My experiences with the Amazon Appstore have brought home the fact that Android leaks like a sieve. We have no idea which app is doing what. It’s high time that I added a firewall to my Android tablets. But it’s easier said than done. I’ve found a bunch of firewall apps, but there’s a problem. [...]
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Hey, B&N: Your Search Function Needs Help
January 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · ebookstore news
by Evil Wylie For the search term “Stories Neil Gaiman” on BN.com: The Graveyard Book? Jim Henson’s “Fantasy Film Collection”? The book actually titled Stories: All-New Tales by Neil Gaiman shows up as search result #10.
Baidu Offers E-Books, Games in Search of New Revenue
September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From Bloomberg: Baidu Inc., operator of China’s most used website, started an e-book service today and added 500 applications to its website to diversify beyond Internet search. Readers will be able to read and store purchased electronic books on the website, Chief Executive Officer Robin Li said at a conference in Beijing today. Baidu is [...]
Calvin and Hobbes – the search engine
August 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I just found a new reason to regret the fact that there aren’t any legal Calvin and Hobbes ebooks. It’s a new search engine built just for this one comic strip by someone who loves it as much as I do. Right now you can search by date or by a specific word or phrase [...]
Times of London paywall will block search engines
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Paidcontent.uk is reporting: The Times and Sunday Times’ upcoming paid sites will not allow their articles to appear in search engines like Google. That was one nugget gleaned during a preview of the attractive forthcoming relaunches Monday night. Times Online will relaunch as separate entities “imminently” has relaunched as two separate editions and will go [...]
Direct Textbook Launches New eBook Search Tool
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the press release (minus the hype): Direct Texbook’s ebook search tool searches more than 200 online bookstores, including eBooks.com, eCampus.com, Cengagebrain.com, Coursesmart.com and Textbooks.com. Users can search by ISBN, author, title or relevant keywords and within seconds have immediate access to book descriptions, reviews and edition details. In one click, users can save the [...]
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