May 19, 2013

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Google Acquires eBook Technologies to Rival Amazon and Barnes & Noble

Google Acquires eBook Technologies

Google after opening its online bookstore last month went to another step in competing with Amazone.com by acquiring eBook technologies, a company which is famous for making digital reading projects. The Internet book store, which opened Monday on 6th December 2010 in the U.S., draws upon a portion of the 15 million printed books that [...]

Kindle 3 eReader – Amazon’s Best Selling Product of All Time

Kindle 3 eReader Amazon's Bestselling Product of All Time

Amazon has announced that its third-generation Kindle e-reader now is the best selling product worldwide about their eCommerce portal. And no, not just the best-selling product this year, but best-selling product ever. It has also given the team reason to Amazon Coo as she successfully avert the threat of tablet devices. The Amazon Kindle 3 [...]

Google Editions To Launch Soon – Rival to Amazon, Barnes and Noble

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Google is now in the “final stages” of launching Google Editions, which was originally expected to be up and running this summer. The project recently got past several technical and legal hurdles, the article said. Google Editions is expected to have an open format that will allow users [...]

Velocity Micro Cruz Reader and Tablet are Now Available for Pre-Order

velocity cruz reader and tablet presale rates

Velocity Micro is now taking orders for two Android tablets the company first introduced a little over a month ago. One is marketed as a 7 inch color eBook reader, while the other is pitched as a multipurpose Android tablet. Both are available for pre-order today, but won’t ship until early September. Velocity Micro has [...]