The Kindle has taken off as a successful e-reader but a big failing has been the inability to get ebooks offered by your local public library. The format wars of ebooks has been a long one with no clear winner. The .epub format has been the most widely adopted with almost all devices except Kindle supporting them. Amazon's closed format remains but thanks to a partnership with … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Google+ Moves To Public Beta and Announces Upcoming Features
Google+ has been in private beta for the last 3 months and is now moving into public beta, no invite required. Although it's largely turned into a ghost town after much of the hype died down, it will be interesting to see what the new influx of people can do for the "not very social" social network. There are also new features being added and tweaked to bring some more … [Read more...]
Google Launches Google Wallet
From the Official Google Blog, Google has announced the roll-out of Google Wallet to Sprint's Nexus S 4G customers. Google Wallet allows you to use your phone's NFC (near field communication) capabilities to pay at stores instead of having to pull out your wallet. … [Read more...]
Retaining Your Class Action Rights After Sony’s PSN Recent Update
Sony PS3 owners and PSN users have probably seen some news elsewhere regarding the recent PSN Terms of Service update. Qriocity is getting rebranded as "Sony Entertainment Network" and the whole Sony Network Entertainment America Inc. is becoming Sony Network Entertainment International LLC. The updated agreement is included with a mandatory PS3 update. Beyond the usual … [Read more...]
Netflix Thinks The Solution To All Their Recent Changes Is More Changes; Announces Qwikster
Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, wrote a blog post last night on the Netflix Blog announcing more changes coming to the Netflix services and apologizing for the lack of communication regarding the recent sequential big changes. (He must be forgetting his "communications" a year ago that offended both residents of Canada and the USA.) In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon … [Read more...]