Category Archives: proprietary

Palm’s webOS Represents Major Shift for Syncing and Data

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Peter Brantley

In an article covering the Palm Pre mobile device, Ars Technica makes a very important point about how devices utilize network connectivity, and what the assumptions are underlying their… Continue reading →

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AAP supports ePub as a consumer format: A clarification from AAP’s digital policy director

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Jon Noring

AAP’s recent open letter strongly supporting the use of ePub by publishers was covered by David Rothman in a separate blog article.
Reading the letter, it was unclear to me whether AAP supported ePub as a consumer format. The letter focused mostly on using ePub as an intermediary format to be converted by wholesalers and retailers [...] Continue reading →

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