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Choose Your Own Adventure Books Go Digital

If you got a kick out of those choose your own adventure books in the ninetees, then you’ll be pleased to know that the app world now carries an adventure app with the same theme that’ll keep users twiddling with their iPhones and iPads for hours.
Dubbed as “U-Venutre,” the app will integrate effects like sounds [...]

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We All Have A Bit Of Reading To Do

As literate adults, we have read our fair share of books throughout our lives.  However, if we kept a count on exactly how many books we’ve individually read, it would surely be a minuscule tip of an immense iceberg.  After taking an L with the conclusion of their Wave experiment, Google announced that there were [...]

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Barnes & Noble Is Losing The Book War

If you live near the largest bookstore chain in the country, there is a slight possibility it might not be doing as well as you think.  Barnes & Noble has just gone up for sale, and it’s almost entirely due to the dominance of internet book sales, namely because of a little website called Amazon. [...]

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Goog for the Boob Tube

By teaming up with Intel and Sony, Google is looking to use their Android OS, and very likely a variation on their Chrome browser, to bring the usefulness of the web to televisions by set-top box hardware. Not just vaporware, Google has already been working with Dish Network to test their development boxes. This joint venture could stand as a big success for all involved, given that people really do want a set-top box.

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Writings on the Wall

Stainless steel laser cut into letters and coated with rubber, the “Between Lines” bookshelf unit by WOKmedia cuts down on dust by eliminating most of the shelving.  There are no brackets; “the letter bands are simply screwed to the wall”.  When not in use, the shelf can be rolled up into a coil and stored [...]

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