Kindle digital book sale surpasses the physical copies from Amazon UK

 

After two years of release on Kindle in the UK, sales of digital books Amazon has surpassed sales of print books . English readers received the Kindle in August 2010 and by May the following year, sold more digital books hardcover copies with a ratio of two to one. This latest milestone includes hardcover books such as smooth.
Amazon said that this is especially exciting as they reached this milestone in the United Kingdom in half the time in the U.S., where it took over two years that digital books outweigh the hardcover and nearly four years to overcome physical copies in general . Despite the rapid adoption, the company said that its sales of printed books continues to grow.
Amazon.co.uk has sold 114 Kindle books for every 100 books printed so far in 2012, excluding Kindle books are not included costs but hardcover copies without digital versions. The company also reported that people with a Kindle are more likely to read and buy four times more material than they did before. Although many are still buying printed books.
Finely, three authors in the top 10 Kindle - Nick Spalding, Katia Lief and Kerry Wilkinson - were posted through the KDP ( Direct Kindle Publishing ) from Amazon, which pays up to 70% in royalties. As always, Amazon would rather not share exact numbers but mentioned that Wilkinson has sold over 300,000 copies of his books and EL James, author of Fifty Shades of Grey, has broken records in both the digital and physical copies market, selling more than two million Kindle books in just four months.

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Samsung unveils Galaxy quad-core 10.1 Note, available this month

Samsung has just released the Galaxy Note 10.1 after introducing the device in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. While it is easy to get confused with the phone with the same name, Note 10.1 is a pure tablet. However, the Korean giant said emphatically does not seek to replace the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Instead, the Note 10.1 will be sold along with the Tab 10.1, Samsung expanded offerings in the market for tablets.
The Note 10.1 comes with a quad-core 1.4 GHz, 2GB of RAM and storage of 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB. There is also a microSD slot that accepts cards up to 64GB if you need more room. This tablet also comes with the Android 4.0 operating system preinstalled Sandwich Ice Cream Factory. The first models available will only Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi + 3G, but Samsung said that a 4G LTE version will be available later this year for the holiday season.

As the name suggests the Note 10.1 has an LCD display WXGA (1280 x 800) of 10.1 inches with the option to recognize scanners and comes with the S Pen. That is the same stylus that comes with the smartphone Galaxy Note for note taking and other clerical tasks.
Note The Galaxy 10.1 will be available this month in Korea, Germany, the U.S. and the UK followed by a gradual release in other markets before long. Unfortunately, the price for this device is still a mystery.

 

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Maingear announces portable Vube 15 with Ivy Bridge and Kepler

 

Choosing a laptop for games is a little harder thanks to new Maingear ofrecimeinto of Ivy Bridge chip and Kepler. With a base price of $ 1099, the setting "Good" should be able to run all modern games with the settings in mid-to high because it comes with a dual-core Core i5-3360M, GeForce GT 650M with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM, 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 RAM and a 500GB hard drive that spins at 7200RPM.

 

Priced at $ 1299, version "Better" comes with a Core i7-3520M dual-core processors and 750GB hard drive. The setting "Best" of U.S. $ 1599 offers a quad-core i7-3720QM, GeForce GTX 660m, 8GB of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM, and a Crucial SSD 128GB mSATA m4 with a 750GB hard drive. The last configuration, called "Ultimate," has a cost of U.S. $ 1999 but offers a i7-3820QM, 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3 RAM and 256GB SSD m4.

Unlike most Maingear systems, these configurations for Vybe 15 are not very flexible - at least when it comes to modify its main specifications. Unfortunately this can be limiting depending on who you play, you may need a 660m instead of a GT 650M or want a SSD instead of a traditional hard drive in the basic configuration - it is unclear whether mSATA units can be added to the configurations Basic.

All configurations come with a matte screen 1080p 15.6-inch, multitouch trackpad, full size keyboard, 1.3 MP webcam, DVD burner, and the typical I / O connectors: HDMI and VGA, headphone jacks and microphone, card reader, two USB 3.0 ports, USB 2.0, Ethernet, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The Vybe 15 comes without bloatweare although there is a free copy of Just Cause 2 and $ 60 in gifts for Tribes Ascend.

