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Apple plans to expand iBookstore to Asia Pacific, Canada

Apple plans to expand iBookstore to Asia Pacific, Canada

Posted by | Mar 2, 2010 | , |

When Apple announced the iPad, it also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes Apple’s new iBookstore, a way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile device. And Apple has plans for the iBookstore beyond the US.

A recent job posting (http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=1&method=mExternal.showJob&RID=48775) shows that Apple is looking for a manger of iBooks in the Asia Pacific and Canada areas to be based in Toronto or Sydney. The manager will be responsible for launching and growing the iBook business in these areas “and building an extensive offering for customers.”

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Apple wins patents for MacBook Pro, MacBook Air designs, more

Posted by | Mar 2, 2010 | , |

Apple has won patents from the US Patent & Trademark Office for the design of the MacBook Pro with a glass trackpad and the MacBook Air.

Patent number D611,045 is for the design of the MacBook Pro with a glass trackpad. The inventors are Bartley K. Andre, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Evans Hankey, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Steve Jobs, Duncan Robert Kerr, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Douglas B. Satzger, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whange and Rico Zorkendorfer.

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