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Kobo makes ebooks easier for Canadians to digest

Though not able to attend myself, Kobo held an event in Toronto last night to demonstrate it’s new iPad ereader software Reading Life.  This in itself isn’t huge news, unless you’re an iPad user looking for a new reader software (although it does include “an industry first social eReading experience”).  Kobo already makes ereader software for just about every major platform, whether it’s desktop OSes like Windows and OS X, or mobile devices.  The timing is pretty interesting though, as Google has announced it’s jumping into the fray with Google…

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Pixel Qi display technology “coming soon”

Often, we see demos of great technology, only to see it never come out in a usable form. I was kind of worried that this may be the case with Pixel Qi and its 3Qi display technology. Instead of being a whole new type of display, replacing LCD, Plasma, OLED etc ad nauseum, 3Qi is a layer that’s included in the manufacturing process of garden variety LCD screen. With this inserted layer, it allows a traditional LCD screen to be read in direct sunlight. The display desaturated to almost the…

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