Jolla, the Finland based company that developed the Sailfish operating system has stated they wish to see the operating system being installed on Android smartphone devices now being used. The company further stated Sailfish is compliant with Android apps which should provide the impetus for individuals to port Sailfish on their devices, which again, as per the Company CEO Tomi … [Read more...] about Jolla Sailfish OS to be Made Available on Android Smartphones
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Ad-Based Reading Service Readfy Launches in Beta
One the most elusive models in digital publishing has to be subscription-based ebooks, with companies around the world all seeking to be the Netflix or Spotify of reading. Everything from pay-as-you-read page view models to open, unlimited consumption have been tried, but nothing seems to have taken hold, at least not in a way like...well...Netflix or Spotify. But … [Read more...] about Ad-Based Reading Service Readfy Launches in Beta
YotaPhone With a Secondary eInk Display Set For Market Debut in December
The Yota smartphone, which comes with a secondary e-ink display, is all set to arrive at markets in December, just in time to make the most of the coming holiday shopping frenzy. The device breaks new ground in that, apart from a regular 720p color LCD display at the front, the Yota smartphone also includes an e-ink panel along the rear which can be used to read or hold images … [Read more...] about YotaPhone With a Secondary eInk Display Set For Market Debut in December
New York Times Offering Free Month Long Access to its Web and Smartphone App
The New York Times has lined up a treat of the digital kind. Anyone who picks up the Sunday, November 3rd, edition of the newspaper will be entitled to a month long free trial of the company’s digital publications. Users will be provided a code stuck inside the Sunday’s edition of the newspaper which will provide them unlimited access to the digital service. Users can have … [Read more...] about New York Times Offering Free Month Long Access to its Web and Smartphone App
Readmill Releases eReading App for Android
In February of this year, Berlin-based two-year startup Readmill launched its e-reading app for iOS and was met with such response that the team decided an Android app was needed. Moreover, after getting feedback on how Readmill users--and staffers--were using the app, the developers decided that an app that was optimized for smartphone reading was in order as well. Readmill … [Read more...] about Readmill Releases eReading App for Android
Microsoft Launches Office App For Android
Microsoft has released a new app that will introduce its Office suite to Android. The app can be downloaded free from the Google Play Store, though the catch lies elsewhere. The app can only be accesses by those who have subscribed to Microsoft’s Office 365 Home Premium and ProPlus services. Also, the app will only be of relevance to smartphones users as the same is yet to be … [Read more...] about Microsoft Launches Office App For Android
Brand Perfect Report Shows Publishers Losing Revenue to Digital
As new data leads industry experts to believe that tablet and smartphone sales are soon going to outsell desktop computers by two-to-one, market watchers are paying close attention to how consumers are going to process information. With tablets slated to outsell this year alone and smartphones predicted to reach sales in the two billion unit range by 2015, publishers are faced … [Read more...] about Brand Perfect Report Shows Publishers Losing Revenue to Digital
Amazon Hires Microsoft Smartphone Expert
A smartphone from Amazon has long been a hot topic for rumor mongers. Now that has got a fillip on the back of news about Amazon having poached a smartphone expert who has rendered 2 decades of service at Microsoft. Charlie Kindel's most recent attachment at Microsoft was the Windows Phone Division. His LinkedIn profile mentioned he had been associated with the Richmond based … [Read more...] about Amazon Hires Microsoft Smartphone Expert
Over Holiday Week 1.76 Billion Apps Were Downloaded
That's according to Flurry, which measures such things by the data-gathering component included in over 260,000 apps running on iOS and Android. According to the Flurry blog, Flurry can detect over 90% of all new devices activated each day. With its analytics service in more than 25% of all iOS and Android applications, Flurry can reliably track iOS and Android downloads. I … [Read more...] about Over Holiday Week 1.76 Billion Apps Were Downloaded
Dual Screen Yota Phone Features an E Ink Display
We have never seen smartphones for the mainstream market that offered twin displays, but leave it to the Russian broadband provider Yota to accomplish the feat. The innovation is that this device will feature an E Ink panel beside a standard LCD screen. It still is a work in progress but it really offers a lot of potential. First off, it's a smartphone running Android Jelly … [Read more...] about Dual Screen Yota Phone Features an E Ink Display