I was disappointed to read the conclusion drawn by this recent New York Times article. The writer, Dirk Johnson, makes it sound like margin notes have no future in the ebook world. I couldn’t disagree more.
Entries from February 23rd, 2011
Archos 70c e-reader clears the FCC
February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
You might recall from a couple weeks ago that the Archos 70c went up for pre-order on J&R. Yesterday this same e-reader showed up on the FCC website. I don’t have anything beyond this photo, unfortunately. The good stuff won’t be posted until mid-April. BTW, on Sunday I posted some pictures and a hands on [...]
Apple’s Vig: the story so far
February 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · app store news, Apple
I’ve heard from a couple people that my post yesterday was confusing. Sorry about that; I though everyone had been following this as obsessively as I have. Let me correct my mistake by giving you a summary of what’s happened so far. For the sake of being thorough I’m going to have to start in [...]
B&N report income up for last quarter
February 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Barnes & Nobel released some financial data yesterday for their most recent fiscal quarter, which ended on 29 January 2011. Income was up 7% last quarter across the company, with brick and mortar stores showing an average increase of 7.3%. Online sales were a spectacular success and increased 64% over the same quarter a year [...]
Kindle 3.1 software update prevents jailbreaking
February 23rd, 2011 · 6 Comments · software news
By Chris Walters If you wanted to use custom fonts or screensaver images on your Kindle but haven’t yet applied the jailbreak hack, make sure you do it before you update to the latest Kindle OS. But hurry: Amazon is now pushing the new 3.1 software update over the air to all customers, and in [...]
How to organize a bookcase (video)
February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · books as art
Next up in my books as art series is this stop motion video of someone reorganizing his bookcase. This video is 89 seconds long, and it’s worth it. Trust me, it’s not what you are expecting.
Copyright (humor)
February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · humor
The Mimi and Eunice comic strip from today pretty much sums up how I feel about copyright. via Mimi and Eunice
Archos 10″, 8″ Arnova tablets clear the FCC
February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · fcc, hardware news
Archos tried to sneak a pair of tablets by me yesterday. Unfortunately for us, Archos hid all the interesting details. All we know about the 10″ tablet is that it exists, the model number is A10HT-ARTo2, and it has a speaker and Wifi. The 8″ tablet, otoh, looks to be the same tablet that popped [...]
Graphic.ly Android app now available
February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · press release, software news
The Digital comics distributor Graphic.ly released an Android app today. This app brings access to the more than 150 publishers distributed by Graphic.ly, including Archaia Entertainment, Archie Comics and BOOM! Studios. Graphic.ly is a little late to the party; ComiXology had their Android app out in December. The app is available in the Marketplace and [...]
Dual screen tablets are the next gadget fad
February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware rumors
Engadget is reporting that Sony working on a dual screen Android tablet. They don’t have much in the way of technical details, but they were told that the new tablet, known as the “S2″ internally, closely resembles an oval cylinder when closed. It’s supposed to use a tegra 2CPU and have Wifi, 3G, and a [...]
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