- Apple To Finally Introduce Multitasking To The iPhone?
March 11, 2010
According to sources close to Apple, the company will be introducing multitasking support to the iPhone in its 4.0 firmware release.Whether Apple will allow for similar functionality on the iPad is unknown. The lack of multitasking in the device has been a major point of complaint among users of the...
- Multitasking Headed to iPhone 4.0 [RUMOR]
March 11, 2010
With iPad preorders officially starting tomorrow, attention has shifted to iPhone 4.0 software and what features it might bring to both the iPad and future iPhone models.Apple Insider is now adding fuel to the long-standing rumors that the next big update to Apple’s iPhone OS will feature support...
- B&N to release iPad app
March 11, 2010
There has been lots of speculation about whether Apple will disallow other ebook reading apps on the iPad. Well, I guess that’s not going to happen.
BN has confirmed that they will be adding a reader app to the iPad. According to their website the app will give readers access to the ebooks, maga...
- Ebook promotion by Vodafone UK on Friday, March 12
March 11, 2010
If this isn’t proof that ebooks are going mainstream than nothing is. I got this press release from Vodafone:
Vodafone UK is giving its customers the opportunity to download five bestselling eBooks for free to their mobile phone on Friday 12 March. As part of a series of Free Friday campaigns fro...
- iPad Bookstore Categories Unveiled
March 12, 2010
The iBooks store will have a sprawling network of categories for iPad readership--a shopping experience beyond the App Store's simple interface. Forbes explored a report by Busted Loop about the inner workings of the iBooks platform.
Here's more from the article: [Its] a highly organized approach...
- US iPad pre-order opens Friday, March 12th, 5:30 a.m. Pacific
March 12, 2010
If you have been wanting to pre-order your iPad as early as possible, your first opportunity will come tomorrow morning starting at 5:30 a.m. Pacific (8:30 a.m. Eastern) on Apple.com.
This is the American release date, naturally. The rest of the world’s will come sometime later.
Digg us. Slas...
- Penguin exhibits interactive ‘e-books’ for the iPad
March 11, 2010
Fellow NAPCO blog Appletell links to a story on iPadInsider (which in turn links to a story on Paid Content) which offers a first look at what “e-books” might look like on the iPad, courtesy of Penguin. I quotate “e-books” because I don’t think I would necessarily call what Penguin had to...
- The Ask-Our-Computer Service in 1967
March 9, 2010
The blast from the past. Back in 1967 pocket calculators hadn’t been invented, and hardly anyone had access to any type of computer or calculating machine except for scientists, bankers and accountant. It’s fun to see where we are now technologically, versus where we started.
Source: Popu...
- Can eBooks Save Long Form Journalism?
March 11, 2010
In an GalleyCat interview this morning, one New Yorker staff writer refused to "sugarcoat" the declining state of long form journalism. However, he placed hope in online outlets and digital tools for carrying the art into the 21st Century.
Today's guest on the Morning Media Menu was David Grann, a...
- Kindle for Android Finally Coming Soon?
March 10, 2010
We already know that Dell’s Mini 5 handheld runs the Google Android operating system. We’ve seen the custom interface and lovely 800 x 480 resolution of the 5″ display. And based on FCC testing, it’s a safe bet that the device will support ATT’s network when it lands later this year. But f...
- This Week Only: Free eBook Library For Your iPad
March 8, 2010
This post is a sticky for this first week of March.
It’s Read an eBook Week.
But I will not use one of their craptastic banners. Really, they could have found some designers and artists to volunteer labor.
Instead, I use this:
The forces of devolution surround us. The only way to combat them is...
- Samsung E6 e-reader coming to Barnes and Noble this spring for $299
March 9, 2010
Samsung still hasn't committed to a formal launch date for the e-reader line it launched at CES, but the company narrowed down the launch date from "early 2010" to "this spring" this morning -- which makes sense, seeing as spring has nearly, uh, sprung. We're only hearing about the six-inch E6 at t...
- Apple to Build Five Million iPads in First Half 2010, Analyst Says [Voices]
March 9, 2010
By Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron’s, Tech Trader Daily
Apple (AAPL) is on track to build five million iPads in the first half of 2010, according to FBR Capital chip analyst Craig Berger.
“We believe various news articles and competitor notes calling for a build delay were just false...
- Are eBooks Next to Be Cut from Apple's App Store?
March 9, 2010
Yesterday TechCruch ran a speculative article wondering if--after trimming sexually explicit and a few other apps from the App store--Apple would hack into the 27,000 available eBooks in advance of the release of iBooks. The story is perhaps a bit alarmist, maybe even a little dangerous, though th...
- Amazon is Working on a Better Web Browser for Kindle
March 9, 2010
Ask any Kindle owner about browsing the web on the device, and you’ll get the same answer: Well, you can do it, but… And then you’ll hear how abysmal the browsing experience really is. Having tried it myself, it made me want to whip out my iPhone and its Safari at each turn.Now, the folks at...
- iPad Released Internationally in Late April
March 8, 2010
The US will get the Wifi iPad first, on April 3, but, according to Publishing Perspectives, it will be released internationally in late April. iPad pricing will be announced in April for Germany, Australia, France, Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Canada, Switzerland and Spain. And iBooks will go live...
- 7 Reasons Why Writers Need To Start Using Video For Book Promotion
March 9, 2010
A few weeks ago Simon Schuster told authors they should blog, social network … and use video sites. You might be freaking out at the thought of being on video, and consider YouTube a waste of time, but here’s why you should seriously consider getting your face, and your books o...
- HootSuite to Integrate with Foursquare and MySpace This Week
March 9, 2010
Today at the #140tc Twitter Conference in Seattle, Washington (which I keynoted this morning), HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes announced that its popular Twitter application will be integrating with both MySpace and Foursquare, starting this week at the South by Southwest Interactive conference.HootSuite...
- Do iPhone Apps Really Look Good on iPad’s Screen?
March 9, 2010
John Gruber of Daring Fireball has an interesting story about the absence of certain iPhone apps — Stocks, Calculator, Clock, Weather, Voice Memos — on the iPad.It seems that these apps, when scaled up to iPad’s bigger screen, simply didn’t look good enough to Steve Jobs, so he decided to s...
- Who Wants an iPad? The Young, the Social & the Pop-Culture Addicts
March 8, 2010
Social media data company Rapleaf recently investigated the profiles of users who "fanned" the iPad on Facebook in order to get a better sense of the type of users who are interested in Apple's upcoming slate device. After analyzing the top three Facebook pages and their respective fanbases, Rapleaf...
