News tagged with electronic reading device
Scientists design system using RFID devices to guide blind visitors inside unfamiliar buildings
An electronic system developed by Aura Ganz, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, allows visually impaired people to safely navigate unfamiliar buildings using a three-ounce ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Is a tablet the best choice?
TABLETS VS. LAPTOPS: So your laptop is getting old: Should you buy a new one or change horses and try out one of these tablet computers?
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Review: Paper wins over e-books for travel guides
(AP) -- It sounded like a better, lighter way to pack for a trip to Germany: a Kindle with a Lonely Planet travel guide in lieu of an 844-page brick of a book.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 24, 2010 |
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IPad could be Kindle's first big threat in e-books
(AP) -- Amazon.com, which has dominated the young but fast-growing electronic book market for the past few years with the Kindle, could get its biggest threat Saturday, when Apple releases its iPad multimedia ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Samsung unveils e-reader, partnering with Google
South Korean electronics giant Samsung jumped into the increasingly crowded electronic book reader market Wednesday, unveiling its first devices and a partnership with Google Books.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Verizon Wireless to support e-book reader
(AP) -- Verizon will be providing wireless book downloads for an electronic reading device, joining AT&T and Sprint in supporting electronic books.
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Amazon widens private labels with electronics gear
(AP) -- Consumers visit Amazon.com for deals on products from companies ranging from Apple Inc. to Zenith Electronics Corp. Now, the online retailer wants shoppers to check out stuff that carries Amazon's own brand name, ...
Sep 20, 2009 |
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Amazon seeks more paths for sales with new Kindle
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. hopes a bigger version of its Kindle electronic reading device can be a hit, even if it's more expensive, and the company is aiming it in part at college students who are eager to ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 06, 2009 |
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Amazon.com buys Stanza e-book app maker Lexcycle
(AP) -- Kindle e-book retailer Amazon.com Inc. has purchased Lexcycle, a year-old company that makes the iPhone e-book application Stanza, in a move that ratchets up Amazon's presence in the electronic book market.
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from Google
(AP) -- Google Inc. is making half a million books, unprotected by copyright, available for free on Sony Corp.'s electronic book-reading device, the companies were set to announce Thursday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 19, 2009 |
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