Category: 759: iBooks 2, iTunes U, iBooks Author, Apple Rumor Mill, MIMOBOT Specials

I have a bunch of chores this weekend. Grace broke the snowblower, so I have to fix or replace that and I have some other indoor projects to do. And, I hear there is some football on, too! It is great to be back in Vermont! Thank you for reading this issue of Kibbles &…

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Apple declared that it is officially in the ring regarding educational material—notably digital textbooks and an expansion of online class offerings—and the media is buzzing about what this means for the future of school resources as we know them. With iBooks 2, iTunes U and perhaps most significantly, iBooks Author, Apple wants to shift the…

Rarely will you hear about Apple’s success without the mention of Steve Jobs’ meticulous business practices, his unrelenting need for perfection, and his constant striving for minimal, yet elegant physical design. What isn’t mentioned is the lack of promotion that they give their products. Apple could easily do away with every form of advertising and…

At yesterday’s Education Event at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, Apple, via Phil Schiller, senior vice president of marketing, announced some new apps centered around the use of iPad in schools. The move is not really a surprise, as Apple has been rumored to have some plans in the works to take on the use…

_Dear Friends,_ Whew…I am back in the Green Mountains again after a whirlwind trip that took me to California for meetings at Apple, Las Vegas for meetings at the Consumer Electronics Show and then on to New York City for meetings and the NRF’s Retail BIG show. I also visited our friends at Tekserve in…