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- Today Is Officially Day Against DRM
March 4, 2010
DRM is one of the most hotly debated topics in the eBook world--most publishers love it, or at least think it's a necessity, and most readers hate it. Siding with the readers, the Free Software Foundation is sponsoring an official Day Against DRM today to sponsor activities that protest all forms...
- iPad News Roundup: Wednesday, March 4 2010
March 4, 2010
Winter turns into Spring (though you wouldn't know it from the weather) and the world moves inexorably toward the future: iPad. Here's a roundup of fresh iPad news.
First, The Wall Street Journal has confirmed the development of its iPad app. Here's more from MacRumors.
On a related note, ATTs C...
- 10 Incredible Geeky LEGO Creations [PICS]
March 2, 2010
Geeks and LEGO seem to go together like mac and cheese (or Macs and Apples, even) with tons of fan-made geek-inspired creations to be found in every corner of the interweb, including the LEGO Flickr group.From both full-time, professional LEGO artists to those who just have a penchant for the color...
- Wall Street Journal App for iPad Confirmed
March 3, 2010
News Corp. and WSJ boss Rupert Murdoch confirmed in a QA session yesterday that an iPad application is in the works for the Journal.It doesn’t come as a big surprise considering Murdoch’s stated plans to charge for mobile access to News Corp. content and Apple’s desire to woo publishers onto...
- Mobile Social Networking Usage Soars [STATS]
March 4, 2010
Digital measurement firm comScore released a study today highlighting the rise in social media access via mobile phones and offering some comparison metrics for some of the biggest social networks and their usage on mobile devices. comScore measured the changes in both mobile browser access to soc...
- Quick Note: Analyst says iPad may be delayed
March 2, 2010
According to MSNBC, analyst Peter Misek has said that Apple’s manufacturer, Hon Hai Precision, is facing a production bottleneck or a shortage of components. Misek is postulating that only 300K units will be available in March, as opposed to Apple’s estimate of 1 million.
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- Anti-piracy company estimates e-book piracy has cost US publishers $2.8 billion
March 3, 2010
VentureBeat has a story about a new study claiming that e-book piracy has cost American publishers $2.8 billion so far.
The study estimates that 10,000 copies of each e-book are downloaded via peer-to-peer (13,000 for best-sellers), and some books can lose as much as $1 million dollars each. The bi...
- Apple iBookstore coming to Canada and Asia?
March 3, 2010
Who ever thought that help wanted ads would become an important source for journalists?
Ilounge is reporting that Apple has a job listing for an iBooks Asia Pacific Canada manager. The position will work with management, partners, production and marketing to determine strategies for iBooks in Ca...
- Will the iPad Save the Magazine Biz?
March 2, 2010
We started hearing rumblings that magazine publishers were looking to get content on the iPad, even before Apple officially admitted there was such a thing. It was almost sad, as it seemed the magazine industry was in such bad shape that it was looking for a savior. On the surface it seems that a h...
- The e-book wars: Making peace
March 1, 2010
I suspect that Macmillan’s upper management feel elated after getting Amazon to agree to an agency distribution and pricing model. But a few pin pricks to deflate that elation are probably warranted.
Macmillan showed some, but not much, gumption when it stood up to Amazon. Would Macmillan have tak...
- Top Condé Nast Magazines are Coming to iPad
March 1, 2010
When the iPad was announced, some media partnerships were announced with it, but it wasn’t hard to guess that, in the period before the device actually comes to the market, we’ll see many more.We already know that Condé Nast is working on an iPad version of Wired magazine, and we’ve even see...
- iPad Rumor: Leaked List May Be Core iPad Debut eBooks
February 26, 2010
TUAW posted a list of eBook titles yesterday that it thinks might be the lineup of titles Apple will use to promote iBooks upon launch. It's got books by Stephen King, Malcolm Gladwell and Elizabeth Gilbert. It's over 100 books, ranging in price from $14.99 to free.
Here's more info from TUAW: "T...
- iPad Apps Could Put Apple in Charge of the News
February 26, 2010
In response to customer complaints, Apple imposes a blanket ban on iPhone apps that contain sexual imagery. The capricious nature of the App Store should raise concerns for publishers who plan to produce iPad apps.
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- Another Pirate Speaks Up.
February 23, 2010
A self-described pirate calling himself "jap" left a comment on the blog we posted called "We Have Met the Enemy and He is The Real Caterpillar," an interview with a book pirate. "jap" informs us that in our defense of copyright we have missed the point. "You have your morality and I have mine," he...
- Who's afraid of digital book piracy?
February 18, 2010
With the iPad and e-readers on the rise, will pirated books become as common as illegal music and films?For years, we have been able to combine our taste for music and film with our desire to stick it to the man, and all from the safety of our PCs. Our literary habits, however, have perforce remaine...
- IPad Apps Could Put Apple in Charge of the News [Voices]
February 26, 2010
By Brian X. Chen, Reporter, Wired
Publishers should think twice before worshipping the iPad as the future platform for magazines and newspapers. That is, if they value their independence from an often-capricious corporate gatekeeper.
The past week’s controversy swirling around Apple’s retroactiv...
- The Cost of Gadgets Over The Decades
February 25, 2010
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- What Is A Video E-Book?
February 25, 2010
Last year, I had the dream of creating a learning tool that was like no other that I had ever seen. I didn't have a word for it, so I thought of it as a "Video E-book". Now, videos and e-books have been around for a while. In fact, many instructors have done a great job at combining these two emergi...
- e-Book Echo: Sony Goes Indie; Foxit Goes ePUB; Nook Gets Sued
November 8, 2009
Our platform focus continues this fine Sunday with the e-Book Echo, our take on the week in the digital publishing world. Sony is teaming up with indie publishers to allow such work to be carried in the company’s e-book store for Sony Reader customers. Sony is working with Smashwords and Author So...
- Some Wattpad Titles Now Available From Sony eBook Store
February 25, 2010
Wattpad, the huge eBook-based social network that we've reported about a great deal lately announced a new distribution deal with Sony yesterday, making what the company calls "a selection of top unique Wattpad titles" available for download from the Sony Reader store.
Among the initial selection...
- eBooks Since iPad
February 25, 2010
If you've been asleep or on a meditation retreat or something since the unveiling of Apple's iPad--and the ensuing standoff between Macmillan and Amazon that resulted in Amazon grudgingly accepting the agency pricing model--then this thorough story on the MediaShift blog at PBS.org will get you up...
