Nook for iPad is bursting at the seams with over 175 full-color interactive magazines and newspapers, including Esquire, Maxim, Forbes, Newsweek, Popular science, The Washington Post and USA Today. They're offering a free fortnight's trial, or downloadable individually.
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175 Magazines and Newspapers Can Now Be Downloaded On the iPad’s Nook App 0
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Apple adds AirPrint, illustrations, collections with iBooks update 0
December 15th at 1:12pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Wednesday updated its iBooks application for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, adding the ability to place titles into collections, and send documents to AirPrint-compatible printers.
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Audible.com revamps iOS app to include iPad display 0
February 20th at 9:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsAudible.com overhauled its iOS app on Wednesday morning, bring a native iPad interface to the previously iPhone-only offering....
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5 Digital Distractions for Kids and Their Parents 0
May 4th at 2:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsEntertaining distractions for kids have come a long way since the early days of Concentration and Connect the Dots. That’s especially true if you’re an iPad user. Take a look at these masterpieces that highlight some game-changing graphics interaction and even how you buy them.
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Pandora, Gmail, Kindle all see iOS 7 redesigns 0
September 19th at 5:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsThe launch of iOS 7 has seen major apps pushing out updates in order to bring their services in line with the new look of Apple's operating system, with Pandora, Gmail, and Amazon's Kindle App all issuing updates on Wednesday.
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Aiming To Fit Fiction Into Busy Schedules, Rooster Is An iPhone App For Serialized Novels 0
March 10th at 9:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIf you're the kind of person who talks nostalgically about how you used to read novels (you know, before you got busy with work and life, and before you had a million Internet-connected devices to distract you ...), there's an app called Rooster that might be able to help. Rooster was created by Plympton, a serialized fiction startup co-founded by former New York Times reporter Jennifer 8. Lee…
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7 apps that will help you survive a trip to outback Australia 0
April 11th at 12:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsMaps, and more maps.
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This Week’s Must-Have iOS Apps: UX Write, Simpsons Comics, Spacecraft 3D & More 0
July 15th at 6:00am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsKicking off this week’s must-have apps roundup is an incredible word processor called UX Write, which makes working with large, complex documents on the go a breeze. You’ll also find Simpsons Comics, the latest app from comiXology that brings Bongo’s Simpsons library to iOS; a wonderful app from NASA that allows you to get up close and personal with the spacecraft used to explore our solar system, and more.
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'Spotify for books', 24symbols gets a slick iPad app 0
July 28th at 10:22am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe covered 24symbols last month, when it launched as a kind of ‘Spotify for books’, with a large library of titles ready to read on demand. While most of the…
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Top 5 Apps Your Kids Will Love This Week 0
September 30th at 10:14am / Mashable / 0 opinionsEver wanted to explore NASA's Curiosity rover? Want to customize a a book to help your early reader? Maybe you just want to sing along with your child in a jamboree. Check...
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Ten apps for your new iPad 0
December 25th at 3:00am / Macworld / 0 opinionsIf you were lucky enough to receive a new iPad for the holidays this year, we hope you have fun exploring what the tablet has to offer. By now you've probably acquainted yourself with the built-in apps on your iPad, so you may want to reach outside the sandbox for more interesting fare. The App Store, which you can access on your iPad or via iTunes on your computer, features more than 750,000 downloadable apps. If there’s something you want to do on your iPad, chances are good you can find a tool for it...
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Apple targets Japan with iBooks 3.1, featuring “hundreds of thousands” of Japanese-language books to buy 0
March 5th at 8:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsApple has rolled out version 3.1 of its ebook app iBooks, finally bringing with it support for hundreds of thousands of paid-for books in the Japanese iBookstore....
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Apple's iBooks grew 100% in 2012, maintaining 20% share of eBook market 1
June 13th at 6:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsThe ongoing antitrust trial by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging an effort by Apple to fix prices in the ebooks market has revealed that Apple's iBooks business grew by 100 percent last year, maintaining a 20 percent share of the overall market.
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8 Apps to Make You a Better Reader 3
November 9th at 11:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsHow many books did you read last year? If your answer is more than one, congratulations: you're more well-read than about 25% of Americans over age 16, according to a 2012 Pew Internet survey. Ironically, as we become more surrounded by words in the digital age, less of us are finding time to actually read them. The good news is that your smartphone or tablet can help.
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Amazon Kindle apps can now play Audible audiobooks 1
June 10th at 6:49pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsAmazon's Whispersync service has made it easy for readers to quickly switch back and forth between an ebook and an audiobook for a couple years now, letting owners of both pick up either copy at the exact spot where they left off, and now Amazon's making the feature even more seamless. With an update to the iOS and Android Kindle apps today, it'll be possible to make the switch between ebook and audiobook right inside of the app, rather than having to jump from the Kindle app over to the Audible...
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Back to School: 15 Essential iOS Apps for Students 2
August 17th at 8:06pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsForget Sharpies and highlighters, the new back to school essentials this fall are apps for your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. While cellphones used to be classroom...
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Which iPad Apps Would a Former Newton Creator Recommend? 0
October 7th at 8:20am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsNow VP of product marketing at Apple, years ago Michael Tchao worked on the team that invented the Newton. Considering that was one of the first touchscreen "tablets" around, wouldn't you just love to know his favorite iPad apps? Luckily, we are privy to such details, with his recommendations being shown off at the MIPCOM conference in Cannes, where Recombu acted fast and copied them down. Unfortunately they're all paid-for (excluding Flipboard), but consider this list a curated menu of what one of the...
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The Television Is No Longer The “Babysitter”, Kids Are Getting More Interactive Thanks To The iPad 0
October 25th at 12:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsYou might be familiar with the concept of the television being used to “babysit” kids. Back in my childhood days, my parents plopped me down in front of “Dukes Of Hazzard” and thanks to them, I really love the color orange. Go figure. The days of this television management style are over and I’m seeing trends towards more interactive entertainment thanks to the iPad and other mobile devices. The…
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Top 5 Apps for Kids This Week 6
February 4th at 8:25am / Mashable / 0 opinionsFlip through the gallery to see this week's collection of the 5 best apps for kids.
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The New Essential Apps February 2013 0
March 1st at 11:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsiPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone. We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out!...
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Google Play Books for iOS updated with textbook rental support 0
August 9th at 5:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsGoogle on Thursday updated its iBooks-like Google Play Books port, bringing in-app rentals, highlighting and note taking for scanned books, as well as other features to the iOS title.
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Kindle for iOS gets flashcards for studying, better in-book search, notebook filters, page footers, and more 0
January 7th at 6:28am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAmazon today updated its Kindle app for iOS, adding a slew of new features for all users and students specifically. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store....
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5 can't-miss apps: 'QuizUp,' StubHub, Hoopla and more 2
May 24th at 3:25am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes QuizUp's redesign, an app that leverages public libraries to let you borrow music and ebooks, and new features in StubHub's app.
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The 11 Best iPhone Apps of 2009 0
December 28th at 11:00am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsBolstered by arrival of the 3GS, launch of in-app purchasing and push notifications, the iPhone apps of 2009 have become richer and more robust experiences. Across 11 categories, here were this year’s standouts.