Apple may not be ready to announce its iPad 3 or iHDTV yet. But the company could announce a new platform for digital textbooks at its upcoming education event. Apple was not always as serious about the e-book business as it is today. The digital textbook market can be quite lucrative. Sources close to the  [ Read More ]

Apple is going to be holding an exclusive event in New York city later this month to possibly launch a new program for their iBooks and Publishing platform. Sources close to the matter have told us that they intend on launching a new digital self-publishing platform to get peoples content into the iBookstore. This is  [ Read More ]

With the advent of iOS 5 that arrived for the iPad in the last few months came a number of core enhancements and features. The most prevalent is the Apple Newsstand that gives a dedicated space for magazine companies to sell their wares. Until the newsstand came into being, customers had to rely on 3rd  [ Read More ]

Apple is getting into the magazine game by opening its very own Newsstand. This is a new way for publishers to deliver magazine content via Apples extensive distribution platform. The new service is set to be unveiled this week and will more then likely be apart of the Apple Press conference. Apple newsstand is apart  [ Read More ]

We all remember how Steve Jobs used to make fun of e-readers in the past. He was confident at the time that people didn’t read anymore. Research has shown that many Kindle and iPad owner spend a good amount of time on their devices to read e-books. Of course, not everyone likes to read long  [ Read More ]

Samsung’s patent woes continue, as no sooner had the company flashed its latest tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, at the IFA event in Berlin that the device and all other supportive evidence of its existence vanished mysteriously. Not only were the demo units of the tablet pulled out from public viewing, but any comment  [ Read More ]

While Apple continues with its court battles on patent infringement cases, here is some more food for thought for the company’s legal cell. Another 22 unauthorized Apple retailers have been uncovered in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming in China. This within just a few weeks after the first fake store was discovered in the  [ Read More ]

Seattle-based Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP (this is the same law firm that yesterday said it is investigating reports that authors are missing some of their ebook royalties) has filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit against Apple and five of the largest US publishers — HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster — alleging that  [ Read More ]

Tearing down gadgets is one of the favorite activities of those at ifixit. While manufacturers will surely detest such an act, there is no denying it reveals the things that make up the interior of our favorite gadgets. So it just natural for them to have come across a change that Apple has introduced discreetly  [ Read More ]

Bloomberg is reporting that NY publisher John T. Colby has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Apple for its use of the term ‘iBooks’ for its ebookstore and ereading application.  Apple has a trademark on the term for use on computers, but only started using it for its ebook application when it introduced the iPad.   [ Read More ]