iBooks is an e-book application by Apple Inc. for their iOS operating system and devices. It was announced in conjunction with the iPad on January 27, 2010, and was released for the iPhone and iPod Touch in mid-2010, as part of the iOS 4 update. iBooks is not pre-loaded onto iOS devices; users may install iBooks free of charge from the iTunes App Store.

It primarily receives ePub content from the iBookstore, but users can also add their own ePub and PDF files via data synchronization with iTunes. Additionally, they can be downloaded to iBooks through Safari or Apple Mail. It is also capable of displaying e-books that incorporate multimedia.^{[clarification needed]} According to product information as of March 2010, iBooks will be able to "read the contents of any page [to the user]" using VoiceOver.

On January 19, 2012 at an education-focused special event in New York City, Apple announced the free release of iBooks 2, which can operate in landscape mode and allows for interactive reading. In addition, a new application, iBooks Author, was announced for the App Store, allowing anyone to create interactive textbooks for reading in iBooks; and the iBookstore was expanded with a textbook category.

Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato (born August 20, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. Her earliest roles included Angela on Barney & Friends, before she became better known for her starring roles in the Camp Rock movies, as Sonny Munroe in the Disney sitcom Sonny with a Chance, and as the star of the 2009 movie Princess Protection Program. She is also involved in philanthropic activities through charity work and various social and environmental causes.

As a solo musical artist, Lovato released her debut album Don't Forget on September 23, 2008. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 selling 89,000 copies in the first week. It has since shipped over 500,000 copies, earning a gold certification in the United States. Lovato released her second album, Here We Go Again, on July 21, 2009. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 108,000 copies in the first week. Her third studio album, Unbroken, was released on September 20, 2011 and peaked at number four on the Billboard 200. She is working on her fourth studio album.

Todd Parr (born July 9, 1962) is the author and illustrator of over 30 children's books.

Parr grew up in Rock Springs, Wyoming. In 1995 he moved to San Francisco, California where he pursued a career as an artist. After being rejected from many galleries, Todd showed his artwork at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant Postrio. Eventually, this exhibit led to him creating merchandise for Macy's and his own children's clothing line. Parr published his first book in 1998. In November 2005 the preschool television show he created, ToddWorld, premiered on TLC and Discovery Kids.

Todd Parr uses bright colors and bold, black outlines to illustrate his books. His books contain simple messages about acceptance, difference, and empowerment. Parr writes his books to help children learn to believe in themselves and to accept others. Each book ends with an encouraging, empowering message from the author.

Todd Parr's dream is to own his own restaurant.

Todd Parr has won two National Parenting Publication Awards and three Oppenheim Gold Awards. He is also the recipient of the Scholastic's Parent and Child magazine Teacher's Pick. Todd's books have won several awards and his TV show, ToddWorld, was nominated for an Emmy. ToddWorld won the iParenting Media Award and the episode "Who's Your Best Friend?" won the 2005 Humanitas Prize.

Andreas J. Albrecht is a theoretical physicist cosmologist involved in research and teaching at the University of California, Davis. Along with João Magueijo, Albrecht independently proposed a model of varying speed of light cosmology to explain the horizon problem of cosmology and propose an alternative to cosmic inflation. Andreas Albrecht graduated in 1979 from Cornell University, Ithaca and was awarded a doctorate in 1983 at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia on cosmology.

He later carried out post-doctoral research at University of Texas, Austin and at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Albrecht later worked at Fermilab from 1987 to 1992 and subsequently taught at Imperial College, London from 1992 to 1998.

Albrecht is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK).