Although Apple has forever lasting marriage with NetFlix and Hulu, Roku boasts the wider pool of material to watch and listen. Moreover, the device is also compatible with older televisions that sport colour picture tubes via RF cables. 8. Logitech Harmony 650 Powerful universal remote with great ergonomics; color LCD screen surrounded by five contextual […]
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The downside to the flamboyant Android device is the lack of applications that could test and utilize the true potential of four cores nestled inside the chassis. Furthermore, device can also be used as a full-fledged laptop. The optional dock available is worth spending every penny of $150. When attached to the dock, the tablet […]
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11. Amazon Kindle Fire Last but not the least, Amazon’s first coloured tablet seals list. The device is short on many tablet-specific features but still is price and utility plays a huge part in its success thus far. The Kindle Fire is a 7-inch tablet that links seamlessly with Amazon’s impressive collection of digital music, […]
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For readers, the experience should be simple: buy a digital book and read it on any device and even give it to friends and family members, as it can be done with a paper book. However, it is not always the case. Different file formats and encryptions (DRM) to prevent copy infringements complicate the purchase […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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5. Amazon’s Kindle Fire The company surprised everybody with this new and colourful device that is not only a book readers but an entertainment source as well and that is not the end of it. The price tag slapped on it is even more bewildering. "Underdog" doesn’t typically describe Amazon products. But the well-reviewed Kindle […]
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3. Ice Cream Sandwich Not only iOS 5 got a big reception in iPhone 4S but Google release a new version of its trademark operating system that was an upgrade to the predecessors. Although it sprung a learning curve but it is better software nonetheless. Until Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich arrived on the scene, […]
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