I guess most of you know very well iBooks Author (along with its potential market), this is Gearlive introductory video about it.

It’s a well-done introduction to all basic features as well as a hint to all iBooks Author potential.

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Avid has launched a new video editing iPad app, which it hopes will give Apple’s iMovie a run for its money, and is Avid’s first prosumer video editing app for the iPad.

Avid Studio for the iPad enables you to quickly arrange your clips in the Storyboard, make precision edits using the Timeline, and add high-quality transitions, effects, and soundtracks to your movie footage.

The Avid Studio app combines a storyboard and timeline interface, where users can arrange clips in the storyboard, then use the timeline for precise cuts. It also offers touch controls not found in the desktop, like the ability to resize and rotate titles with a gesture.

Avid Studio is available now on iTunes app store for (a mere) US$ 3.99

Karaoke comes to the iPad – so you can sing, record, share and have fun – all with the magical touch of your iPad!

With your iPad as your karaoke stage and studio, you can sound like a pro, record your stellar performances, and share your favorites with one touch!

Soulo’s innovative features get you inside the song like never before.
SING with built-in pitch enhancement so you’re always in key.
Turn the lead vocals up if you want to hear them or down if you’re ready to take the lead.
Add pro voice effects like Reverb, Tone, and Echo.
RECORD your performances, or make music videos with iPad2’s camera, then SHARE your favorites on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter with one touch!

Features:
– Give star-worthy performances with Soulo’s pro voice effects:
– Real-time, pro-style pitch enhancement so you’re always in tune!
– Reverb adds richness to your voice.
– Echo adds depth.
– Tone adds fullness and clarity.
– Add the Soulo Mic for a full-on karaoke experience! Digital Wireless and Wired versions available.

– Key info means pitch enhancement happens in real time, and lyrics stream with the music so you won’t miss a beat.

Soulo Karaoke is Available on iTunes store.

Are you Flickr-addicted?
Are you a pro-am photographer?
Meet Indicommons for iPhone and iPad!

The Indicommons application provides a new way to access the wealth of historical imagery and information from around the world that is found in the Commons. No matter where you are, you can browse through the various institutions’ collections, or search the Commons for items of interest. If you have a Flickr account, you can also help enrich the Commons by adding tags and comments to the various Commons items directly from the application.

Where exactly does Commons come from?
Here’s a quick Commons primer even though you’re a Flickr fan:

Indicommons represents outreach from the Flickr community beyond Flickr, to broaden knowledge of The Commons among the public and civic institutions around the world and to increase participation by the public in the Commons. The name, Indicommons (pronounced “in de commons”) derives from the Latin indico, to make publicly known, and commons, the old English word chosen by Flickr for its Commons project, meaning the land held in common by the people of a town.

A Short feature list for the Indicommons app (supporting both iPad and iPhone/iPod touch):

• Support for Flickr galleries – add photos to your galleries on Flickr to share your curations with the rest of the world.
• Support for video – now you can watch the videos that have been uploaded to the Commons
• Image caching – recently viewed photos are now cached locally to improve load times.
• Support for iOS4 multitasking

Check more on Flickr and Indicommons on iTunes.

According to an IBM report, iPhone, iPad rose up to 13 percent of all online purchases on Christmas.

More figures show that on December 26, online sales rose by 27.8 percent compared with 2010.
Eyeing online sales across 500 retailers on December 25 and 26, IBM’s latest holiday benchmark report found a surge in cybershopping from mobile devices.
A full 16 percent of all online traffic recorded by IBM came from mobile devices, a surge of 109 percent from last year.
The great – and strange news come from the fact that purchases from mobile devices reached 11.3 percent, an increase of 165 percent from December 26, 2010.

What about iOS?

Among all online purchases made on Christmas Day, 7 percent were done through an iPad and 6.4 percent through an iPhone, giving iOS devices 13.4 percent of all online purchases that day.

Other stats from IBM’s Dec. 26th Benchmark Update:

• Online sales grew by 16.4 percent over Christmas Day 2010
• 18.3 percent of all online sessions on a retailer’s site were initiated from a mobile device, up from 8.4 percent on Christmas Day 2010—an increase of 117.8 percent
• Sales from mobile devices reached 14.4 percent versus 5.3 percent on Christmas Day 2010—an increase of 172.9 percent.

Android devices accounted for 5 percent of all online purchases on Christmas Day. And moving to the next day, the iPad again led with 6 percent of all online purchases, followed by the iPhone with 5.8 percent and Android with 4.6 percent.

Overall, online sales on Christmas Day grew by 16.4 compared with last year. Among all the online traffic analyzed by IBM, 18.3 came from a mobile device, a jump of 118 percent from Christmas of 2010. And actual online purchases from mobile devices hit 14.4 percent, a leap of 173 percent from last Christmas.

One would expect many of those online purchases to be music, apps, and other digital content for mobile devices. But John Squire, chief strategy officer at IBM Smarter Commerce, told Forbes that IBM looked only at purchases from retail stores through the mobile browser.

(By the way, it’s funny to go back to our October 2010 post and read the “2011 iPad selling forecast” by so-called experts!)

[Via Forbes]