Tagged: E-books & News
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Edco’s e-books could make textbooks a thing of the past News
24.05.2012 The full curriculum of post-primary schoolbooks for the next school year are available as e-books, as Edco now plans to tackle primary school editions.Categories: Web, Software Development, Software, Mobile, Internet, Finding a Job, Education, Digital Media, Computers, Apps, Application Design and DevelopmentTags: E-book Readers, E-books, Education, Software, Notebook, Laptops, iPad, Tablet Computers, Tablet, Edco -
Tablet computer ownership to surge 200pc in next two years News
25.04.2012 If you thought Apple selling 12m iPads in the last quarter is some feat, think again. Research suggests that total global tablet sales including consumer, commercial, industrial...Categories: Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Media, Mobile, Mobility, Wireless Communications -
Weekend news roundup – hacker in residence, Google’s privacy bumbles News
23.04.2012 In our trawl through the weekend newspapers' tech coverage, we learn that 20-year-old Cork coder James Whelton has been named 'hacker in residence' for seasoned tech investor...Categories: Digital Business, Digital Media, Economy, Funding, Games/Entertainment, Internet, Investments, Security, Servers, Web -
Apple dismisses US e-book price fixing claims as ‘not true’ News
13.04.2012 Technology giant Apple, which this week achieved a valuation of more than US$600bn, has dismissed allegations it behaved in monopolistic fashion to fix e-book prices with other...Categories: Multimedia, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Digital Business, Apps -
US Department of Justice sues Apple and others over e-book price fixing News
11.04.2012 Apple and other book publishers have been accused by the US Department of Justice of conspiring to fix e-book prices and limit competition in the market. -
World’s first electronic paper devices coming to Europe News
29.03.2012 LG Display has revealed that it has started mass production of the world’s first plastic electronic paper display for use in e-books. The breakthrough technology has gone... -
Apple reveals how it plans to change education landscape News
19.01.2012 Apple has revealed its hand on digital education – not only will it disrupt the texbook business as we know it via iBookstore 2, it will provide teachers with the tools to... -
Apple’s designs on disrupting textbook biz becoming clearer News
17.01.2012 Apple is reportedly working with some of the largest texbook publishers in the world – including McGraw-Hill and potentially Ireland's own Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – on a new...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Multimedia, Mobility, Media, Internet, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Education, Digital Media, Apps -
AIB Seed Capital Fund rounds up 2011 start-up investments News
12.01.2012 The AIB Seed Capital Fund made 32 investments totalling more than €5m in new and existing investees in 2011, and added 15 new investees to its portfolio, according to an... -
Apple’s move into textbook business will be a game changer News
12.01.2012 All wags are waxing on about Apple launching into the education books business or the textbook business on 19 January at an event in the Guggenheim in New York. It is being... -
Weekend news roundup News
19.12.2011 A trawl through some of the tech stories covered in the weekend papers around the world, including a glimpse into the life of billionaire Sean Parker, how BlackBerry maker RIM... -
EU to investigate Apple and publishers over alleged ‘e-books cartel’ News
06.12.2011 The European Commission has launched formal anti-trust proceedings into whether some of the world’s largest publishers, including Harper Collins and Simon and Schuster,...Categories: Wireless Communications, Legal, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps -
Amazon introduces Kindle Owners' Lending Library News
03.11.2011 Kindle owners with Amazon Prime membership can now borrow thousands of e-books for free with no due dates as part of the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. -
Steve Jobs biography sells out in China News
27.10.2011 Walter Isaacson's authorised biography of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs sold out in China within a day of its release. -
Computers in their hands News
02.10.2011 Take a look at how some Irish schools have equipped themselves to educate their students for the 21st century. -
US library loans out iPads News
26.09.2011 Users of the L.E. Philips Memorial Library in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA, can now check out iPads for a week. -
Half of all books sold in Europe by 2015 will be electronic News
19.08.2011 The Western European e-book market grew 400pc in 2010 to exceed 10m paid-for e-books, but this will more than triple in 2011 to 32m e-books sold this year. By 2015, half of all...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Computers, Apps -
Amazon reveals Kindle Cloud Reader News
11.08.2011 Amazon customers are now able to read Kindle e-books instantly using only their web browsers with the new Kindle Cloud Reader. -
Amazon Q2 sales surge 51pc to US$9.9bn, profits down News
27.07.2011 E-commerce giant Amazon has reported revenues of US$9.91bn for the second quarter. However, profits were down 8pc to US$191m and the company says it expects this decline to...Categories: Software & Web Development, Media, Hosting Services, Financial Results, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Cloud, AppsTags: Amazon, Kindle, E-commerce, Cloud Computing, Wi-Fi, 3G, Tablet Computers, Android, iPad, E-books -
Amazon lets students rent textbooks via Kindle News
19.07.2011 E-commerce and cloud giant Amazon has revealed a clever new service that allows students to rent textbooks on their Kindles and via Kindle apps on iOS and Android devices.