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Boxes appear to Microsoft Windows 8

 

They have been a very interesting couple of weeks for Microsoft. The Redmond-based company announced that its new operating system had reached its RTM stage, and in record time their code was leaked to torrent websites. Then there was speculation about the decision to abandon the brand Metro useful for interfacing that has Windows 8, probably to avoid a potential lawsuit.
Now, The Verge presents what could be the final design for the boxes of the operating system will be available at retail later this year.
As previously announced, there will be only two versions of the operating system: Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro The overall design of the boxes is quite simple with the logo "Windows 8 UI style" in the front and two different colors ( black or white) to differentiate the versions available.
The latest Microsoft operating system reached its RTM last week, marking the final stage of their development before its world premiere. Only a day after leaked to the internet version "N" for the European market - which comes without the Windows Media Player.
Windows 8 is scheduled for release in stores, and tablet personal computers, including Tablet Surface, 26 October and the next version of Windows Phone should be ready around the same time.

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Facebook enters the world of gambling with Friendzy Bingo

 

Facebook is venturing into the world of online gaming with the launch of its first application that allows users to play with real money. The game, developed by the London studio Gamesys is called Bingo Friendzy and currently only available to players within the UK aged 18 years or more.
 
The head of games for Europe, says Julien Codorniou betting with real money are popular and well-regulated activity in the UK. For this reason they are allowing their members to submit this game in a controlled and safe manner. Bingo is considered a social experience in our country so it makes sense to offer it in a social network, added Codorniou.

Zuckerberg and the company plans to use technology that recognizes the age of users to prevent young people "vulnerable" to access the app, but gave no details on how exactly they plan to do that. Is also unclear how much money you hope to gain by creating Facebook Gamesys. However, the social network takes normally about 30 percent of other transactions.
Facebook users in the United Kingdom can expect to see other applications of betting, as it is preparing a set of slots and a poker game designed by Zynga, both work with real money.
The online gaming is still a controversial issue in many countries so it is unlikely to see the release of these games or in other parts of the world in the short term.

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Angry Birds receives new updates for IOS

 

Attention lovers of game birds, and there is a new version of Angry Birds (just in case, we speak in original). This is specifically for version 2.2.0, which brings new levels and new powers for the birds.
The new levels are 15 in total and are part of the chapter Surf and Turf, while the powers that are the birds are 4: Super Seed increases the size of the bird, King Sling increases the power of the shot, Sling Scope allows us to make accurate shots and BirdQuake serves to cause earthquakes. With new features, surely the difficulty of some levels are reduced.
Follow this link if you search the iPhone version or this if you want the iPad. Also remember that there are free versions of the app.

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Lenovo launches new mid-range tablet with Android 4.0

 

Lenovo strikes again with its latest tablet, an Android 4.0 specifications which place it among the mid-range models in the market. The device is named A1107 Lenovo IdeaPad.
Leading inside is something quite basic indeed, as it has a TI OMAP processor 3622, which runs at 1GHz and has a core. This CPU is combined with 512MB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory. The device features a 7 inch screen whose resolution reaches 1024 x 600 pixels.
The rest of the details of the tablet include a 0.3 megapixel front camera, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity and a microSD reader.
If anyone is interested, the Lenovo IdeaPad A1107 is for sale for $250.

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Galaxy Online Samsung will soon receive Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

 

As mentioned, the new mobile operating system version of Google , Android 1.4 Jelly Bean, will be coming to Galaxy S3 between July and September, which still has a period of almost two months, but also get to New smartphone from Samsung, it is said that Android 4.1 also will be coming soon to other devices in the Galaxy line, which are more specific for the Galaxy S2, the Galaxy and the new Galaxy Note,Note 2. Currently, trials are underway with the Galaxy S3, and seems to be the first model to receive the update.
Also runs a rumor that Samsung is also conducting tests with the Galaxy S2, which will probably be the second to receive Jelly Bean.
There are no exact dates confirmed, so you have to be vigilant.

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