The Kindle Killer Isn’t Very Killer
Scott Douglas – “Before it was even released, the hype surrounding the iPad already helmed it a Kindle killer; whether or not it is, doesn’t really matter because it’s cool, so people will obviously...
View ArticleFrom the Roman Codex to the iPad
WSJ – “How’s this for human progress? It took about 4,000 years from the invention of writing to the Roman-era codex of bound pages replacing scrolls, 1,000 years from the codex to movable type...
View ArticleKindle for iPad: So Much Depends Upon It
MediaBistro – “Screenshots and information surfaced this morning about Amazon’s Kindle app for iPad and other tablet computers. It looks really nice, offering, in some ways, the things the Kindle...
View ArticleMagazines Use the iPad as Their New Barker
WSJ – “A laundry list of open questions about Apple’s iPad isn’t keeping magazine publishers and advertisers from lining up for the launch of the tablet computer next week. Time magazine has signed up...
View ArticleIPhone update might address multitasking complaint
AP – “Topping the wish list for the iPhone and the iPad: broader ability to run more than one program at a time.”
View ArticleE-Reader Applications for Today, and Beyond
NYT – “It’s no longer such a novel thing to read a book on a mobile phone, and on the iPad, it’s practically a requirement to download “The Elements” or open “Winnie the Pooh” to give your friends a...
View ArticleThe Plump Irony: Come Bloomsday, Apple admits mistake over ‘Ulysses’ app
Washington Post – “As literary apps go, Apple knows when to admit a wrong and replay the situation — when, in hacker’s terms, to take a Mulligan. Still, the incident is plump, if not stately, with...
View ArticleBritish Library offers e-classics app for iPad
BBC – “The British Library is making digital copies of more than 40,000 classic books available for the iPad. Texts appear in fully digitised form, complete with original page markings and drawings, as...
View ArticleDa Vinci’s “Codex” launched on iPad
Reuters – “”The Da Vinci Code” may have been a popular e-book for years, but now readers around the world can view the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Arundel in high definition on iPad as the...
View ArticleLibrary of Congress Offers Congressional Record As iPad App
LOC – “The Library of Congress, at the initiative of House Leadership and under the guidance of the Committee on House Administration, today announced it has made the Congressional Record available as...
View ArticleBy: Auntie-Nanuuq
How sad…JULY? I have to wait until July? Sheesh, the way the article was titled, I got so excited, because I thought I was going to get to see it this weekend! Dang, sorely disappointed!
View ArticleThe Kindle Killer Isn’t Very Killer
Scott Douglas – “Before it was even released, the hype surrounding the iPad already helmed it a Kindle killer; whether or not it is, doesn’t really matter because it’s cool, so people will obviously...
View ArticleFrom the Roman Codex to the iPad
WSJ – “How’s this for human progress? It took about 4,000 years from the invention of writing to the Roman-era codex of bound pages replacing scrolls, 1,000 years from the codex to movable type...
View ArticleKindle for iPad: So Much Depends Upon It
MediaBistro – “Screenshots and information surfaced this morning about Amazon’s Kindle app for iPad and other tablet computers. It looks really nice, offering, in some ways, the things the Kindle...
View ArticleMagazines Use the iPad as Their New Barker
WSJ – “A laundry list of open questions about Apple’s iPad isn’t keeping magazine publishers and advertisers from lining up for the launch of the tablet computer next week. Time magazine has signed up...
View ArticleIPhone update might address multitasking complaint
AP – “Topping the wish list for the iPhone and the iPad: broader ability to run more than one program at a time.”
View ArticleE-Reader Applications for Today, and Beyond
NYT – “It’s no longer such a novel thing to read a book on a mobile phone, and on the iPad, it’s practically a requirement to download “The Elements” or open “Winnie the Pooh” to give your friends a...
View ArticleThe Plump Irony: Come Bloomsday, Apple admits mistake over ‘Ulysses’ app
Washington Post – “As literary apps go, Apple knows when to admit a wrong and replay the situation — when, in hacker’s terms, to take a Mulligan. Still, the incident is plump, if not stately, with...
View ArticleBritish Library offers e-classics app for iPad
BBC – “The British Library is making digital copies of more than 40,000 classic books available for the iPad. Texts appear in fully digitised form, complete with original page markings and drawings, as...
View ArticleDa Vinci’s “Codex” launched on iPad
Reuters – “”The Da Vinci Code” may have been a popular e-book for years, but now readers around the world can view the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Arundel in high definition on iPad as the...
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