Apple Scores with Digital Textbooks and App USA Today reviewer Edward C. Baig describes his experience using the first Multi-Touch digital textbooks published for the iBooks 2 for iPad app, noting that they are ?engaging in ways that were simply not possible with the textbooks I grew up with.? Baig likes the portability, updatability, and low pricing of iBooks 2 digital textbooks and touts specific features like instant search, highlighting, bookmarking, and interactive graphics. Writes Baig, ?It?s better to see an animated tour of the genome in E.O. Wilson?s Life on Earth than just to read about it. ?
Apple Invades Corporate Market with iPad Bloomberg?s Peter Burrows reports that Apple is making rapid headway selling into corporations ? especially financial services and pharmaceutical firms. Burrows writes that Apple?s corporate sales are being driven chiefly by iPad, which ?has become a standard business tool.? The article quotes Matt Wallach, co-founder of Veeva Systems, who says: ?I?ve seen a lot of devices come and go over the years. Nothing touches the speed of adoption of the iPad.?
Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X Apple today released Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.3, a significant update to its revolutionary professional video editing application. Version 10.0.3 introduces Multicam Editing, which automatically syncs up to 64 angles of video and photos; advanced chroma keying for handling complex adjustments right in the app; and enhanced XML for a richer interchange with third-party apps and plug-ins that support the fast growing Final Cut Pro X ecosystem. It also includes a beta version of Broadcast Monitoring that supports Thunderbolt devices as well as PCIe cards. Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.3 is available from the Mac App Store for $299.99 (US) to new users, or as a free update for existing Final Cut Pro X customers.
Final Cut Pro X Update Reinvents Multicam Editing StudioDaily?s Beth Marchant reports on ?key features? delivered in Final Cut Pro version 10.0.3. Marchant interviews Radical Media CTO Evan Schechtman ? an early adopter of Final Cut Pro X ? who calls version 10.0.3 ?an even bigger deal than the original release,? noting that his company is ?ready to transition completely to Final Cut Pro X now that broadcast monitoring and multicam editing are in the mix.?
Apple Reports Highest Quarterly Revenue and Earnings Ever Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter, which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. ?We?re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads, and Macs,? said Tim Cook, Apple?s CEO. ?Apple?s momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline.?