GoodEReader’s e-reader poll reveals more about GoodEReader’s readers than average consumers
In an article Michael Kozlowski posted yesterday on GoodEReader, he reports on a poll the site took asking about the next e-reader site readers planned to buy. The poll received 633...
Freetime update deregisters Fires, loses user data
A number of Fire owners have found their tablets spontaneously factory resetting themselves. We first covered this issue in April, when some owners of Fire HD devices found their tablets spontaneously...
The new Bluetooth 5 standard: Any changes for e-reading?
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has just issued the Bluetooth 5 standard. According to the press release, this "will include significantly increased range, speed, and broadcast messaging capacity. Extending range will...
Do you want to learn to speed read?
The Boing Boing store has a special going on right now for something called 'The Essential Speed-Reading Bundle.' The bundle has subscriptions to some video bundles which help you learn to...
The Internet of Things could put e-books on bigger screens
On Recode, tech analyst Tim Bajarin discusses a vision he had in 1989 for a “computing brick.” Tired of lugging around heavy laptops, he imagined a component containing a CPU and...
Facebook’s death of the word prediction could be greatly exaggerated
In a widely quoted statement during a conference in London recently, Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook's Vice President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, advocated the abandonment of the written word for video. "The...
Apple’s curved phone patent: How could it change e-reading?
A new patent granted to Apple, widely reported this week, gives Cupertino's favorite son first dibs on a curved iPhone design that appears to have a completely wraparound curved display. One...
Are we moving toward a one-OS world?
I've been following the news coming out of WWDC and it had me wondering how long it's going to take until we move toward a one-OS system. By that, I don't...
Print vs. e-books and the generational shift
Every so often, you come across an article where the headline and a quick skim makes you think it’s going to say one thing, but reading in depth reveals it actually...
iOS 10 bids farewell to unwanted apps and older hardware
Here are a couple more changes that were announced to the new version of iOS at WWDC. First of all, it will finally permit uninstalling most built-in default apps if you...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
