https://techcitement.com get excited Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://techcitement.com/hardware/on-the-cheap-kobo-mini-gets-mini-price/ Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:37:07 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=20136

Ebook readers aren’t quite the hot item they used to be ever since the 7-inch tablet market dropped prices to the sub-$200 range, but they still have great advantages. Text you can read in direct sunlight, outrageous battery life, and at a significantly cheaper price than a more versatile, all-in-one device. Amazon’s most basic Kindle, […]]]> https://techcitement.com/hardware/are-smart-pjs-with-app-released-embedded-stories-a-dumb-idea/ Tue, 14 May 2013 20:52:45 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=19503

Some companies try a little too hard to appeal to tech-savvy parents. Smart PJs have a code printed on them that bring up a story on your smartphone when scanned by the company’s app. Really. This isn’t a gag. This is clearly what it looks like when someone learns about QR codes and thinks they’re […]]]> https://techcitement.com/software/total-boox-hopes-the-world-is-ready-for-pay-per-page/ https://techcitement.com/software/total-boox-hopes-the-world-is-ready-for-pay-per-page/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:00:43 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=16001

Israel-based ebook site Total Boox is introducing a new business model based on charging consumers by a per-page-read basis for the books they purchase.  Company CEO Yoav Lorch believes this business model appeasl to readers, publishers, and writers, describing the per-page system as a “powerful marketing channel” to access new readers and increase revenue by […]]]> https://techcitement.com/software/total-boox-hopes-the-world-is-ready-for-pay-per-page/feed/ 1