Textbooks

Uglier Fonts Could Mean Better Information Recollection

Most textbooks and e-readers tend to follow the same idea when it comes to their fonts: Easier to read means easier to absorb and recall later. Looks like they were wrong. A new study from Princeton University says those simple fonts might cause to you retain less. A font that’s easy to read lets your…

Tech News G. Jesse Martinez Jan 17

Dual-Screen Kno Tablet To Be Available by Year’s End

Does the lure of playing with “the most powerful tablet anyone has ever made” tempt you? How about those dual 14.1-inch touchscreens? (That’s a combined might of 28.2-inches!) Kno has received $46m investment, with an end-of-year launch already penciled-in. https://gizmodo.com/kno-dual-screen-tablet-sincerely-hopes-size-matters-5553810 After being shown off at the D8 event in June, we were bowled over by…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Sep 9

Kno Dual-Screen Tablet Sincerely Hopes Size Matters

If you hate the portability of tablets but love the glare, you might be interested in this “digital textbook” from Kno. Weighing it at 5.5lbs., its two 14.1-inch displays look like they were brought down from the mount. Kno, seriously: If you think it looks big in the pic above, check out this hands-on shot…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 2

Macmillan’s Future Of Textbooks Looks a Lot Like Wikipedia

Textbook publisher Macmillan is hip the ways of the internet, see! They’re rolling out a new product/concept/news item called DynamicBooks, which lets instructors change the content of online textbooks, even if they didn’t write them. And why not? The practicality of the DynamicBooks concept will almost immediately be overshadowed by kneejerk criticism, so let’s just…

Tech News John Herrman Feb 22

A Peek at Apple’s Plans to Re-invent Textbooks

ScrollMotion’s been tapped to transmogrify textbooks published by McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and every standardized test-taking student’s favorite, Kaplan. The WSJ says that education was indeed a “focal point” in the iPad’s development, which we reported months ago. https://gizmodo.com/apple-tablet-to-redefine-newspapers-textbooks-and-maga-5370252 If you’re over-analyzed the iPad keynote as much as we have, by now you’ve probably gotten…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 3

Rumor: Apple’s Tablet Will Be Shared By Family Members and Recognize Your Face Via Webcam!?

WSJ says Apple’s been researching e-textbooks, as well as newspapers and magazines. Welcome to 2009 when we broke this story with 6 sources. But to credit, there’s a lot more. And it’s interesting. https://gizmodo.com/apple-tablet-to-redefine-newspapers-textbooks-and-maga-5370252 Apple’s been talking to CBS and Disney to get a monthly TV subscription deal going, and working with EA to demo…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 20

Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX

Bad news for Amazon, who’s hoping that in the future all college students will read their textbooks through the oversided Kindle DX: the first students to use it, at Princeton, are not fans. Students taking part in the pilot program have all sorts of complaints about the device, mostly centering around the fact that it’s…

Commerce Adam Frucci Sep 28

CourseSmart Dumps 7,000+ Textbooks Into the iPhone App Store

They’re hugely different devices, sure, but could the iPhone be stepping on the Kindle’s toes again? CourseSmart, which offers subsciption-based, notes-capable eBooks online, has released a full-featured iPhone app for their subscribers. In other words, yes. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-dx-vs-magazines-journals-and-newspapers-5242555 The app is free, but you’ll need preexisting subscriptions to textbooks in order to access any. It’s actually…

Tech News John Herrman Aug 10

Kindle For Every Schoolkid Proposed, We Strongly Recommend At Least 1 Calculator

The “New” Democratic Leadership Council in Washington has proposed that the government buy a Kindle or other “eTextbook” for each of the 56 million K-12 schoolchildren in America. It’s a nice sentiment, but as a plan, it’s holey. I am certain this gave Amazon honcho Jeff Bezos one hell of a tingle when he saw…

Commerce Wilson Rothman Jul 15

Sheet Music for Amazon Kindle DX Gets Rid of the, Um, Sheet

Good idea or terrible idea? Sheet music on the Kindle. The catalog has 20,000 titles and they’re cheap, about $3. Or you can always read a bunch of law textbooks. Fun! [Amazon via Gadget Lab]

Commerce Matt Buchanan Jul 10

Texas Decides Evolution Needs More Study, I Decide I Need Less Texas

In Austin, creationists have managed to include several amendments aimed at casting doubt on the theory of evolution. The amendments may affect the content in science textbooks across the country. While the creationist groups did not manage to get the bulk of their agenda included in the State Board of Education’s legislation, they did pass…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Mar 28

Kindle’s Bright Idea: College Textbooks

Here’s one really smart idea that will convert a few Kindle-haters: textbooks. Princeton University Press join Oxford, Yale and the UC in putting some of their titles into e-book form, allowing students to bypass the used book store and directly download their textbooks onto their Kindles. You’ll save a few bucks for the digital version,…

Commerce Jason Chen Jun 26

Sign of the Apocalypse: Bullet-Proof Textbooks

An Oklahoma retired veteran and state school superintendent candidate is campaigning to have bullet-proof textbooks. Bill Crozier tested traditional textbooks to see what, if any kind of bullets a textbook would stop. The traditional textbooks were able to stop handgun bullets, but not rifle bullets. Crozier is suggesting making the covers out of Kevlar. While…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Oct 26

Uglier Fonts Could Mean Better Information Recollection

Dual-Screen Kno Tablet To Be Available by Year’s End

Kno Dual-Screen Tablet Sincerely Hopes Size Matters

Macmillan’s Future Of Textbooks Looks a Lot Like Wikipedia

A Peek at Apple’s Plans to Re-invent Textbooks

Rumor: Apple’s Tablet Will Be Shared By Family Members and Recognize Your Face Via Webcam!?

Princeton Students in Kindle DX Pilot Program Sure Hate the Kindle DX

CourseSmart Dumps 7,000+ Textbooks Into the iPhone App Store

Kindle For Every Schoolkid Proposed, We Strongly Recommend At Least 1 Calculator

Sheet Music for Amazon Kindle DX Gets Rid of the, Um, Sheet

Texas Decides Evolution Needs More Study, I Decide I Need Less Texas

Kindle’s Bright Idea: College Textbooks

Sign of the Apocalypse: Bullet-Proof Textbooks

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