Kindle-exclusive e-books get lots of business
Kindle-exclusive books have been purchased, downloaded or borrowed more than 100 million times, Amazon announced Tuesday. The number of exclusive titles in the Kindle library has grown to 180,000 from 130,000 in April, Amazon said. The significance of the new Amazon data is that nearly all these books are available for Kindle device owners who also have a Prime membership. The Prime membership program — $79 a year after a free,...
Apple strikes licensing deal with Motorola in Germany, heralds more peaceful times?
By Terrence O’Brien posted Aug 28th 2012 10:17AM Motorola’s war with Apple has certainly been overshadowed by the showdown with Samsung. But, with the latter melodrama shifting into quiet mode, focus is coming back to the battle with Moto. That ongoing story has taken a rather unexpected turn, however. A filing on Monday revealed that the Google subsidiary has agreed to license some (if not all) of its standards-essential...
Mountain Lion Available in July From Mac App Store
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Voice signals sent to Mars and back, while telephoto images tease rich geology
By James Trew posted Aug 28th 2012 10:38AM The Martian hills are alive with the sound of music. Well, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden’s voice at least, as the agency reveals that the first recorded human voice has traveled from Earth, to another planet, and back. The words might not have literally echoed in the surrounding hills, but by having been beamed to Curiosity and back again, have made a small step towards...
Firefox 15 to arrive in finished form on August 29th, promises truly stealthy updates for all (update 2: stand-alone, Android too)
By Jon Fingas posted Aug 28th 2012 10:44AM Mozilla has been keeping to a tight schedule of having a completed Firefox release every five to six weeks, and it’s very much on track. The browser team’s Ehsan Akhgari has confirmed that a properly polished version of Firefox 15 should reach the download servers on August 29th. When it does arrive, the new release will primarily expand the silent updates that Windows users first...
