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Kindle updates iPhone and iPad app to include newspaper, magazine and textbook support

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Dec 21, 2011 a 12:27 pm

Kindle has updated their iPhone and iPad app to version 2.9, which now includes support for newspapers, magazines and textbooks. Here's the full update log:

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The Beatles Yellow Submarine book now available for free on iTunes

By Chris Parsons, Friday, Dec 9, 2011 a 2:10 am

Coming to us from Subafilms Ltd. is The Beatles Yellow Submarine book which is now available through iBooks for download. The beautifully illustrated book has iTunes exclusive clips from the movie as well as interactive animations, sounds and music clips.

If you fancy yourself a Beatles fan then you are no doubt are familiar with Yellow Submarine. That said; if you're looking to add a little something nice to your digital Beatles collection then you'll want to check out one of the latest items posted in the Tunes bookstore.

Apple preps 12 Days of Christmas promotion with iPhone and iPad app

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011 a 2:49 pm

Apple has released their 12 Days of Christmas app a little early this year. The promotion will run between December 26 and January 6 but Apple hasn't put any content in there just yet.

You and your friends can download a fantastic selection of songs, music videos, apps and books for free. Each download will only be available for 24 hours. Get our special 12 Days of Christmas app to make it even easier to access your gifts while you’re on the go.

Don’t have an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch? Don’t worry. Come back 26 December to download gifts from your computer.

iBooks updated with nighttime reading and full-screen

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011 a 10:12 pm

iBooks have been updated with some nice new features including a nighttime reading theme, full-screen layout, and new fonts. Apple has also replaced those ugly, boring covers to public domain books with beautiful, classic covers.

EU investigates Apple, eBook publishers for anti-competitive behavior

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011 a 9:39 am

According to Bloomberg, the European Union Anti-trust regulators will be investigating Apple, along with five of the major eBook publishers, for possible collusion to help stifle competition within the eBook marketplace.

The European Commission in Brussels today said it opened a formal probe to examine whether the publishing groups and Apple, maker of the iPad tablet computer, engaged in agreements that would harm competition in the 27-nation EU. The probe will examine deals between Apple and Lagardere’s Hachette Livre, News Corp.’s Harper Collins, CBS Corp.’s Simon & Schuster, Pearson Plc’s Penguin and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH.

iPad vs. Kindle vs. Nook -- which one's better for you?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Oct 28, 2011 a 11:12 am

Coffee lover, e-reader, and Instapaper developer Marco Arment put together what he describes as an informal survey of the current library landscape, including iPad and iBooks, Amazon's Kindle and Kindle app, the Nook color, and Kobo.

If you’re going to primarily read periodicals, get the iPad. If you’re going to read books, all of these platforms look like safe options.

Steve Jobs biography now available via iBooks, Kindle

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Oct 23, 2011 a 11:47 pm

Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Steve Jobs, is now available from both Amazon's Kindle Store and Apple's own iBookstore. Isaacson, who appeared earlier today on CBS' 60 Minutes, had unprecedented access to Jobs, his family, friends, colleagues, and rivals, and the book strives to show Jobs not only as one of the most innovative and influential people of his time, but also as a human, a family man, and more.

If you pre-ordered it, download and enjoy. If you haven't yet, here are the links.

Top 5 ways to enjoy Halloween with iPhone, iPad, and iTunes

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Oct 23, 2011 a 11:31 pm

Looking for some last minute ways to get your Halloween gruesome on? To zone out with zombies, lose your head with horsemen, read about vampires that burst ever-so-properly into flame, and otherwise get more monstrous this weekend? Well, since you have an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, you're covered! From App Store to iTunes Store to iBookstore, and with a hellish dose of Netflix and Amazon thrown in, you'll never go brain-hungry again.

Apple now using Twitter to promote U.S. iBookstore

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 a 7:54 pm

Apple is now using Twitter to promote the United States version of their iBookstore. Apple already uses Twitter to promote content for App store apps, iTunes music, TV shows, and iTunes movies. Even though the iBookstore account was created quite some time ago, Apple appears to have just started utilizing the account.

The first tweet was actually sent out just today -