Today’s June 30th. That’s an important day for app developers. It’s the day Apple expects app makers to comply with new guidelines saying you can no longer link directly to a way to buy in-app content out of app. Hulu Plus has already jumped through...Today Could Be The Last Day Amazon’s Kindle App Is Available Through The App Store
Today’s June 30th. That’s an important day for app developers. It’s the day Apple expects app makers to comply with new guidelines saying you can no longer link directly to a way to buy in-app content out of app. Hulu Plus has already jumped through...What Harry Potter e-books mean for Apple
Unless you were somehow locked into a Petrificus Totalus for most of the previous day, you've probably heard of J.K. Rowling's Pottermore, an online extension of the Harry Potter universe that will feature games, information about the series not p...
Kindle e-book store slammed by spam "authors"
Amazon's Kindle e-books store has been hit hard by spam in the last few months, according to Reuters. Hundreds of entities are pulling quasi-useless content found for free or for a small price on the...
Share your music with portable speakers for your iDevice
While you're outdoors this summer, you may want to share your music with those around you. There are lots of portable boom boxes, but here are a few unusual ways to turn your iPod or iPod touch into a music machine to share with friends.
Apple eases up on in-app subscriptions and purchases
Back in February, Apple announced its in-app subscription API, and it provided an ultimatum that would force developers that sell content for use within their apps to also do so via in-app purchase, or face expulsion. Kindle seemed on the chopping block, but now Apple has relented. 
Authorized Biography of Steve Jobs Now Available For Pre-Order
The previously announced biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, which will be the first ‘authorized’ biography of Jobs, is now available for pre-order. iSteve: The Book of Jobs will be released on March 6th, 2012. The description of the book from Amazon provides: From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple...
Underdog e-reader Kobo gets touchscreen capabilities, price drop
The Borders-backed Kobo will soon gain touchscreen capabilities, putting it into more direct competition with the Nook Color and even Amazon's Kindle. The third-party e-reader, now called the Kobo eReader Touch Edition, wi...
Amazon’s Android-Based Kindle Tablets Will Both Be Cheaper Than $499 iPad 2
They say that no one but Apple can make a decent sub-$500 tablet, but Amazon not only thinks they can undercut the iPad in price once… they think they can do it with two tablet at once. Following reports last week that Amazon would debut...How New Coating Will Boost iPad Battery Life And Readability [Exclusive]
The iPad 2 already has phenomenal, 10-hour battery life, largely thanks to a combination of Apple’s custom-built, power-sipping A5 chip and the fact that inside, the iPad 2 is mostly battery. Thanks to a new, cutting-edge tablet coating, though, your next iPad could run for...Fortune’s ‘Inside Apple’ article lands on Kindle Top 10 Bestseller list
I write for an Apple-centric site, so I know how much people love any information they can get about Apple. Even so, I never thought such information would land on Amazon's Kindle Bestseller list, but that's exactly what happened this week.
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This Is How You Explain iBooks To Charles Dickens
Illustration student Rachel Walsh was assigned a seemingly impossible design task by her professor: explain the concept of the Amazon Kindle to Charles Dickens. Her solution is ingenious, and applies just as well to iBooks, but just imagine if she’d been asked to explain the...Gift Your Mom an App This Mother’s Day
Mothers are getting more and more tech savvy. It is more than a little likely that flowers, candy and a trip to the spa will soon be replaced by apps, digital media, and pre-paid online services. Here are some gift ideas along those lines.
