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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Apple and textbooks

The news feeds are starting to report that Apple has announced iBooks 2- a tool designed for creating interactive textbooks!


http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120119-709484.html

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/19/apple_plans_to_reinvent_the_textbook_with_ibooks_2_for_ipad_.html

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19774487


Posted by Dr. Gary Ackerman, Ph.D. at Thursday, January 19, 2012
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