The Cross-Device Services app from Google has been made available on the Google Play Store, over a year after the company announced its development. The app will enable Chromebook users to interact with select apps on their Android phones. Although not yet activated, the latest version of the app has reportedly started rolling out to Google Pixel phones. According to … [Read more...] about Google Cross-Device Services can read an e-book or manga on both their Android phones and Chromebooks
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Android 14 will be great for E INK Android Tablets
Android is the most popular operating system for digital note-taking devices or e-notes. Bigme, Onyx Boox, Boyue, Dasung and others all use it. These brands have Google Play enabled to download millions of paid and free apps. Most of them were using Android 11 or 12 and skipped Android 13. The upcoming Android 14, though, is something they will all likely embrace when it comes … [Read more...] about Android 14 will be great for E INK Android Tablets
Google ordered to allow side-loading of apps by users in India and other app stores
In what is being seen as a major setback for Google, the Supreme Court in India has refused to stay the fine of Rs 1337 crore that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) had imposed on the Mountain View company earlier. As 9to5Google reported, the apex court also directed Google to pay 10 percent of the fine amount within a week. Things, however, do no settle there as there … [Read more...] about Google ordered to allow side-loading of apps by users in India and other app stores
Google allows Spotify to bill users directly
Google has announced it will be allowing Spotify and Bumble to use their own payment system to bill customers for subscriptions from right within their Android apps CNBC reported. This forms part of Google's new User Choice Billing feature that is aimed at providing users with more payment options when it comes to making in-app purchases. This also makes for a significant … [Read more...] about Google allows Spotify to bill users directly
Amazon App Store for Windows will soon be available in 31 countries
Microsoft was really hyping up being able to install Android apps via the Amazon App Store on Windows 11. Sadly, being able to install apps from Amazon were only available in the United States. This will soon change, with the announcement that in the next couple of weeks the Amazon App Store will be available in 31 countries. This includes Australia, Canada, France, Germany, … [Read more...] about Amazon App Store for Windows will soon be available in 31 countries
Bionic Reading can easily send ebooks to your Kindle with new apps
Bionic Reading reading is one of the latest typography that is available for Kindle and Kobo books. They have an online tool that will allow you to upload a book and it will automatically convert the stock font to bionic reading. What is bionic reading? It revises texts in such a way that the most concise parts of the words are highlighted. This guides the eye over the text and … [Read more...] about Bionic Reading can easily send ebooks to your Kindle with new apps
Best e-book and audiobook reading apps for Android and iOS
There is no dearth of quality e-book reading apps available online. The apps that are available for both the Android and iOS platforms allow for listening to audiobooks as well as reading e-books or other digital content. The apps usually support almost all file formats, or at least the more popular ones so that users get to read most of all that they wish to go through, which … [Read more...] about Best e-book and audiobook reading apps for Android and iOS
New Google app will enable Android games to run natively on Windows devices
Windows PC users will soon be able to play Android games on their devices, The Verge reported. This is being made possible thanks to a new Google Play Games app currently being developed which will make it possible for Android games to be played on the Windows platform. What is significant with the development is that the app is being developed entirely by Google and not in a … [Read more...] about New Google app will enable Android games to run natively on Windows devices
The best Android 13 features for your future e-reader or e-note
Google said the latest Android 13 comes with a lot of new features and improvements that will ensure higher levels of privacy and security, besides allowing for better customization options as well. Mentioned here are a few of the top new features of Android 13 that will no doubt make things interesting on any Android smartphone and tablet, or for that matter, any e-note or … [Read more...] about The best Android 13 features for your future e-reader or e-note
How to enable Paper Reading Mode in Xiaomi phones
Did you know that there is a cool feature that can make a Xiaomi phone display look like an e-paper display? MIUI has a reading mode which can be very useful. Although the reading mode has been around for a while, the new Paper Reading Mode became available from MIUI 12 onwards. Here's how to use the enhanced reading mode on Xiaomi phones. How to enable Paper Reading … [Read more...] about How to enable Paper Reading Mode in Xiaomi phones
Good e-Reader Android App Store has been Redesigned
Good e-Reader has been running an online Android App Store since 2011. We launched it because many e-readers, smartphone and E INK devices ran Android and most did not have any app store that was preinstalled. In 2012 we launched an Android App, that was available to download and features over 100,000 apps that users can install at a click of a button. Over the next ten years, … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Android App Store has been Redesigned
Amazon Announces New Fire 7 Tablet with Android 11 via FireOS 8
Amazon has just announced a new Fire 7 tablet and will retail for $59 in the US and $69 in Canada. It features a 7 inch touchscreen with a resolution of 1024 x 600 with 171 PPI. It is powered by a MediaTek Quad-core 2.0 GHz, 2GB of RAM and either 32 or 64GB of internal storage. If this is not enough, there is an SD card that is capable of an additional 1TB. There is a USB-C … [Read more...] about Amazon Announces New Fire 7 Tablet with Android 11 via FireOS 8
Apple and Google announce removal of abandoned and outdated apps
Both Apple and Google have announced plans to remove those apps that have remained unattended on their respective app stores for long, CNET reported. Specifically, both companies have said they are going to remove those apps that have not been updated in the past two years. An estimate by the analyst firm Pixalate has put the number of apps set to be on the chopping block at … [Read more...] about Apple and Google announce removal of abandoned and outdated apps
How can you buy from Audible and Kindle on e-readers, phones and tablets?
Amazon recently announced that they are no longer going to allow people to buy audiobooks with the Audible App and ebooks with the Kindle app from their apps on Google Play. This is because Google recently implemented a policy that all in-app transactions are handled through the Google Billing system, whereas before companies had their own billing systems. Starting on June 1st, … [Read more...] about How can you buy from Audible and Kindle on e-readers, phones and tablets?