Retired soccer star David Beckham is eager to get into doing what most authors do to engage with their readers: roll out signed copies of his photo book that is set to be launched next week. However, this will be unlike the way the feat is pulled off in the traditional manner where readers get to meet the authors in person while the latter pens his signature on a real paper … [Read more...] about David Beckham Offering Digital Autographed Copies of his New Book via Facebook
Monetate Ecommerce Quarterly Report Reveals Tablet And Social Sites Contributing More to e-commerce
The latest Monetate Ecommerce report has brought to light some very interesting findings, especially that of tablet devices beating smartphones so far as the total website traffic from mobile devices is concerned. For those who prefer hardcore figures, total e-commerce traffic from tablets now constitute 12.44 percent of all e-commerce traffic, with smartphones lagging close … [Read more...] about Monetate Ecommerce Quarterly Report Reveals Tablet And Social Sites Contributing More to e-commerce
Yahoo Buys Tumblr
Yahoo’s recent acquisition of Tumblr, the popular blogging site, presents an interesting scenario now prevalent in the tech scene. Yahoo is eager to pay a premium and remain competitive in the long run, even if the investment does not guarantee much profit right away. To attempt this, Yahoo shelled out $1.1 billion for Tumblr, which not too long ago was valued at about $800 … [Read more...] about Yahoo Buys Tumblr
Bitstrips Turns Comics into Social Media—Now with Less Anxiety!
Over on NPR's All Tech Considered blog, Nishat Kurwa discusses the recent success of Bitstrips, an app that allows users to make cartoon avatars of themselves and their friends and then insert those characters into their own comic strips. In the beginning, there were just the characters and the backgrounds, but what's interesting about this story is that Bitstrips didn't … [Read more...] about Bitstrips Turns Comics into Social Media—Now with Less Anxiety!
Google Play Store Bars External App Updates
Google has introduced some changes to its Play Store regulations that now make is mandatory for all applications to update after having gone through Google’s specified methods. This comes in the wake of Facebook attempting to offer users of its Facebook Home app an update bypassing Google Play Store. The change has been brought about by a seemingly small but significant update … [Read more...] about Google Play Store Bars External App Updates
The Development of Razor’s Project Fiona Tablet Subject To Enough FB Likes
Razor had first launched the Fiona tablet concept during CES in January, which we extensively documented at the event. It was only a prototype, but had slid into a hibernation since then. However, the device is back again but in the most interesting manner. The device though isn't ready for launch just yet, but Razer have resorted to FaceBook Likes to gauge public interest in … [Read more...] about The Development of Razor’s Project Fiona Tablet Subject To Enough FB Likes
There’s No Replacing Email for Info
A Barnes and Noble study of marketing results where college students are concerned revealed that sometimes, the latest technology isn’t necessarily well received. Compiling the results from over 7,500 college students who took part in the 2012 survey on how students interact with marketing information, the study had some surprising results. Some of the most interesting … [Read more...] about There’s No Replacing Email for Info
Aakash Tablets to Be Available Soon from School/College Libraries
The Aakash tablet has already acquired the distinction of being one of the cheapest to own right now, though the device in all probability is going to take on a whole new form. No, we are not talking about the upgrade of the tablet's application or hardware which has already been discussed here but rather the way it would be available to the people at large and in this case, … [Read more...] about Aakash Tablets to Be Available Soon from School/College Libraries
Has Amazon’s Public Notes Gone Too Public?
Earlier this year, Amazon.com launched its own social interactive reading platform, Public Notes. As the name readily implies, users can choose to follow other Public Notes users and see their highlighted passages and notes in the virtual margins for any book that users choose to make, well, public. The entire premise of social reading was conceived as a great worldwide web … [Read more...] about Has Amazon’s Public Notes Gone Too Public?
Acer tablet news: new 64 GB Iconia Tab A501 for late summer release + A100 set for German debut
Come September and German tablet buyers will have one more option in the form of the Acer Iconia Tab A100. With a 7 inch display, one of the most notable feature of the A100 is its operating system, which being Android Honeycomb will surely make it one of the very few among the 7 inchers to run the latest Android. Also, to have Honeycomb right out of the box will make the A100 … [Read more...] about Acer tablet news: new 64 GB Iconia Tab A501 for late summer release + A100 set for German debut