Future Shop Canada is having a 3-day sale offering some pretty cool deals on gadgets and electronics, both in-store and online (via RedFlagDeals). The sale begins today i.e February 3 till February 5 2012 and also includes all iPad 2 models at reduced prices e.g 16GB WiFi-only iPad 2 is being offered at $489.99. So those who are looking to get one these days, this might be worth checking out.

Read More

According to a latest report by Strategy Analytics (via MacRumors), global tablet shipments reached 27 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011 with iPad accounting for 58% of them further confirming that Apple continues to hold a majority of the market. At the same time, Android continues to grow with Amazon’s Kindle Fire capturing 39% share of global tablet shipments. Android’s other gains appear to have come at the expense of Microsoft and … Read More

According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, there has been no change in iPad sales following the introduction of the Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet. As reported by MacRumors, Tim responded to an analyst’s question regarding impact on the iPad from lower priced tablets that the company sold a record 15.4 million iPads in the last quarter. He further said that Apple doesn’t consider “limited function tablets and e-readers to be in the same category … Read More

With last week’s debut of iBooks 2 and the launch of textbooks by Apple, the latest numbers from AllThingsD notes over 350,000 textbooks have been downloaded in just three days:

According to Global Equities Research, which monitors Apple’s iBook sales via a proprietary tracking system it doesn’t much care to discuss, more than 350,000 textbooks were downloaded from the company’s iBooks Store within the first three days … Read More

The story of the scammers returning empty iPad 2 boxes filled with modelling clay has reached outside of the Metro Vancouver region. According to a follow up CTV report, three more people have come forward about purchasing an iPad 2 only to find a clay brick inside. One of those buyers is from Victoria, as Rosemary Symchuk had a similar experience at Best Buy:

“The employees were … Read More

Apple has uploaded today’s textbook video trailer to its YouTube channel. This is the same video that appears on Apple’s website but you can now watch it from their official channel in full 1080P. Earlier today Apple announced iBooks 2, iBooks Author, iTunes U, and a new partnership with publishers at its New York City Education Media Event (which is now available for viewing online).

Check … Read More

Peter Kafka over at AllThingsD was able to interview McGraw-Hill CEO, Terry McGraw and ask him questions about the economics of selling $15 digital textbooks versus $75 paper copies.

What is the plan behind this massive discount and what makes them okay with it? The answer is volume in sales, notes McGraw. Normally the publisher sells $75 textbooks that schools keep for five years. The new model would have … Read More

Apple has posted a support document for iBooks Author, a publication and distribution FAQ. Some answers to key questions are answered here.

iBooks Author is only available on the the Mac, and users will be able to export books to allow others to download for free.

How can I distribute my work?

You can publish your book to the iTunes Bookstore; you must choose to sell your book or … Read More

Update 1: …and it looks like the Textbooks category is absent in Canada. It requires a US iTunes account to access.

–

Today at Apple’s education event in New York City, the company announced what was previously rumoured: a massive change in the way we will use textbooks in education, as noted by Steve Jobs in his biography.

Phil Schiller was on stage to announce the update … Read More

With Apple’s education media event set to take place in New York tomorrow, last minute speculation and apparent leaks have made their way to to the web. Last night sources told Bloomberg Apple will debut tools to allow easy creation of digital textbooks, something we heard earlier from the WSJ.

At an event in New York tomorrow, Apple will announce a set of tools that make it easier to … Read More