5 Great Apps for Avid Readers Who Prefer a Real Printed Book [Android]

Another great article was Bakari’s book on readingeBooks on the iPad. MyBookDroid The first app is calledMyBookDroid. I’m covering it first because it’s also my favorite. Each of the icons on the main screen look almost hand-drawn. MyBookDroid is created for one reason and one reason only - to log and organize your book collection. aNobil My second favorite book-library app is calledaNobil. This app is great as a personal book research tool....

August 26, 2011 · 1 min · 135 words · Ms. Sharon Clark DDS

Two Great Interactive eBooks For Kids [Android / iPad]

Are you one of those geeks with dozens of awesome gadgets and a secret passion for books? Did you love reading as a kid and want your kids to enjoy books as well? Take a quick look at two prime examples of the new interactive picture book market. Moonbot Studios have created something very special with their iPad system. On every page there’s something interactive: wind, books, piano keyboard. It’s all there....

August 12, 2011 · 1 min · 155 words · Alexis Gates

3 Websites To Purchase Electronic College Textbooks

One of the biggest shocks for me when I first enrolled in college was the insane cost of textbooks. In addition, they do tend to be a bit cheaper than physical books. Electronic textbooks offer a bunch of cool feature that real books just can’t match up with. To me, the most crucial one of these is the ability to search in the document. Ecampus.com’s eTextbook Store Ecampus’s eTextbook store claims to have over 100,000 eTextbooks available....

August 3, 2011 · 1 min · 201 words · Alexander Moore

24 Symbols"Spotify For Books"

Do you sometimes find the Internet to be too much noise and not enough signal? If you want to read e-books, where will you turn for new material? Some other e-book app?Project Gutenberg? Finding the books is only half the fun. This is what24 Symbolsoffers to readers, in an attempt to become the Spotify for books. You choose whether you’d prefer the adverts or the monthly subscription fee, then get straight into reading....

July 22, 2011 · 1 min · 168 words · Mr. Bobby Small PhD

The Kindle Vs. The Sony Reader – A Head-to-Head Comparison

Two popular options are the Sony Reader and the Amazon Kindle. This head-to-head comparison will help you figure out which is worth your money - Kindle vs Sony Reader. Although the Kindles look cool in their own way, Sonys Reader has better aesthetics. Another difference is the keyboard thats included on the Kindle. This is an important point that buyers should consider. Sonys Reader comes in a wider variety of sizes, and is generally lighter than the Kindle....

July 15, 2011 · 2 min · 296 words · Sara Pope

How To Block Websites On Your PC Without Using Software [Windows]

What Is The Windows Hosts File? The Windows Hosts file is a plain text file Windows refers to for mapping hostnames to IP addresses. What Are The Benefits Of Blocking Sites Using The Hosts File? First of all you’re free to block malicious websites using excluding lists that contain known offenders. Moreover, this protects your privacy and enhances security since your browsing habits are shielded from many known trackers. How Can I Edit The Windows Hosts File?...

July 7, 2011 · 1 min · 180 words · Carly Brown

Facebook Introduces Video Calls Using Skype [News]

Related Facebookhas justannouncednewvideo chatfeatures using its long-awaitedSkypeintegration. The announcement come hot on the tail of Google’s Google Plus release, which features group video hangouts. All other Facebook users will have the feature enabled within weeks. Also announced today is a group messaging system, where multiple friends can chat within the one chat window. Group chats will be recorded in user messaging history as per regular one-to-one chats. The release of video chat via Facebook will enable a wide variety of users to try video chat....

July 6, 2011 · 1 min · 128 words · Jennifer Owens

NoLED[Android 2.1+]

If you do that several times every day, it can become a bit of a hassle. But if you use NoLED, you may not have to. For such a simple app, NoLED’s configuration interface is surprisingly rich. So it looks more like a colorful screen saver than a bunch of static notification icons. If your gadget doesn’t have notification LEDs, this looks like the definitive solution.

June 28, 2011 · 1 min · 66 words · Eric Murphy

How To Convert A PowerPoint 2010 Presentation Into A Video With One Click

Related Converting a PowerPoint slide to a video has lots of uses. Videos are in fact, quite an easy way to send someone a PowerPoint presentation. Another use I can think of straightaway is tocreate a novel visual resumeto stand out from the crowd. Pretty much like the one demonstrated in the said link. Creating a video from a slideshow isnt something new. It has been a pretty common activity thanks to the clutch ofPPT to video converters....

June 27, 2011 · 2 min · 246 words · Sandra Perkins

The Top 4 Websites To Find Free iPad Books

As much as some people want to ignore it, it seems thateBooksare here to stay. Below I mention several websites where you could find loads of free books for iPad. so you can view these free books for iPad you’ll need an eBook app likeiBooks. Simply add the.epubfiles to your iTunes library and sync them to your iPad. The books will automatically appear in iBooks. This site offers eBooks in 7 different formats (including ePub, PDF, Kindle and several others)....

June 27, 2011 · 1 min · 189 words · Maria Bowen

How to Get Started With Tasker, the Best Android Automation App

Related The Android operating system is built on the principles of flexibility. Powerful, sleek, and very useful, Tasker is a multipurpose app every Android user should have. But what is so good about Tasker, and what exactly can it do for you? Let’s take a look. What Is Tasker? Want your phone to automatically send an SMS of your exact location when your spouse calls? How about locking your social media apps once you arrive at your workplace?...

June 23, 2011 · 2 min · 222 words · Jay Harvey

How To Create Cool Time-Lapse Videos With ChronoLapse

Related Have you ever watched a speed-drawing video on YouTube? A large part of what makes them so impressive is howfasteverything happens. Sadly, you cannot drag a marquee to indicate the area you’d like to capture. you’re free to only manually specify its pixel borders. For now, let’s just leave it as it was. see to it you configure the Save Folder. This is where the captured images go. You’d want to use a new, empty folder....

June 16, 2011 · 2 min · 230 words · Samantha Erickson

A User's Guide To Calibre eBook Manager

Find yourself collecting eBooks, but not sure how to manage them all? Open Book: Managing Your eBooks With Calibre is the free download youve been looking for. From music to movies, various products previously sold in brick and mortar stores are shifting to digital distribution. Books, it seems, are not immune to the trend. The sheer number of eReaders on the market points that out. This guide focuses mainly on the open sorts of eBooks, not those protected with DRM....

June 9, 2011 · 5 min · 963 words · Katie Wilson