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Apple iBooks 2 license agreement gets icy reception in higher education
Advocates for open-license textbooks in higher education, while largely unhappy with Apple’s iBooks 2 platform, say the technology behemoth has done a favor for their movement: Apple’s pricey, limiting approach…
eBook pilot could save college students a ‘huge amount of money’
The University of Wisconsin (UW) Madison campus and five other major universities announced plans this week to try buying electronic textbooks in bulk, an experiment that officials say could help…
Apple unveils interactive textbooks, revamped iTunes U
Apple might make the heavy backpack an endangered species.…
Apple to enter the digital textbook fray?
Education-technology advocates took notice when the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs called the textbook industry “ripe for destruction” in his official biography. On Jan. 19, school technologists might just see…
Nintendo could open an eBook store for the Wii U console
Following news that Nintendo will introduce an application store with their forthcoming Wii U console, a rumor has appeared that they’ll introduce an eBook download service too, Digital Trends reports.…
College students go without textbooks as prices rise
Six in 10 students at the University of California, Riverside said they forgo purchasing recommended class supplies – including textbooks – because they’re strapped for cash.…
University’s tablet program under review after tech officials put on leave
Three employees at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) have been placed on administrative leave while officials review possible errors in the implementation of a pilot program that provided tablet…
Review: Nook Tablet is a worthy competitor to Kindle Fire
Last week, Associated Press technology writer Peter Svensson reviewed the Kindle Fire, Amazon’s $199 tablet that aims to challenge the iPad. This week, he reviewed the new $249 Nook Tablet…
Penguin pulls new eBooks from libraries
Citing unspecified "concerns about the security of our digital editions," Penguin Group USA is pulling new eBooks from libraries; in addition, it is not lending any eBooks to libraries through…
Review: Kindle Fire sacrifices to get under $200
Amazon.com caused quite a stir in early October when it announced a new tablet computer for less than half the cost of Apple’s iPad. The Kindle Fire went on…