Amazon has just partnered with Wells Fargo to offer student loans. Diligent young scholars will receive better terms if they subscribe to Amazon Prime for Students. Right now this program is only available online, but it will be only a matter of time before Amazon starts offering it in all of their drop centers and university bookstores."Amazon's looking for increased … [Read more...] about Amazon now offers student loans
Archives for July 2016
Audible is Focused on Audiobook Education
Audible has been running classes at some of the most prestigious schools in the United States. Their mandate is to teach the next generation how to narrate an audiobook and consider it as a viable career path. Recently, Audible has announced that they are going to be expanding on education with a series of webcasts to reach a wider audience.The Audiobook Creation … [Read more...] about Audible is Focused on Audiobook Education
Google Play Books Unveils Bubble Zoom
Google Play Books has just released a new feature to make digital comic reading more viable, it's called Bubble Zoom. It allows you to isolate specific frames that contain bubble text within a comic, without compromising the full-page experience.Google got into selling single issue and graphic novels directly in 2014 when it signed a deal with DC. It eventually ironed out … [Read more...] about Google Play Books Unveils Bubble Zoom
Taking Copyright Infringement to Small Claims Court
In a move that's been a long time coming, the Authors Guild announced this week a small measure of victory on a project that it's had in the works for a while. Their efforts are on copyright infringement--something that's getting a lot of attention this week due to an embarrassing public display of plagiarism--and more specifically, on the prohibitive costs associated with … [Read more...] about Taking Copyright Infringement to Small Claims Court
The Good e-Reader 13.3 Has A Brand New UI
The Good e-Reader 13.3 is the first e-reader in the world that features a 13.3 inch Wacom screen, the ability to install your favorite Android apps and can read all of the popular e-book formats. Today, we have completed the firmware and it brings a number of new enhancements.We have been focusing on the UI for the last few months and are really happy with the result. There … [Read more...] about The Good e-Reader 13.3 Has A Brand New UI
e-Book Piracy Suffers a Serious Blow
The founder of one of the world's largest Torrent sites has been arrested and it looks like only a matter of time before KickassTorrents is shuttered. This is a serious blow against people who pirate e-books.“Vaulin is charged with running today’s most visited illegal file-sharing website, responsible for unlawfully distributing well over $1 billion of copyrighted … [Read more...] about e-Book Piracy Suffers a Serious Blow
Marvel Unlimited is Offering a One Month Subscription for $1
Marvel Unlimited is a Netflix style digital distribution platform for comics. Basically, it allows you to subscribe for a monthly subscription and get access to over 17,000 backlist titles. Today, Marvel announced that you can sign up for a one month subscription for only $1.00.The discounted first month of Unlimited is only valid for the next four days and then will … [Read more...] about Marvel Unlimited is Offering a One Month Subscription for $1
Melania Trump and the New Outrage over Plagiarism
If you've had the good fortune to spend even a passing few moments near the internet in the last couple of days, you've no doubt heard about new scandal rocking the circus that is the Trump presidential campaign. Melania Trump, the upgraded 3.0 wife of the businessman-turned-entertainer-turned-policitian, gave what was to be her first major speech in support of her husband's … [Read more...] about Melania Trump and the New Outrage over Plagiarism
Here are all of the Audible Channels and Content Producers
Audible Channels is a new platform that launched earlier this month and it is available for free to monthly Audible subscribers or can be purchased as a standalone subscription. It features podcasts, audio versions of newspapers, comedy shows and tech.When Audible Channels first launched they 84 different companies that are contributing content, such as The Washington Post, … [Read more...] about Here are all of the Audible Channels and Content Producers
Dark Horse is releasing Season 11 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dark Horse Comics will be releasing season 11 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer this November. The series is still going strong despite the fact that it new television episodes have not been made in over 13 years.A lot will have changed for Buffy and her friends by the time Season 11 kicks off. They've moved to San Francisco in the aftermath of Sunnydale being swallowed up by a … [Read more...] about Dark Horse is releasing Season 11 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Amazon Launches Kindle Singles Classics
The Kindle Singles program has been running since early 2011 and the main premise is content that is too long to be a feature magazine article and too long to be an e-book. Today, Amazon has expanded on Singles with Kindle Single Classics.Launching with more than 140 essays and stories, Singles Classics includes works from writers like Susan Orlean, Norman Mailer, Gloria … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Kindle Singles Classics
Softbank Acquires ARM and the Semi-Conductor Consolidation is Complete
Japanese based Softbank has just acquired United Kingdom's ARM for £24.3 billion, or $31.4 USD billion in cash. The corporate headquarters will continue to be based in Cambridge, England and they say the upper management will not change, but whenever there is a big sale it is only a matter of time before trusted Softbank executives are installed.According to Engadget … [Read more...] about Softbank Acquires ARM and the Semi-Conductor Consolidation is Complete
HP Elite X3 is Available Next Month for $699
HP is releasing their first new smartphone in almost two years. The Elite X3 will be available on August 29th for $699 and will feature Windows Mobile 10. One of the big selling features is that it will feature Microsoft's Continuum which will allow you to use a dock or adapter to connect to a TV or monitor, then use your apps and see your content on a larger screen.The XP … [Read more...] about HP Elite X3 is Available Next Month for $699
AT&T Will Begin Selling the LG G Pad X 8.0 tablet
AT&T plans on selling a new tablet this upcoming Friday called the LG G Pad X 8.0 tablet. You can purchase it for $49.99 straight up and with a two-year contract, plus the cost of cellular data services.The LG G Pad X 8.0 tablet features an 8-inch display with a 1200 x 1920 resolution, Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset, Adreno 405 GPU, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal … [Read more...] about AT&T Will Begin Selling the LG G Pad X 8.0 tablet