Three iPhone apps—for Digg, local news, and Slashdot and sister sites
Diggerific brings Digg headlines and comments to your iPhone or iPod Touch. The interface is nice, but for the full stories, my Touch needs to fire up the...
Is this the REAL Kindle number? 240,000 machines sold?
Why can't the Amazon Kindle store be like the hamburger chains? You drop by and there's a big sign, or virtual equivalent, blinking out the number of units sold.
240,000 this...
Free Kindle book from Amazon – a marketing trend?
Amazon is offering a free copy of Spirit House to all its Kindle users. The publisher is Grove/Atlantic.
I wonder if they were influenced by the recent spate of giveaway books from...
Want a Kindle? Live outside the U.S.? Here are some ideas
Several people have e-mailed me about the use of a Kindle outside the U.S. I haven't made any overseas trips since I got mine, but obviously the wireless capability disappears...
Why we hate DRM: Yahoo music store to shut down and shaft customers who...
Repeating similar horrors from Microsoft's MSN Music, Yahoo will shut down its Yahoo! Music and DRM servers---thus depriving customers of the right to enjoy the music on different machines in...
Re-Kindle(d) love from Josh Quittner, writing for Time
I guess you could call him a convert. In a recent article on the Time Magazine site, Josh Quittner talks about how he initially gave up on the Kindle but...
Sony PRS-505 gets update today: ePub and DRMed PDF
Today your Sony Reader PRS-505 will be able to read the new ePub format format and PDF, even if the e-books are DRMed---after you do a firmware upgrade. Until...
Sony PRS-505 Poll: Did your screen break?
Help us compare Kindle and Cybook Sony screen failure rates.
Note: Because PRS500 is an older device and may have been around longer, it may not be useful for data comparison. The...
Myebook, LinkIn, the N.Y. Times and social networking: Shared comments ahead for Kindle fans,...
Myebook and LinkedIn---what could these two operations have in common? Actually, although you're probably already familiar with LinkedIn, you ought to pay a quick visit to myebook. It's a...
Poll> Did your Kindle screen break? Answer either way
Help us compare Kindle and Cybook screen failure rates.
Perspective: Keep in mind that the Cybook is a slimmer device than the Kindle. So there may be a trade-off.
Related: Info on our...