Allama Muhmmad Iqbal Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
Quaid-e-Azam Expect the best, Prepare for the worst...
“We have more than seven million unique users per month. We did a survey on how best is the scanning solution. Customers told us they need a format that can be read on on different devices and has an extensive catalogue. We have over 60,000 items, so that readers can see digital books on any […]
Arantza Larrauri, CEO of Libranda—the company created by seven publishing groups in Spain to distribute digital books, explained that “most publishers and authors charge distribution with DRM. Although more and more people taken the option out, some editors have chosen not to use it and authors like Lorenzo Silva, Bethlehem Gopegui or Matilde Asensi prefer […]
The Apple iPad hit market in 2010 and with it came the hording bunch of other tablets wanting to create their space in the world. But many of such devices failed to make a mark in the market, some even failed to get noticed among the users. However, that does not mean that the market […]
Dan Rosensweig is open to the idea that the textbook as we know it will someday no longer exist. He just doesn’t think it’s going to happen anytime soon. “Anything is possible,” says Rosensweig, the chief executive of Chegg.com, a five-year-old company that rents textbooks to college students on 7,000 campuses. “But if you spend […]
Rather than compete head-on with its larger, more established rivals, Chegg is trying to become a site where students will buy everything they need for school and, in the process, share information that Chegg can sell to marketers. The company has made five acquisitions, companies like Cramster (for homework help) and CourseRank (for picking courses), […]
Tablet culture has planted its footing in the modern technology world; even latest laptops are built on the lines of tablets since they are slim and ultra portable. 2011 was unanimously declared the year of tablets as the world saw a slew of slates from iPad 2 to numerous Android-based devices. However, since the Apple […]
2. Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime Since the release of the iPad 2 last year, the market, by and large, lacked an Android tablet that could compete with slim and sleek host of technology gismos. Even before the release of Transformer Prime, techies had fixed their eyes at Asus for worthy opponent to the iPad […]
4. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 As thin as the iPad 2 and even lighter, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the sexiest Honeycomb tablet we’ve seen. Also, it has a 3-megapixel back camera and a 2-megapixel front camera, and powerful dual speakers. The lack of ports on the tablet will be a problem for some […]
Apple is running a seemingly never-ending hot streak of success for the past two to three years. Despite attracting opprobrium from technology experts on the release of its devices and some of the decision it made in the past couple of years, Apple’s profits keep soaring up like crazy. The iPhone 4S, successor in the […]
As expected, the iPhone was the star of Apple’s quarter, with the company having sold 37.04 million units. That’s well above the 30 million analysts were expecting. This is the first quarter to include sales of the iPhone 4S, which hit shelves in mid-October and had stronger launch sales numbers than any previous iPhone model. […]
During its conference call with investors following the release of its financials, Apple fielded questions about its rivals, including Amazon and its Kindle Fire tablet, as well as how it stacks up against competitors in the smartphone field. An analyst questioned whether Amazon’s $199 Kindle Fire tablet–and other low-cost iPad alternatives like it–might actually be […]
7. Apple’s Macbook Air The third and last Apple product in the list, Macbook Air did not offer many new things but the company released its benchmarking thinnest laptop with new prices this fall. The bottom line Air is ‘All Yours’ for a mere $899. The second generation of Apple’s MacBook Air fixes many of […]
