Italy, April 2024. I was cruising along a highway between Alessandria and Cremona in northern Italy. It was time for the first coffee break of the afternoon. A large service station with a restaurant, fast food eateries, shops, and a cafeteria was in the right place at the right … Read >
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How to automate small but important tasks while traveling
In addition to managing life and work on the road, a traveler must organize life and work at home before leaving. Plenty of small things require attention just when it would be important to focus on, for instance, train schedules, rail platforms and … Read >
Here is a better ebook reading app: Thorium Reader
Reading an ebook is a simple task: push a button or touch the screen to turn the page, and if you want larger font or another background color, open the settings. Keeping things simple is not always easy, but Thorium Reader is an application that has managed to do just … Read >
Is it possible to read Kindle ebooks in web browser?
Rivet reading and learning app for children comes with 2000 free ebooks
If you have children who are learning to read or struggling to read, a little bit of extra screen time may help. Google has developed Rivet app for mobile devices that is designed to assist children to read. To make the offer difficult to refuse, Google has bundled 2000 children’s … Read >
The best Epub reader apps for Windows laptops
Modern laptop computers are light and relatively battery-friendly devices that can be used, among other things, for reading ebooks. Windows computers don’t come with a pre-installed ebook reader application, but you have to download and install one yourself. Here are the best Epub book reading apps for Windows 10.
First, … Read >
Ebook reading, travel, and other mobile apps may be leaking private data to Facebook
Writers, ebook lovers, travelers, and anyone who is using downloaded applications on their mobile phones or tablets are silently leaking their personal data to Facebook. A research organization has published a study that shows how apps, including popular travel applications like TripAdvisor, Kayak, Yelp and Skyscanner continuously transmitted users’ private … Read >
The best tools that can replace Google services for privacy-minded people
I don’t know about you, but I find it extremely annoying when I’m researching, say, New Zealand for an article or a book, and suddenly I’m bombarded with ads of hotels in the destination. Privacy is an important factor why many colleagues have given up Google products, whereas frequent travelers… Read >
This is why it is so damn difficult to find the right note taking application – but it is possible
Writers, editors, readers, freelancers, actually all people who do creative work that requires thinking and planning need to take notes. No one wants to lose that billion dollar product idea, solution to a programming problem that presents itself on a mountainbike trail, or perfect plan for backyard plant arrangement. In … Read >
Ereaders are growing bigger and more powerful: Icarus Illumina XL6
Dutch ereader vendor Icarus has introduced a device with large 7.8-inch E ink screen that also has enough processing power to run a recent version of Android operating system. In addition to reading ebooks or viewing PDF documents, Android applications can be installed to the device, enhancing its functionality.
Four … Read >