Majority of Tablet Users Watch Video on their Device, 1 in Every 4 Viewers Pay to Watch
RESTON, Va., June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — comScore, Inc. (SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released new insights on the U.S. tablet market from comScore TabLens™, its forthcoming monthly syndicated service providing insights into tablet ownership and usage. The report found that tablets have quickly reached a critical mass in the U.S. [...]
iPad’s tablet dominance gives Apple huge edge over Android in attracting …
The news comes at a key time for both Apple and Google which will be courting developers at their respective conferences this month. Apple’s WWDC event starts Monday while Google’s I/O conference starts June 27, both in San Francisco and both long sold out. Flurry said in a blog post that for every 10 apps [...]
ComScore: Tablet Owners Watch a Lot of Video
ComScore’s recent study of tablet computer owners revealed that one in four smartphone owners also use a tablet computer and that, those using tablets are three times more likely to use them for watching streaming video. Ten percent of those watched videos on a daily basis. Who’s using tablet computers is also pretty interesting. The [...]
An early look at Gajah’s child-friendly tablet
An Android tablet designed for children. (Credit: Vincent Chang/CNET Asia) TAIPEI, Taiwan–Singapore-based Gajah International showed up at Computex here to hawk its award-winning tablets and e-book readers to manufacturing partners. Despite touting its latest Computex design awards — this is the third consecutive year Gajah has snagged wins at the trade show — we don’t [...]
Toshiba Excite tablet reviews: Say hello to the family
Although the Toshiba Excite 10 has already been out since May, the rest of the family is due to be released in just a few days and they’re all excited (ha! see what I did there?) to hit the market. On June 10, the two remaining members of Toshiba’s lineup of tablets are due to [...]
Asus Google Nexus Tablet Photos Spotted
Photos of the supposed Google Nexus 7 tablet from Asus have just surfaced from Phone Arena. The images, which bear the word “confidential” show a device that looks similar to the Samsung Galaxy S III from the front, except that it is white. Meanwhile, its back cover has two tones, black and gray, taking a [...]
Google Nexus Tablet Rumored to Launch at the End of June
After this week’s leak of a supposed press pic of what’s rumored to be the Google Nexus tablet made by ASUS, now we also get a launch date for this model. Rumor has it that the Tegra 3-based 7 inch slate will be priced cheaper than the Amazon Kindle Fire and according to Business Insider [...]
7,000 iPad 3 Units Used at Airport Restaurant Operators for Guests
Restaurant operator OTG has a vast number of eateries that are located inside major international airports, so getting the iPad as gear inside those locations is a big deal. No less than 7,000 third gen iPads are to be used by Airport Restaurant operator OTG in order to entertain the people who are eating there. [...]
Interview with Jim Hilt Vice President of eBooks at Barnes & Noble at BEA
On the last day of Book Expo America 2012, Jim Hilt Vice President of eBooks at Barnes Noble came all the way down just to speak with us! We talked about the growing success of their e-ink reader line with the newest edition to the family, the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. He shares with [...]
Ellora’s Cave and the Allure of Digital Publishing in Romance, Erotica
At what was possibly the most interesting booth at the BookExpo exhibit hall, ebook-first erotica imprint Ellora’s Cave kept attendees entertained with “The Cavemen,” a group of slightly underdressed gentlemen whose images have graced the cover art of some of Ellora’s most popular titles. Chief Operating Officer Susan Edwards spoke with GoodEReader about how digital [...]
Ebrary Launches New Android App
Earlier this year, ebrary (a company dedicated to making ebooks available to libraries and researchers) launched its own branded iOS app to enable reading on compatible devices. Today, ebrary issued a press release regarding its creation of an Android app to meet the needs of the millions of Android device users. “There are an estimated 300 [...]
Bowker Study Shows It’s a Good Time to Be a Book
Despite the previous dire warnings about where the industry may be headed in the days of print-versus-digital upheaval, Bowker, a leading source of information on the book industry as a whole, released its findings from its 2011 annual report. The results showed that the print industry grew by six percent that year, the largest growth [...]
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