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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Amazon Fires Up HTML 5 In Kindle Format 8 To Replace Mobi

Amazon has announced HTML 5 support in the upcoming Kindle Format 8. Kindle Format 8 (KF8) will replace Mobi 7 in the Kindle Fire and eventually the entire Kindle line of eReaders. Amazon has a complete list of KF8 enhancements here. For me the main excitement is the fact that my very HTML centric method […]

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Goodbye Steve And Thanks For All The Cool Stuff!

As most people know by now, Steve Jobs passed away yesterday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. If I had to name one person who’s had the most influence on what technology I use and how I use it, it would have to be Steve Jobs. This site and the Learncrest venture exist and […]

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JManga Announces Sale And iPad App In The Works

Online legal Japanese manga site JManga launched back in August with a lot of titles never before available to English speaking readers. One could see from the number of titles and the scope of the site that it was indeed an ambitious undertaking involving most of the major manga publishers in Japan. But early reports […]

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