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DC Comics coming soon to iBooks, Kindle, and Nook

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 a 11:09 pm

DC Comics has just announced a deal to bring their monthly content to Apple's iBooks as well as to the Kindle and Nook online stores. While DC Comics already has offerings in the App Store in the form of graphic novels via their own apps or apps like ComiXology, monthly content hasn't been available in iBooks natively, until now.

Deconstructing Apple's October iPad and Mac event

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 a 9:54 pm

On October 23, 2012, Apple held a special event to introduce their new Mac and iPad lineups. Unlike the previous month's iPhone 5 and iPod event, it wasn't bifurcated into effectively two different keynotes, nor was almost any time at all spent on software. Instead, one after another, product after product, spec updates, redesigns, and entirely new hardware was shown off on the California Theater stage. It was an unprecedented display of force projection. It was Apple firing everything. It was Tim Cook clearing his skies.

Apple, iBooks, and competing with Kindle

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 a 5:34 pm

Buried among the numbers at yesterday's iPad and Mac event, Tim Cook announced a new version of iBooks with a few new features. From the beginning I'd heard the iPad mini was about removing weight and cost as barriers of entry to iPad sales, and about taking the ebook fight to Amazon and, as Ryan Block of GDGT aptly terms them, their Kindle line of consumer content appliances. Yet the event came and went without Apple matching the Kindle on pricing, or challenging Amazon on ebooks. Why?

iBooks 3.0 brings iCloud sync, vertical scrolling, and more

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 a 8:39 pm

Just as promised during today's iPad mini event, Apple has released the new version of iBooks with better iCloud integration, enhanced sharing options, continuous scrolling, and more.

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Apple announces new version of iBooks

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 a 1:31 pm

Apple has announced a new version of iBooks which will be available later today. New features include better integration with iCloud, enhanced sharing options, and continuous scrolling when reading.

iPad mini event - by the numbers

By Simon Sage, Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 a 1:22 pm

As usual, Apple kicked off today's event with lots of impressive numbers. We're still waiting to hear about the iPad mini, but here's what Apple's been willing to brag about so far.

iBooks 3.0 appears in iTunes listing ahead of iPad mini event

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 a 4:03 pm

Looks like iBooks 3.0 may be making an appearance at this Tuesday's iPad mini event, at least if specifications that mysteriously showed up in a book listing on the iBookstore is correct.

Rumored iPad mini event to be focused on iBooks and education as well as new hardware

By chrisoldroyd, Saturday, Oct 13, 2012 a 3:58 am

We heard yesterday from some very reliable sources that Apple would be holding an event to launch the iPad mini later this month; October 23 to be more precise. Some more information is starting to slip out and it appears that the actual event may be focused on Apple’s iBooks store and of course education. The news comes from The Next Web who has now heard this from multiple sources.

Best apps to show off your new iPhone 5

By Leanna Lofte, Sunday, Sep 23, 2012 a 7:34 pm

After picking up your brand new iPhone 5, you probably immediately noticed that many of your favorite apps didn't take advantage of the iPhone 5's nice big screen. While this is a disappointment, don't fret, because a countless number of apps are being updated daily with optimizations for the new screen. But in the meantime, take a look at some of our favorite iPhone apps that have offered support for the new iPhone 5 since its release.

17 more states join e-book class action lawsuit against Apple, Steve Jobs involvement surfaces

By Simon Sage, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 a 1:58 pm

17 more American states have joined the class action lawsuit against Apple and publishers for e-book pricing collusion according to amended court documents. The new docs also revealed an e-mail from the late Steve Jobs describing how he saw the situation to the parent company of one of the conspiring publishers.