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White House embraces e-book readers
Perhaps you’ve been wanting to curl up with a digital copy of the annual Economic Report of the President, but the thought of reading a 400-page PDF on your laptop has kept you away. “If only the White House would release the report in a native format for my e-book reader!” you cry. Those cries have now been heard, as the White House on Friday put up the new Economic Report of the President in three formats: PDF, Amazon Kindle, and an ePub file designed for readers like Barnes & Noble’s Nook and Sony’s Reader.
Continue reading »Amazon opens Kindle to third-party apps
SDK thumbs nose at Apple Amazon is opening its Kindle ebook reader to third-party software apps, part of an apparent effort to fend off an imminent challenge from Apple’s tablet.…
Continue reading »Lawsuit over Kindle navigation by visually impaired settled
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and the American Council of the Blind (ACB) have settled a lawsuit against Arizona State University (ASU) over the university’s plan to deploy the Kindle DX among students. The settlement involves no monetary damages, but ASU agreed to use devices that are more accessible to the blind if it chooses to deploy e-book readers in the coming years. If Amazon wants to be part of that deployment, it had better up its accessibility game.
Continue reading »Sony plots death of Amazon Kindle
I will kill you with my Google Sony – a company that has struggled to establish itself as a dominant player in the world of ebook readers – is anxious to remind you that the ebook market is still in its infancy and that the Amazon Kindle is far from winning the battle. In fact, Steve Haber, president of Sony’s digital reading business division, thinks Jeff Bezos and co. have made some critical mistakes.…
Continue reading »Amazon instaboosts Kindle battery life
Flying firmware Amazon is boosting the Kindle’s battery life and adding native support for PDF documents with a free firmware upgrade for the e-reader.…
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