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Digital textbooks head to iDevices…

January 20, 2012 App , Content , Technology , Web design

Not content with reinventing the mobile phone and the portable music player, Apple have set their sites on academia. Those lofty and expensive bits of dead tree known as textbooks could be next to be confined to the (digital) history books. Phil Schiller took to the stage in New York yesterday to talk about Apple’s [...]

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BBC rolls out iPlayer apps and readies 3G streaming

BBC rolls out iPlayer apps and readies 3G streaming

December 12, 2011 App , Video

As more and more people choose to watch their favourite television programmes or listen to the radio on their mobile phone or tablet, the BBC have launched an iPlayer app for iPhone and iPod Touch. In October 2011 alone, 16.5 million iPlayer programmes were watched on mobile devices and tablets – up 129% from this [...]

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Google Currents lands on iOS and Android

December 11, 2011 App , Mobile phones , Software

Smartphone and tablet users are set to benefit from a newstand-style app for mobile devices from Google – Google Currents. The app, launched last week in the US, allows users to access ‘reputable’ online news sources on Android or iOS devices. To this end, Google has partnered with more than 180 different content providers on [...]

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