Google Play Books is running a rare promotion where if you spend over $5 on an e-book you will receive $5 in credit. The credit that you earn can only be applied to eligible book titles with an on store price of over $5.01 or more before tax is imposed. Google has created a special landing page on their bookstore and it has a revolving list of hundreds of titles from major … [Read more...] about Google Play Books is Providing $5 Credit on any Book Over $5
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The Good e-Reader 13.3 is shipping now
The Good e-Reader 13.3 Android e-reader has been in the crowdfunding stage for the past eight months and we are proud to announce the first batch of units are now shipping out to early backers. Hundreds of additional e-readers will be shipping out to customers in early February. Our e-reader is the first 13.3 inch device in the world that features a WACOM screen that allows … [Read more...] about The Good e-Reader 13.3 is shipping now
Amazon Introduces Alexa for Video and Rapids to Fire OS
Amazon is in the process of pushing out a new firmware update for their Fire OS that brings a number of new features. This includes Alexa on Fire Tablets with Video support and the new Amazon Rapids app that is aimed at children and tells stories in a completely new way. This update is available for the Fire HD 10, Fire HD 8, and the $50 Fire tablet. Alexa on Fire … [Read more...] about Amazon Introduces Alexa for Video and Rapids to Fire OS
Amazon Prime Video Now Available in Over 200 Countries
Amazon has just unveiled their global Prime Video program and is making all of their original content and other movies available. The company has just launched a new website at PrimeVideo.com where individuals living in regions without an official Amazon site can go to sign up. If you live in Belgium, Canada, France, India, Italy, and Spain you can download the Amazon Video app … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Video Now Available in Over 200 Countries
Here are the Top 5 Google Play Books of 2016
Android is installed on over 87.6% of all smartphones that have been shipped out in 2016 and Google Play Books comes preinstalled on all of these devices. You would figure that their digital bookstore would be doing really well, but this is not the case. Google Play Books has the smallest market share in the United States and Canada, accounting for only 1-2% of today’s eBook … [Read more...] about Here are the Top 5 Google Play Books of 2016
Google is Discontinuing Android 2.3 and Honeycomb
Google has announced that they are doing to be discontinuing Android 2.3 and Honeycomb. Starting in early 2017 e-readers, smartphones and tablets that are running these two operating systems will no longer be able to access Google Play Services or the Play App Store. The lowest OS that will have support for Google Play Services will be Android 4.0 and this is important … [Read more...] about Google is Discontinuing Android 2.3 and Honeycomb
Adobe Acrobat Reader Can Scan Documents with your Phone’s Camera
Adobe Acrobat Reader for Android has just received a massive new update and app will now allow you to take a picture of a document or business card and save it as a PDF file. The app will then automatically detect the edges of a document, making it easy to crop and straighten an image so that it looks like a real scan rather than a photo. Once all of the edits have been made … [Read more...] about Adobe Acrobat Reader Can Scan Documents with your Phone’s Camera
The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is Now Available on Android
The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary and people all over the world are quite enamoured solving them. If you want to do the puzzles as soon as they come out, typically you have to subscribe to the New York Times, but this is easier said than done if you live outside the United States. Crossword lovers now have another option, you can download the … [Read more...] about The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is Now Available on Android
Audible Send This Book Is Now Available in the UK
Audible has a program called Send This Book and it has been available to US residents for the past six months. Send this Book allows you to send the audiobooks in your library to friends and family. It is free for you to send. And if it is your recipient's first time accepting an audiobook through this feature, it will be free. This program has been a quiet success for Audible … [Read more...] about Audible Send This Book Is Now Available in the UK
Google Play Announces Introductory Prices for Subscriptions
Google has announced that companies will soon be able to charge introductory prices for subscriptions. This will allow Netflix, Scribd and other companies to be able to offer a discount for a certain number of months, before users have to pay the normal price. Discounts on introductory subscriptions has been a point of contention for anyone involved in digital publishing. … [Read more...] about Google Play Announces Introductory Prices for Subscriptions