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20 Oct 2009 10:53

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Tech: Daily poll: Is now the time to buy an e-Reader?

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14 Oct 2009 21:32

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Tech: Barnes & Noble’s dual-screen E-Reader: Hotter than the Kindle?

Oooh. Here’s a novel approach. Take the thing that people dislike about the Kindle the most (the button-heavy interface) and make it like an iPhone. Brilliant! source
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14 Sep 2009 21:22

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Tech: Google FastFlip: They’re trying to make us obsolete, guys!

Many news Web sites load really slow (including ours – we swear, we’re working on it!), which is why Google’s trying to make reading online more magazine-like. source
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28 Aug 2009 16:51

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Culture: Daily Poll: Will you miss LeVar Burton’s “Reading Rainbow”?

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26 Mar 2009 10:49

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U.S.: Braille has fallen out of fashion with the blind

Fewer than 10% know it; many say it’s too cumbersome and have switched to new, more advanced technology instead. source
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06 Mar 2009 15:41

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Biz: Let’s shoot holes through that “nobody reads newspapers” argument!

  • 30% of people read the print edition of a newspaper daily or near-daily
  • 8% of people read the online edition of a newspaper at the same rate source
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11 Jan 2009 14:20

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U.S.: 1 in 7 of you won’t be able to read this statement

  • 14% of adults in the U.S. are illiterate source
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