'PaperTab' Flexible Tablet Prototype Aims To Replace Paper
Flexible displays are commonplace when it comes to conceptual technology; but Plastic Logic, Queen's University and Intel Labs have stepped closer to making this a reality with the PaperTab.
Using flexible e-paper technology with touch sensitivity, these 10.7-inch plastic displays are strongly interconnected via the desk they are placed on. Each display shows a different app (naturally), representing a 'digital' stack of papers.
Kindle Under Fire: German Firm Set To Release £10 eReader
Unashamedly basic features for a modern-day eReader, German firm Txtr has uncovered plans to release a £10 eReader, named the Txtr Beagle, to under-cut its rivals and capitalise on the burgeoning e-book marketplace.
Podcasters Out To Troll Fifty Shades Of Grey With Crowd-Sourced Sex Novel
The staggering success of erotic novel Fifty Shades Of Grey is one sure to baffle reading trends analysts', let alone this twenty-something male. But for two US podcasters, the rise in popularity of the sex novel just had to be exploited...
Apple Fires Back At Amazon For Acting Like Apple
On Thursday, two days after the Justice Department launched a lawsuit against Apple and various big book publishers for alledations of ebook price fixing, the tech company have responded saying they have done nothing wrong, and slammed Amazon for their "monopolistic grip" on the market at the same time.
Hypocriticism? Yes.