- Super Mario eBooks: Nintendo Enters eBook Market
February 25, 2010
Nintendo--yes, Nintendo, makers of the Wii (and the NES, Super NES, Game Boy, N64 and Game Cube for those of you who remember) is getting into the eBook game with its next portable game console, the DSi XL, a larger version of the company's popular DS hand held game system.
The US launch of the D...
- Engadget for iPhone / iPod touch 2.0.1 now available!
February 24, 2010
Hey guys, some fun news to share: Engadget for iPhone / iPod touch 2.0.1 was just approved by Apple and is now available on the App Store! The big new feature is landscape mode in article, comment, and sharing views, but we've also bumped up font sizes, made some improvements to the commenting exp...
- 10 Ways to Trick Out Your Barnes & Noble Nook
February 24, 2010
Before the Apple iPad stole the ebook media limelight with its iBookstore, the Barnes Noble nook was the most eye-catching e-reader on the market thanks to its second color LCD screen.Although out of stock over the crucial Christmas period, Barnes Noble has now caught up with demand and is offeri...
- e-Book Echo: Publication Rights Confuse Us All
February 22, 2010
Our platform focus continues this fine Sunday with the e-Book Echo, our take on the week in the digital publishing world. I’ve weighed in before on the confusing area of international e-book publishing rights. It seems almost arbitrary which books can be purchased outside the U.S., as apparently e...
- New SDK Hints at iPhone/iPad Front Facing Camera, Video Calls
February 24, 2010
While we all know that some tidbits of information in the iPhone/iPad SDK don’t necessarily mean we’ll see these features soon (or ever) on the devices, they can be good pointers as to what to expect from their future iterations.The folks at 9to5Mac and MacRumors have done some digging, and fou...
- Apple: iPad to Be Sold at Best Buy
February 24, 2010
Today at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, Apple COO Tim Cook revealed that the iPad will be available at multiple retail locations soon after launch, including Best Buy.In his QA at the conference, Mr. Cook revealed some interesting insights into the secretive...
- Why The iPad May Save The Internet Fridge
February 23, 2010
In part 1 of our interview with Adam Greenfield, author of Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing, we discussed the impact of the iPhone and other smartphones on the Internet of Things.
In Part 2, we explore how the Apple iPad may also become a key device. Adam Greenfield thinks it may b...
- Google Search Fail
February 22, 2010
Looking for help on my cell phone and came across this; to which there were actually people asking this question…
Dig Google Fails? Check Autocomplete Me
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- Apple Looking to Bring iPhone OS to More Devices
February 22, 2010
A recent Apple Inc. job posting has revealed that the company intends to focus on bringing the iPhone OS onto new gadgets, devices and platforms.The job posting from the Cupertino, CA, company specifically calls for an engineering manager to handle “platform bring-up.” In the job description,...
- Nintendo DSi XL – ebook reader for Europe?
February 21, 2010
I received the following email from xendula:
While looking for a b-day present for my nephew, I stumbled over the new Nintendo DSi XL on amazon.de. If you have a look at the video at the attached link*, you can tell that it is geared toward “Touch! Generations” folks: The colors are subtle, the...
- Storytelling on the iPhone
February 21, 2010
Tales2Go is a new application which streams audio readings to the iPhone or iPod. Tehy offer over 1,000 titles from 2 minute fables to 6 hour novels for kids.
On download you receive a one month trial and then your can get a one year subscription for $30. Applications for the Blackberry, Palm Pre a...
- E-Books Perfect for Instant Repair of Screwups
February 21, 2010
If for no other reason, e-books are the perfect vehicle for immediately correcting errors in published books. And if the errors are serious enough to damage a person's reputation or otherwise incur potential legal liability, a prompt correction and withdrawal of the offending text demonstrate the s...
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- Social Networking Now More Popular on Mobile than Desktop
February 18, 2010
A recent study from Ruder Finn revealed that Americans are spending nearly three hours per day on their mobile phones. And what are they doing there? Educating themselves, conducting business, managing finances, instant messaging, emailing? All of the above, as it turns out, and then some. But perha...
- The Internet in 2020 - What the Experts Predict
February 19, 2010
Most experts agree that Google wont make us stupid. Indeed, 76% of technology stakeholders and critics interviewed by the Pew Research Centers Internet American Life Project and the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University believe that the Internet and search engines will enhance human inte...
- Samsung’s SNE-60K e-reader
February 19, 2010
There are few companies that know how to combine a good design, functionality and innovation and one of them is Samsung. The SNE-60k is an example of that. For the first time we will see handwriting recognition in a device that’s not using a Microsoft’s OS.
Well, here’s one e-reader that won...
- Can E-readers and Tablets Save the News?
February 18, 2010
Sales are robust for e-readers and there is no shortage of tablets yet to launch, including the new Apple iPad. But will strong sales translate into a boost for the media industry?If media organizations do it right, the potential could be there for e-readers and tablets to become a viable revenue s...
- Amazon Launches a Kindle App for BlackBerry
February 18, 2010
Amazon has launched a Kindle application for BlackBerry that lets customers purchase and read e-books.Just like the company’s application for iPhone and iPod touch, if you already have a Kindle, you’re able to sync the BlackBerry app with it, meaning information like the last page you were on is...
- The E-book Price War Isn’t Over Yet
February 18, 2010
As Apple announced its iPad and iBookstore, there was a shift of momentum in the book publishing industry. Amazon’s strategy for selling e-books on the Kindle was to sell them at a discounted price, such as $9.99, but Apple, somewhat surprisingly, announced higher book prices for titles bought th...
- Google Before You Tweet
February 3, 2010
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- Loving the iPad: A Real Computer for Virtualizing Enterprise Apps
February 17, 2010
The iPad is dropping soon. The question remains, how big of an opportunity is it for the enterprise? Today we take a look at the work being done by software virtualization leader Citrix to get ready for streaming applications to the iPad. And we find that it looks more promising than ever to move...
- Minority Report In Your Living Room: Gestural Interface Computers "Five Years" Away
February 16, 2010
If you never saw Minority Report, then we can just tell you - when Tom Cruise uses a "computer" he looks more like a conductor of an orchestra, or maybe a DJ, than your average typist. As he browses through files, he swoops his arm dramatically in the air. He forcefully pushes useless information o...
- Wired demonstrates iPad version of Wired magazine
February 16, 2010
In November, we reported on Condé Nast’s plans to offer Wired Magazine on this year’s crop of tablets, whatever those tablets ended up being. On Friday at TED 2010, Wired’s Editor-In-Chief Chris Anderson and Jeremy Clark from Adobe demonstrated how the iPad version of Wired would look.
