Kobo just announced an update to the Kobo iPhone app. The new version will now have all the really neat features that the iPad got some time back. Chris reviewed the iPad app about a month ago, and I think he wanted to have its baby. Kidding aside, I was really jealous of iPad owners [...]
Entries Tagged as 'social'
Kobo 1.8 update brings Instapaper, social reading to Kobo iOS apps
December 17th, 2010 · No Comments · press release, software news
From the press release: Kobo, the only global pure-play eReading service built on an open platform, today announced an update to its iOS4 software. The update introduces innovative new features for users on the Kobo iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch eReading apps enabling them to interact with books and easily share their love of reading.
Tags:18·appa·brings·instapaper·ios·kobo·reading·social·update
Kobo going social on the iPad
December 9th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
What really interesting about this is that I came across a hint on Twitter last night. Click on the lead picture to see a screen shot of the new app running on someone’s Pad. Or you can see more screen shots here. There’s a video and the press release after the break.
Scribd Stats: A Social Dashboard for Reading
December 6th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
I wanted to call attention to a recent announcement from Scribd that didn’t get a lot of visibility. The service, called Scribd Stats, provides authors/publishers with an assortment of information on who’s reading their content, what pieces they’re reading, etc.
Kobo going social with Blackberry Messenger
September 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, kobo, software news
RIM are throwing a developers conference right this week for the Blackberry. It just kicked off in San Francisco today. Apparently Kobo are at the conference and they just accidentally announced their new social networking features. Here’s the blog post (they didn’t take it down quite fast enough):
Tags:blackberry·kobo·messenger·social
Game guides publisher KillerGuides now use social DRM for ebooks
September 15th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Video game strategy guide publisher KillerGuides has announced using a social digital rights management (DRM) solution as alternative to digital copy protection measures. Game guide downloads from their website now have personal details of customers added on the fly, but come without any further digital restrictions.
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