There are no shortage of online news apps to curate your favorite websites or just discover new ones. Google News, Flipboard and Feedly are good examples. Microsoft is throwing their hat into the fray with the new AI news app called Hummingbird.When you first install the Android app it will ask you to register an account with your hotmail or Linkedin email address, of … [Read more...] about Microsoft launches AI News App called Hummingbird
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The best Android e-readers of 2018
Android e-readers have really grown up this year and many brands are packing some serious hardware power to provide a robust experience. This is a far cry from a few years ago when single core processors and 512MB of RAM were the norm.Android e-readers have been around for the past four years and they initially had outdated version of the OS, which severely limited the … [Read more...] about The best Android e-readers of 2018
E-Readers that run Ice Cream Sandwich will lose access to Google Play
Google has announced that they are discontinuing support for Ice Cream Sandwich, which is Android 4.0 to 4.0.4. E-Readers that are running this version of Android will find a multitude of Google services will cease to function properly. This includes access to the Google Play Store, Gmail, Google Maps, data synchronization, and many other features.Google is also encouraging … [Read more...] about E-Readers that run Ice Cream Sandwich will lose access to Google Play
This is how you get Google Play working on Android e-readers
Earlier this year Google cracked down on devices that were not certified and blacklisted them from accessing the Google Play Store and various core services. This was done to help curb the onslaught of cheap Android phones and tablets from China, as well as custom ROMS. This whole situation also had a tremendous effect on the e-reader industry, since there are tons of players … [Read more...] about This is how you get Google Play working on Android e-readers
Google is considering a paid app subscription package
Google is working on a monthly subscription package that will offer hundreds of paid apps for free. The program is tentatively named the "Play Pass" app subscription service and it was discovered by XDA deconstruction of the recent Google Play Store update. There are few lines of code, but one clearly references “PLAYPASS_SUBSCRIPTION.”It would be quite interesting for … [Read more...] about Google is considering a paid app subscription package
Pocket Redesigns iOS App and now has Amazon Polly for Article Playback
Pocket has just redesigned their flagship app for the iPad and iPhone for the first time since 2012. They have a more minimalist interface with more white space and a tremendous reduction in information density. If you prefer a dark mode or sepia mode, you can also choose that as your app-wide color scheme. Even the typography and fonts have also been updated with ones that are … [Read more...] about Pocket Redesigns iOS App and now has Amazon Polly for Article Playback
These are the challenges for developing apps for an Android e-Reader
One of the big trends in the past four years has been companies developing E Ink e-readers that use Google Android. This OS provides users with the flexibility to sideload in their own apps or download them via an accompanied app market such as Google Play. There are two major challenges for app developers that want to make a customized e-reading app that has support for an E … [Read more...] about These are the challenges for developing apps for an Android e-Reader
This is how Android Lite and Go apps perform on an e-reader
Android developers have released a series of Lite and Go apps in the past few months. These were primarily designed for the developing world, where people tend to have lower end smartphones with 2G internet connections. Lite apps tend to be 2MB to 10MB fully installed and lack many of the animations and features of their berethron.Good e-Reader has just conducted a video … [Read more...] about This is how Android Lite and Go apps perform on an e-reader
Walmart ebooks now available for Android and iOS and it’s abysmal
Walmart has just launched an ebooks app for Android and iOS. Walmart is hyping that this new app has a built in ebookstore to purchase content and a fully functional audiobook player. When you install it for the first time Walmart says they will provide you with a free $10 credit to be used towards anything you want.There are over 6 million ebooks and audiobooks to select … [Read more...] about Walmart ebooks now available for Android and iOS and it’s abysmal
E-Reader companies should be adopting Android GO 9 Pie Edition
E-Reader companies have been using Android 4.04 and 4.4 for a number of years and the vast majority of devices on the market run it. Android Go launched last year with Oreo support and it is optimized for devices that have between 512MB and 1GB of RAM and a 1 GHZ single core processor. This makes the open source OS ideal for e-reader companies, who do not need to bundle Google … [Read more...] about E-Reader companies should be adopting Android GO 9 Pie Edition
Android Lite apps are breathing a second life into e-readers
Major companies are releasing a series of Lite and Go apps that are optimized for lower end smartphones and countries with poor internet connection. Amazon released Kindle Lite for this very purpose, and there are Lite versions of Facebook, Spotify, Instagram. There is also a myriad of communication apps such as Skype Lite and Line Line. This is having a really positive impact … [Read more...] about Android Lite apps are breathing a second life into e-readers
Goodreads launches new Android App
Goodreads has been quietly working on a beta version of ebook discovery and social community Android app. The company published the beta in May and socilited a number of users in their community to test it out and give their feedback. Today, GoodReads has discontinued their old app and are now using the new one and it is available now to download.Whether you want to scan … [Read more...] about Goodreads launches new Android App
Google launches dedicated Podcast App
Google Podcasts launched a couple of months ago, but it was incorporated into the Google Music. It has a confusing layout and it suffered from being lost in the shuffle. Google is now supporting podcasts directly and in a more meaningful way with a standalone Google Podcasts app for Android.Google Podcasts, will use Google’s recommendation algorithms in an effort to … [Read more...] about Google launches dedicated Podcast App
Microsoft Edge for Android can Read ebooks
Microsoft has just added e-reader functionality to their Android app and like their iOS counterpart you can read ebooks, you just can't buy them. This app is considered to be in preview mode, so it lacks most of the functionality as the main desktop version, such as TTS and Cortana.The only thing the new Edge browser does well is change the size of the font and the font … [Read more...] about Microsoft Edge for Android can Read ebooks
Goodreads Beta for Android is now available
GoodReads is the largest social book community in the world. You can talk about books with your friends or track your yearly reading goals. Amazon owns them and you can access Goodreads on any Kindle e-Reader. Goodreads has just launched a new beta Android app that that will eventually replace the current Android app in the Google Play store.The GoodReads BETA app was … [Read more...] about Goodreads Beta for Android is now available
Audiobook Reader has just received 10,000 installs
One month ago Good e-Reader released a new Android app called Audiobook Reader and it utilizes Amazon Polly TTS to turn any ebook into an audiobook. It is the first app to take advantage of the Amazon voice assistant in this manner and we have just hit 10,000 installs in the past three weeks.This app took over six months to develop and looks really good. It has a flat … [Read more...] about Audiobook Reader has just received 10,000 installs