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- iTablet launches in the UK. This is uncanny…
February 5, 2010
Well this is awkward.
A UK company has launched a range of Windows or Linux-based tablets and branded it the iTablet. A screenshot can be found to the right, and while it’s hardly likely to have Jobs knees wobbling, it doesn’t look all that bad.
Due to start shipping in April 2010, it runs Windo...
- Sony hints at iPad competitor
February 4, 2010
The Apple iPad may have disappointed some that expected the device to do and offer more. Most gadget fans can find something that they like about the iPad. The device will be shipping soon and we will see how well the buying public responds to the price and features of the iPad.
Sony has dropped a...
- E-reader statisfaction study shows 93 percent of users are happy, just not you
February 4, 2010
The wind sure changes very quickly, eh? Just a week ago the University of Georgia revealed that many of its study participants -- Athens residents who were given a Kindle to play with -- weren't happy with their e-reader experience, but yesterday a new study reported something fairly contrasting. Ra...
- iPhone Apps Get Web Previews
February 4, 2010
Back in November, Apple quietly rolled out iTunes Preview, which created a web-based page for iTunes albums and song tracks. Earlier this year, the company added song samples to iTunes Preview, further fueling speculation of a web-based iTunes client. Today, the company is completing the circuit, so...
- Is it vanity to self-publish?
February 4, 2010
It's hard to say when respectable, even sensible ambition, shades into hollow ego-trippingI still remember the rising excitement as I ripped open the envelope. The letter inside glowed with praise for my work. "At last," I thought, "somebody has 'got' what I'm trying to do with my writing. A real L...
- Polish author finds “reading devices” is inapropriate langage
February 1, 2010
Polish author Piotr Kowalczyk has found out something very interesting. This is from his English language blog Password Incorrect:
I opened last week a little Amazon store at my blog, where I list products which fit my interests. Today I was trying to create a Listmania list with e-reading devices...
- Wattpad Annouces iPad-Optimized App
February 3, 2010
Wattpad, the eBook-based social network, sounded what's likely to be a very, er, popular note yesterday, announcing an iPad-optimized version of its iPhone app. Wattpad says the optimized app will be available concurrently with the iPad launch at the end of March.
Ivan Yuen, CTO of Wattpad, said...
- Google Chrome Tablet vs. iPad: Open vs. Closed
February 4, 2010
There's talk that one of the things up Google's increasingly packed sleeve is a tablet PC built to run Google's upcoming Chrome OS. Yesterday, ReadWriteWeb posted a comparison between what Google would offer with a Chrome tablet and what Apple is promising with its iPad. Basically, the difference...
- Is the Apple vs. Amazon eBook Battle Going to be Vicious? Stanza Forced to Remove USB Book Sharing Feature
February 3, 2010
Did you know that Amazon has two ebook reader apps for the iPhone? The first app released was not the Kindle for iPhone app. The first ebook reader app released was...
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...although Amazon didn't buy its parent company (Lexcycle) until after its initial release (company purhcased in April 200...
- How many apps do you use?
February 4, 2010
How many applications that you have installed on your phone do you regularly use? I have installed 31 applications on my T-Mobile myTouch phone, of which I probably use 6 on a regular basis. The counts do not include the Android built-in applications that I also use on a daily basis. Like most peopl...
- Stanza eBook App Forced By Apple To Remove Book Sharing Feature
February 2, 2010
Users of the popular Stanza e-book reading app for iPhone can no longer move books to their PC with a USB cable.
In an updated version to its Stanza app, Amazon Inc.-owned developer Lexcycle said Apple required the company to remove a function that allowed USB file transfer.
- Gil Laroya: Does Technology Replace Humanity?
February 3, 2010
Something that I've always feared about technology and social interaction, is what it brings us, versus what it takes away. With all of the cool features, gadgets and innovations that come with technology, "how" you ask "can technology take things away?". It's as simple as this -- technology dumbs d...
- Textbook Publishers Embrace iPad Apps for Education
February 3, 2010
Textbook publishers have already enlisted the third-party services of developers to build adaptations of textbooks for the iPad, the Wall Street Journal reports. McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, Pearson and Kaplan have struck deals with iPhone and iPod touch developers ScrollMotion Inc. to build appli...
- Amazon Said to Buy Touch Start-Up
February 4, 2010
The Internet retailer has acquired Touchco, a New York start-up, according to a person briefed on the deal.
- Entelligence: Lessons from the iPad launch
February 1, 2010
Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he'll explore where our industry is and where it's going -- on both micro and ma...
- How the iPad is Changing Interaction Design
February 1, 2010
Applications that looked amazing on larger multi-touch experiences like Microsoft Surface may have a more affordable consumer-facing counterpart. While the iPad has been widely criticized, many startups are thrilled by its possibilities. In mid-November we featured Paris-based Pearltrees as a new de...
- 5 Essential Tools for the Mobile Journalist
February 1, 2010
The multi-function playground that is the smartphone has shrunk the capabilities of a van-sized 1970’s news team into the pocket of a single reporter. Today, front-page news can stream from any individual with a cell phone camera and a Twitter account, as it did during Iran’s election protests l...
- Random rules for ideas worth spreading
January 31, 2010
If you've got an idea worth spreading, I hope you'll consider this random assortment of rules. Like all rules, some are made to be broken, but still...
You can name your idea anything you like, but a google-friendly name is always better than one that isn't.
Don't plan on appearing on a reality sh...
- Too much data leads to not enough belief
January 21, 2010
Business plans with too much detail, books with too much proof, politicians with too much granularity... it seems as though more data is a good thing, because data proves the case.In my experience, data crowds out faith. And without faith, it's hard to believe in the data enough to make a leap. Big...
- How To Create a Detailed Apple iPad Icon in Photoshop
February 1, 2010
The Internet world exploded with the news of the Apple tablet launch last week. Named the iPad, it’s set to bring yet another revolution to the way people access and browse the web. An iPad icon would be a sensible addition to any web designer’s resources toolbox, so let’s fire up Photoshop an...
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- So, When Do You Plan To Use the iPad?
January 28, 2010
Yes, I know that iPad analysis abounds in abnormal amounts right now. But still, now that it’s out, now that we know what it can and cannot do, one cannot help but think about its future. Is it going to be a hit? Is it going to be a failure? Is it good enough as it is, or will Apple need to change...
- Why Amazon, B&N and Co. Should Embrace the iPad
January 28, 2010
Judging from what we have seen so far, Apple's new iPad will be a great device for reading e-books. The iPad will obviously come with Apple's own e-reader software - but thats only half the story. Users will also be able to read their Kindle and BN e-book purchases on Apples new device. After all, n...
