O’Reilly have been running a series of posts lately on their blog about the state of the computer book market, and yesterday they wrapped up the series with some sales figures. Yep, 88% of unit sales came from ebooks in 2010, and 79% of income ($). The rest of the series is worth reading, and [...]
Entries from February 24th, 2011
Kindle 3 has free Wi-Fi access at AT&T hotspots
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
by Chris Walters Hmm, this feature may have been around for a while and I’m just now noticing it, in which case I feel like an idiot. At any rate, did you know that your Kindle can connect for free to AT&T wireless hotspots without requiring any logins, checkboxes or agreement buttons? You have to [...]
The Daily will be available on Android this Spring
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
All Things D are reporting that The Daily’s iPad exclusive days are numbered. The Daily is prepping an Android tablet version which should be ready by the end of June this year. I seem to recall that Rupert Murdoch had promised that The Daily would be iPad until next year, so I really have to [...]
Readability iOS app resubmitted to the App Store
February 24th, 2011 · 6 Comments · app store news, opinion
Earlier this week I posted about Readability and how their app had been rejected from the App Store. Today I have an update for you. The following was tweeted from the Readability account yesterday: The Readability iOS app has been re-submitted. Coming soon: our open love letter to Apple. I doubt that they’re paying Apple’s [...]
Tags:app·ios·readability·resubmitted·store
MacMillan textbooks in Inkling (video)
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · ipad app, video
Inkling came out with an iPad app last year which was designed to support enhanced textbooks. It made a big splash, and truth be told I’ve never seen it in person. MacMillan recently uploaded this promo video to Youtube, and it features their textbooks in the Inkling app.
Where have all the publishers gone?
February 24th, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion
The following “poem” can be sung to the tune of Where Have All the Flowers Gone by Pete Seeger. Where have all the publishers gone? Since ebooks came to be. Where have all the publishers gone? Since Apple befriended them. Where have all the publishers gone? Steve Jobs fooled every one.
Tags:publishers
Android Market briefly available on the Android Market
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · app store news
Yes, I know how weird that sounds. Last night a couple of bloggers over at Android Central noticed that a new version of the Marketplace was now available in the Android Market. Based on the desacription, it looks like the new version has been optimized for tablets: Optimized for the tablet form-factor and Android 3.0 [...]
iPad 2 coming on 2 March?
February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
That’s certainly what it looks like. I got the image at right from Gizmodo, and they said that it was in the invitation email. Normally I’d be cautious about the announcement, but if this really was the invite then I really think the iPad2 will be announced.
Rooted NookColor now a $250 in car stereo system
February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news, video
The NookColor has been hacked for some time now, and people keep finding new things to do with it. A Youtube video popped up on Reddit today. One innovative hacker is using his NC as his in-car entertainment system. The install is rather kludgy at the moment, and the cables look messy. But it works [...]
Apple’s next step after digital content
February 23rd, 2011 · 9 Comments · opinion
Everyone’s talking right now about Apple extorting a 30% cut from developers who want to sell digital content on iOS. Sony’s app was bounced, as was Readability’s app. We’ve even heard that the ebook apps are going to go away at the end of June. But have you considered what Apple’s next step will be? [...]
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