I just noticed that this was posted on Youtube. There’s a number of interesting mentioned here; check out the caseless ebook reader at 2:40.
Entries from February 25th, 2010
New Market Prediction Report Available
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From the press release: Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Asia Pacific Wireless E-Reader and Touch Screen Tablet Market – Insights and Forecast to 2014” report to their offering. This research report outlines results of APRG’s latest research on the e-reader and tablet market in Asia Pacific. Results of focus groups conducted [...]
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Fnac might release their own ebook reader
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware rumors
Actualitte is reporting that the French retail chain Fnac (Wikipedia) might have plans to release their own branded ebook reader. Fnac currently sells the Sony Reader and the Cybook, as well as selling electronics under the Höher brand.
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Lambton County Library expands their ebook collection
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Lambton County Library (Ontario, Canada) has just announced that it will soon add Overdrive ebooks to its existing NetLibrary collection. The ebooks will be added in May, and will initially include 500 titles. The Lambton County Library operates 26 library branches around Sarnia-Lambton.
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Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Mobile now available in the iPhone App Store
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
From the Adobe blog: Acrobat Connect Pro Mobile is now available for download form the iTunes store. With this release, Connect Pro Mobile offers users mobile access via an iPhone or iPod Touch to rich communications including collaborative meetings, training sessions and Web seminars. Participants can watch and listen to live presentations including real-time meeting [...]
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GoodReader can now edit TXT files
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
GoodReader is a PDF & txt viewer app for the iPhone. The latest version added the ability to edit txt files. Okay, that’s really not much in the way of news, but after researching the app I rather like it. It can also download files over a Wifi network from your PC. There are also [...]
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Scribd adds new “Send to Device” feature – So What
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Scribd expanded its support of mobile reading today when it added the new “Send to Device” feature. At least, that’s what they’d like you to believe. The truth is they didn’t add any new formats, so all you can send is the existing PDF or plain text file. Yes, they’ve added email and SMS support, [...]
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Diesel Ebooks partners with Google Books – Big Deal
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the press release: Diesel eBook Store (‘http://www.diesel-ebooks.com‘) today announced the ability for their online browsers to download free eBooks directly from their website at ‘http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/cgi-bin/gbooks/index.cgi’.Unlike many of its competitors the Diesel eBook Store has simplified the downloading process, in turn making it ultra easy and 100% hassle free for browsers to download free eBooks [...]
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Introducing the KeyReader, a new ebook reader out of Singapore
February 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
The KeyReader is being sold in Singapore by iCell, one of the supporters of the Wireless@SG, a Singapore broadband Wifi network. It has a 6″ E-ink screen, Wifi, SD card slot and supports Adobe DE DRM. The KeyReader will also come with free access to the 900,000 ebook collection at the National Library Board (NLB). [...]
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Lulu now open to developers
February 24th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the press release: Lulu, the open publishing pioneer, today announced that it has opened its platform to developers, giving them direct access to its publishing engine and creating new opportunity for publishing innovation.The Lulu Publication API lets individuals, publishers, businesses and other organizations create a new breed of Web application enabling on-demand publishing through [...]
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