Apple News

Barnes & Noble plans to launch a new Nook Tablet, featuring 8-gigabytes of memory, for $200 on February 22, as the company attempts to better compete with the Kindle Fire.

Butt Art, an iPad app that teaches kids how to draw animals, may join other tablet apps in slowly replacing books as learning devices.

The publisher of "Rolling Stone" and "US Weekly" will finally join the publishing stampede to the iPad, though its debut on the platform comes in the form of an e-book about the Beatles.

Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared unfazed by Amazon Kindle Fire's strong pre-sale numbers, as the holiday tablet race between iOS and Android heats up.

Motorola plans to sell a new "family edition" of its Xoom tablet for $380, which may better position the device to compete with the higher priced iPad 2 as the holiday season nears.

Amazon's latest Kindle device may pose a credible threat to Apple's iPad 2 this holiday season, as the e-retailer announces a news conference for Wednesday to unveil the device.

A Wisconsin library is offering iPads for its patrons to use while in the library as well as to sign out for a week at a time, as book lenders strive to stay relevant in a digital world.

Apple and Sprint are working on a version of the iPad 2 for Sprint's data network that may be ready next month, giving the wireless carrier another heavy hitter to add to its lineup.

Orangutans like the iPad just as much as humans do, say zookeepers in Wisconsin, who are using the tablets to educate and facilitate communication among the highly intelligent primates.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are using iPads rather than paper playbooks, as the tablet continues to see adoption in a variety of workplaces.

Android tablets are grabbing a greater share from the iPad in the tablet market, but no single competitor has yet to emerge to give Apple's tablet a run for its money.

Tablet devices are already helping change online commerce, rapidly becoming the preferred online platform for at-home shopping.

IPad users finally have a Skype app, complete with video chat and 3G capabilities, after more than a month of waiting.

A new children's book created as an iPad app combines elements of animation, storytelling and interactive gaming in a sign of how tablet technology could revolutionize the genre.

Apple is aggressively placing orders for iPad 2 parts with suppliers, boosting shipment estimates and increasing its dominance of the tablet market.