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Nosy Crows Cinderella App Wins Publishing Innovation Award

January 27th, 2012

Cinderella – Nosy Crow animated picture book Developer: Nosy Crow Limited Price: $7.99 Download from the App Store User Ratings: Independent children’s app publisher Nosy Crow is pleased to announce that its Cinderella app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch has won the Publishing Innovation Award for Best Juvenile App .The Publishing Innovation Awards recognize excellent publishers and authors, encourage new thinking, and improve the reading experience in the digital age. The awards were created by Digital Book World, organizers of the Digital Book World Conference and Expo, in response to a need for best-in-class designations. (more…)

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Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 10.1 for Australia

December 9th, 2011

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Barnes and Noble Nook Color 2 in the works

September 3rd, 2011

It appears that the booksellers Barnes & Noble have another Android tablet in the works, this next generation Nook Color 2 (or whatever it may be called) appearing to be set to be released as early as this month, so says Digitimes in Taiwan. It is in Taiwan that manufacturers are said to be speaking about a brand new version of what we know as a quite decent eReader and undeniably hackable Android tablet. Details on the next eBook reader are at the moment still sparse, but we’re to understand that this new device will have the same 7-inch display size as the current generation, companies TPK Holdings and Inventec responsible for touch panels and the device’s assembly process respectively

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Zinio lands for all Android devices

July 15th, 2011

A few weeks ago, we mentioned that NVIDIA had optimized the Zinio reader for Honeycomb tablets. If you are an Android smartphone user that wants the Zinio reader as well the good news is that the app is now available for any Android device on Android 2.2 or higher. The app allows the user to browse full color magazines complete with ads and all the content from the printed versions

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iOS 5 Cuts Cord, adds Location-Based Reminders and Notification Center

June 9th, 2011

Continuing its push for a post-pc market, Apple’s latest iOS 5 release is all about an all-in-one user experience right out of the box. It will allow iPhone, iPod and iPad device users the ability to start using their devices immediately without having to sync to a desktop or laptop. Among the other 200+ updates include a new Notification Center, which will act as a convenient place to check all notifications at a glance and the new location-aware Reminders app. There were a total of 10 updates that were demoed at the World Wide Developers Conference held Apple in San Francisco on Monday, of which are outlined below

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Read It Later Free – Save webpages for later

June 5th, 2011

Can’t find the time to read all those fascinating articles your mom sent you? Save them for later with Read It Later Free for Android. Just like the name implies you can save and access your list of interesting articles for later even without internet connection.

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Motorola Droid X2 Review

May 23rd, 2011

We have had a few days with a couple new Android devices lately, they were both sporting 4.3″ qHD Displays and boy do they look good. Today we have a few more details and pictures as well as our review of the Motorola Droid X2 .

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NOOK for Android updated: Tablet UI, Digital Magazines, more

May 14th, 2011

Barnes & Noble Updates NOOK™ for Android™ App, Gives Tablet Users Access to Largest Digital Periodical Offering on Android More than 140 NOOK Newsstand™ Titles Including Interactive Magazines with Exclusive ArticleView™ Now Available to Android Tablet Customers Optimized Reading Experience for Most 7-Inch and Larger Tablets Including Honeycomb Free App Now Available in Android Market, V CAST Apps, Samsung Apps, GetJar, and AppsLib New York, New York – May 13, 2011 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced an updated version of its popular, free NOOK for Android eReading application that brings the most comprehensive selection of digital periodicals to customers with Android™ tablets including more than 140 top magazine and newspaper brands from ESPN The Magazine and The Economist to Food & Wine and Us Weekly.

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Amazon Kindle gets Honeycomb tablet update

April 22nd, 2011

Kindle for Android Now Tailored for Tablet Computers Over 900,000 “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” Kindle Books available on the most popular platforms and devices, now including tablets running Android Honeycomb SEATTLE, April 21, 2011 – (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Today Amazon announced an update to Kindle for Android that brings new features and adds support for tablet computers running Android’s Honeycomb, including the Motorola Xoom. The latest version of Kindle for Android includes an integrated immersive shopping experience tailored for tablets, a new layout for newspapers and magazines designed for the unique interface of Honeycomb, and dozens of other new enhancements that take advantage of the larger screens. Like all Kindle apps, Kindle for Android includes Amazon’s Whispersync technology, which saves and synchronizes a customer’s books and bookmarks across their Kindle, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android-based phones and tablets

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NOOK Color Developer Program Ramps Up Vital Connections

April 8th, 2011

The fine folks at Barnes & Noble have just updated us on how their Developer Program is shaping up, a whole new phase of said program starting very soon.

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