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Today's Top Stories: iBooks Author, Google Quarterly Earnings, Anonymous Attacks

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Today's Top Stories: iBooks Author, Google Quarterly Earnings, Anonymous Attacks
8:12:17 AMStan Schroeder
Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Apple Unveils Ebook Authoring...



Can Screens With Solar Cells Solve the Smartphone Battery Problem?
5:30:02 AMStan Schroeder
Most modern smartphones have a problem - their battery simply doesn't last long enough, especially with heavy usage. As the smartphone screens get bigger and bigger, the battery drain increases, but now Arman Ahnood, a researcher at the London...



Google's Crawl Rate Slowed for SOPA; Bing Sped Up [VIDEO]
Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:49 PMMashable Video
Search giant Google joined in the SOPA protest Wednesday, not just with its blacked-out Doodle, but by agreeing to slow down its crawl rates during the Internet blackout. This meant sites that blacked out their pages wouldn't suffer in search...



Why the iPad Won't Transform Education -- Yet
Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:34 PMSarah Kessler
Apple's announcement on Thursday that it would be introducing a new iPad textbook experience and iBooks authoring tool presents huge opportunities for technology in classrooms. The company is selling textbooks from McGraw-Hill, Pearson and...



This Is How Apple Changes Education, Forever
Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:26 PMLance Ulanoff
Apple's plan to bring iPad textbooks to schools across America and around the world via iBooks 2 and iBooks Author is nothing short of a revolution. It could mean the end of giant, overused dog-eared volumes jammed into bulging backpacks...



Hands On: Apple's iBooks Author App
Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:59 PMChristina Warren
Apple is hoping its new iBooks Author app will turn educators into authors, the same way iMovie and Garageband turned amateurs into audio and video editors. Apple launched the app at its education event in New York City in conjunction with the...



Everything You Need to Know About the Apple for Education Talk
Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:34 PMLauren Hockenson
Thursday's Apple event presented a giant leap forward in the process of updating American education. As of today, elementary, high school and college students are all able to experience a new, dynamic digitization of textbooks and course...



5 Things Publishers Need to Know About HTML5
Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:34 PMPam Horan
Last November, Adobe announced its decision to halt Flash development for mobile browsers, chipsets and operating systems. Instead, the company plans to develop on the open HTML5 platform. While the announcement may seem startling given the...



Google Data Centers Get High Marks for Green and Safety Practices [VIDEO]
Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:08 PMMashable Video
Google announced Thursday that a number of its U.S. data centers received recognition for green practices and safety methods. Google is the first major Internet company to earn both ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications. The centers were able...



Is it Time for Apple to Get Social?
Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:16 PMJennifer Burnham
Over the past decade, many have pondered Apple's closed-door, top-down culture, and now with the passing of its CEO, Steve Jobs, some speculate whether that culture will continue. In the context of the meteoric growth of social platforms like...



 
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