Many smartphone owners are happy with the camera application the phone manufacturer has installed on the device in the factory. In general, the factory-installed camera apps get the job done, but may lack an extra feature photographers maybe looking for. Fortunately, this is exactly where smartphones are strong: you can … Read >
This Pocketable Camera Gear Will Change the Way You Take Travel Photos (The Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal’s traveling reporter tests three new small cameras that are designed to change the way you photograph. The reviewed cameras are the LG 360 … Read >
The peak season for traveling to the northernmost point of Europe is in July and August. The trip to Nordkapp (North Cape) in Norway can be made any time of the year, but the weather is the most temperate and roads are open in summer (in winter, there can be … Read >
Amazon ‘Page Flip’ Lets You Easily Skim Through Ebooks (PC Magazine)
Ebooks get features that are familiar from paperbooks: a quick and easy way to browse a book. Page Flip is coming to Kindle reading apps and Kindle devices, but not to … Read >
Reading books on smartphones has increased along with the rising popularity of mobile devices that have bright, large, and sharp displays. Reading ebooks on a phone or tablet is convenient only if it is easy to download and read long texts on the device. And that is a job for … Read >
Why are there so many new publishing imprints? (The Guardian)
* So what is an imprint, and why are there suddenly so many more of them? The simple answer is that they are subdivisions of bigger publishers. Sometimes, they come about through … Read >
Having returned from a three-day road trip last night, a timely story published on Cnet caught my eye. Matt Elliott provides a few tips on traveling with a tablet that comes only with Wi-Fi connectivity. He has some good advice, but since the topic is fresh on my mind just … Read >
Five e-reader apps for smartphones and tablets: from Wattpad to Scribd (EveningStandard)
– We would like to add FBReader and Kindle to the list of ereading apps as well.
Lemonade and Sketches of Spain: The Week in Pop Culture Writing (The … Read >
Relative to the population, the number of new book titles published each year in Scandinavian countries is big. Books and reading are appreciated in the region, where the number of book publishers is relatively big as well. Each country, however, has its own language, reducing the potential market size for … Read >
