Category Archives: apps

Today’s Kobo update: proof that Apple isn’t going after ebook apps

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Chris Walters

Today everyone in ebookland (hold on, must check if that domain is registered… yep) is spazzing out about Apple and Sony, because Sony submitted a Sony Reader ebook app, similar to the Kindle, Nook and Kobo apps already on the … Continue reading →

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Vook offers free Guns N’ Roses enhanced ebook for two days

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Chris Walters

From what I’ve read online, most people have mixed feelings at best for Vook, a company formed to create and sell “enhanced ebooks” that embed video, audio, and social media elements in the text. I’m still on the fence; the … Continue reading →

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Kindle gets a calculator app

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Chris Walters

Easy Calculator – 99¢  Did you know the Kindle 3 and Kindle DX can both compute basic math problems? You type the numbers and symbols into the search field and hit enter, and after a few seconds you’ll get an … Continue reading →

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Figuring out sideloading on the updated Kindle for iOS app

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Chris Walters

Updated 12 Jan 2010 with corrections. It turns out that the best new feature of the updated Kindle app… After hearing back from others as well as from an Amazon developer, I re-tested all of my files on both an … Continue reading →

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Updated Kindle for iOS will now open third-party Kindle files, run in background

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Chris Walters

Amazon released a significant update to the Kindle for iOS app today, so if you’ve got an iPad or iPhone/iPod Touch running 3.0 or higher you should upgrade. The biggest cosmetic difference is now you can have HUGE thumbnails of … Continue reading →

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Fan-made app lets you play Zork and other titles offline

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Chris Walters

The details: It requires the same unofficial hack used to install screensavers and fonts. It’s still under development so it may be buggy. As with all Kindle hacks, use at your own risk. Download it at Andrew de Quincey’s livejournal … Continue reading →

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Amazon and Barnes & Noble push apps to more device platforms

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Chris Walters

Both companies have been rolling out or announcing new versions of their reading apps over the past several days. First, Amazon promised that it plans to release Kindle apps for future Android and Windows tablets that come to market (this … Continue reading →

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My favorite childhood book of all time is now an iPad app

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Chris Walters

[And now a quick interruption from Kindle posts...] In my opinion, there is one book that surpasses all others in children’s literature, and it involves Grover insisting that you do not turn the page. In fact, that’s pretty much all … Continue reading →

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