Sentences with phrase «of reader devices»

Sony has given up selling its line of Reader devices for e-books after failing to find a big enough market.
it is supported by the majority of the reader devices in the market, such as: Adobe Digital Editions, Google Books, iBooks, Calibre.
BeBooks has sold 30,000 of its reader devices — people want this option.
First, lower the cost of the reader device, if possible.
Readers need to be able to find what they want which includes easy purchase of a reader device.
There has to be data available about the average daily reading time of reader device users (limited to users, not owners of devices).

Not exact matches

The co-founder of Twitter talks about his new venture — Square — a credit - card reader for mobile devices.
Whether an average shortfall of 37 % says more about the analysis or the device is a question I leave to the reader.
That might seem unfair to judge the company and its flagship conference on a single flopped product, but the fate of Glass is just the most high - profile in a long list of disappeared or disappointing products ranging from Google Reader to Google Wave to the Nexus Q and Android Wear — a platform that still exists, but I usually forget to wear my devices that run it.
Readers moved from desktops to laptops to tablets to an array of devices, from small tablets to big smartphones.
What we focused on then was building not only a top device but the best in terms of content, recommendations and just making it an optimal experience for readers.
The shift in Apple News» ad sales, an app that supplies news from 4,000 publishers to nearly 70 million monthly readers on Apple devices, according to the Journal, highlights Apple's lack of enthusiasm for the ad business.
Securing dangerous or controlled substances: Businesses in a wide range of industries use biometric devices — with hand - readers being a particularly popular option — to help monitor access to toxic chemicals, radioactive waste, narcotic drugs and other potentially hazardous materials.
Beyond Reisman's ambition to offer «the best reading application» anywhere (and early reviews of the software have been favourable), the Kobo experience caters to a reader who is stealing moments throughout their busy day in which to read, on whatever device they happen to have at hand.
First, Amazon put its Echo line of devices, along with Kindle readers, up for a Back to School sale through Sept. 4.
We chose to focus on Apple devices because thus far the overwhelming majority of mobile readers view us with that phone.
For one, Amazon, like other e-book sellers, has used a scheme known as «digital rights management» (DRM), which limits the types of devices that can read certain e-book formats.259 Compelling readers to purchase a Kindle through cheap e-books locks them into future e-book purchases from Amazon.260 Moreover, buying — or even browsing — e-books on Amazon's platform hands the company information about your reading habits and preferences, data the company uses to tailor recommendations and future deals.261 Replicated across a few more purchases, Amazon's lock - in becomes strong.
Square is revolutionizing millions of everyday transactions between buyers and sellers with its free credit card reader for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, allowing anyone to accept credit cards anywhere, anytime.
This includes the following: Purchases made by swiping your Card, Internet purchases, Phone or mail order purchases, Bill payments (other than to us or another financial institution), Contactless purchases (purchases you make by holding your Card or other device up to a secure reader instead of swiping your Card) The following transactions are not Qualifying Purchases and will not earn points: Payments of existing Credit Card balances, Balance transfers.
4 A «Qualifying Purchase» is any signature - based purchase, Internet purchase, phone or mail - order purchase, bill payment, contactless purchase (purchases made by holding your Visa card or other device up to a secure reader instead of swiping your card), or small dollar purchase for which you are not required to sign, made with an enrolled Visa card, which is processed or submitted through the Visa U.S.A. Inc. payment system.
«Unlike your cell phone that is trackable and traceable pretty much no matter where you are, this device is only readable if you're within six inches of a proximity reader,» he said.
In the past, poets had a much wider array of devices to shape their poems and delight attentive readers: argument, narrative, allegory, extended metaphor, metaphysical conceit, to name a few.
Each reader, whose technology is run by the London - based fintech company SumUp, needs a «merchant», most likely a Church worker, to input each transaction, and a probable scenario will see members of the congregation walking past a manned device as they enter or leave a service or event.
The biographies, basic and concise, provide lesser - known and engaging elements of each saint's life, though they serve primarily as narrative devices that possess greater value for Campbell than for her readers.
For a Linux box, you can scratch any hope of data portability between devices, unless you write something that can synchronize the various Crosswire front ends; * If all you have is an eBook reader, and a SmartTV, then the options probably are limited to the material you can locate in a format usable by the eBook reader, and whatever the SmartTV can pull in.
The web - based book format allows readers to view the Journal of Attachment Parenting via any device with access to the Internet.
I know that concern has been expressed by some that these devices have not been validated in peer - reviewed studies, and, as readers of MomsTEAM and my blog know, products which claim to actually prevent concussions or risk the severity of concussion symptoms without their claims being backed up by peer - reviewed studies ordinarily don't pass muster with me.
