50 Percent More Ninja

July 2011

Apple forces changes to e-reader apps

July 26, 2011
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It had to happen sooner or later. According to a report on CNet, Apple has kicked out other e-reader apps (or made buying off them more of a hassle). Apple twice amended its terms for subscriptions in the App Store, requiring companies to give Apple a 30 percent cut on sales their apps generate. In [...]

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New books on the iPad

July 21, 2011

Although there is debate on whether these latest items on the Apple Store are ebooks or apps they are definitely worth a look: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore T.S.Elliot’s The Wasteland and this: Kadath: Guide to the Unknown City Kadath is not available yet, but I’m looking forward to getting into the [...]

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Snow Day

July 14, 2011
Snow Day

A quick sketch that started as something else, and as usual my attention span got the better of me and it changed a fair bit. Rendered in Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 2011

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Borders cuts store feature in e-reader app

July 9, 2011
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The first of the big name e-book reading apps has removed links to its external e-bookstore in order to conform with Apple’s recently-implemented App Store policy. Borders, which has has had its e-book offering on the App Store for more than a year, today updated its application to completely remove the built-in Kobo bookstore browser, [...]

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