The v1.1 update hasn’t been announced yet nor has the website been updated, but I have it on my computer right now. It’s actually dated 3 September, but this is the first I’ve heard of it.
Stop what you’re doing. Go boot up Nookstudy and let it download the update. It’s worth it.
Some of the improvements [...]
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NookStudy v1.1 now available for download
September 9th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
Kobo just updated their Desktop Reading app
September 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software news
Ah. I’d heard rumors that Kobo were going to launch an updated version of this app.
From the Kobo blog:
Kobo, a global eReading service, today announced the Kobo Desktop Application, a free, downloadable application now available from www.kobobooks.com that enables users to read, build a digital library, and shop for eBooks directly from [...]
Docs2Go for WebOS canceled, developer got bought out by RIM
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
I’ve been hearing the rumor about RIM buying DataViz for about a week now. Crackberry found some evidence that made up my mind that this almost certainly happened:
DataViz, makers of the popular Documents To Go application, announced sad news today for Palm fans. Though the company started out developing for Palm, they are not [...]
Ebooks.com now have an iOS app
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments · iPhone app, ipad app, software news
Ebooks.com are one of the ebookstores I have bought from occasionally. They’ve been quietly developing their own reading apps.
The iOS app came out a couple weeks ago. It’s an okay app, but it only works with Epub. The one ebook I bought from ebooks.com is in PDF, and I’m a little disappointed that [...]
Ebooks.com updated their first app – Amigo Reader
September 5th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
Ebooks.com are one of the ebookstores I have bought from occasionally. They have an exclusive deal with a couple publishers (Cambridge University Press, for example). They’ve also been quietly developing their own reading apps.
They released a browser based reading app a couple years ago, and they updated it late last year. It’s [...]
DocBook-XSL 1.76.0 released for testing with many EPUB enhancements
September 4th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
From the ThreePress Consulting blog:
Version 1.76.0 of the open source DocBook-XSL stylesheets, which convert DocBook documents into a variety of outputs including PDF, HTML, and EPUB, has just been released into the wild for testing. It includes a number of EPUB enhancements and bugfixes that we’ve contributed over the last year, [...]
Audible for Android now available in the Marketplace
September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · software news
Audible have updated the support page for their Android app. It’s now out of beta and can be downloaded from the Android Market. Good news; They support all versions of Android v1.x and up.
I’m in the middle of trying to get it (the sent me a broken link) and I’ll post a review when I [...]
Tags: Android·audible·marketplace
Adobe Reader for Android updated now supports 6 languanges
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · software news
From the Adobe Reader blog:
Ici. Hier. Qui. Aquí. Hier. It’s here – today we added support for five additional languages for Adobe Reader for Android: French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.
In this update (V9.0.2) Android phone users in these locales can now view and interact with PDF files in the language most [...]
BuzzVoice for Android now available
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
MediaQuake just announced that they’ve release a new version of their app for Android. BuzzVoice is a RSS feed reader with a feature that sets it apart: text-to-speech.
Do you know the feature I wish it had? I’d like to be able to transfer my entire set of RSS feeds (from Google Reader, perhaps). That [...]
Google Reader now has full screen mode
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
From the Google Reader blog:
As Google Reader is all about reading, we thought we should give our users a chance to maximize their screen space whenever possible… thus fullscreen mode was born. You can toggle the fullscreen mode through the ‘f’ key. Additionally, you can use ’shift + u’ to show and [...]
