Apple Textbook Controversy Isn't About Books—It's About Teaching
So I wasn't surprised when Apple's press event last week at the Guggenheim Museum—where it said it will sell low-priced iPad textbooks to high-schoolers through its iBooks store and give away the software needed to make them—was followed by a flood …
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Oscar shorts: 'Morris Lessmore' has hybrid animation, iPad app
Animated short film “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” is the first film made by Mootbot Studios, but it's certainly no trial run for the small animation and visual effects company. A favorite on the film festival circuit last year, …
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E-books put the accent on Arabic
Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images / AFP Screen grab of Rufoof, a free app for the iPad and iPhone. It has been downloaded about 90000 times, its developer says, and connects to more than 3500 e-books, magazines and manuals.
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