Tag: Amazon kindle
Google to launch online "Editions" e-book store this summer
Google are set to launch their own e-book store this year called "Editions". Due in June or early July, will rival Apple's iBookstore and Amazon's Kindle by offering around half a million titles not restricted to any one device. "It…
Kindle e-reader gives Third World schools an educational boost
While the Kindle may have been dealt a big blow with the recent release of the iPad, the device is making big waves in schooling in Third World countries. A new initiative by Barcelona-based charity Worldreader.org has shipped a batch…
CES 2010: Final Thoughts
The Consumer Electronics show, the behemoth of tech, the Valhalla of gadgetry, has come and gone for yet another year. But this time, rather than arriving with a bang, it slinked into sight with something more like a whimper. CES…
CES 2010: Day 1 Round-Up
With CES 2010 now well under way, it can be pretty tough keeping track of all the latest announcements. Here's Tech Digest's round-up of the of best Day 1 at CES 2010 so far, including all the news from the…
CES 2010 – iriver's Story ereader goes wireless and gets proper launch
I remember iriver from a few years back as a company that briefly gave Apple a headache or two with its innovative MP3 players. The company is still in the MP3 market and its latest wheeze is to put a…
CES 2010 – why Apple is the real star of the show
Who is likely to be the biggest name at this year's CES? Microsoft? Sony? Google? Well the irony is that the biggest star of this year's CES is not actually going to be in Vegas. The agenda for CES 2010…
Amazon fudges UK Kindle ereader launch
From 19th October Brits will be able to buy it from Amazon's US Store and then import it to the UK. The downside of this is that any purchasers will have to pay import tax which should bump up the cost of the ereader to around £200.
Is this the ereader that takes electronic books mainstream? ASUS to debut feature-packed, yet budget model
The company which turned the notebook on its head now has plans to do the same for ereaders with a model that has dual screens. The idea being that you can read an ereader as you could a normal book and turn pages, or even better, use the second screen for web surfing or whatever else ASUS comes up with.
Google deal turns Coolerbooks into World's largest ebookstore
Its sudden massive growth has been sparked by a deal with Google that allows COOLERBOOKS.com is to include over 1 million public domain books (close to half a million outside the US) from Google Books in its online library. All the books are of course free and compatible with the COOL-ER readers.
Ereaders go mainstream – the COOL-ER now on sale in Argos
So ereaders area a niche product that only appeal to serious techies and Amazon obessives right?
