It comes down to Amazon's better store versus Kobo's
more open ecosystem; which matters most to you?
Improved performance; Great E Ink display; Wealth of available content;
More open ecosystem than Kindle; Can lend books for 14 days
Not exact matches
One example is on the public procurement front: the whole
ecosystem has been trying to
open up government procurement to buy
more from SMEs, from Indigenous businesses and from women - owned businesses.
The use of XRP coins will be done within Ripple to make the
open - source payment
ecosystem more robust.
A higher organic carbon load might lead to the development of
ecosystems where microorganisms mainly feed on dissolved organic carbon, thus
opening a way for the pollutants to enter the food web and cause
more problems in higher level organisms, like fish,» says Matyas Ripszam.
This
opens up exciting new possibilities when it comes to
more accurately monitoring Earth's
ecosystems,» Dr Clarke said.
And while this greater connectivity has not altered the basic quest — the pursuit of knowledge and the advancement of humankind — the increased globalization of scientific research has created a
more open intellectual
ecosystem that draws
more smart people into the conversation.
«This is an eye -
opening study that says we really need to investigate these
ecosystems in
more detail and incorporate all these other mechanisms before we can say what will lead to a catastrophic collapse in
ecosystem function,» Huisman said.
The latest
open ecosystem that offers access to all apps on Google Playstore, including YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook and much
more
This probably isn't the proper forum to demand that Apple
open up its
ecosystem to creators — there are plenty of far
more trafficked blogs already doing that (not to mention the lawyer - powered Electronic Frontier Foundation).
Icarus is refreshing their 6 inch Illumina and 9.7 inch Excel with
more or less the same hardware, but instead are embracing the
Open Android
ecosystem.
A few times a year Google
opens up their
ecosystem to a few new countries, slowly making their bookstore
more viable.
The Amazon Kindle 3G's display has
more contrast and its keyboard is far superior, but the Nook has the advantage of versatility and a
more open content
ecosystem.
Opening up its ecosystem to more international markets with iOS is the smart play, rather than opening up offices, hiring staff, getting patents, and adver
Opening up its
ecosystem to
more international markets with iOS is the smart play, rather than
opening up offices, hiring staff, getting patents, and adver
opening up offices, hiring staff, getting patents, and advertising.
Also, Apple and Amazon have both proven that closed
ecosystems are often better and
more refined then
open ones.
Unlike past Archos tablets, the 70b has full access to the Google Play app store,
opening up an
ecosystem of
more than 450,000 apps.
Open standards can therefore lead to significant innovation and, since many parties typically adopt the standard, to greater longevity and a
more dynamic
ecosystem for products based on the standard.
Also, the
ecosystem for the Kobo eReaders is
more open as they use the standard ePub file format that everyone but Amazon uses.
I still feel like the overall ereading experience and software is
more polished and user - friendly on the Kindle Paperwhite, but the Kobo Glo is
more open and comes with a microSD card slot and has a
more uniform frontlight, and provides a good alternative to the Kindle if you for whatever reason don't like Amazon's
ecosystem.
Screen and lighting scheme isn't as good as the less expensive Kindle Paperwhite's; loading library loaners and third - party e-book purchases requires tethering to a PC; while
more «
open» than Kindle, lacks access to Amazon's best - in - class e-book
ecosystem.
I like to imagine this future Monster Hunter set in an
open world with a robust
ecosystem ripe for unexpected interactions and emergent situations, full of beasts with even
more diverse and unpredictable AI, punctuated by moments of quiet among sweeping vistas, and given to an even fuller embodiment through which we might inhabit its space and encounter its creatures.
-- If the Oscar - winning fortune of Life of Pi didn't bring enough glory to Alexis Rockman, the painter who created the visual inspiration for the film, then the artist is about to encounter plenty
more with a solo exhibition of new work inspired by the New York City's
ecosystem opening at Sperone Westwater in mid-September, followed by an exhibition of his watercolors from the Ang Lee film at the Drawing Center later in the month.
Smart partnerships with
open - minded NGOs could help the people of Sudan grow
more food, gain improved heath care, receive education, improve infrastructure, and essentially live better while preserving their
ecosystems.
Whereas these effects on
open - ocean pH are calculated to be minor, they can be higher, at rates of 0.02 — 0.12 × 10 − 3 pH units per year (< 10 % of OA by anthropogenic CO2), in coastal
ecosystems (Doney et al. 2007), where atmospheric deposition is intense and the waters can be
more weakly buffered.
The Basic Attention Token functions within the Brave Browser
open - source, blockchain - based
ecosystem to enable users to monetize their attention and personal information and for digital advertisers to operate within a system designed to be
more efficient and cost effective.
Controlled directly from your smart device or computer in any operating system, the «
Open Ecosystem» of DTS Play - Fi technology makes it easy to stream music throughout your home, and to add
more wireless streaming devices on the fly.
With
more than 20,000 developers globally, the benefits of a public chain holding roughly $ 1bn of value, not to mention an emerging
open - source
ecosystem of development tools, it is little wonder that Accenture observed «every self - respecting innovation lab» is running and experimenting with it.
Unlike Apple's
ecosystem, where Apple releases a single iPhone each generation, Android is a much
more open (and messy) environment.
The company is also
opening up the Roku
ecosystem to
more hardware partners this year, so the Roku O / S and streaming platform will be available not just on TVs, but will be built into «Smart» Soundbars and other speakers.
While some are exploring digital currency and the
open - source, free - for - all
ecosystem of public blockchains (of which Bitcoin and Ethereum are prime examples), far
more are concentrating on how the technology underpinning those systems can add value to their businesses — by helping them with everything from corralling medical records to tracking the provenance of a pork loin.
Ted Livingston, Founder and CEO of Kik, discusses how everyday digital activities are increasingly controlled by fewer and fewer companies, and announces a new cryptocurrency — Kin — to support a
more open and decentralized Internet
ecosystem.
Having to say «Alexa,
open Cortana» and «Cortana,
open Alexa» to access the different skillsets seems clunky at best, but at least for those invested in the Windows
ecosystem, picking up an Amazon Echo might make even
more sense once these features come to fruition.
Both the Horde and competitive multiplayer modes have a confusing paid
ecosystem grafted on top of them, which lets you spend real money to
open randomized booster packs that contain cosmetic items like character and weapon skins in addition to modifier «bounties» that can earn you
more experience.
As
more and
more Waves nodes are accepting Mercury, we now have a fully functional token in the Waves
ecosystem and this
opens the door for all kinds of new possibilities.