The American Library Association just held their annual conference these past few days, and 3M were there to show off their new 3M Cloud Library. Update: 3M sent me the wrong image. That is still the txtr Reader, not the new 3M Reader. There were a number of details that I’d been waiting on ever [...]
Entries from June 28th, 2011
FBReader for Android adds TTS
June 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment · software news
Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work right on all devices. I got a tweet earlier today from one of the developers with FBReader, the open source reading app. He was pleased to announce that the latest update to FBReader for Android now offered text to speech as an optional extra. I can’t get the extra feature [...]
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OPDS standard v1.1 released
June 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Hadrien Gardeur posted today over on the OPDS dev blog that the standard had been updated. v1.1 adds a number of improvements, including: support for facets (Spec) support for indirect acquisition (Spec #1, Spec #2 & Spec #3) recommendations for advanced search (Spec) new rel value for recommendations (Spec) new media parameter to identify navigation/acquisition feeds (Spec) [...]
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The Que might be dead, but Plastic Logic is hiring
June 27th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
You might recall the Plastic Logic Que from when it was launched at CES 2010. You probably also recall when it was cancelled in August 2010 (it was the ipad’s first victim). Well, Plastic Logic clearly didn’t die with their e-reader. They’re currently trying to fill 50 positions at 3 locations. The Cambridge, UK location [...]
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US ebook reader owners doubled in the past 6 months
June 27th, 2011 · 3 Comments · statistics
The Pew Research Center just released the results of their most recent survey, and guess what? Twelve percent of Americans now own an e-reader. That’s double the results from the November 2010 survey. The increase stands in stark contrast to the number of tablet owners. Between January 2011 and may 2011, that figure rose from [...]
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Why Can’t I Subscribe to an Author?
June 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
What do you do when you discover a new author but you’ve read every book they’ve written? You probably go to their website. Maybe you subscribe to the site’s RSS feed. Perhaps they’re a columnist, so you subscribe to the magazine or newspaper they write for (or maybe you just read that content for free [...]
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How to use the iPad 2′s smartcover with the original iPad (video)
June 27th, 2011 · No Comments · accessories - e-reader
I’ve just come across a demo video for a hack that will let you use the cover from the iPad 2 on the original iPad. I have no interest in using this cover, but I do think this is a clever hack.
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E-ink to ship 20 to 30 million screens this year
June 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Digitimes are reporting that the chairman of E Ink Holdings (EIH), parent company of E-ink, Hydris, and other screen developers, made a rather ambitious announcement at the company’s 2011 shareholders meeting on June 24.
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An iPad stylus for lovers of fat markers (video)
June 27th, 2011 · 4 Comments · stylus
There’s a new iPad coming soon which breaks the mold. Unlike most thin pen style stylyses, the Scribbly was designed with a fat marker in mind. It’s quite thick and it even comes with a cap. It’s due out “soon”, with a retail of £10.
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Visit me on Facebook
June 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · blog maintenance
It’s late on a Sunday for me, so I’ll keep this brief. I thought I’d give y’all a heads-up that I’ve just started integrating a Facebook page for the blog. Given Facebook’s infamous problems with DMCA takedown notices, and the recent app slaughter, I’m sure you’re wondering why I started a page. Well, Facebook has [...]
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