It’s extremely important that print publications have a presence on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Time Inc. realizes this and will release tablet versions of its 21 United States publications before the year is over.

Amazon will be starting up the Kindle Library Lending service soon that may completely change how we check out books from the library. Through this service, 11,000 libraries will allow devices with the Kindle app to digitally checkout books at a moment’s notice. Notes can also be taken within the books and saved using Whispersync. 3M Library Systems will launch a similar service this year called the 3M Cloud Library.

Amazon is shrieking (not literally) with glee today. It has announced that books purchased for the Kindle have now surpassed physical book sales. Amazon said that number includes both hardcover and paperback books. As one of the leaders in digital book distribution, Amazon has proven that physical book sales will continue to decline as e-readers and tablets become more popular and affordable.

U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is sure to receive flak from the tech community over his comments recently linking the loss of American jobs to the success of the iPad. Jackson started off by talking about how the unemployment rate in the United States is hovering around 9 percent, effectively leaving over 13 million Americans without work. We can attribute the massive job losses to a lot of things, but we’d never thought the iPad would be one of those reasons.

RCA is ready to release a line of hybrid mobile DTV units this week. RCA’s 3 mobile televisions will cost between $119 and $179. These devices are capable of grabbing digital television signals and mobile DTV signals at the same time. They’re essentially mini televisions that may or may not be useful to you. It all depends on what broadcasts are available in your area.

People Magazine may not be the first to arrive on the iPad, but they look like they will be the first to arrive doing it right. And by right, I mean the right price. The digital edition of People Magazine is now available for free to current print edition subscribers. Wow, shocking, they realize people more »

Yesterday it was Simon & Schuster and The Hachette Book Group that mentioned how they were planning to release ebooks with roughly a 3-4 month delay as compared to the hard cover release, and today we have yet another publisher announcing similar plans. Todays publisher is HarperCollins, and they have stated that this affect about more »

Have you ever purchased a DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.com and felt anxious as you waited several days for the item to ship to your house? Well, Amazon has a solution: Disc+ On Demand. Amazon is offering shoppers a chance to double dip their movie-watching needs through a “Gift with purchase” on certain items. When more »

Have a Kindle, Sony Reader or still waiting to get your Nook? Well listen up because it seems that publishers are beginning to impose a delay in the availability of ebooks. The decision so far has been formally announced by Simon & Schuster as well as the Hachette Book Group. According to Carolyn Reidy, CEO more »

It was just about two months ago when we saw that updated Western Digital WD TV Live Media Player become available, and more recently we have learned about a new firmware update that has become available. Of course, if you are a WD TV owner you may want to keep reading because there have now more »