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… Read more >
Martin Taylor
January 21, 2012
Apple, copyright, ebook formats, Educational publishing, iOS, iPadApple, digital textbooks, educational publishing, iBooks 2.0, iBooks Author, iTunes U, iTunes U app, iTunes U Course manager
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When Apple took its heavy-handed action against retailers last month, stopping them selling from within iPad and iPhone apps, those retailers were inevitably going to search for ways to avoid… Read more >
Martin Taylor
August 11, 2011
Amazon, app development, app store, Apple, iOS, iPad, Kindle
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When the mightiest online retailer in the world, Amazon, has to bow to Apple’s demands and cut ties to its ebookstore in the Kindle app, we know we’re facing a big… Read more >
Martin Taylor
July 27, 2011
app store, Apple, bookselling, business, iPad, iphone, Kindle, kobo, newshow to stop Apple
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I went to update the Kobo app on my iPad this morning but stopped when I saw what has changed. The main reason for the update is to cut access to the… Read more >
Martin Taylor
July 25, 2011
Apple, bookselling, Google eBooks, iOS, iPad, iphone, Kindle, kobo
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Apple has announced the first update to its hugely successful iPad. Billed by most commentators as an incremental rather than major upgrade, it sports dual cameras (front and rear) to… Read more >
Martin Taylor
March 3, 2011
Apple, iOS, iPad
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Apple has given in to developer pressure and done a major about-face with changes to its App Store developer licence terms. Big winners: Adobe and thousands of publishers and developers… Read more >
Martin Taylor
September 10, 2010
Adobe, app development, app store, Apple, iOS, iPad, iphone
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ZDNet’s Jason Perlow has done a thorough job lining up the various e-reading apps available for the iPad and iPhone. His review covers: Apple’s iBooks Amazon Kindle for iPad Barnes… Read more >
Martin Taylor
June 23, 2010
android, Apple, ebook readers, iPad, iphone, Kindle, kobo, reviewsebook reader apps for ipad, ebook reader apps for iphone, ereader apps
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Apple’s grip on the media business tightened this week with the release of its latest operating system update for the iPhone OS4. And as its mobile product line expands, its… Read more >
Martin Taylor
June 10, 2010
Apple, ebook readers, Google, iPad, iphoneiAds, iBooks, iOS4, iPhone OS4
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Just days after the launch of Apple’s iPad, it might be time for starry-eyed publishers to take a reality check from their iPad infatuations. Apple has just made the content… Read more >
Martin Taylor
April 13, 2010
Adobe, analysis, android, Apple, iPad, iphone, newsAdobe, Apple dispute with Adobe, Flash
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Kobo has just posted this video (see below) of its near-complete ebook reading app for Apple’s iPad. Kobo on iPad from Kobo on Vimeo. According to the Kobo blog, they’ve… Read more >
Martin Taylor
March 27, 2010
Amazon, Apple, iPad, Kindle, kobo, news
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