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The Volume Purchase Program allows educational institutions to purchase iOS apps and books in volume and distribute them to students, teachers, administrators, and employees.*How to EnrollIt's quick and easy to set up your organization for volume purchasing. First, designate yourself or someone else in your organization as the Program Manager.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An e-book reader is a portable electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital books and periodicals. e-book readers are similar in form to a tablet computer. A tablet computer typically has a faster screen capable of higher refresh rates which makes them more suitable for interaction.

Tablet Operating System Statistics from Q4 2011

For cost browser for iPhone and iPad that enables flash

Browser for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad enables flash

Tips for cleaning the iPad

Tips on how to use an iPad in the operating room. Advice includes using ipad in a plastic bag.

useful tips for users just getting started with iPads

Great overview of all things tablet with a library and education perspective.

Comparison of two popular tablets the iPad and the Kindle Fire.

Summary of new findings about ereaders. From Pew Internet and American Life Project.

e-books and ereader chart. with tablets

People who read e-books on tablets like the are realizing that while a book in print or on a black-and-white Kindle is straightforward and immersive, a tablet offers a menu of distractions that can fragment the reading experience, or stop it in its tracks. E-mail lurks tantalizingly within reach.

The chief executive of Apple, Timothy D. Cook, has a prediction: the day will come when tablet devices like the Apple outsell traditional personal computers. His forecast has backing from a growing number of analysts and veteran technology industry executives, who contend that the torrid growth rates of the iPad, combined with tablet competition from the likes of Amazon.com and Microsoft, make a changing of the guard a question of when, not if.

CNET looks at current and upcoming tablets A look at what's currently available in the tablet world and what's coming down the pike. Editor's note: This list was originally posted on March 2 and is updated regularly. If sifting through long HTML tables isn't your thing however, skip over to our top tablets list or check out all our tablet reviews and features.

Great overview of the recent history of search engines

Tablet Buying Guide

Students using iPad did better on USMLE

Good data and statistics about 2012-2013 trends in ebooks and ebooks in libraries