PogoPlug is a company, service, and device. The service just got a lot more useful for a lot more people. The device is a small computer that starts at around $99. Plug USB drives into it and you can use it as a file server. Give it an Internet connection and you can then use [...]
Entries Tagged as 'market'
PogoPlug just cut the cloud storage market off at the knees
April 14th, 2011 · 20 Comments · hardware news
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When Piracy is actually an under-served market
April 13th, 2011 · 14 Comments · opinion
I was downloading a pirated tv show today when I realized that yes, I’m a pirate, but I’m also part of a market niche that isn’t being filled. What’s more, I can tell you how to make money off that niche. Before I go further, let me be clear that I do buy content. I [...]
Kobo Android app updated, still only available in the Android Market
March 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · software news
Kobo have announced a new version of their Android reading app. It sounds like they’ve added quite a few interesting features: Sharing Passages & Notes to Facebook Brightness and Rotation Lock Controls Share a Book Recommendation to Facebook Now if only they would let me download it from some place other than the Android Market. [...]
Google ebookstore now live in the Android Market
February 24th, 2011 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news
A new section of the Android Market is now up and running at: market.android.com/books. I’m not completely sure that’s the Google Ebookstore, but I don’t see what else it could be. Some titles have previews available, and all the ones I checked require Android v2.1. They don’t appear to be apps; there’s even a link [...]
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Android Market briefly available on the Android Market
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · app store news
Yes, I know how weird that sounds. Last night a couple of bloggers over at Android Central noticed that a new version of the Marketplace was now available in the Android Market. Based on the desacription, it looks like the new version has been optimized for tablets: Optimized for the tablet form-factor and Android 3.0 [...]
Amazon will never monopolize the ebook market
February 18th, 2011 · 11 Comments · opinion
I’ve been hearing a recurrent theme for some time now about Amazon and their market share. There are a lot of people concerned that if Amazon ever got a big enough chunk of the ebook market, it would be able to charge whatever it wanted, and could demand whatever term it wanted from publishers. In [...]
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First Vook now available in the Android Market
February 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment · software news
Vook just tweeted that their first enhanced ebook, Crush It!, is now available in the Android Market. In Crush It!, Gary’s dynamic personality comes to life through videos and text. In this vook, Gary talks directly to you to teach you how to crush it! He shows you how you can build a career around [...]
Android Market now on the web
February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · software news
Google made a bumch of announcements today about v3.0, the Android Market, and their plans for the future. I’m going to hold off on discussing Honeycomb until I can get my hands on it, so this post will be all about the Marketplace. After 2 longs years of waiting, Google finally created a browser based [...]
DC Comics Almost Wakes Up To Market Potential
January 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
BATMAN BEYOND To Be Published Digitally Day-and-Date “Batman Beyond was a critically acclaimed, fan favorite animated series that still has a large number of fans to this day,” said Hank Kanalz, SVP Digital, DC Entertainment, “By releasing the ongoing comic series digitally, we’re hoping we reach that audience and bring back any fans of the [...]
Kobo’s iPad app is the best ereader app on the market
January 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · software reviews
by Chris Walters If you have an iPad, you should download the free Kobo ereader app and check it out. Whether it offers a better basic reading experience than the other ereader apps is probably a matter of taste, but it offers so many bonus features that it’s hands down the best–and most entertaining–iPad app [...]
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