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Apps from Amazon routinely phone home and other interesting details

April 12th, 2011 · 8 Comments · app store news

So the Amazon Appstore has been up and running for a few weeks now, and I’ve managed to break something no less than 3 times.  Yes, I am embarrassed; I should have achieved a score of at least 6. But I inadvertently learned some fascinating details about the Amazon Appstore, so it’s not a complete [...]

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Open Office gets new name & home – LibreOffice

November 26th, 2010 · No Comments · ebook tools, press release

This story is actually a couple weeks old, but I think it’s important. The Document Foundation have  officially announced the v3.3 beta release of  LibreOffice,the next generation of Open Office. The Document Foundation is about documents and the associated software is pivotal to create, exchange, modify, share and print documents”, says Thorsten Behrens, a software [...]

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E-reader: free to a good home

June 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · blog maintenance

I have one of these in my collection. It’s the StoryBook inColor, and it’s made by Aiptek. This e-reader cost about $200, and it is targeted at the 8 and below age bracket. It’s not doing me any good, so I want to give it away. I’m looking for a primary school teacher, preschool teacher, [...]

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