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≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Art, Film | ≅ 2 Comments
Today, we’re adding to our collection of Free Online Movies a great little film by Emile Cohl, otherwise known as “The Father of the Animated Cartoon.” Made in 1908, Fantasmagorie stitched together 700 drawings, each double-exposed, creating the first fully animated film. Cohl made over 250 films between 1908 and 1923, of which 37 survive in [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Books | ≅ 2 Comments
I gave up biking on the roads this summer for a good reason – too many knuckleheads texting, chatting, even reading, while driving. Reading a novel while driving? A complete aberration? Apparently not. Joining the genius above, we have the Portland, Oregon bus driver giving more thought to the Kindle than the road. And then [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Apple, e-books, iPad | ≅ 42 Comments
Yesterday morning, I headed to the Palo Alto Apple Store, spent an hour waiting in line, then finally gained entrance to the store. And who entered alongside me? Steve Jobs! An auspicious beginning. I left with a 32 gig iPad, took it home, and started playing particularly with the eBook reader. Here are my very [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, e-books | ≅ 1 Comment
A quick fyi: Amazon has released an app that will let you read Kindle texts on your Mac (finally!) and the upcoming iPad. If you’re looking for free Kindle texts, we’ve produced a long list here, including many great classics. You can find Kindle apps (all free) for other devices below. Kindle for Tablet Computers (this [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, e-books, Education | ≅ 7 Comments
Last fall, Princeton launched a small experiment, replacing traditional textbooks with the Kindle DX, Amazon’s large e-book reader. Almost from the beginning, the 50 students participating in the pilot program expressed dissatisfaction with the devices. Yesterday, a university report offered some more definitive findings. On the upside, students using the Kindle DX ended up using far [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Books, e-books | ≅ 6 Comments
From the TIMES ONLINE: More than 65,000 19th-century works of fiction from the British Library’s collection are to be made available for free downloads by the public from this spring. Owners of the Amazon Kindle, an ebook reader device, will be able to view well known works by writers such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Apple, Books, e-books, Web/Tech | ≅ 19 Comments
Caveat: If you missed it, yesterday’s post was 10 Reasons iPad Will Not Kill Kindle. So take everything here with appropriate grains of salt. 10.) Books with graphics. Many books contain photos, graphics and diagrams that the Kindle does not handle well, if at all. When people realize that the iPad will do this flawlessly, [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Apple, Books, e-books | ≅ 6 Comments
Caveat: before half of you get your shorts in a bunch, tomorrow’s post will be: Top 10 Reasons Why iPad Means Kindle Is Dead. With that said, have at it! 10.) Taking reading from a simple printed page to an e-book environment such as the Kindle is a great step forward. Its ease of use, [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Apple, Books, e-books | ≅ 9 Comments
Today we have a guest post by William Rankin, director of educational innovation, associate professor of medieval literature, and Apple Distinguished Educator, Abilene Christian University. ACU was the first university in the world to announce a comprehensive one-to-one initiative based on iPhones and iPod touches designed to explore the impact of mobility in education. For [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Apple | ≅ 2 Comments
Welcome the new Kindle competitor. Above, you’ll find some of the first pictures showing the ebook capabilities of Apple’s new iPad. We should have more thoughts on the iPad coming later today. Pictures come via gdgt.com, which has been providing excellent live coverage of the Apple event.
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