Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid iPad’s rise
Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what's left of its kingdom, and it’s pinning its hopes on a new version of Windows that could spawn a new breed of…
eBooks and eReaders
Community colleges take a closer look at eBooks
Major universities aren't the only schools testing the eBook market. Tarrant County College (TCC) in Texas is the latest small campus to study whether a shift to digital…
How important are open eBook standards to universities?
eBook standards may lack the glamor that the technology attracts, but the arrival of ePub3 has the potential to transform how the academy creates and delivers its content…
Report says Apple to unveil new iPad in March
A news report says Apple plans to unveil a new iPad early next month, the Associated Press reports.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.