With usage of mobile connected devices such a smartphones and tablet devices growing at a feverish pace, it is but only natural for mobile apps to witness a faster rate of adoption than their web counterparts. The latest Nielsen finding corroborates the above with some hard facts showing global brands loosing grip with their web based services, only to be compensated more than … [Read more...] about Latest Nielsen Survey Reveals Growing Consumer Reliance on Mobile Apps
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Google Holds First Player’s Choice Award, Lists Best Apps and Games
Google is for the first time holding the Player’s Choice Awards citing the apps and games that its users have liked the most all through the year. Never a bad idea for introducing some competition among app makers while this should also provide users with an idea of apps that are most sought after. The games section comprises of three categories: Most Addictive Game, Best … [Read more...] about Google Holds First Player’s Choice Award, Lists Best Apps and Games
The Dual Screen YotaPhone: Not Quite The Magical Device it Promised to be
The YotaPhone breaks a lot of new ground with its dual display design, opening up a lot of new opportunities for users. With a regular LCD display on one side and an e-ink panel of equal size on the other, the YotaPhone could well be the ultimate smartphone device for many out there; well, theoretically at least. The device isn’t exactly cheap either, having already gone on … [Read more...] about The Dual Screen YotaPhone: Not Quite The Magical Device it Promised to be
Top 10 Android and BB10 Apps of the Week – November 13th 2013
Every week thousands of new apps are released for Android and its hard to keep track of the best ones. Most people just stick to their small pool of apps and here at Good e-Reader its important to broaden  your horizons. All of these apps are available from the Good e-Reader BB10 and Android App Store. We just updated our client, squashing major bugs and adding a litany of new … [Read more...] about Top 10 Android and BB10 Apps of the Week – November 13th 2013
New Disney Content Hits Tablets Before Reaching Cable TV
We've come a long way from the days when parents kept a tight reign on their tablets and portable electronics, keeping the kids firmly ensconced in print books, PC-based educational games, and other forms of learning and instructional content. Now, with new figures that show more than three-fourths of children show an increase in tablet use and forty percent of children under … [Read more...] about New Disney Content Hits Tablets Before Reaching Cable TV
Apple Taps Into Education with Products and Services
Apple has introduced a new "Apple and Education" section to its website, carrying forward the company’s new focus, the education segment. The central idea is clear and simple: ease the introduction of technology both as a learning and teaching aid. This way, while it will be easier for the educators to teach, the students will be able to grasp the topics more easily. The … [Read more...] about Apple Taps Into Education with Products and Services
Google Play for Education Launched
The 2013 edition of the Google I/O Conference may not have been about fancy hardware launches or even a new iteration of Android (both of which were hotly anticipated), but that does not mean there weren't any important or interesting announcements made. There is the very interesting new feature that Google launched aimed primarily at the educational sector. Google Play for … [Read more...] about Google Play for Education Launched
Blackberry 10’s 100,000 Apps Includes 20k with Android Origin
One way to get people hooked on to a new platform is to ensure there are lots of apps that are compatible with it. Towards that, Blackberry did the right thing by luring in developers to port Android apps to the Blackberry 10 operating system. This ensured BB10 could quickly reach the 100k app figure mark, something that could have been pretty much impossible if the company had … [Read more...] about Blackberry 10’s 100,000 Apps Includes 20k with Android Origin
Google Play Movie App Update Now Offers Info Card
Google Play Movies has come up with an innovative pop-up option that can provide you with all sorts of great movie trivia. Thanks to a new update, the Google Play Movie app now features an info card which provides you with a short breakdown of the actor who is presently on the screen. The way it works is this: you are watching a video, but can’t exactly remember who the actor … [Read more...] about Google Play Movie App Update Now Offers Info Card
The Latest Kindle iOS Update…Don’t Install It
Amazon has just issued a new update for its Kindle app for iOS and is asking users not to install it. The latest version released yesterday has been found to create more problems than it's supposed to resolve. Instead of the usual dose of bug fixes and performance enhancements, Kindle for iOS version 3.6.1 has been found to erase the entire library of Kindle ebooks. Users also … [Read more...] about The Latest Kindle iOS Update…Don’t Install It
70,000 Apps to Accompany Blackberry 10
RIM is pinning high hopes on its new BlackBerry 10 platform that is set to launch on January 30th. With its back virtually to the wall, RIM clearly has its work cut out against its more illustrious rivals—Google's Android and the Apple's iOS, with Windows 8 gaining new ground every day as well. While Android and iOS are firmly entrenched in their respective domains with Windows … [Read more...] about 70,000 Apps to Accompany Blackberry 10
Sourcebooks’ New Platform Has Educational Impact
Good e-Reader is on location in London for the FutureBook conference tomorrow, but the interviews started today with Dominique Raccah of Sourcebooks. The publisher had a very recent launch of an exciting new digital platform called Put Me in the Story, and the reactions to this new personalization platform have been astounding.Aside from the ability to form special moments … [Read more...] about Sourcebooks’ New Platform Has Educational Impact
Skytex Imagine 7 Android Jelly Bean Tablet Now Available for $199
Skytex is among the latest to offer a 7 inch tablet running Android Jelly Bean. Dubbed Imagine 7, the tablet promises to be the perfect blend of performance and user convenience in a neat 7 inch package, which is accentuated further by an affordable price tag of $199.Coming to its technical specifications, a total of 1280 x 800 pixels light up the 7 inch HD Display that … [Read more...] about Skytex Imagine 7 Android Jelly Bean Tablet Now Available for $199