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Barnes & Noble has released a new app for the iPad entitled Nook Kids. The new app provides thousands of children’s books in digital form on the popular Apple e-reader. The app opens up Barnes & Noble’s massive catalog of children’s content to iPad users and includes over 100 interactive children’s books as well. As part of the promotion for the new app, customers will [...]
Electronics retail giant Best Buy is now expanding their market reach by offering the Apple iPad for sale online. The big box store had previously been limited to selling the iPad solely at physical locations. The change in approach was controlled more by Apple Inc. than it was Best Buy. As Apple’s supply of iPads has caught up with the massive demand for the units, [...]
The Apple iPad is increasing the decline in newspaper subscriptions, but could also lead to the salvation of newspaper subscriptions. The rate at which iPad owners are cutting newspaper subscriptions was brought to light in a recent survey conducted by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri. The results of the survey, which included 1,600 participants, showed that 84.4% of the [...]
According to a report on Tuesday from the DigiTimes, the latest rumor states that the next generation iPad could begin shipping as early as February. The original iPad tablet from Apple Inc. was just released this past April and according to electronics makers the next generation of the tablet could arrive in early 2011. The DigiTimes report is based upon comments from unknown sources at [...]
Even though more and more tablets are showing up on retail shelves, the iPad from Apple is retaining its dominance in the mind of consumers. The iPad is even managing to hold off its strongest competitor to date, the Samsung Galaxy Tab. A recent survey by Piper Jaffray showed that a large majority of consumers prefer the iPad over the Galaxy Tab from Samsung. The [...]
Digital reading devices, driven by the Apple iPad and Amazon Kindle, have rapidly begun to penetrate the marketplace for books. The evidence to support this theory came from a recent national survey of book shoppers conducted by Codex Group. The results of the survey showed that between June and November, the number of book shoppers who owned a digital reader or tablet device rose to [...]
In “Rich people are really competitive news” (See The Daily Story), Billionaire tycoon Richard Branson will soon be releasing a new digital magazine that has been specifically designed for viewing on the Apple iPad. Branson sent out press invites to the unveiling, which is scheduled for Tuesday in New York City. Branson is naming the new digital magazine “Project,” and is expected to include sections [...]
Another electronics brand is throwing its name in the cap that is the tablet market, with Acer announcing plans for three new tablets, two running on Android and one on Windows. Acer is a well known name in the laptop world and will now try their hand in the tablet market, which is currently dominated by Apple’s iPad. Two of Acer’s planned tablets will run [...]
Two of the world’s most influential men are bringing together two of the world’s most influential companies for a joint project. Apple CEO Steve Jobs and News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch are teaming up to launch a newspaper for the iPad. The planned paper will be entitled the “Daily” and will be designed specifically for viewing on tablet devices, in particular Apple’s iPad. The new [...]
In case it wasn’t clear enough already, the simple days in life are gone. Lego’s, books, and Barbie dolls apparently won’t cut it anymore as a recent Nielsen survey of 6-12 year old American children showed that the Apple iPad is at the top of the holiday wish list. The iPad from Apple ranked at the top of the list for 6-12 year old children [...]
