The Kindle browser conundrum: The Bottom Line
Amazon is looking for someone to help them come up with a real web browser for their e-book reader so people will pick up the Kindle over a slate PC. What makes for a good Internet device? We talk to Kevin Tofel on The Bottom Line to find out.
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Google and Dish partner up: TechVi Now
A partnership between Google and Dish could lead to a YouTube box in your living room. Also, TiVo's last financial quarter didn't go too well for the company. Find out more on TechVi Now.
Twitter ads are coming: TechVi Now
Soon you may seen sponsored tweets on Twitter. Also, Apple removed a large number of apps for sexual content, now there's an explanation. Those stories and more on TechVi Now.
Amazon brings Kindle to BlackBerry phones: TechVi Now Morning Edition
Amazon has released another way to read its Kindle e-books, this time on RIM's BlackBerry. Microsoft looks to keep Windows Mobile alive under a new name and Google kills something it just acquired. Find out more on TechVi Now.
Kindle to get exclusive e-books: TechVi Now Morning Edition
Amazon snags another author for its Kindle e-book store and Netflix clears up rumors about its streaming video service. Meanwhile, Apple introduces Aperture 3, but no new hardware. Find out more on TechVi Now.
Amazon acquires touchscreen company: TechVi Now Morning Edition
The countdown to a touchscreen Amazon device has begun. Also, Facebook has changed up the way it displays your e-mail address and there are a couple of new ways to discover apps if you use Android or iPhone. Find out more on TechVi Now.
Some Amazon e-books to cost more: TechVi Now
After a short spat, Amazon will be raising prices of certain books published by Macmillan to comply with the book publisher's demands. In other news, Mozilla officially introduces Firefox for certain Nokia phones, the iPad makes a public appearance, and Steve Jobs has some choice words for Adobe and Google. Find out about these stories and more on TechVi Now.
Apple fighting for iPad trademark: TechVi Now
Apple's iPad is not even out yet and so far it is the center of a trademark controversy, a feud with Adobe over Flash, and Netflix is putting it on the back burner. In non-Apple news, Microsoft and Amazon pulled in some big bucks last quarter. Find out more on TechVi Now.
Amazon Kindle Apps plus iPhone to have Bing?
Today on the Bottom Line we talk with Wendy Sheehan Donnell from PC Mag and Kevin Harter, a contributor here at TechVi and owner of Backslash Technologies, about the SDK which Amazon released for the Kindle today. Will these apps make the Kindle a more appealing device despite the limited black and white e-ink display? Apple is rumored to be changing the default search engine to Microsoft's Bing, does this hint at the Apple versus Google 'war' and what does this mean for iPhone users?
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- Kevin Harter , Backslash Technologies
- Wendy Sheehan Donnell , PC Mag
Nook, Kindle, Sony readers compared: Holiday e-book picks
One of the categories we've been fawning over for the entire year is e-readers. Their lovely e-ink displays are so easy on the eyes that with the holidays approaching, we wanted to pick the perfect unit. To do that, Eric Sandine, Iyaz Akhtar and myself strike up a convo about the ones that we're most excited about, and the ones we're least likely to pick up. The downside? Some of them still haven't officially hit the streets, or aren't available because they're sold out. The upside? We're still going to talk about our favs, in hopes we'll get some sort of holiday IOU, or the like.