Hewlett Packard is back in the tablet race and is piggybacking Android this time for a reported high end tablet offering. As per the latest rumors on this, HP is said to be working on a tablet that will be built around the new upcoming Tegra 4 chip. The chip is touted among the fastest currently available and was launched at this year’s CES event. It boasts of 72 custom … [Read more...] about Rumor: HP Woking on an Tegra 4 Based Android Tablet
Tablet PC and E-notebook News
Blackberry Playbook Gets New Firmware Update
The Blackberry Playbook just got a new firmware update today that should be pushed to most people's QNX based tablets. The main feature is the ability to make in-app purchases and the support for micro-transactions. Blackberry changed the name of its App store to Blackberry World, and this new name has been carried over as well. If you tend to use Blackberry Bridge on your … [Read more...] about Blackberry Playbook Gets New Firmware Update
Microsoft Surface Pro News
Microsoft Surface Pro team head, Panos Panay, has stated the Microsoft team is working hard to ease the demand supply gap with respect to the Surface Pro. He assured buyers that more stocks will arrive by this Saturday. There has been strong demand for the tablet, which is either much more than the company had anticipated or they might have started with a restricted stock to … [Read more...] about Microsoft Surface Pro News
Nokia Possibly Revealed Its Windows Tablet Ahead of MCW
Nokia might have already provided us with a sneak peek of its upcoming tablet offering on an on-stage screen at an event in Pakistan. The tablet looks to be in the 7 inch genre and runs Windows. This surprised many as the mobile phone maker was expected to launch the tablet at the upcoming MWC event later this month. The tablet was tucked in between a Nokia 620 smartphone and a … [Read more...] about Nokia Possibly Revealed Its Windows Tablet Ahead of MCW
Inkling Unveils Seamless Cloud-Based Habitat Platform – Updated
"Books aren't just text and images anymore," claims Inkling's introduction to its new Habitat platform, a cloud-based concept that allows an entire team of creators working from anywhere to see how their content comes together for publication on multiple devices. "There's never been a more exciting time to be in publishing." While any number of digital publishers are … [Read more...] about Inkling Unveils Seamless Cloud-Based Habitat Platform – Updated
Kno Unveils New Advance Platform to Scale Publishers’ Textbooks
As digital textbooks incorporate newer interactive features at a fraction of the cost of their print counterparts, one key aspect of e-textbooks is now the need to catch them up to the speed of other forms of digital publishing. Just as other ebook users have enjoyed the frenetic pace of other forms of ebook creation, digital textbook and educational software developer Kno will … [Read more...] about Kno Unveils New Advance Platform to Scale Publishers’ Textbooks
LG Tab-Book Ultra Z160 Windows 8 Tablet Launched in Korea
LG had first provided us a glimpse of its next tablet ambitions built on the new Windows 8 platform. Named the Tab-Book Ultra Z160, the tablets are set to reach stores in Korea within the month, though it's not known when that will happen for the rest of the world. Also, as with most tablets based on the Windows 8 platform, the Ultra Z160 is both a tablet and a notebook rolled … [Read more...] about LG Tab-Book Ultra Z160 Windows 8 Tablet Launched in Korea
Google Issues Android 4.2.2 Update for Nexus 10, Nexus 7
Google is reported to have come out with the Android 4.2.2 update for its Nexus line of tablet devices. As usual, the update will be rolled out OTA and an official notification should be out soon. If not, users can check manually the System Update section under settings if the update has been made available. It weighs a healthy 47 mb, and apart from the usual stability and … [Read more...] about Google Issues Android 4.2.2 Update for Nexus 10, Nexus 7
Adobe DPS Helps Create a New Kind of Catalog
Magazine publishers and catalog retailers have been relying on Adobe Digital Publishing Suite and InDesign to create the digital editions of their materials for some time, using the streamlined process to make print editions and digital across various tablet operating systems and screen sizes in a nearly seamless way. Thanks to the limitless flexibility of digital publishing, … [Read more...] about Adobe DPS Helps Create a New Kind of Catalog
Digital Learning Aimed at Preparing Learners for College
McGraw-Hill's recent launch of its LearnSmart program, created with Denmark-based Area9 and geared towards higher education, helps students and educators personalize learning for the individual user by using data to provide feedback on how time spent interacting with learning material results in evaluation. Now, McGraw-Hill is taking the built-in expertise that LearnSmart … [Read more...] about Digital Learning Aimed at Preparing Learners for College