Apple’s iPad went on pre-order for the lucky Amer’cans today (the rest of us have to wait an interminable extra week or so) but Apple also revealed a little more about its iBooks effort. Guess what?

What is Apple’s iBooks platform? The most obvious way to answer that question is to say that it’s the company’s equivalent of Amazon’s Kindle. And it is–they both offer online stores for buying ...

Apple Computer on Tuesday will refresh its line of iBook consumer laptops and Titanium PowerBook G4 notebooks aimed at professionals, sources say. The upgrades will come a day before Apple announces ...

On May 16, 2006, the seven-year production run of the iBook line of laptop computers was coming to an end. Taking its place was the MacBook, which signaled the transition of manufacturer Apple to a ...

Apple Computer on Tuesday announced it has sped up its consumer line of iBooks and increased the size of the hard drives. The new portable laptop models come as Apple prepares for a Monday media event ...

Apple has informed participants in its iTunes Connect media publishing service that the iBooks Author app for Mac “will no longer be updated and will soon be removed from the Mac App Store.” This is a ...

Apple seems to be preparing to challenge Amazon in the e-book market again. This time Apple will be rebranding iBooks app to Books. Last time that Apple tried to take on Amazon, a lawsuit caused the ...

Apple Computer has expanded a repair program designed to fix a logic board problem with some of its iBook notebooks. The Mac maker late Wednesday said it is offering free repairs to iBooks that have ...

The company has often led other notebook manufacturers when it comes to design, but with its new iBook, it is also closing the gap with competitors in another area: price. Michael Kanellos is editor ...

Reporting from Beijing — Chinese customers of Apple’s iTunes Movies and iBooks services are seeking refunds on their purchases amid reports that the features have been suspended at the behest of ...

Some of our readers will remember the cool recycled Apple iBook G4 clock that we featured last month. Now, there is a more colorful version available, the Recycled Apple iBook Clamshell Clock. The ...

I have previously written about my frustration With iBooks Author and iTunes U, and Apple has now announced both of these products are being discontinued. iBooks Author will no longer be updated, and ...