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Microsoft cancels its Reader e-book app

August 16, 2011
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Microsoft has quietly announced that it is to discontinue support of its e-book app. There will be no new content for the app after November 8, and the company will end support by 2012. Users will continue to have indefinite access to their purchased content housed on their device, but Microsoft has no plans to [...]

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Kindle Cloud Reader puts books in your browser

August 10, 2011
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As if having access to your Kindle library on your iPhone, Android phone, tablet and, er, Kindle wasn’t enough, you can now read your books in your browser. That is, so long as you’re using Google Chrome, or Safari on a computer or iPad. The new Web app from Amazon is called Kindle Cloud Reader, [...]

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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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