Apple made several announcements yesterday which can drive the textbook’s digital transformation — or, in Steve Jobs’ more colourful phrase, its “digital destruction”. My pick is that this will  be the tipping point for educational publishing, its ‘iPod moment’ or ‘Kindle moment’ when the market suddenly takes off. But Apple’s moves will go much further [...]

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Apple just announced that the iPad will ship in the US on 3 April with internet pre-orders open from 12 March. It will then be available in late April in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK, Apple says. No word yet on whether the Aussies will be sending some of [...]

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Here’s the story I wrote for this week’s National Business Review, a round up of the interesting times we’re living in and my pick of the winners and losers — so far. When Apple launched its long-rumoured iPad tablet computer late last month, it fired a major salvo in the battle for control of media [...]

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The Android vs iPhone wars are at an interesting point. Apple is making huge strides with its early-mover advantage while Android’s much-hyped but slow-burning start tests the nerves of developers and supporters. Is this going to be Mac vs PC in reverse? Surely, much as we love the wonderful things Apple is doing, we don’t [...]

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