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Apps, Websites, Fun! 202 – Watch This Apple

Apple watch, Zoe’s App favorites, Papa’s Freezeria and Soundcloud. How we discover new music, technology at Hannah’s work, school’s out – almost, iPhone chargers and cables, how to fix your broken iPhone screen on the cheap…

Show 192 – Best New Features in iOS 8

New iOS 8 features
iPhone 6
Galaxy Note commercials are everywhere
Zoe broke her new Chromebook
Apple Store visit
…and a whole lot more.

Apple’s Digital Textbooks Off To A Strong Start

Apple’s new textbook initiative appears to be gaining lots of momentum — and quickly, too. Within days of its debut, Apple’s iBooks textbook store had already racked up a significant number of downloads. Same thing with the company’s textbook authoring tool.

According to Global Equities Research, which monitors Apple’s iBook sales via a proprietary tracking system it doesn’t much care to discuss, more than 350,000 textbooks were downloaded from the company’s iBooks Store within the first three days of availability.

via 350,000 Textbooks Downloaded From Apple’s iBooks in Three Days – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD.

Apple’s Digital Textbooks Off To A Strong Start

via 350,000 Textbooks Downloaded From Apple’s iBooks in Three Days – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD.

Apple Sets The Standard For Textbooks, But Maybe Not For Everyone

When Apple announced its textbook initiative on Thursday, there was a rush of excitement among educators. Textbooks from major publishers, which can cost $40 to $75 dollars in print, would be available as interactive e-books for $15 or less. The new iBooks Author application could turn anyone into a publisher, with its simple interactive e-book creation tools.

But then there was the small print: In order to buy and read these textbooks, each student will have to own an Apple iPad. No computer, off-brand tablet, or even iPhone or iPod touch will work. Books made with the new iBooks Author application are only viewable on iPads in the iBooks 2 app, can only be sold through Apple’s iBookstore (where the company takes its customary 30 percent of the sales cost), and cannot be exported as ePubs, the standard open format for all e-book files.

For the schools that can afford iPads, Apple’s new apps and partnerships are brimming with potential.

via How schools are reacting to Apple’s entry into education | VentureBeat.

Apple Announces January 19th Special Event – Printing Presses Fear The Worst

Everyone is looking for the iPad 3 announcement. This could very well happen. However Apple announced that the January 19th event will be about education. Could the two finally get along? An iPad that is optomized for school use, where the student can have all their books stored on an iPad?

We think this could be a big announcement involving publishing houses that control most of the textbooks currently being used in schools. Is Apple going to announce that a large number of textbooks will be available for download on the iPad (3)?

Some school districts have already issued students an iPad for use in the classroom. However, they are not able to use the iPad to it’s fullest potential due to the fact that most textbooks are still not available for the iPad.

Both KidFriday Kids, (13-year old Hannah and 10-year old Zoe) have had up to 40 pounds of books to carry to school on any given day. That’s a lot of weight for almost anyone. It sure makes for one heavy backpack to a 65 pound kid.

The future is now. That’s what we’re betting on.

via Apple announces special event in New York on Jan. 19.