- Do We Love the iPad? The Numbers Say We Do
January 28, 2010
There seem to be a lot of middling responses to yesterday's announcement of the iPad, Apple's latest entry into the world of really neat looking mobile devices. A quick look at the front page of Techmeme shows the variety of responses, from the iPad killing the PC to the lack of a camera killing the...
- Apple's iPad is No Match for E-Paper - Epaper Central
January 29, 2010
People have been gossiping and letting the rumors fly as to what this could possibly be, and how it could be used as an e-reader. Turns out, the iPad is basically a large iTouch, with very few little new tweaks and treats to make it any ...
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- Apple's $499 iPad – will it nuke the e-reader market? (2)
January 29, 2010
Yes folks, though the iPad is more versatile than any e-reader in the market, yet, unlike the iPhone and the iPod, which have revolutionised the smartphone ...
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- iPad [video]
January 28, 2010
I just want this video on my blog. That’s it.
- 'Millions of people' now own Kindles, says Amazon in its most non-vague sales statement yet
January 29, 2010
Amazon has been notoriously and aggravatingly mum on releasing concrete sales figures for its Kindle series. Last tidbit we heard was that it was the most gifted item in the retail companys history. Or maybe there was some indication by ATTs note today that 1 million non-phones have been activated,...
- Apple's iPad to demand lion's share of tablet PC market?
January 29, 2010
It's pretty early in the game to call the iPad a winner (or loser) but that's not going to stop analysts and industry execs from their god-given right to bluster. AppleInsider did a nice roundup of Wall Street types predicting year one sales to be anywhere from 1 million and 5 million units with po...
- mobilefiction: #1picstory :: New tablet http://moby.to/ljbmhm
January 27, 2010
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- No iBooks For You, Rest of the World (For Now)
January 28, 2010
It seems that iBooks will be a U.S.-only service, at least when iPad first lands in stores. Engadget dug up the Apple Australia site, discovering that both the iBookstore and the iBooks app are nowhere to be seen. Of course, this could be an accidental omission, but Apple’s official PR did say,
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- ASUS DR-950 touchscreen e-reader spotted in the 'wilds' of ASUS UK's office
January 22, 2010
Sure, we'd love to be hanging out with this device in person, but we suppose this is second best. ASUS UK has some shots of the upcoming DR-950 e-reader, sporting 9-inches of grayscale SiPix e-paper. It admittedly looks pretty great under these idealized lighting conditions, and the homescreen inte...
- InstaPaper for Kindle now more Kindle-like
January 22, 2010
InstaPaper's "read later" bookmarking service was already a pretty handy way to get any article or web page onto your Kindle, but it looks like the company's now taken a considerable leap forward in usability with its latest update. Nothing's changed in the way you actually get articles onto the Ki...
- BeBook Neo e-reader launches with WiFi and WACOM capabilities
January 22, 2010
We're still patiently waiting for Endless Ideas to launch a 3G-equipped e-reader to compete with the masses, but 'til then, we suppose we'll have to be satisfied with the WiFi-toting BeBook Neo. Boasting a 532MHz Freescale CPU, Vizplex display (800 x 600 resolution), 512MB of internal storage, 3.5m...
- Gina Bianchini: The Evolution of Social Technology: Building Richer, More Engaged Lives, Online and Off
January 23, 2010
2009 was the year that social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter went mainstream. According to Nielsen, people are now spending three times more time on social networks today than they did at the beginning of 2009. There's never been another analog for this level of growth in a single year.
Yet...
- Google: There is Potential to Make the Mobile Web Better than the PC Web
January 22, 2010
During Google's Q4 earnings call, a lot of the discussion focused on the mobile web. Google clearly thinks that the mobile web is poised for massive growth over the next few years and projects like Android show that Google wants to control as much of this market as possible. One of the most interest...
- If You Printed Twitter
January 21, 2010
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- Ebook readers are biggest consumers of new media, says new survey
January 20, 2010
A press release from L.E.K. Consulting’s Media Survey (which is laced with too many cutesy terms) showed “… a potential goldmine for content providers and advertisers alike …. The survey also showed that almost half of e-reader users increased their consumption of books, and more than one-th...
- The Best Reason for Re-Engineering Book Publishing – the Need for XML
January 20, 2010
Editor’s Note: the following article is written by Dev Ganesan, President and CEO of Aptara. The results of the media survey published just below seem to corroborate Dev’s comments about content consumers. PB
Today’s content consumers are voracious digital omnivores, desiring to feed on all...
- Mike Cane Throws Down the Gauntlet
January 20, 2010
Mike Cane, outspoken publishing and eBook blogger and advocate for freedom for digital media consumers everywhere has thrown down the gauntlet at Apple's feet. Last night, he posted a note on his blog stating in no uncertain terms that if Apple meets juts a few requirements with the release of th...
- Kobo Announces eReader Apps for Tablet Computers
January 22, 2010
Kobo, the eReader formerly known as Shortcovers, announced today that it is developing eReader apps for tablet computers and plans to release them in February 2010. And the company has all the base--even the invisible or imaginary ones--covered. According to the official press release, Kobo is w...
- Maybe Self-Publication is a Good Idea After All
January 21, 2010
The Wall Street Journal has just realized something that writers have known for decades: publishers have stopped accepting submissions directly from authors, requiring them to submit through literary agents."Now, slush is dead, or close to extinction," writes Katherine Rosman. "Film and television p...
- Can Apple's tablet do it again?
January 20, 2010
Apple's latest product is the eagerly awaited 'tablet' electronic reader. But no one knows exactly what it will do, nor whether it can duplicate the runaway success of the earlier iPod or iPhone. So what might we expect?Here's a story from the near future. It's been a long day. Finally throwing asid...
- Amazon prepares for Apple tablet with promise of apps for Kindle ereader
January 21, 2010
Developers are being sought to produce iPhone-style apps as Kindle faces Apple tablet challenge in ebook marketAmazon is inviting developers to build iPhone-style apps on its Kindle ebook reader, in what is seen as a pre-emptive strike against the expected launch next week of an Apple tablet compute...
- Amazon Prepares for the Arrival of the Apple Tablet: Gives Authors and Publishers a Bigger Royalty Cut for E-Books
January 20, 2010
Amazon just announced that it is now offering publishers and authors a new 70% royalty option. Publishers and authors who choose this option will receive 70% of the list price from sales of their e-books in the Kindle store. In order to qualify for this option, publishers have to turn on the text-to...
