January 2011
15 posts
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Tutorials for Making Your Website Mobile Friendly →
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Amazon: Kindle books outselling paperbacks →
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App Review: App Shopper
The App Shopper lists apps in the store by popular and what’s new. There are options to search by categories, paid or free or both, and price changes. The latter is good for finding on-sale apps. Unlike the other sales apps I have seen there is also an option to search by updates. The interface is clean. If you create an account you can save a wish list and there is a search tab.
The add...
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Photoshop iPhone App Undated
The Photoshop app for the iPhone now supports retina display.
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Sites for Finding Podcasts →
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Original Works Publishing Launches eBook Plays →
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Starbucks Card Mobile →
Starbucks now has an app that can be used as a Starbucks card.
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In The Race To 10 Billion Downloads, Apple... →
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MegaReader Brings True Multitasking to iPhone →
In the same vein as the text and walk apps, MegaReader allows you to read and walk at the same time. I would think that the background of the world in front of you would make reading more difficult, but maybe it is worth it if you want to get yourself a cup of tea or coffee while continuing to read your book.
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iPod Touch Now Accounts for Half of iPod Sales →
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New iPhone App: Deals App for iPhone →
Amazon has a new app that makes it easy to take advantage of Amazon’s Deals of the Day. Push notifications are available. As these deals are good for a limited time having a mobile option makes sense.
Cost: Free
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Kindle App Update
The Kindle App for the iPhone has been updated. You can now download free out-of-copyright books from Project Gutenberg, The Internet Archive, and other online archives.
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British Library App Brings Beowulf, The Beatles →
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NFL Team Highlights on iTunes
If you are already feeling nostalgic about this year’s regular season, iTunes has NFL team packages and highlights for each team. The highlights are about 10-20 minutes. Both individual episodes and a season package are available.
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Free eBook: The Warrior's Apprentice →
The Baen Free Library includes a number of free, legal, and complete eBooks. Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Warrior’s Apprentice is one of the newer additions and worth the read.
The Warrior’s Apprentice is a strongly written science-fiction with good characterization. The action scenes are well-written.