A couple days ago a case manufacturer filed suit against Amazon. M-Edge accused Amazon of bullying, patent infringement, and other skullduggery. And today Amazon responded to that lawsuit. Did you catch the news today about the Kindle sales over the holiday season? Go read the press release again; Amazon’s response is buried in the middle. [...]
Entries from December 29th, 2011
Apple to Release 2 iPads in January?
December 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Apple, hardware rumors, iPad
The rumor mongers at Digitimes are back again, and they have a whole new story to tell. When last I’d heard from Digitimes they were reporting that Apple had a 7.85″ iPad on the way. Now Digitimes is reporting that Apple has 2 iPads coming in late January, not one, and neither is going to [...]
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The Morning Coffee – 28 December
December 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Morning Coffee
Here are a few stories you may have missed over the past day or so. Amazon Predictions For 2012 (Huffington Post) Can Apple Become the Next Big Content Creator? (Mashable)
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New Kindle 3D Unveiled on ‘The View’
December 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Amazon
Amazon’s marketing department goofed today, and this mistake is quite amusing. Amazon bought some promo time on The View, a daytime talk show. The plan was to show off the Kindle Touch, but things didn’t quite work out. Someone forgot to brief the tech guy adequately, and several times during this segment he calls the [...]
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Miro Makes it Easy to Add Video to the Kindle Fire
December 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · software news, tips and tricks
Video doesn’t get much attention on this blog, for obvious reasons, but that doesn’t mean I’m not paying attention. I’ve just heard about Miro, an open source media player, and it looks like this app could fill my needs for videos much like calibre does for ebooks. Miro is a video player for Windows, Linux, [...]
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HP TouchPad Go Reviewed – It’s a 7″ TouchPad
December 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware reviews
When HP launched their webOS tablet earlier this year they had planned to release the 10″ TouchPad and follow it some time this fall with thew TouchPad Go, a 7″ model. The Go was never released, but over the past couple months a number of pictures have been leaked. There were even a couple Ebay [...]
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New Dual Screen Laptop to Launch at CES 2012
December 28th, 2011 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware news
CES is coming up in a couple weeks, and some companies have already started sending out teasers. iriver was actually the first to do this when they told everyone about the new ebook reader that they planned to show off at CES. Well yesterday I got email from NajmTek. This is a new tech company [...]
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The Morning Coffee – 28 December 2011
December 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Morning Coffee
Here are some stories people have been talking about the past few days. Amazon Should Partner with Independent Bookstores (Harvard Business Review) Apple fined by Italy over misleading product guarantees (BBC)
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Getting Started With a Kyobo Mirasol eReader
December 27th, 2011 · 33 Comments · Kyobo eReader, tips and tricks
It’s been just over a month since Qualcomm and Kyobo launched this e-reader in South Korea, and I have finally managed to buy one. But I’m not going to review it just yet. (I’ve already posted about this ebook reader quite a few times, including a user review; my review can wait until I am [...]
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Amazon Caught Bullying Suppliers (Again)
December 27th, 2011 · 7 Comments · opinion
Just when you forget the past shenanigans Amazon has pulled on their partners something new comes up and reminds us why it’s not safe to rely on Amazon for your income. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that M-Edge, a Baltimore based e-reader case manufacturer, has filed suit against Amazon. According to the filings, Amazon [...]
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