- Amazon Allows Some Publishers and Authors to Opt Out of E-Book DRM
January 21, 2010
Amazon quietly made a major change to its Digital Text Platform last week that went largely unnoticed: Small publishers and individual authors who use the Digital Text Platform can now opt out of the Kindle's digital rights management (DRM) program. While this change only affects a relatively small...
- Is it really doomsday for books? Not while English casts its spell | Books
January 18, 2010
Economic and technological changes have freed the English language from the shackles of empire and expanded its reach still widerFrom the embattled frontline of the Anglo-American books world there seems to be nothing but bad news. Publishers have become like unlucky generals, receiving "All is lost...
- Free Book: Around the World in Eighty Days
January 19, 2010
Author: Jules Verne
Description: Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring enterprise: to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his French valet Passepartout in tow, Verne’s her...
- NetLibrary ebooks now compatible with the Nook, Daily Edition and other ereaders
January 14, 2010
From the OCLC press release:
OCLC NetLibrary, the leading provider of eContent solutions for libraries, currently offers more than 140,000 PDF titles that are compatible with the Barnes Noble nook, Sony’s Daily Edition and other devices including all four Sony Digital Readers (PRS-300, 505, 600 a...
- Flexible e-readers said to be years off
January 18, 2010
Now that you’re excited about the Asus color display allowing a claimed 122 hours of battery life, here’s something different—to cool you down.
Fully flexible e-readers, which you can handle like your morning newspaper, are apparently years off. Newspaper-flexible screens themselves may take...
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January 15, 2010
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- Steve Ross: How Many eReaders Does it Take to Screw in an eBook?
January 14, 2010
How many eReaders does it take to screw in an eBook?
The answer, as glimpsed at last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is "too many": the number of new tools for electronic reading may soon reach a killion: a quantity invented by mathematician-writer Ian Frazier for a number so high it...
- Cool Book Video: 'Further Adventures In The Restless Universe'
January 14, 2010
For a while, it's seemed like promotional book videos have been mostly duds. But recently, we've been seeing amazingly cool book video after amazingly cool book video popping up all over the Internet.
This one is the most recent. Composed of stop-motion paper cut-out animation, the video for Dawn R...
- Teclast enters the e-book fold with the K3 Talking Portable Library
January 13, 2010
Judging by the snowballing number of e-readers we've seen over the last year or so (culminating at CES 2010, as you are no doubt well aware) either people really, really, really love these things, or OEMs are going for the lowest hanging fruit. And what do we have here from Teclast? The company, kn...
- Do the Size of Mobile App Stores Still Matter?
January 13, 2010
According to Mplayit CEO Michael Powers, the size of a mobile platform's app store is now mostly irrelevant. Facebook-based mobile app store Mplayit took a close look at the most popular apps for Android, BlackBerry and the iPhone and found that the most popular apps on all three platforms tend to b...
- Twitter for Teams: Teambox Launches Web-Based Collaboration Tool
January 14, 2010
Since Google Wave's launch, we've seen a slew of real-time, short-form collaboration tools.
From massively multiplayer QA app Quora to invite-only, group-scrapbooking tool TwitAlbums to developer-centric, code-coaching resource Squad, the web is rife with sites focused on making groups more communi...
- Vimeo Adds Mobile Video Support
January 14, 2010
Vimeo has introduced the capability to convert all your existing Vimeo uploads to a mobile video version, however this Mobile video feature is currently limited to Vimeo Plus members.Owners of an iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, and Palm Pre smartphones can visit www.vimeo.com/m today to browse the Mobi...
- Bigger Kindle DX goes global from 19 January
January 13, 2010
The Kindle DX with 2.5x the screen area will soon be available outside the US, at its original -- somewhat hefty -- priceAmazon has started taking pre-orders for a global version of the big Kindle DX ebook reader, which will be released on 19 January at the same as last May's US launch price: $489 (...
- How Conceptual Metaphors are Stunting Web Innovation
January 13, 2010
Venkatesh Rao is a researcher in the Xerox Innovation Group, and the project manager for Trailmeme, a research beta technology that allows users to blaze and follow trails through web content and the Trailmeme for WordPress plugin. He blogs at ribbonfarm.com.As much as we focus on developing new tec...
- All The Apple Tablet Rumors Condensed Into One Picture
January 13, 2010
Yeah, we know. There have been so many Apple tablet-related rumors that it’s getting impossible to track them all, let alone determine which are actually likely to become reality.That’s why you’ll love this visual guide to Apple Tablet rumors, courtesy of The Green Room blog. The rumors are re...
- Nook Wins Best Gadget of the Year at Crunchies Awards
January 12, 2010
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Here's a bit of last week's news that we missed amidst all the CES buzz: the Nook was named the Best New Gadget at the Crunchies Awards. The Crunchies are annual technology awards hosted by Gigaom, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch; this is the third year of the awards.
Watch...
- Google: The Word of the Decade
January 11, 2010
The American Dialect Society (ADS) has named google - the verb - as its Word of the Decade. According to the ADS, the verb google (meaning to "search the Internet") won out over blog, which, according to Grant Barrett, the chair of the ADS's New Word Committee, "just sounds ugly." Tweet was named t...
- Phone Faceoff: Nexus One Vs. iPhone 3GS
January 12, 2010
Now that the Nexus One has been revealed and the Android-based smartphones are beginning to ship worldwide, it’s time to evaluate whether the Google Phone really can stand up to the giant that is Apple’s iPhone, specifically the 3GS. From our tests of the Nexus One, we know that it’s a stella...
- Visual Timeline – The Most Iconic Electronic Gadgets of all Time
January 12, 2010
Here’s a visual timeline of the 25 most successful gadgets and technologies in the consumer electronics space beginning with the Pong, the first commercially successful arcade video game, to the rumored Apple Tablet that is expected later this month.
From Permuto via Katie Carlson.
Visual Time...
- Writing Resources for Naming Your Characters
January 12, 2010
Have you ever read one of those epic fantasy novels in which the magical characters can gain total control over any living being (or non-living object) simply by discovering its real and true name? I’ve read about ten of those novels.
What do you think is more perplexing, the fact that authors con...
- Color ereader screen roundup
January 11, 2010
Best Tablet Review has an excellent roundup of the latest second generation screens. I suggest you go over and take a look. Here’s part of what they have to say. After discussing how LCD screens are backlit and can be difficult on the eyes, and how this creates the “superiority” of e-ink, t...
