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Amended class-action lawsuit alleges Apple, publishers engaged in 'price-fixing conspiracy'

Even as Apple unveiled new partnerships with publishers focusing on ebooks and digital textbooks earlier this week, lawyers have amended a class-action lawsuit against Apple and five of the six big publishers accusing them of "deep antagonism" toward Amazon and its pricing scheme.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 103

Students' math scores jumped 20% with iPad textbooks, publisher says

A yearlong pilot program with digital textbooks on Apple's iPad found that students' algebra scores increased by 20 percent when compared to a curriculum with traditional books.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 72

Apple's digital textbooks with iBooks 2 were 'vision' of Steve Jobs

Apple's newly unveiled textbook initiative for the iPad with iBooks 2 was a project spearheaded by the late Steve Jobs before his death.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 34

iBooks 2 still contains 2x image files hinting at high-resolution iPad

The continued presence of iPad-specific double-resolution images within Apple's newly updated iBooks 2 app has set off another round of speculation that the company will soon release an iPad with an improved display that approaches Retina Display-like quality.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 25

Briefly: Apple MEMS microphones, EU to rule on Google's Motorola takeover

Apple passed Samsung as the world's largest buyer of miniscule MEMS microphones in 2011, while a European Union judgment on Google's proposed buyout of Motorola Mobility is set to take place in February.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 7

iBooks Author works limited to commercial distribution on iPad through iBookstore

While Apple's free new iBooks Author publishing app generates what appears to be a modified EPUB format, Apple's licensing terms for the app restrict commercial distribution of the ebooks it creates solely to the iBookstore. Noncommercial, free distribution of ebooks and PDFs is not restricted in any way.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 46

Steve Jobs rumored to have shot down Push Pop Press for iBooks Author - Updated

Steve Jobs was rumored to have scuttled the prospects Push Pop Press after its founder allegedly built the company's physics engine using patented Apple technology, despite knowing about Apple's parallel plans for advancing iBooks.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 22

Apple posts full video of iBooks 2 education event

The full video of Apple's education-centric event on Thursday, at which it unveiled iBooks 2, iBooks Author and iTunes U for iPad, is now available to stream online.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 44

Apple releases iTunes 10.5.3 with iBooks 2 textbook syncing

iTunes 10.5.3 was released by Apple on Thursday, bringing support for the new iBooks 2 application for iOS and allowing users to sync their textbook purchases.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 31

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