Technology

The global pandemic has closed millions of bookstores all over the world and many people who used to browse their favorite shop, are unable to do so. Most people are now shopping online, but you miss the smell of a used bookstore and musty old paperbacks. One of the big new trends are a series of perfumes and colognes that smell like books. Powell’s Books, the beloved … [Read more...] about The hot new trend are perfumes that smell like books

The Freewrite Traveler was a crowdfunded E INK typewriter that generated over $1.5 million dollars. The company has just released the device to the public. It has a full QWERTY keyboard with scissor switch keys. A large screen 5 inch screen showcases all of your typed characters and everything is stored locally or sent to cloud storage when connected to WIFI. Described as … [Read more...] about Freewrite Traveler E INK Typewriter is now available

We all know how important storytime is with infants and small children. It strengthens the bonds with the parent and ensure your child’s success. Reading to young children is proven to improve cognitive skills and help along the process of cognitive development. Cognitive development is the emergence of the ability to think and understand; it’s “the construction of thought … [Read more...] about Infant brains are prewired to see words and letters

Teachers in the year 2020 have had one heckuva year trying to navigate through remote and hybrid learning. With COVID-19 sweeping the nation, teachers have been tasked with the accelerated process of learning to adopt virtual learning. As a result, OverDrive Education has found that digital reading platforms schoolwide have made the overwhelming shift towards ebooks and … [Read more...] about Ebooks and Audiobooks Usage In Schools Exploded in 2020

Everytime a new e-reader comes out that uses Micro USB, there is a vocal minority of users that say they are going to skip it due to the lack of USB-C. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and Pocketbook, which traditionally uses Linux as an OS. These brands rely on selling digital content directly on the e-reader and discourage the use of sideloading content, so USB-C is useless. … [Read more...] about USB-C is useless on e-Readers

Amazon sometimes suffers from data breaches or users are using the same logins and passwords on multiple sites and they become compromised. Financial information such as debit or credit cards are normally encrypted. Logins and passwords are normally sold on blackmarket websites, hundreds of thousands are sold for a few thousand. This has created a modern concept called … [Read more...] about Unknown Amazon Packages are making a comeback

Apple has just filed a new patent for the Apple Pencil that will allow you to select colors from the real world to use as various colors when drawing. According to the patent filed last week, entitled 'Computer System With Color Sampling Stylus', that describes a computer stylus with a colour sensor, which has the ability to 'read' a colour when pressed against an object. The … [Read more...] about Apple Pencil could select colors from the real world

Apple News+ will soon have audio editions of major stories within the next month. This is going to be a subscriber only feature, so you will have to pay the monthly subscription fee. There will be a new audio tab on the main home screen and many newspapers and blogs will have audio editions of their articles, which you can activate with Siri, saying things like "Siri, play the … [Read more...] about Apple News+ will have Audio Stories soon