claims to have learned the information from Apple’s design manufacturing partners, who have discounted notions that the tablet might run an Intel Atom processor. Atom chips are frequently used in sub-notebook devices such as netbooks….
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Apple Says Audiobooks Must Have DRM

Audio DRM has all but dissapeared from MP3s. Apple said earlier this year that there would be no more DRM on music available via the ITunes music store. However, as prolific writer and blogger Cory Doctorow has found out, they still require DRM on their Audiobooks.
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Apple’s alleged Kindle-crusher set for spring release?

Apple’s alleged Kindle-killing tablet appears to be on the runway for a spring 2010 takeoff. And in what may or may not be related news, two top-drawer US publishers are holding back ebooks of dozens of their upcoming major titles until the same time frame.
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Test iPhone Battery Before Purchase

Testing the iPhone battery is something that requires expertise that the ordinary user of iPhones may not have, which means that one is then dependent on needing to read up reviews of how well or badly does the iPhone battery work. It certainly pays to do some legwork before buying your iPhone as you do [...]

Apple Didn’t Break ‘Support’ for Hackintoshes

Apple’s latest Snow Leopard update breaks compatibility with netbooks hacked to run the Mac operating system. But it’s unlikely that the move signifies the company’s future plans to clamp down on the “Hackintosh” community, observers say.
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Apple rumored to disable Atom support with Mac OS X 10.6.2

Mac OS X 10.6.2, the forthcoming update for Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system, is reported to disable support for the Intel Atom processor, preventing unauthorized PC netbooks from running the operating system.
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Review: M-Audio Studiophile AV 40

If you’ve got room on your desk (or bookshelf), the AV 40 is an excellent set of compact studio monitors that out-performs the traditional 2.0 computer speakers we’ve tested, and even bests many 2.1 systems when it comes to overall sound quality.
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Apple hint at thinner iMacs, lighter MacBooks, cheaper Minis

A trio of online advertisements that appear to have been published prematurely by one of Apple’s international online stores suggest it’s only a matter of days before the Mac maker takes the wraps off of new families of ultra-thin iMacs, lighter & thinner plastic MacBooks, and more affordable Mac minis.
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Apple Tablet To Redefine Newspapers, Textbooks and Magazines

Steve Jobs said people don’t read any more. But Apple is in talks with several media companies rooted in print, negotiating content for a “new device.” And they’re not just going for e-books and mags. They’re aiming to redefine print.
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Maine widens notebook computer to high schools; begins rollout of 67,000 Apple MacBooks

The state that was first to provide laptops to every seventh and eighth grader in its public schools…