Tag: e-books
Google Editions E-Book Store To Launch This Month
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Google's long awaited Google Editions could launch as soon as this month. There has been talk of Google entering the e-book business since 2009, but has continually been delayed, until…
Plastic Logic Que ProReader axed: is the iPad to blame?
Plastic Logic have announced that their Que ProReader device will no longer be making it's way out of the development stages, after previously having wowed the crowds at this year's CES 2010 conference. An unusually large e-reader at 10.7 inches…
Apple UK store down, UK iPad pricing / network details imminent?
Take a quick look over at the UK Apple store and you'll see that it's down for maintenance. There's a short message: "We are busy updating the store for you and will be back shortly". Could some new UK iPad…
Apple to lower iPad price to "remain nimble"?
One of the most welcome surprises from the Apple iPad launch was its pricing. Where rumours had circulated that the iPad could cost upwards of $1,000, it was a relief when Jobs announced that an entry-level model would cost just…
Poll: Which UK mobile network should get the iPad? Orange? O2? Vodafone?
Ever look down at your mobile, see just one bar of 3G coverage, and wonder why you pay the extra cash to even have such dodgy connectivity? With some areas of the UK still receiving woefully poor network coverage, will…
Apple iPad – Gallery
Now that the dust has settled after Apple's big iPad reveal, we can sit back and take a nice close look at the tablet. While we're gagging to get our hands on one, for the time being we'll just have…
Apple's iPad: Everything there is to know so far
So the speculating and rumour churning is finally over. Apple have finally unveiled their tablet device and it's called the iPad. Much like a giant iPhone, it's, to be honest, more or less exactly how everyone expected it would…
Apple to spark e-book pricing war with the Tablet?
With the Apple Tablet's reveal all but inevitable, the Wall Street Journal are now reporting that Apple are trying to nab a number of publishing houses for a new e-book pricing scheme. Putting the Tablet in direct competition with Amazon's…
McGraw-Hill boss lets slip Apple Tablet confirmation live on TV
Mr McGraw, you've really went and put your foot in it! With only hours left until the massively anticipated Apple announcement, Terry McGraw, CEO of publishing house McGraw-Hill has all but confirmed that Apple's secret project will be the Tablet….
Third-party apps headed to Amazon's Kindle
Finally realising that there's enough power buried in the Kindle to do more than just read books, Amazon have today announced that they will be opening up the hardware to third-party app developers. The development kit has gone live, and…
