TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Gadgetell http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Study: 30 Percent of Flyers Have Left on their Electronic Devices http://www.teleread.com/legal/study-30-percent-of-flyers-have-left-on-their-electronic-devices/ http://www.teleread.com/legal/study-30-percent-of-flyers-have-left-on-their-electronic-devices/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 02:30:34 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=84769 By Stephen Silver Ever reach into your pocket at the end of a long flight to turn on your phone, only to realize it was on all along? You’re not alone. A study released Thursday found that 30 percent of U.S. airplane passengers have accidentally left a personal electronic device turned on while on a [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/tablet/samsung-galaxy-tab-7-7-gets-much-awaited-and-oft-delayed-android-4-1-jelly-bean-update/feed/ 0 Flipboard 2.0 Comes to Android with Curated Magazines http://www.teleread.com/android/flipboard-2-0-comes-to-android-with-curated-magazines/ http://www.teleread.com/android/flipboard-2-0-comes-to-android-with-curated-magazines/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 19:59:59 +0000 Jeremy Hill http://www.teleread.com/?p=84683 Flipboard for Android finally received an update to version 2.0. The biggest new feature of this update is the ability to create and share personalized magazines. This feature was first introduced for iOS a couple months ago. Flipboard 2.0 also utilizes Android’s native sharing functionality. You’ll be able to save content to a Flipboard magazine from other [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/sony/sony-xperia-tablet-z-available-for-us-pre-orders-starting-at-500/feed/ 0 Siva Cycle Atom is Pedal Power for Your Gadgets http://www.teleread.com/kickstarter/siva-cycle-atom-is-pedal-power-for-your-gadgets/ http://www.teleread.com/kickstarter/siva-cycle-atom-is-pedal-power-for-your-gadgets/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:15:26 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.teleread.com/?p=84012 This Kickstarter project has funded pretty quickly over the past couple of days, and I certainly expect it to overfund significantly before the campaign is over. The concept behind the Siva Cycle Atom is using a bicycle as a generator to power a battery pack, which can be used to charge electronic devices via USB. The Siva [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/google/essay-godspeed-google-reader/feed/ 3 Would the death of Barnes & Noble also kill book discovery? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/would-the-death-of-barnes-noble-also-kill-book-discovery/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/would-the-death-of-barnes-noble-also-kill-book-discovery/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:46:50 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=77810 Digital Book World posted an excellent article today about the Barnes & Noble elephant in the room at DBW 2013. The big takeaway from this article was this statistic: “According to the most recent Codex survey, online selling accounts for 61 percent of book sales, but only 7 percent of discovery.” That’s huge. I’m one [...]

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