The Netchef tablet, by Sungale is the first time a tablet was developed to resemble a classic cooking appliance. This device is brimming with recipes that lay out what you need to buy and even shows videos of exactly how to cook it, step by step. When it comes to tablets in the kitchen, this seems to be a fairly viable product.HardwareThe Netchef is built into a very … [Read more...] about Put on your Chefs Hat with the Netchef Tablet
Archives for February 2014
Towerbabel and the Launch of Social Writing
For the past several years, social reading has been an undercurrent of the possibilities of digital publishing and ebooks. A number of companies have been launched since as early as 2010 to encourage readers with tools that make it easy to share in the discussion of a book across their social networks--and even with strangers--within the digital pages of a book. Companies like … [Read more...] about Towerbabel and the Launch of Social Writing
More News on Authors Behaving Badly, Using Well-Known Authors’ Names as Pseudonyms
In an interesting chain of events, ebook retailers' crackdown on erotica titles that were mislabeled as children's content--intentionally or not--led to another crackdown of sorts. During the process of examining the titles in their online stores more carefully, retailers like Amazon enforced an existing aspect of their terms and conditions that prohibits using famous book … [Read more...] about More News on Authors Behaving Badly, Using Well-Known Authors’ Names as Pseudonyms
Blackberry Outlines Growth Strategies for 2014
Blackberry has announced that they are working on two new phones that will be released sometime in 2014. Their growth strategy is low-cost phones that build upon the trials and errors of the Q10 and Z10, the first devices to use the Android friendly Blackberry 10 OS.The first phone the company talked about during the popular Mobile World Congress conference was the Z3, … [Read more...] about Blackberry Outlines Growth Strategies for 2014
Angry Customers Raise Valid Points about Sony Closing Reader Store and Switching to Kobo
Sony can be considered the first mainstream company to get involved in the e-reader space. They had models on the market at least a full year before Amazon even announced the first Kindle. A few weeks ago a bombshell announcement was made that Sony was closing their online Reader Store and transitioning all of their North American customers to Kobo. Users, are starting to … [Read more...] about Angry Customers Raise Valid Points about Sony Closing Reader Store and Switching to Kobo
New Sony Xperia Tablet Z2 is the Thinnest And Lightest 10 Inch Tablet
Sony has a lot going on its smartphone and tablet business now that it has let gone of its PC division. In such a backdrop, the company has launched the Xperia Z2 tablet at the MWC, which is its first after having sold its VAIO PC business. Also as if the Xperia Tablet Z wasn’t already thin and light enough, the latest Xperia Z2 has been made even slimmer and lighter than its … [Read more...] about New Sony Xperia Tablet Z2 is the Thinnest And Lightest 10 Inch Tablet
Barnes and Noble has Lost Over 1 Billion Dollars on Nook
Barnes and Noble is a company in transition, when it comes to their floundering Nook Media division. In the last two months they have announced the departures of Jim Hilt - Vice President of eBooks, digital products director Jamie Iannone and VP of digital products Bill Saperstein. A myriad of other people have left, including the head of accessories and most of the hardware … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble has Lost Over 1 Billion Dollars on Nook
McGraw-Hill Professional Offers eBooks to Libraries through Axis 360
School and public libraries may have gotten a boost today through a new agreement between McGraw-Hill Professional and Baker & Taylor. This agreement will make more than 5,000 technical, medical, and professional titles available for ebook lending; more than 700 of these titles are recently published works.“We are at the forefront of the digital transformation in … [Read more...] about McGraw-Hill Professional Offers eBooks to Libraries through Axis 360
Yahoo to Borrow a Page out of Magazine Advertisements with New Initiatives
Yahoo is growing tired of the standard way advertisements are presented in their extended network. The company wants to go beyond text and simple images and hearken back to an era where Vogue or Wired Ads are a work of art.Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo wants to re-energize her advertising network and one of the latest examples of her vision is via Yahoo Food. This is … [Read more...] about Yahoo to Borrow a Page out of Magazine Advertisements with New Initiatives
How to Get the WWE Network on Apple TV Outside of the US
The WWE Network has launched today, that gives thousands of hours of PPV and original content. The service is flagged as US only, and if you want to watch it on your Apple TV there are a few things you have to do, other than subscribe to the service. Today, we are going to look at what you need to do to get it up and running.The first thing you need to do is open up the … [Read more...] about How to Get the WWE Network on Apple TV Outside of the US
Snooki Sells More Books than Lynn Shepherd, and That Makes Me Happy
Critics and industry watchers can hypothesize all they want to about what's wrong with publishing. Is it these upstart authors coming along and thinking they deserve to publish their garbage? Is it the publishers who wield their iron-leashed authority while practically stealing from authors with their abusive contracts?No. It's articles like this one by author Lynn … [Read more...] about Snooki Sells More Books than Lynn Shepherd, and That Makes Me Happy
Vook Acquires BookIR, Means Realistic Book Sales Data
The publishing industry has spent the past few weeks reeling from the insights provided by DBW and AuthorEarnings into what book sales data actually feels like for the rights holders involved, if not actually providing meaning discussion and furthering conversations about how accurate comparative sales data can help authors and publishers. But a new acquisition, announced today … [Read more...] about Vook Acquires BookIR, Means Realistic Book Sales Data
YotaPhone 2 Includes Larger High Res e-Ink Display
YotaPhone is already into developing the second gen version of its dual screen device, merely months after having launched the original. The prototype that was unveiled at the MWC 2014 is a lot thinner and lighter than the original, a far cry from the drab and bulky looking YotaPhone 1. To be available in color options of white and black, the YotaPhone 2 comes with rounded … [Read more...] about YotaPhone 2 Includes Larger High Res e-Ink Display
BookBaby Helps Promote Indie Authors with New GoodReads and NoiseTrade Deal
Bookbaby has come a long way since it cut their teeth doing yet another self-publishing platform. The company has been ironing out their PR and Marketing campaigns for authors who ask the question "How do I get my book reviewed? Who are my local press contacts? Where do I begin with my promotional campaign? Most importantly: How do I let people know about my book?" One of the … [Read more...] about BookBaby Helps Promote Indie Authors with New GoodReads and NoiseTrade Deal