At a special event held at the Guggenheim museum earlier today, Apple released several new applications all related to education, school textbooks and bringing students and teachers together through a single device. Introduced by Phil Schiller and Eddy Cue, with demonstrations by the VP of iTunes Jeff Robbin and the VP of Productivity Software Roger Rosner,

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Apple Releases iBooks 2.0, iTunes U and iBooks Author Apps

Apple co-founder, inventor, tech industry pioneer and icon Steve Jobs has passed away, aged 56.  According to a statement released by his family, he ‘died peacefully surrounded by his family’, and they ask those who mourn his passing alongside them to ‘respect their privacy during their time of grief’.  My thoughts go out to them

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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

It has been announced that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has resigned from his position, and current Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will be his successor.  Mr. Cook has been looking after the day-to-day business of the company since Steve Jobs took a leave of absence back in January. In a letter to the company’s Board of

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The End of an Era – Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

Have you heard?  There’s a new iPhone coming sometime soon!  But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy an iPhone 4, as according to Apple they’re still really great provided you’ve got friends with iPhones or iPads, or an Apple TV.  At least, that’s the message sent by this pair of new TV spots for the

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New iPhone Ads Concentrate on iOS Features, Not iPhone 4

One battle may be almost over, but the war on naughty application stores using the app store phrase has only just begun for Apple, as they tell old hands GetJar to stop using the term to describe their own store, from which unsurprisingly, they sell apps. GetJar has been supplying mobile applications since 2005 and first

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GetJar Becomes Apple’s Next ‘App Store’ Trademark Target

It’s almost exactly a month ago that Steve Jobs took to the stage at WWDC and said the App Store had seen 14 billion downloads, a figure which has now been increased by a billion more; meaning the App Store has produced 15 billion downloads since opening its virtual doors three years ago. There are 425,000

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App Store Reaches 15 Billion Downloads

It’s almost exactly a month ago that Steve Jobs took to the stage at WWDC and said the App Store had seen 14 billion downloads, a figure which has now been increased by a billion more; meaning the App Store has produced 15 billion downloads since opening its virtual doors three years ago. There are 425,000

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App Store Reaches 15 Billion Downloads

Back in May, we summarized a few of the lawsuits either being instigated by Apple, or instigated against them for the use of the term App Store.  One of the latter was between Apple and Amazon, with the computer giant objecting to the online store naming their Android application store, the Amazon Appstore. Apple said it

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Apple’s Appstore Injunction Denied, While Amahi Get Creative Over Their Own Cease and Desist

Yesterday, the 30th June, was supposed to be the deadline for applications selling content to have removed any links to an online store, for example the vast majority of eBook apps would have to either convert all their books to in-app purchases, or get rid of the store completely. At first, things were looking much worse,

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It’s the 1st July, But the Buy Buttons Remain. Has Apple Changed its Mind?

Apple have released another iPad TV advert, this time entitled ‘iPad is Iconic’.  While this may indeed be the case, this latest commercial isn’t as iconic as others, and perhaps doesn’t show the range of the iPad’s apps that others have.  Still, the tablet has been around for a while, and seeing as Apple fans

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New ‘iPad is Iconic’ Ad Lands, Here are the Featured Apps