- All writers repeat themselves – but some recycle
January 12, 2010
A degree of repetition is part of what we like about our favourite novelists, but this can be taken too farAll writers repeat themselves. And when we read a favourite author, repetition is in a sense exactly what we want. Kafka wouldn't be Kafka without the terrifying entrapment and metaphysical des...
- Four new color display technologies crowd into e-reader market
January 11, 2010
Found via Slashdot: MIT’s Technology Review has a roundup of four new color display technologies previewed at CES, which will be finding their way into e-readers within the next 1-2 years. The article briefly explains each new technology from Pixel Qi, Qualcomm, Liquavista, and Kent Displays, and...
- Samsung E-Books Let You Read and Write
January 8, 2010
Everybody has new e-readers at CES this year. With Samsung’s e-book, you can write on the pages.
- Hands-On With Alex: An Android-Powered, Dual-Screen Reader
January 9, 2010
SpringDesign's e-book reader has a 6-inch E Ink display atop a 3.5-inch touchscreen, combining the best of the Kindle and the iPhone. It runs Google's Android OS, specially modified for e-book reading, and you can annotate what you're reading -- a handy feature for students.
- Que Touchcreen E-Reader Packs in the Features
January 9, 2010
Wired.com uses Plastic Logic's Que, a touchscreen e-reader that's optimized for newspapers, magazines and blogs, but grabs books or websites too. It promises more features than many other e-readers on the market.
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- The History of Publishing 2010 – 2020 pt2
January 4, 2010
Early 2010 is pointed out by many historians as being the dawn of the touch tablet, or “slate computing” era. With Apple’s announcement in late January of the iSlate, a majority of the world had their first glimpse of a portable computer capable of accessing and containing all the media a use...
- The History of Publishing 2010 – 2020 pt1
January 4, 2010
At the dawn of 2010, publishing as we know it today was a vastly different entity. There were clear lines between author and reader, and stories themselves were trapped in analog isolation. Like a machine, the industry was arranged into players with a unique roles – author, publisher, distributor...
- We Don't Need New eReaders, Says Nawotka
January 7, 2010
Publishing Perspectives editor Edward Nawotka has written an unusual editorial on all the CES chatter, and it's making the rounds on twitter. While the Web is buzzing with all the new devices debuting at CES, Nawotka says the devices we've got are good enough for the time being.
"I would argue that...
- Liquavista shows of color ereader
January 7, 2010
BestTabletReview has an article about Liquavista is showing off its form of liquid crystal display screen which is supposed to be sunlight readable and use much less power than regular LCD screens. The color in the demo looks rather washed out and unimpressive to me, but we’ll have to wait and se...
- BookBuzzr - The One Free Tool That Every Author Needs For Book Marketing
January 7, 2010
This post, from Saneesh, originally appeared on the Freado The Book-Marketing Technology Blog on 10/20/09.
[Note from Publetariat Editor in Chief April L. Hamilton: While this is really just a promotional piece about the BookBuzzr widget, since that widget is free and I use it myself and can th...
- The future of the ebook
January 7, 2010
With the introduction of ereaders last year and the imminent announcement from Apple about the much rumoured Tablet - or iSlate - the future of the ebook has never been rosier.
The opportunities for authors and publishers abound to create an experience for readers which delivers an amazing array of...
- Graphic.ly Creates the Digital Comic Book Store [PHOTOS]
January 7, 2010
During Microsoft’s keynote at CES 2010 this evening, Steve Ballmer showed off a very cool mobile and web application called Graphic.ly, a platform that aims to be the ultimate digital content delivery system for the publishing world.
Graphic.ly’s first target is comic book fans. With Graphic.ly...
- National Book Foundation Seeks Digital Innovators
January 7, 2010
The National Book Foundation, sponsor of the National Book Awards, has just opened applications for its second "Innovations in Reading" Prize. The Foundation will award prizes of $2,500 to individuals or organizations that have, according to the Foundation, "developed innovative means of creating a...
- Amazon Kindle DX Goes International
January 6, 2010
Just like its older brother Kindle, Amazon’s larger, magazine-format-friendly e-reader Kindle DX is now available internationally in more than 100 countries.
The deal is pretty much the same as with the Kindle; it connects to the net via Global Wireless, which is free for users. Compared with the...
- Spring Design Partners with Google
January 5, 2010
Spring Design, the company behind the Alex eReader, the eReader that faced off against the Nook in court, has announced a partnership with Google, making over one million books scanned by the search giant available to Alex eReader users.
While Google has already partnered with many other device m...
- iriver Story e-reader shipping to US soil this month, WiFi version coming in Q2
January 5, 2010
iriver's first legitimate shot at making an e-reader has been floating around in various corners of the globe for months now, but finally we've confirmation from the company that the device is coming Stateside. Announced here in Las Vegas, the iriver Story will ship to US retailers later this month...
- Kindle DX now with global wireless?
January 5, 2010
See that text up there? The part of the site that reads "Kindle DX Now with Global Wireless." Well, the Kindle DX doesn't have have global wireless... yet. The link is dead but it certainly looks like Amazon is about to make good on its earlier promise to bring global roaming capabilities to the DX...
- CES: Hearst to Show Off The Skiff Reader [PICS]
January 5, 2010
If it seems like everybody and his second cousin is making an eReader device, it’s because they pretty much are. Beyond the industry-leading Amazon Kindle and the Sony Reader, a veritable troupe of newcomers are taking the stage to challenge the digital reading device market: The Barnes Noble Noo...
- Nexus One vs Droid vs iPhone [Comparison Chart]
January 5, 2010
Now that Google’s Nexus One phone has been revealed, the question everyone is asking is how does it compare to the other current top smartphones on the market, most notably, iPhone and Motorola Droid? Moreover, is it worth switching to Nexus One from your current device?
BillShrink has put togeth...
- Video Boxes, 'Notbooks' and E-Books to Dominate Gadgets in 2010
January 4, 2010
From 3-D televisions and e-book readers to smartbooks and pocket projectors, we bring you the gadget trends that will loom large in 2010.
- The ABCs of e-book format conversion: Easy Calibre tips for the Kindle, Sony and Nook
January 3, 2010
Welcome to TeleRead’s newest contributor, John Schember, a member of the team behind the wonderful Calibre program for managing e-book collections. His bio appears at the end. Calibre is much improved, and I myself am in the middle of Calibre-izing my own collection. Screenshot to the right is fro...
- The Evolution of the Computer
January 3, 2010
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- HOW TO: Do Almost Anything Online in 2010
January 2, 2010
It’s a new year, which means it’s time to make resolutions, take on fresh challenges, learn new things and change our lives for the better. Perhaps you want to lose 10 pounds, travel more, or get the job you really want?
