We’ll get into why Facebook saw its entire business fall off a cliff on Monday, but first: e-readers.It’s a device category we don’t see much development in — probably because it’s very much a device for reading text and not much else. Amazon’s Kindle, thanks to its powerful online e-book store, generally has the category sewn up, with several e-reader options from luxe to sometimes-$60 slates.But I love an underdog — and most things with an e-ink display. Like this and this.KoboSo I have time for Kobo's new $260 Sage e-reader, which lets you add handwritten notes with a stylus. It has an 8-inch 1,440 x 1,920 e-ink screen that adjusts brightness and color depending on the time of day. You can also convert to plain text your handwritten e-notes made on e-books and PDFs and send them to other devices — a feature Kobo already offered on its larger and more expensive $399 Elipsa.If you’re looking for an e-reader that doesn’t have Amazon hooks — or you need to take notes on your e-books — you can pre-order the Sage now. It starts shipping on October 19th.— Mat SmithFacebook explains how its October 4th outage startedIt should have been routine maintenance.Following the massive service outage that took out all of its services, Facebook has published a blog post detailing what happened. According to Santosh Janardhan, the company's vice president of infrastructure, the outage started with what should have been routine maintenance.A command was issued that was supposed to assess... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
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Access this Kindle feature before it's retired, the impressive cast announcement for Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-02-18 16:00:00 UTC ]
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A successful holiday season, which included a 30% increase in sales of Kindle devices, led to a record 2024 at Amazon. Revenue hit $638 billion and operating income soared 86%, to $68.6 billion. The company made an extra $1.5 billion in sales on Leap Day alone. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The challenger brand to Amazon’s hegemony has big plans to build further, starting with a new e-book initiative. Andy Hunter decided something needed to be done about the endless rise of Amazon in 2018—the year that the e-commerce giant surpassed 50% of book sales in the U.S. market. “I was... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2025-01-28 11:30:00 UTC ]
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The online bookseller, which offers a profit-sharing model to independent bookstore partners, launched its long-anticipated e-book platform on January 28, allowing indies to sell e-books directly to customers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Unless a new contract is reached by midnight GMT, Amazon will no longer sell Bloomsbury UK's titles in its online stores in the U.K., Europe, and Australia. While Bloomsbury print book availability in Amazon’s U.S. store is unaffected by the action, Bloomsbury’s Kindle editions will not be... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Enhance your reading experience and protect your device with cases, sleeves, stands, and more. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2024-12-29 13:02:00 UTC ]
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The Scribe remains a great digital notebook for Kindle loyalists, even if not much has changed over the original. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2024-12-08 13:00:00 UTC ]
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The brand-new Kindle lineup is on sale for Cyber Monday, as are many other Amazon products, from Eero routers to Ring cameras. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2024-12-02 13:34:21 UTC ]
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The brand-new Kindle lineup is on sale for Black Friday, as are many other Amazon products, from Eero routers to Echo speakers. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2024-11-30 20:44:31 UTC ]
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The brand-new Kindle lineup is on sale for Black Friday, as are many other Amazon products, from Eero routers to Echo speakers. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2024-11-29 13:58:24 UTC ]
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Black Friday deals on Amazon devices have started early. Even the brand-new Kindle lineup is on sale. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2024-11-22 22:14:23 UTC ]
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The latest Amazon Fire HD 8, updated last month and starting at $100, is a modest refresh, offering more RAM, a nominally upgraded camera and some new AI features. The general sales pitch, however, remains the same: You get a just-competent tablet for the essentials at a dirt-cheap (and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-11-15 14:19:25 UTC ]
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For obvious reasons, Twitter users are leaving en masse and heading to Bluesky, its most prominent decentralized competitor. In this episode, we discuss why Bluesky now feels like the best of early Twitter, filled with vibrant conversations and people discovering a new social network filled with... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-11-15 12:30:52 UTC ]
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November is in full swing, which means Black Friday is right around the corner. But the days in which you had to wait for Black Friday proper to get good deals have long been behind us. The holiday shopping season is effectively the entire month of November now, with early Black Friday deals... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-11-14 17:34:34 UTC ]
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Faulty devices have thrown a wrench in the company’s trade-in program for its color ebook reader. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2024-11-14 12:15:00 UTC ]
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2024 has been a rough year for Sonos. The company’s would-be triumphant entry into the crowded headphones market was overshadowed by a disastrous app redesign. In the fallout of the botched software update, the company decided to delay products that were ready to be shipped to give itself more... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-11-11 13:00:11 UTC ]
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Techtober rolled straight into November this year. The first week of the month was a busy one at Engadget HQ as we published a number of high-profile reviews over the last few days. There's the MacBook Pro and Mac mini from Apple alongside the beastly (and expensive) PS5 Pro. Plus, we've got yet... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-11-09 15:00:04 UTC ]
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Charging two devices at once doesn’t necessarily require a multi-port wall plug — if you purchase the right cable. For example, Anker has a special USB-C cable that splits into two so you can handle two devices at once with a single USB-C port. And the coolest part? Right now, you can... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2024-11-07 16:44:21 UTC ]
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Sony’s new beastly console is a niche product for PlayStation gamers who want the most premium experience. The PlayStation 5 Pro is the console equivalent of the iPhone Pro Max or the Kindle Signature but still cheaper than a PC gaming rig. It has a more powerful GPU, capable of offering 4K and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-11-07 12:18:36 UTC ]
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There are really two types of ereaders: Dedicated ebook/audiobook devices or slabs that are more akin to small tablets with E Ink screens. In the first category, the competition is really between Amazon’s Kindle devices and Rakuten’s Kobo readers. Ereaders in the latter group include entries... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-11-07 08:00:36 UTC ]
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