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Entries from July 31st, 2011
ICE Smart 5″ Android tablet now shipping from JR.com
July 31st, 2011 · 3 Comments · hardware news
The first Android tablet from Latte Communication has shown up on JR.com, the NYC based gadget retailer. The ICE Smart is a 5″ (800×480) handheld running Android v2.3 on an 800MHz CPU. It has 8GB Flash, microSD card slot, Wifi, microphone, speakers, and a g-sensor. This tablet also has HDMI out, USB Host, and it [...]
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Borders’ warehouses to close by 15 August
July 31st, 2011 · No Comments · borders
And the staff are working nearly 60 hour weeks to get the stock cleared out. I’ve just read a comment left in the LiveJournal community iWorkAtBorders. One distribution center worker dropped by let us know that as bad as the retail employees have it, other have it worse. DCdummy reported that the staff at his [...]
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Amazon now enforcing a 1 Kindle per account rule for libraries
July 31st, 2011 · 5 Comments · hardware news, opinion
And I know at least 1 librarian who will stop buying Kindles because of the new rule. Buffy Hamilton, a school librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia, leaked Amazon’s new rule on her blog, The Unquiet Librarian, a few days ago. She’d been given a copy of the new Kindle Education Setup Guide [...]
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The book No Man’s Land finds a new use for Google Street View
July 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
Google Street View has been around for several years now, and while it’s usually the source of a practical joke, macabre humor, or general silliness, when you ignore the nonsense you’ll find that there’s real info here. Mishka Henner has dug through the Street View images for Europe and put together a rather disturbing photo [...]
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The Nook iPad app is back in iTunes & it brought some magazines with it
July 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments · apps, software news
Late last night a reader alerted me that the app had returned. I updated it this morning, and after looking it over I can confirm that it has been crippled just like the other apps. There’s no ebookstore link nor can you create an account from inside the app. There’s not even any indication that [...]
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Google Books updated
July 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Google
The Google Books website received a new interface this week, and I think it’s going to be a big improvement in usability. They’re saying that it’s cleaner and more consistent (with other Google sites), and it is. It also uses more white space to separate the various components, but that unfortunately leaves less room for [...]
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Macmillan launched a new book blog
July 30th, 2011 · No Comments · publishing news
They’re calling it The Daily Reader (yeah, I know), and it launched a few days ago. The new blog is going to focus on news and current events as they relate to books, both titles published by Macmillan and those released by other publishers. Amanda Hirsch will be running the blog. Amanda’ a blogger and [...]
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Daily Deal: 55% at Fictionwise
July 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Daily deals
It’s the weekend, so Fictionwise have another sale. This sale is just like all the previous Fictionwise sales I’ve announced; you’ll need the following coupon code. It can be used more than once and it’s good until Sunday night. 072911 And just like I’ve said with all the previous sales, I recommend using this to [...]
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Prestigio MultiPad PMP3074B Android tablet now shipping
July 29th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
Prestigio have just announced another Android tablet, and based on the product listings this appears to be their 7th. The MultiPad PMP3074B is a 7″ tablet that should be immediately recognizable; it’s also being sold as the Nextbook Next3. Like the Next3 this tablet has a 7″ (800×480) resistive touchscreen. It’s running Android v2.1 on [...]
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