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Entries Tagged as 'web'
Apple will cripple the Kindle web app
March 15th, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion
If you’ve been following the Apple in-app purchase fracas of late, then you might know that a log of people are hoping that web apps will be able to get around the need to pay Apple’s vig. If not, then let me explain. The way a web app works is that it uses HTLM5 to [...]
Quicklyst adds web based note taking to your Kindle
February 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Amazon, apps & games, tips and tricks
I came across another note taking app the other day. The developer behind Quicklyst left a comment, and as you should know I love trying out new apps. This is web based, and it’s compatible with Kindle, Android, and iOS. I’ve tried it on my Kindle, and it works rather well.
Kindle for Web OS now available
February 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Amazon, press release
Huh. I was wondering if this would be launched today. Amazon just announced that they will soon release a Kindle app for WebOS. This new app will be tailored to the new HP TouchPad, and will read any Kindle ebook purchased on another platform. For more detail, go to www.amazon.com/kindleapps. From the press release:
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 [...]
iOS accounts for 2% of web traffic & other reasons not to trust statistics
February 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
I cam across an interesting chart today which shows that iOS is now generating just over 2% of the world’s traffic on the internet. (I can’t recall where I found it, so if someone could find me the source I’d be grateful.) I was looking at this chart because web traffic has always been an [...]
How to send web content directly to your Kindle
January 19th, 2011 · 4 Comments · ebook tools, tips and tricks
by Chris Walters Yesterday Lifehacker told everyone about Send to Kindle, a new extension for the Chrome web browser that lets you email articles and blog posts directly to your Kindle. It’s a great tool, but not very useful if you don’t use Chrome. Here are some other easy ways to quickly send content to [...]
Web browser based Ibis Reader updated
January 18th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Liza Daly just posted over on the Threepress Consulting blog about the improvements in the latest version of Ibis Reader. Some of the new features include: Improved pagination and position-tracking We’ve changed the method of moving from page to page and remembering where you left off. Books should load faster, and it should be easier [...]
New Chrome plug-in lets you email web content to your Kindle
January 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · ebook tools
I’ve just come across a new plug-in for the Chrome web browser. Like DotEpub it helps you convert a webpage into an ebook. But Send to Kindle goes step further. It not only converts the content, but it also automatically emails it to your Kindle. It’s fast and easy to delete ads, blank and other [...]
How to browse the web on the Kobo Wifi
December 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · tips and tricks
This is an update to my post from earlier this week. Now that I’ve worked out how to do it I thought this was worth a repost. I found a post on MobileRead the other day where someone demonstrated that he had managed to visit Wikipedia on his Kobo Wifi. I’ve tried it and I [...]
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