A statement signed by the Head of Public Relations and Communications said, «With effect from 1st June, 2016, GWCL meter readers will be capturing customer consumption data with a hand - held android device equipped with a software, which already has customers» data comprising the following: customer name, customer phone number, customer's last captured consumption data, customer's geographical location and other relevant information».
Theo Allen, a math student at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering who attended Tuesday's event, said he'll be participating in the competition, and mentioned three technologies he'll look at: a gun that can be locked using a smart phone app; a gun activated by a fingerprint reader; and a gun that can only be used if triggered by a digital chip embedded in a nearby device, like a ring.
Dazang, who did not give the number of the card readers to be configured, said that the device to be deployed would cover the number of polling units and voting points in the state.
In 1926, Science News - Letter (the precursor to Science News) offered a series of mnemonic devices to help readers recall specific information.
«Throughout our 166 year history, we have strived to play an active role in facilitating innovation in addition to reporting on it,» says Mariette DiChristina, Editor in Chief of Scientific American, the longest continuously published magazine in the U.S. «Scientific American's goal is to make science content available to interested readers anytime, anywhere - no matter which device they choose to read it on.
«Our experimental setup consists of a paper device with eight electrochemical biosensors — for handy, one - time, disposable use — and a custom - made, handheld electrochemical reader, or potentiostat, to keep costs as low as possible,» explained Xinyu Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University.
A new kind of electronic paper could make the readers brighter and more colorful, which is of interest to conservationists who would like to see the devices replace paper editions.
Numerous readers were also keen to see devices that would cut noise pollution, notably from personal stereos — one of these ideas, P. Seal's «Baulkman», is included among our winners.
One sees laser diodes every day in laser pointers, barcode readers and the like, and a key element of such devices is an optical - gain medium, which instead of absorbing incident light, amplifies it.
This ingenious bit of cross-platform magic, originally released in 2012 and recently updated, allows a reader to switch between reading an e-book purchased through Amazon and listening to the book's audio narration seamlessly in these apps on any device.
The ERAD Prepaid Card Reader is a small, handheld device that uses wireless connectivity to allow law enforcement officers in the field to check the balance of cards.
She is now the CMO of Kobobooks which offers an impressive little reader for $ 149, along with an ipad app, and reader apps for numerous devices.
After that the father was out of her life, Get a print subscription to Readers Digest and instantly enjoy free digital access on any device.
There are jokes about Hitchcock's weight and alcohol consumption; there's a moment where he praises his secretary / reader / girl Friday Peggy Robertson (Toni Collette) and she almost cries for his tenderness; and, for God's sake, there's a suggestion that Hitch had a spyhole drilled into Vera Miles's dressing room, diminishing Norman Bates's use of the same device's metaphoric value in Psycho as a camera indicting audience voyeurism while introducing into the ecosystem this vile oversimplification of Hitchcock's obsessions.
In particular students focus upon the vocabulary, sentence, and descriptive device choices made by writers across each of the genres, and begin to comprehend the effect of these techniques upon the reader.
It will aslo help students look in - depth into the effect of the devices the writer uses on the reader.
The identification device provides authorised individuals with a method for gaining entry through the physical barrier, usually in the form of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), smart card and reader, swipe card and reader or PIN entry pads.
eBooks can be read on computers, ereaders, tablets, and phones and they allow the reader to select the fonts and other options that work best on each type of device.
Building strategically on Education Week's reputation as the «must read» independent news source for leaders, educators, and policy experts in pre-K through high school, Editorial Projects in Education has extended its reach by serving readers, users, viewers, and clients across an array of platforms — from mobile devices to newsprint and magazine - style reports; from broadcast and Web video to webinars and live events; from targeted e-newsletters on selected topics to the online TopSchoolJobs recruitment service.
For example, for students with disabilities reading should allow for the use of Braille, screen - reader technology, or other assistive devices, while writing should include the use of a scribe, computer, or speech - to - text technology.
This is a resource that can help students with their revision of any literature book they study and helps them to learn and identify quotes and devices used as well as the effect on the reader.
In the short term, the migration from print to ePub3 was less about the books that more interactivities and accessible content, but was much more towards slicing the cost of production and delivery of the book across the wide range of devices like tablets and smartphones that modern readers were using.
This is a resource that can help students with their revision of any poem they study using SMILE and helps them to learn and identify structure, quotes and devices used as well as the effect on the reader.
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