
“We have more than seven million unique users per month. We did a survey on how best is the scanning solution. Customers told us they need a format that can be read on on different devices and has an extensive catalogue. We have over 60,000 items, so that readers can see digital books on any […]
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Arantza Larrauri, CEO of Libranda—the company created by seven publishing groups in Spain to distribute digital books, explained that “most publishers and authors charge distribution with DRM. Although more and more people taken the option out, some editors have chosen not to use it and authors like Lorenzo Silva, Bethlehem Gopegui or Matilde Asensi prefer […]
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The economic crisis in Europe affected at all levels of consumption in the continent, including mobile telephony. The handset sales in 2011 registered its first significant drop since the start of the recession, a decline in sales of 10% over the previous year. But the proportion of so-called smartphones or high-end phones increased by 30%, […]
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In September 2008, Google made ??what then seemed a strange move, launch of a browser for PCs called Chrome. After the Mac version Google began its work into the world of software. Shortly following the browser, Google launched Chrome OS that was not a big success for netbooks. However, its other mobile operating system Android […]
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Due to speed it requires and the personalization, it has been limited to ICS but lighter versions can be expected from the company in the coming months. The personalization can be done according to the needs of the users and it is different for different devices. The user can change the outlook and can also […]
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Anyone using Google will see that the results of searches have changed slightly. It is very detailed and also has a profile on Google +. Also noticeable is that there are new options to filter the results, among which especially one is called Your World. Is this important? The wild guess is that it is, […]
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Neuroethology group Cajal Institute, CSIC has launched a Facebook application to study visual intelligence. This is an application that offers a series of games, all based on the estimated number of pencils that appear in images. The game asks to spend just three minutes to the users. Polavieja Gonzalo Garcia, who runs the studio with […]
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The iconic Iphone is now its 4th edition and Newspakistan lists 5 pointers which make it a must phone for everyone to have. 1. New and improved screen Although the 3.5 inch, LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touch screen is hardly one of the biggest in the cell phone world, it surely packs a strong punch. Boasting […]
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Apple are set to publically announced the iPad 3 in March, with the tablet set to release later on in the same month. There is no denying the fact that Apple has two of the most successful products in the company’s history on their hands at the moment in the shape of the iPhone and […]
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Philippine Tarsier emits high-frequency calls like bats A team of scientists has recently discovered that the Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta) just like bats, can communicate through pure ultrasound. It issues calls that are so high-pitched, that human ears can’t perceive. Marissa Ramiser, an evolutionary biologist at the Humboldt State University California, noted that the tarsiers […]
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Greenpeace has noted that the great technology and Internet companies are not following them in terms of their environmental policy. In their latest rankings, Google have climbed up to the first place while Apple and Facebook are struggling at the moment. "It has not demonstrated leadership or elected to pursue market opportunities to drive IT energy solutions that […]
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Major Greek unions have called a general strike spanning over two days (February 10 and February 11, 2012) to protest the harsh cuts including the plan requiring the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail out the country and prevent it from bankruptcy. This would be the second attempt at keeping Greece in […]
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