Discover your next audio entertainment obsession with Audible and SiriusXM. From best-selling stories to fascinating non-fiction, hear excerpts of the hottest audiobooks across every genre and explore a rotating selection of recommended listens updated every month.We’ll take you closer to the biggest names and titles with two brand-new series: “Authorized with Audible,” … [Read more...] about Hear Audiobook Excerpts with Audible and SiriusXM
First Look at the Onyx Boox Go 7 Kaleido 3 e-reader
The Onyx Boox Go series is new and only has two different models: the Go 7 with a Kaleido 3 e-paper screen and manual page-turn buttons, and the Go 10 is a 10-inch notebook with a black and white e-paper screen and 300 PPI. The Go 7 is very compelling; it looks like the Page e-reader in terms of design, but it has a few hidden tricks up its sleeve, most notably an SD card, a … [Read more...] about First Look at the Onyx Boox Go 7 Kaleido 3 e-reader
US Audiobook Sales surpassed $2 billion in 2023
Audiobooks are quickly becoming more mainstream, and more than half of the population in the United States have listened to at least one. Audiobook revenue grew 9% in 2023 to $2 billion, continuing the year-on-year growth trend according to the Audio Publishers Association’s Sales Survey conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive. However, piracy is becoming a real problem for the … [Read more...] about US Audiobook Sales surpassed $2 billion in 2023
How e-Paper Displays Can be a Boon For the Advertising Industry
E Ink displays aren't just about being power efficient and glare-free. The very same attributes, as Blog.EInk.com stated, are proving to be a boon for the advertising industry in more ways than one. Here's how. The very fact that E Ink displays can run on just a fraction of the power that traditional displays such as LCD or LED displays consume opens up a whole lot of … [Read more...] about How e-Paper Displays Can be a Boon For the Advertising Industry
Perplexity Faces Allegations of Content Scraping and Copyright Infringement
Perplexity, an AI search engine startup, is embroiled in controversy following a recent investigation by Wired. The report alleges that Perplexity has been scraping content from websites that explicitly prohibit such actions.As FastCompany stated, Perplexity's "answer engine" operates by crawling vast amounts of web content to create a searchable database (index) of … [Read more...] about Perplexity Faces Allegations of Content Scraping and Copyright Infringement
My Hero Academia Manga Will Conclude in Five Chapters
Fans of My Hero Academia received surprising news today as Shueisha announced that Kōhei Horikoshi's long-running manga series will soon reach its conclusion. In a video released on Monday, the publisher revealed that the final chapter of the manga will be published in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine's combined 36th and 37th issue. It will be hitting shelves on August 5. This … [Read more...] about My Hero Academia Manga Will Conclude in Five Chapters
Amazon Prime Day will occur on July 16-17 – Save Big on Kindle e-Readers
I would wait to buy one if you are in the market for a new Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Basic or Fire Tablets. The best deals on e-readers are around the corner with Prime Day. This year's Prime Day will occur from July 16th to July 17th, 2024. Kindle devices are usually slashed by 30% or more, and the only other time these devices are massively discounted is Black … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Day will occur on July 16-17 – Save Big on Kindle e-Readers
German retailer Weltbild has filed for insolvency
Weltbild was one of the founding members of the Tolino Alliance and has sold e-readers online and through their network of shops in Germany since 2013. Tolino is a German consortium whose retail reach spreads across four countries. It includes over 1,000 retail stores in Germany alone and hundreds in other countries. Tolinos aimed to compete against Amazon's Kindle e-readers … [Read more...] about German retailer Weltbild has filed for insolvency
Microsoft Unveils Innovative Features for Surface Duo Foldable Device
Microsoft has recently filed a patent application revealing groundbreaking designs for foldable computing devices, PatentlyApple reported. These devices feature dual frames connected by hinges, allowing for flexible displays that can fold in various configurations. In one setup, the hinges enable a 180-degree fold from an open, flat position to a closed, face-to-face … [Read more...] about Microsoft Unveils Innovative Features for Surface Duo Foldable Device
Rīgas Satiksme Installing More Papercast e-Paper Displays
Rīgas Satiksme announced it is in the process of installing more Papercast e-paper display-based public signs at Riga's Public transport facilities. This is aimed at enhancing the travel experience by providing travelers with all the information they might need in the most intuitive manner. This marks the second phase of installing the Papercast e-paper signage solution, which … [Read more...] about Rīgas Satiksme Installing More Papercast e-Paper Displays
Amazon Alexa May Have Paid AI Features
Amazon Alexa is one of the oldest AI chatbots that we can think of. At one point, all we could imagine from an AI chatbot was limited to Alexa and Siri. But now, times have changed, the world is progressing, and so is technology. Despite having the first-mover advantage, Alexa and Siri couldn’t benefit from it. Well, Apple has taken some initiative and for Amazon, it is high … [Read more...] about Amazon Alexa May Have Paid AI Features
Why Funny Kids’ Books Are Important for Kids
Scholastic research shows that humor in books is the top characteristic kids look for when making their reading selections. According to the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report, more than 50 percent of children say they look for books that make them laugh. Parents feel similarly: 47 percent of parents say they want their kids’ books to be funny. When humor is involved, … [Read more...] about Why Funny Kids’ Books Are Important for Kids
Bill Gates’s Upcoming Memoir – Source Code
Bill Gates has announced that he will be telling his “origin story” in a memoir due to be published next year.Source Code: My Beginnings will cover the businessman and philanthropist’s early years, from his childhood in Seattle to his time at university. Gates dropped out of Harvard aged 20 in 1975, just before he and his friend Paul Allen wrote the programme that became … [Read more...] about Bill Gates’s Upcoming Memoir – Source Code