Today, a beautiful new interactive e book hit the app store. The company has also posted a demonstration of the book s features in al gore s our choice. Al gore joins exapple engineers to reinvent the ebook. Tipper gore was reportedly furious over bill clintons. Matas sketched a concept and later discussed it with his former apple. Al gore has partnered with digital book publishing company push pop press to create an interactive ipad app version of his bestselling book, our choice. I havent used the term mindblowing in 30 years or so but this is truly mind blowing. Stealth startup push pop press gave the ted audience a sneak peek at its app tuesday, with cofounder and former apple designer mike matas showing off an interactive ios version of al gore s. Push pop press on bringing al gore s our choice to ipad. Al gore demonstrates the groundbreaking features that make our choice the first fulllength interactive book of its kind. Book apps created with the platform can take advantage of the ipads.
Incisive inconvenient facts are literally in the palm of your hand for immediate acces. Steve jobs resisted thirdparty apps on iphone, biography. The our choice app reimagines al gores book with audio, video and interactive graphics. This app enables you to powerfully challenge the mediahyped notion of catastrophic manmade warming. Al gore has teamed up with two former apple engineers to create an app that aims to redefine the ebook. Gore wanted his book app to contain videos, diagrams and other forms of multimedia that would flex the iphones muscle. Based on gregory wrightstones book, inconvenient facts the science that al gore doesnt want you. Gregory wrightstones book, inconvenient facts the science that al gore. A plan to solve the climate crisis, which has been turned into a very cool interactive ipad app. Former vice president al gore has the top grossing iphone and ipad book app in the apple app store this week with his new title, our choice. Their first title is a revised version of al gore s 2009 book about the environment and it has been augmented with video, interactive charts and fun touches such as. The 18yearold son of the vanquished democratic presidential candidate has.
Our choice by push pop press will change the way we read books. Incisive inconvenient facts are literally in the palm of your hand for immediate access to the untold truths of an earth that is thriving and its people prospering, not. Gore, exapple engineers team up to blow up the book wired. Based on gregory wrightstones book, inconvenient facts the science that al gore doesnt want you to know. Stealth startup turns al gores book into interactive ipad app.
I havent had a chance to install the app yet, but i definitely. Former apple engineers team with al gore to launch dynamic app store ebooks. Former apple engineers team with al gore to launch dynamic. Push pop press on bringing al gores our choice to ipad. In this interactive app, al gore surveys the causes of global warming and presents. In this interactive app, al gore surveys the causes of. Al gores our choice is app store ipad app of the week. Original audio commentary by al gore throughout an interactive 3d book cover.
Al gore s most popular book is the assault on reason. In this interactive app, former vice president al gore surveys the causes of global warming and presents groundbreaking insights and solutions already under study and underway that can help stop the unfolding disaster of global warming. Exapple engineers team with al gore on new ipad climate crisis e book with video. It is labeled as al gore s our choice and features narration by the former vicepresident. Check out al gores new ipad book video cult of mac. Al gores our choice highly interactive ebook hits the. Al gore has 74 books on goodreads with 46969 ratings. Best of al gore score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Al gore launches interactive digital book app about climate crisis. Al gores our choice is app store ipad app of the week ipad insight.
There is a good quote from board member al gore on how issues like app censorship were part of a bigger transition for apple as its power mounted a. This app, according to gore, is a new kind of book that combines text and images, as well as video, interactive infographics and my own audio commentary. The book reveals that after denying the affair with lewinsky to al gore in the entryway of the oval office, bill clinton eventually came clean to his vice president. Exapple engineers team with al gore on new ipad climate. This app is available only on the app store for iphone. People pitch me on new apps all the time, but al gore doesnt do it that often. Former vice president al gore s our choice book rodale comes to life with new app for ipad, iphone and ipod touch the our choice app is the first effort from pushpop press, in. In this interactive app, al gore surveys the causes of global warming and presents groundbreaking insights and solutions already under study and underway that can help stop the unfolding disaster of global warming. Harvard university may be home to al gore next year al gore 3rd, that is. Al gore invents a showpiece ebook innovation toronto. He teamed up with two former apple employees, mike matas and kimon tsinteris, to adapt the book for iphone and ipad, working also with the. Our choice is this weeks ipad app of the week in the app store. Al gore has partnered with digital book publishing company push pop press to create an interactive ipad app version of his bestselling book.
Al gore to create a new publishing platform called push pop press. Download inconvenient facts and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. To read gore s book on an ipad is a mutlisensory experience, compelling the reader to flip through photos, watch videos, and interact with infographics that augment the text. Below, weve listed the top ten grossing iphone and. Al gore s ipad book, bolsters print and the return of the new york world. Al gore launches interactive digital book app about climate crisis interview. Al gore s our choice will change the way we read books. When ipad launched, we asked ourselves the question.
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