Moreover, experts are of the opinion that in not-so-far-future the public will shift completely to mobile devices like slates and smartphones due to their mobility and interactive interface. In addition to being interactive, the mobile operating systems like iOS and Android are also very easy to use. In recent surveys, many users have confessed that […]
Feb 20 2012 | Posted in
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After the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 at Las Vegas, which unveiled new products for 2012, Samsung invited the European press this week to showcase its strategy and the products that will waterlog the market this year. Galaxy Tab 2.0, Samsung’s signature tablet is your badge for this year; which comes with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream […]
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Samsung sees TV as the centre of family life. Applications like Family Story will keep photos of all household members, Fitness and Weight will track sports and Kids will offer parental controls for children and adolescents’ viewership. Another feature, facial recognition, will detect children from seeing inappropriate content if the parents decide as such. The […]
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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 […]
Feb 10 2012 | Posted in
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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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In September 2008, Google made ??what then seemed a strange move, launch of a browser for PCs called Chrome. After the Mac version Google began its work into the world of software. Shortly following the browser, Google launched Chrome OS that was not a big success for netbooks. However, its other mobile operating system Android […]
Feb 10 2012 | Posted in
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Book reading has taken a new turn in the last two to three years. The conventional style of book reading has been changed to new and more feasible and inexpensive e-reading, thanks to Amazon for the bombardment of e-books into the market. However, there are many options e-readers these days as compared to 2007 and […]
Feb 9 2012 | Posted in
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5. The late arrival to the market The main struggle that Microsoft will face in both smartphone and tablet market is the timing of arrival. WP7 is indeed one of the best software in the market and due to its light-weight nature, no heavy circuitry is required as well. That makes Windows-based smartphones somewhat cheap […]
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What is the most awaited release this year is the arrival of Microsoft’s Windows 8 that showed a glimpse last year with its Metro interface and was a source of attraction for the public and techies at the Consumer Electronic Show 2012, Las Vegas. However, Microsoft is known for creating hype in pre-launches with the […]
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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 […]
Feb 7 2012 | Posted in
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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 […]
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