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Though there is no upfront fee to create the e-book titles and though it must be acknowledged that it is a total miracle in terms of time savings (as Roger Rosner, Apple VP for Productivity Software, rightly said), the new iBooks Author has several limitations.

Shares of Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company, set a new record high of $431.37 Thursday, as the company introduced a new educational iPad initiative and prepared to report first-quarter earnings next Tuesday.

The much-awaited education event was hosted by Apple on Thursday in New York, as the technology giant took a moment to unveil iBooks 2, which is being touted as a textbook killer.

At the Guggenheim Museum in New York on Thursday, Apple revolutionized the education industry with three new apps, including the new iTunes U app, which lets teachers upload course materials, lessons, syllabi and even books to their students via the iPad.

Apple unveiled their latest attempt at shaking up what it sees as an industry in need of some technological innovation Jan. 19 when it announced iBooks 2, a do-it-yourself publishing kit for digital textbooks. It's meant to turn Apple's iPad into a learning tool and allow schools to begin building their own kinds of content including text, images and video.

The iDevices users' wait for the untethered jailbreak for their iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is nearing the end as the dream team released jailbroken iPad 2 photos and iPhone 4S jailbreak demo video. Joshua Hill, aka p0sixninja of the Chronic Dev Team, stated briefly that SOPA can make the distribution of jailbreaking software illegal. He also said this move could stop the hacker community from making available to users jailbreak news and tutorials.

At the Guggenheim Museum in New York Thursday, Apple announced it would update its iBooks platform to include textbook capabilities and also added a new platform called iBooks Author, which lets anyone easily create and publish their own e-books.

Research In Motion may still see software licensing as an important part of its turnaround plan, even though Samsung has denied that it might pay to use the BlackBerry maker's technology or even buy the company.

China Communist Party members can now carry a tablet PC to verify identification cards, read the blogs of cadres and manage state-owned firms without fretting that using a bourgeois Apple Inc iPad will ruin their street cred.

Fake iPads made of clay were sold to as many as 10 people in Vancouver, Canada.

Long-suffering investors may wonder what to do with their Eastman Kodak shares now that the company has filed for bankruptcy in New York City.

Samsung's $41 billion investment splurge should ring alarm bells at its competitors. It's a bold bet in a slowdown, if its bet pays off Samsung could lengthen its lead over the likes of Apple.

This is important for users awaiting untethered A5 Jailbreak.

Many web articles from dubious sounding sources may well be promising that jailbreaks and unlocks for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 are available. But the fact is they are scams for untethered jailbreak for A5 devices is still not available.

The race to release the untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is nearing an end. Till now, you may have heard a lot from the jailbreakers telling you to wait patiently for the A5 jailbreak but, this time it seems the wait is going to end.

Although we are yet to get any confirmation from the jailbreakers that the untethered jailbreak for A5-powered devices running on iOS 5.0.1 is ready for prime time, rigorous blog and Twitter updates are suggesting that Pod2g and his Dream Team of jailbreakers have already got the smell of victory.

The tech giant Apple will hold an invitation-only event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on Jan. 19. However, reportedly Apple will not launch any gadget this time. Instead, it might be an education announcement.

Here's a piece of good news for iPad fans. According to the latest rumor to hit the Web, the next generation iPad, dubbed iPad 3, will be unveiled as early as February, though the market release of the new tablet will not take place until March.

Apple is planning an event in February to announce the release of the next-generation iPad according to Japanese blog Macotakara.

Apple is reportedly weeks away from debuting the iPad 3, but the actual release date for the device is slated for a month later, in early March 2012.

MuscleNerd revealed that the imminent untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S will support not only iOS 5.0.1, but also iOS 5 as well. What about iPad 2?