Yesterday, a study was presented showing how backlit tablets benefit those who suffer with vision loss when reading an eBook. The study was shown at the 116th annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (what? you haven’t heard of it?), and put backlit tablets to the test against a conventional, non-backlit Amazon Kindle e-Reader. Those with…
Apple has started airing two new television ads focused on the iPad mini, the second and third such spots released for their newest device. Apple previously released “Piano,” which was first shown off to the world at the iPad mini launch event. The first ad, “Books,” focuses as the iPad as an e-reader and shows both the mini and full-size iPad…
Apple released an update today to its iBooks app to fix a crashing bug that was presented in the 3.0 update. iBooks was updated alongside the iPad mini release bringing with it scrolling, a “Purchased Books” bookshelf section, social sharing, and more. However when some users updated to the new version they found that it was crashing more often so than…
TiP Daily October 23, 2012: Apple finally announced the long-awaited iPad mini as well as the iPad 4, MacBook Pro 13” with Retina display, and more. We’ve got all the details from the event! – iBooks 3.0 announced: http://tinyurl.com/9yl697x – New iMacs, 13” MacBook Pro with Retina display: http://tinyurl.com/9m2r7e4 – iPad 4…
Apple has just released the iBooks 3.0 update on the iOS App Store, and it’s pretty sweet. Any books you’ve downloaded before (not samples, only full books) will appear in the “Purchased Books” collection – though this does include free books you downloaded on a whim, and you can’t remove them. The most notable feature, however, is the ability to…
Apple CEO Tim Cook is still on stage and just announced iBooks 3.0, the next iteration of the company’s literature-based digital storefront. Cook says iBooks 3.0 will better integrate with iCloud, includes support for 40 new languages, adds continuous scrolling and quote sharing on both Facebook and Twitter. The new version of iBooks, version 3.0 will be…
I’ve never been a fan of iBooks. Apple’s attempt to join the eReader bandwagon was by no means a failure, but for reading a book, the bright, glossy display of an iDevice is no match for a Kindle or a Nook. With that being said however, Apple is supposedly going to focus on iBooks at the event that has been dubbed the ‘iPad mini event’…
We’ve heard previously that the iPad mini event will most likely be heavily focussed on the iBooks performance of the smaller form factor. A leak has shown up within iTunes that points towards a new version of iBooks which will more than likely be debuted at the media conference on October 23rd. The image above was grabbed by TNW. The comic book…
The infamous “multiple sources” reported today that Apple’s upcoming iPad mini event will focus on its e-reading capabilities. Due to its smaller size, the iPad mini will be reportedly be pitched as a full-on consumption device, whereas the current iPad is also seen as a tool for creative input. Other companies have already taken this route many…
Apple has just published a full user guide for the 5th gen iPod touch. The digital book can be found by browsing iBooks (you need iBooks 1.3.1 or later), or by hitting this link. The publication is very in depth and covers everything from the basic physical controls to software, settings and the like. As far as we know, the new iPod touch isn’t yet…
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