Archive - 08 July 2010
Microsoft Page-Turning Patent Could Spell Trouble For Apple’s iBooks
Apple, Amazon, and others have worked hard to simulate the experience of reading a book on a tablet computer, device or smartphone. Specifically, Apple's iBooks iPad application has a page turning feature that replicates the curling of a page when you flip pages in a book. But Microsoft is claiming that it invented this feature in a patent...
AP Stylebook for iPhone vs online subscription
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPad As someone who cares about words, I have been considering signing up for the AP Stylebook Online ($25/year, all prices listed are USD) or buying the AP Stylebook for iPhone ($24.99) but had trouble deciding which one would be the better deal. You can also pick up a printed version of the...