Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!
All the books are nonfiction, yet none are actually technical. They are about how computers have affected humans and their culture in various ways, whether it was through games, algorithms, social networks, corporate CEOs, and […]
Bionic Reading is a new way of reading text that uses a patented algorithm to highlight the most important parts of words, making it easier and faster to read. The method was developed by a […]
I suppose he was just way ahead of his time with his mechanical display, and of course then really cheap paperbacks killed off his idea. It’s a bit like internal combustion engines killed off early […]
There’s more than one way to enjoy a good book. You can read it in the form of an eBook on a Kindle, or take it in the good old-fashioned way as a physical book. […]
I’ve long been using proper e-Ink e-readers and, in fact, the last 15 or so paper books I bought a few years ago, still lie on my unread bookshelf. I have four tall bookshelves with […]
An extract of one book recommendation: Written by 73 different authors working in all aspects of the software industry, the secret to this book’s greatness is that it actually applies to much more than just […]
The app, called iSinkwe – the isiZulu word for a bushbaby – adds and synchronises human-narrated or computer-generated audio to text. It aims to make textbooks, class notes and other documents more accessible to learners […]
Amazon even has ePub listed as a supported format now for the Kindle Personal Documents Service, and there’s a note saying the Send-to-Kindle applications will also support ePub starting in late 2022. It gets treated […]
Yep it’s not cheap at all, but colour does fill a useful niche for magazines, textbooks and comics. This is Onyx’s third commercial colour eInk device, and this is important as newer iterations are going […]
I have every one of Agatha Christie’s around 113 novels and play adaptations (paper editions), and have enjoyed reading most of them more than once. Her books are way better than watching a condensed film […]