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With summer nearly over, the family and I squeezed in a week in the heat of Catalunya, España otherwise known as Catalonia, Spain. It was lovely: 30 C and sunny every day compared with 15 C and lashing rain back home in Northern Ireland as the tail end of hurricane Ernesto passed over. And if that wasn't enough, the pastries
When it comes to longevity, electronic gadgets aren't known for their long lifespan. Manufacturer support, battery life, features and fashion all conspire to consign tech to an early grave. Bucking that trend and heading for a ten year lifespan are e-readers, proving that technology isn't out of date as soon as the box is opened. The original Amazon Kindle came
Ebooks and ereaders have come a long way since I first purchased novels from Peanut Press to read on my Palm III. Neither Peanut Press or Palm are in existence today - the former eventually disappeared into Barnes and Noble, and the latter was wasted by HP - but nearly two decades on, ebooks are part of everyday life, largely
Just in case you were going to miss it, Thursday is "Read an a eBook Day", a celebration of modern storytelling. Surprisingly, it's not sponsored by Amazon on behalf of the Kindle but rather OverDrive whose apps let you borrow library books for free. Yes, for free. It's probably one of the best keep secrets in the whole tablet and ereader
These are tough economic times and if you want to save yourself a few pennies, stop buying ebooks, join your local library and borrow ebooks for free. The OverDrive Media Console app lets you download and read ebooks offered by your local library for nothing, and if audiobooks are of more interest, the app can handle those as well. The
Picture the scene....I'm on holiday, lying by the swimming pool, relaxing in the summer sun. It's a 4-star hotel, nothing fancy, catering to families from all round Europe; Britain, France, Germany, Norway. As I look around my fellow guests, I notice that many of them are reading from ereaders - Kindles, Kobos and the odd Nook. A few people are
The Handable was created to make it easier hold on to your portable device. The idea came when Aaron Block, President of Mobile Innovations kept dropping his phone and he also noticed that other people he knew had trouble holding on to theirs also. After almost two years of development, starting with a cardboard mock-up, the Handable was created. The