The Zero-Gravity Toilet Of Adobe DRMed ePub
Editor’s Note: Mike Cane originally wrote this post way back in 2008. I am reposting it in 2016 because even though eight years have passed, the problem...Continue reading
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Samsung Milk VR: Gone
Guest column: Mike Cane has a few words to say about Samsung’s VR headset, Milk, and its ability to tell a story. I stopped by the...Continue reading
Amazon: Poisoning The Tablet Well
Record Weekend for Amazon Devices—Up 3x Over Last Year, with Millions of Devices Sold The new $49.99 Fire tablet is the fastest-selling Amazon tablet ever, with...Continue reading
iPad Sales Continue To Fall: I Blame Tim Cook
Apple sees iPhone sales grow 22.1% to 48M in Q4 2015, but iPad sales declined 19.5% Those considering buying iPads, however, were likely trying to figure...Continue reading
Snooty Snobs Should Shut Up
Against YA: Read whatever you want. But you should feel embarrassed when what you’re reading was written for children. The more I thought about that, the...Continue reading
Xiaomi: A Company Obscured By Language
Reuters has an interview with the founder of Xiaomi, Lei Jun. (Editor’s note: The interview was conducted last year, but Mike found it earlier this week.)...Continue reading
The Self-Pub “Shit Volcano” Will End
A lot of words spilled in two posts: Slushy Glut Slog: Why The Self-Publishing Shit Volcano Is A Problem — which the people who are the...Continue reading
The Nook RT Lives. But Nook Is Dead.
Multiple reports out of China — which should be considered official leaks from Microsoft because that’s how the Chinese roll — indicate that the long-rumored Nook...Continue reading
The Amazon Drone: Thunderbird 2 2.0
In the 1960s TV series, Thunderbirds, there was a vehicle called Thunderbird 2. It was a heavy transport carrier and used a variety of pods to...Continue reading
Agent Andrew Wylie Shits On Readers And Writers
With his “carefully crossed ankles” — deliberate, I’m sure, because his ass is still hurting from the buttfuck Random House gave him — snob agent Andrew...Continue reading
The Incredibly Stupid Thing Amazon Does
Steven Troughton-Smith has got me to thinking about the Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet. And when I ruminate about something, I mentally replay all that I’ve...Continue reading
Nook Media: A Sinking Ship
The Barnes & Noble investor conference call this morning was one for the, um, books. It was short, lasting about forty minutes, had few questions —...Continue reading
Who’s After the dotBOOK Top Level Domain
Editor’s Note: In light of the recent round of complaints about Amazon filing for the book TLD, I thought it might be useful to repost this...Continue reading
The Changes Nook Media Must Make
The first move Barnes & Noble (aka Nook Media) needs to make is to alert app developers that they will be closing their Nook App Store....Continue reading
Samsung Kills The Seven-Inch Tablet Category It Created
If you’ve forgotten, they pioneered that size with the original Galaxy Tab. SamMobile confirmed: Tab 3 7.0” dropped, new tablets upcoming Samsung is going to drop...Continue reading