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9 Popular Kindle games now on sale

March 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Amazon, app store news

Amazon are having a sale  this week, and I have to say I’m a little tempted. You can now get any of 9 Kindle apps for under a buck. I’m not sure I want to play most of these, but at this price I’m willing to experiment. The sale runs until 27 March. SCRABBLE EA [...]

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Aldiko voted most popular reading app

February 7th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized

Laptop Magazine have been running a contest over the past week to choose the best reading app.They just closed the polls today, and 169 out of 418 voters picked Aldiko (the Nook app came in second place). Do you see what’s wrong with that contest? I do, and there are many. First, when you have [...]

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Popular Mechanics Interactive Edition

July 12th, 2010 · No Comments · software reviews

The key attributes that will really excite me about a magazine app are whether it encourages exploration and discovery.  Those two characteristics are at the heart of what should distinguish the app from a print magazine.  The app should offer rich content depth that the print product is physically incapable of.  The Popular Mechanics app [...]

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Zinio, Popular Science release iPad apps

April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Android, software news, video

No surprise here. The Zinio app is free, and the PopSci app is based on the Mag+ demo that we saw a few weeks back. From the Zinio press release: Zinio, a global leader in digital publishing technology and services, today announced the availability of its Zinio App for iPad on the App Store.  The [...]

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iPad Not as Popular as Everyone Thought

March 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · surveys & polls

Do you remember that iPad survey from three weeks back, the one that led everyone to say that the iPad will kill the Kindle? I didn’t trust it because it was conducted only days after the iPad launch. Guess what, I just found a new survey that suggests it was wrong. In a poll of [...]

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Popular Science Magazine Archive now Online – FREE

March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Popular Science just announced that they have uploaded their archive. That’s 137 years worth of articles, editorials, and ads all available online for free. Check it out.

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