When you buy an eBook you might think you’re spending money on pretty much the same thing you’d get if you bought a paperback book: thousands of words composed by an author to tell a story, make an argument, or otherwise put ideas into words, paragraphs, and maybe even chapters. Sure, an eBook isn’t a […]
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This is Mozilla’s answer to the Chromecast media streaming stick
Mozilla is working on a small stick that you can plug into a TV to stream internet videos or other content while using the Firefox web browser on your phone or other device as a remote. Sound familiar? That’s because this is basically Mozilla’s answer to Google’s Chromecast. But it could actually be much more […]
Acer introduces Alive media store, Clear.fi wireless media streaming
Acer may have unveiled 5 new mobile devices this morning, but the company didn’t stop there. Acer also introduced two new software services: The Alive digital media store and the Clear.fi service for wirelessly sharing content between Acer devices. The Alive store will have Listen, Read, Play, Watch, and Application sections, of access to music, […]
Notion Ink Adam tablet to ship with LongBox comic book app
Notion Ink has been promising for ages that the company’s upcoming Adam tablet would be a multimedia powerhouse. And that’s not just because it packs NVIDIA Tegra graphics for handling HD video playback. Notion Ink also says the tablet will come with software that will let you download music, movies, comic books and other digital […]
Lousy Android tablets make great remote controls
We’ve seen a lot of cheap Android tablets pop up in recent months, including the infamous Augen GenTouch78 tablet. What makes these tablets appealing is the low price — often they go for less than $200. Some are priced even lower than $150. But you get what you pay for, and at that price point […]