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<title>Apple may have moved 350,000 iBooks textbooks in three days</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/23/tracking.estimate.shows.apple.at.350k/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/ibooks2-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple may have seen as many as 350,000 iBooks textbooks downloaded since launch.  Global Equities Research claims to have a special tracking method that showed the relatively brisk take-up.  As many as 90,000 copies of iBooks Author had been downloaded at the same time....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hands-on: iBooks 2 and how it takes on Amazon, Kno</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/19/ibooks.2.gets.our.early.look/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/ibooks2-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple committed iOS to education in a big way at its event by launching iBooks 2.  We've taken a look at Apple's first dip into a full digital textbook platform and come back fairly impressed.  Read ahead for more details and what this might mean for Amazon, Kno, and others hoping to get into e-books for schools....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple taps iWork VP for e-textbook service</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/17/apple.uses.iwork.lead.roger.rosner.for.textbooks/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/ipad2-tvad7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's digital textbook creation system is relying on the manager of its iWork suite, slips uncovered on Tuesday.  Productivity app VP Roger Rosner was said by the Wall Street Journal to be "closely involved" in crafting the system.  His involvement would reflect the creative nature of the unveiling, which would let publishers and schools themselves easily create their own textbooks....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kno Flashcards, Me auto-generate iPad studying and feedback</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/16/kno.preps.flashcards.and.analytics.for.ipad.books/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/knoflashcards.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Kno has sent early word of two major updates for its iPad textbook app (App Store, not yet updated).  Kno Flashcards rely on a unique auto-generation technique that looks for key terms and generates flash cards that are grouped together to quickly create a study guide around a chapter or other segment.  The development is based on research into episodic memory patterns, the effect of repetition, a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kno for iPad gets 3D, video textbooks</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/22/kno.textbooks.get.3d.and.video/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/kno-ipad3d.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Kno started off the week by giving its iPad app (free, App Store) a handful of first for digital textbooks.  Students can now look at 3D objects in textbooks that they can navigate with gestures.  The in-beta feature is so far being focused on chemistry but will expand to other fields in time....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kno updates iPad app to version 1.5 with new features</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/knoipadin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Kno, which started off making educational tablets has now updated its iPad app (free, App Store) with version 1.5 later on Wednesday. The student-oriented and free app will help users organize textbooks and PDFs....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amazon starts up Kindle textbook rentals to clinch school</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/18/amazon.kindle.textbook.rentals.go.live/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/amazonkindletextbookrental.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Amazon started off the week with a potentially crucial strategy to corner the school market.  Kindle Textbook Rental lets students rent e-books for as little 30 days and as many as 360.  The rental fees change on the term length and theoretically save as much as 80 percent of the price....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kno's exit from its own tablets complete as iPad app arrives</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/04/kno.posts.ipad.textbook.app/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/kno-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Kno's full exit from tablets was made complete late Friday after it released its official iPad app (free, App Store).  The app gives access to the full, complex textbook layouts of its earlier hardware with highlights, note taking and sharing, and a book manager that sorts by the course.  A store inside gives access to 70,000 textbooks that are discounted by as much as 30 to 50 percent off their p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kno confirms taking $30m from Intel, going multi-platform</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1101/knotablet-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Kno removed doubts on Friday and confirmed it was taking an investment from Intel that would effectively see it get out of direct competition in tablets.  A $30 million investment from venture capital groups, $20 million of would come directly from Intel Capital, will see the two work on getting Kno's educational software on to Intel's educational hardware platforms, like the ClassMate line.  Inte...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Intel takes control of Kno tablets, software turns to iPad</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1101/knotablet-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A late-breaking leak has backed suspicions that Kno was exiting hardware.  Intel Capital and Advance Publications is reportedly investing $30 million in a funding round that would see it take control of Kno tablets while leaving the core Kno team to focus on software.  The quick uptake of tablets from not just Apple but other major hardware firms has reduced the need to have an education-focused t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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