According to this post from Macity (Italian blog) Apple has started contacting publishers in regards of the imminent iPad launch, scheduled for late April. It seems like Apple is pushing for digital version of school books, a market which (personal experience) is really bloated in Italy. The launch of the Italian iBooks Store is rumored to happen this fall, and school books should be one the strongest selling points of the initial lineup.
Could Apple really save or reinvent the Italian publishing industry? Starting with the school system, I do hope so.
Available in Software Update, includes performance improvements for Top Sites, improvements for plug-ins and for sites with SVG graphics and online forms.
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Foursquare, Vodpod and Instapaper Mobilizer integration. Also, it’s already compatible with iPhone OS 3.2. Nice update.
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Gradients, border radius, box shadows. And it looks beautiful.
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“New to Apex, some devices/builds have spotlight lumped in with the multitasking dialog box. If we couldn’t get to springboard the old way, try the new one (it’s just a double-tap of home button)”
I guess that would be the most natural way to activate “backgrounding” for apps and switch back to the Springboard. At least ProSwitcher implemented it in a great way months ago.
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So I guess Hooters doesn’t communicate enough quality to Apple.
