Now this is an interesting turn of events. The latest generation XO laptop showed up on the FCC website today. I’m a little surprised to see it there because this is the unit that was launched back in January at CES 2011. But according to the paperwork, the XO-1.75 got a new Wifi card so [...]
Entries from December 16th, 2011
The Only Thing Worse Than D Publishing’s Fees is Their Contract
December 16th, 2011 · 6 Comments · opinion
Editor’s Note: I feel D Publishing isn’t getting nearly the attention it deserves, so I strongly urge everyone in digital publishing world to read this and then go look at the FAQ and contract for D Publishing. Dymocks, often cited as Australia’s largest bookseller, recently launched their publishing arm, D Publishing. There has been some [...]
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Flipboard for iPhone Debuts
December 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments · apps, iPad, iPhone app
The wildly popular iPad news and blog aggregator app, Flipboard, finally released an iPhone counterpart last week. The enthusiasm for the app resulted in several hours of downtime for Flipboard during the morning of its release, with many users unable to access the service, login or create new accounts. That didn’t stop over 1 million downloads [...]
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The Morning Coffee 16 December 2011
December 15th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Round up
`Here’s a few news stories you may have missed over the past day or so. Aakash Tablet Now Available Online (pluggd.in) E-Book Readers Face Sticker Shock (Wall Street Journal) First User Reports of the Kyobo eReader Are In – Not Good (The Digital Reader) Is Amazon Pushing Publishers to Brink On Terms, Co-op? (Publisher’s Weekly) [...]
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Nook Coming to the UK “Soon”?
December 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Rumors
This rumor has popped up again, and this time there’s a good chance its true. The Bookseller is reporting that Theresa Horner, BN’s VP for Digital Content, dropped a few hints when she was in the UK this week. She was speaking at the Publishers Associations’ International Conference, and she was quoted as saying “Our [...]
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Clues to Angry Birds’ Secret Levels Are Hidden in Google Books
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Google and Roxio Labs have teamed up for a scavenger hunt, but you’ll need to be running Chrome before you can go look for them. A new version of Google Books for Chrome was released on Monday, and buried inside the app are hints and instructions. You’ll need to open the app in your Chrome [...]
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Samsung to Relaunch Reader’s Hub on Galaxy Tab
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Samsung announced Wednesday that they will soon be releasing an updated Reader’s Hub. it will first be released with the net update for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE, with the Galaxy Tab 8.9 Wifi and Galaxy Tab 10 to get the new app soon after. I believe this only affects the Japanese market, but [...]
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First User Reports of the Kyobo eReader Are In – Not Good
December 15th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Kyobo eReader
Yesterday I posted a couple hands on videos of the Kyobo eReader. They were shot by bloggers who had the good fortune to be at a conference at the same time as a demo unit. The videos are great, but they didn’t tell you what actual users thought of it. And now I know. One [...]
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California Pushes for Free Digital Open (College) Textbooks
December 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · digital textbooks
Interesting press release making the rounds today. There’s a new bill before the Calif. state legislature this week (one of many). California Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg is proposing that Calif. fund a new program to create an Open Educational Resources (OER) in California. The end goal would be to offer college students free [...]
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“Pay With a Tweet” – An Old Idea With a Little Polish Added
December 14th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Freebies
I’ve just come across a service for giving away digital content. Pay With a Tweet has been in the news a lot this past week, but most of those stories slipped by unread. I actually first found this on Twitter, which is a testament to the concept. This service is based on a very old situation. [...]
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