Mashable has been building a vast archive of how-to guides on everything f...
- Google Tablet: Google and HTC To Launch Apple iSlate Rival [RUMOR]
January 2, 2010
Google is working on a tablet computer with HTC, the company that built the hardware for the Nexus One “Google Phone“, according to a report.
The report claims that HTC has “been working closely with Google for the past 18 months” on “several working models of a touch tablet”.
Are Goo...
- Words of the decade
December 29, 2009
A piece of fluff on the op-ed page of the NYT on December 28: Philip Niemeyer, "Picturing the Past 10 Years", with an item a year for 2000 through 2009 in twelve categories. The last two categories are words: Nouns and Verbs.
There are no statistics here, just someone's judgments about what was hot...
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- The History of Publishing 2010 – 2020 – An Introduction
December 30, 2009
The History of Publishing 2010 – 2020 is not a direct prediction, it is a work of fiction, though it is based on the current state of the publishing industry, the technology at hand and around the corner, and the transitory trends established by the print journalism, music, and film industries....
- Free Book: Crime and Punishment
December 28, 2009
Author: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
Description: The poverty-stricken Raskolnikov, believing he is exempt from moral law, murders a man only to face the consequences not only from society but from his conscience, in this seminal story of justice, morality, and redemption from one of Russia’s g...
- The year ahead: books
December 31, 2009
McEwan, Carey and Amis look set to make it a bumper year for the menIf 2009 was the year of female big hitters – with Hilary Mantel, Alice Munro and Herta Müller all prize winners – 2010 looks set to bring the men back to centre court. Ian McEwan and Peter Carey both publish new novels – a re...
- What are your new year's reading resolutions?
January 1, 2010
2010 is finally upon us. The moment is ripe for new leaves – and the best sort, of course, come between the covers of books. So state your intentions now: what are you planning to read this year?Of all the half-hearted resolutions I cobble together on a yearly basis for the benefit of my mental, p...
- Tweetup and Hashtag Make the List of Top 2009 Words
January 1, 2010
The Oxford Dictionary may have chosen “unfriend” as word of the year, but what else was in our collective lexicon in 2009? A Words of the Year list commissioned by the Oxford University Press included a number of words from our familiar technosocial corner, according to the Telegraph.
“Tweetup...
- The Biggest Twitter Trends Of 2009 – What Was The Top Topic?
December 31, 2009
It being that special time of the year, the end, we are all taking a look back at the last few hundred days. Twitter has given so many people a new voice in the last year, that to ignore what it has to say would be amiss.WhatTheTrend has compiled a list of the very top Twitter trends of the year, te...
- Paradigm Shift intros 5- and 7-inch readers with color (LCD) displays
December 31, 2009
It looks as if we're still waiting patiently for color e-ink to become a reality (at least in a mass produced shipping product), but if you're kosher with low-energy consumption LCDs, Paradigm Shift has the ticket. Similar to Sungale's Cyberus ID700WTA, the outfit's 5-inch EER-051 and 7-inch EER-0...
- Entelligence: Gartenberg's best of 2009 in personal tech
December 31, 2009
Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he'll explore where our industry is and where it's going -- on both micro and mac...
- Study: middle-aged people unimpressed with modern technology
January 1, 2010
The Olds -- they're never happy, are they? Just look at this study conducted by the feared and respected Zogby International. According to a poll, those aged 35-54 are most disappointed by how far technology has come by 2010, having grown up with the concept of that Jetsons robot that automatically...
- OWEN E1 e-reader gets outed for Chinese reading public
January 1, 2010
The e-reader onslaught continues, with Chinese company ONN (or Owen, if you will) outing its latest, the E-1 e-reader. Boasting a 5-inch E Ink screen, the making it smaller than its 6-inch rivals, the Kindle and Nook. It also supports MP3, WMA and OGG formats. That's about all the information we...
- Inappropriate Times To Use Your Smartphone With Family
December 27, 2009
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- The iSlate might not be a Tablet after all…but an eBook Reader!?
December 29, 2009
Well this is going to come as a disappointment to the masses of Apple lunatics who have already begun saving for the upcoming tablet release.If QuickPwn’s sources are to be believed, the iSlate isn’t an Apple tablet but rather an eBook Reader designed to take on Amazon’s Kindle head to head.Th...
- Goodbye Kindle? Full-colour e-book readers launch next month
December 29, 2009
If the current crop of e-book readers seem a little dull to you, maybe one with a colour screen might pique your interest?Until now e-book readers like the Amazon Kindle have been resolutely monochrome. While that’s great for reading books, it doesn’t look particularly appealing to potential buy...
- 7 Ways News Media are Becoming More Collaborative
December 29, 2009
With the turn of the decade, the news media are seeing shifts from hyper competition to collaboration. News organizations are partnering to produce the news, while journalists are working with the audience to bring them content that they demand.
Media mavens too are hoping for more collaboration in...
- The Best Twitter Apps for your Mobile Phone
December 28, 2009
If you try accessing Twitter from the browser of a mobile phone, Twitter will automatically serve you the mobile-optimized version of their site. However, if in case Twitter fails to recognize your smartphone, you can manually type m.twitter.com to directly access the mobile site of Twitter from you...
- Lenovo possibly developing e-book reader
December 28, 2009
Look, we don't like having to constantly be skeptics who don't believe in anything unless there's absolute proof of its existence... oh, wait: yes we do. Especially in scenarios like this, where sources are unclear, a bit vague, and poorly translated. Regardless, we're hearing that it's possible th...
- Blio seeks to take digital reading in a new, more inclusive, and colorful direction
December 29, 2009
As if we didn't have enough pretenders in the ebook space, here's Ray Kurzweil with a new format of his own and a bagful of ambition to go with it. Set for a proper unveiling at CES in a week's time, the Blio format and accompanying application are together intended to deliver true-to-life color re...
- Ten gadgets that defined the decade
December 30, 2009
As 2009 winds down and we try to come up with new and clever ways of referring to the early years of this century, there's really only one thing left to do: declare our ten favorite gadgets of the aughts and show them off in chronological order. It's arguable that if this wasn't the decade of gadge...
- 8 Things Every Geek Needs to Do Before 2010
December 29, 2009
It's one thing to have resolutions for the new year. I, for example, plan to lose weight, learn Python and design the perfect handbag. But since nothing satisfies like the quick achievement of a short-term goal, here are eight things every good nerd needs to to before the ball drops later this week....
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