Apple has officially announced its entry into the textbook market with it’s introduction of the new iBooks 2 app and iBooks Author e-book authoring tool. If you are curious on the cost of a textbook from the iBooks store, Apple announced that high school textbooks through Pearson, McGraw Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will be available through the new iBookstore textbooks category....
Bloomberg has reported that Apple’s next generation iPad will have a quad-core processor and 4G/LTE data speed capability. The new tablet has been reported as entering production and is supposed to be slated for a March release. According to the report, the iPad 3 will feature a high resolution display, most likely retina, the faster dual core processor and LTE compatibility. The new....
It was just a couple of days ago that the Chronic Dev Team were getting really close to completing the untethered jailbreak for A5 devices. This would include the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S. For people who don’t know what jailbreaking is, it is basically unlocking iOS and making free to customize your iPhone, being able to add themes, tweaks and anything you choose to make your phone....
First reported by the Loop, Apple has sent out invitations for a special media to be held in New York City next Thursday, Jan. 19. THe invitation’s graphic has the New York skyline as well as an Apple silhouette and the tagline: Join us for an education announcement in the Big Apple. The invite has arrived after a bunch of speculation that the nature of the event would not be anything....
One thing that Apple has really been lacking the last year has been their lack of support for the popular LTE 4G network. The company released their new flagship phone and tablet, both of which had no LTE support. Nearly ever Android phone that is being released has LTE built into their products, however Apple has continued to do it their own way and not implement LTE in favor of battery....
It was reported by 9to5Mac that Apple was requesting that Chinese manufacturer In Icon to stop production of what is thought of as the most realistic Steve Jobs figurine to date. While it is known as CEO Tandy Cheung’s stance on Apple having a copyright to JOb’s likeness, a new report from Paid Content claimed that the doll is legal in most states and that “Apple’s....
Apple has filed a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office detailing how Thunderbolt could come to iOS devices in the near future. Apple has been filing a lot of Thunderbolt related recently, despite the fact that Thunderbolt is technically Intel property. In this recent patent, Apple talks about how the high speed data connections requires new cables. The traditional 30-pin....
Verizon Wireless’ Chief Financial Office Fran Shammo told attendees at a conference today that Verizon has sold 4.2 million iPhone during the holiday quarter according to Bloomberg. The numbers reported by Shammo show that Verizon has more than doubled iPhone sales from previous quarters. The demand for an iPhone 4S and cheaper iPhone 4 likely spiked up the numbers during the influx....
According to USA Today, a source has said that Apple is working on a TV that is 42 inches or even larger, The LCD Tv is being worked on and locked down in Johnny Ive’s workspace. The source says that Ive’s studio is currently the home to the “slick 50-inch TV.” Apple is said to be looking at a 42-inch or larger LCD TV with built-in Wi-Fi. Inside the locked-down studio....
Apple Senior Vice President of Design Jonathan Ive has been granted knighthood in the United Kingdom in the New Years Honours List. The report says that Ive’s official title is a Knight Commander of the British Empire. Ive, who was born in the United Kingdom but moved to the US to pursue design, says that the honor is “absolutely thrilling.” From 9to5Mac Ive credits his....
