Crowdfunding start-up Kickstarter can add another item to its growing list of successes: The PadPivot, easily one of the best and most versatile tablet stands ever invented, will finally be hit the market in September, and will be sold in Best Buy and Future Shop retailers. READ MORE
Google Books holds over 3 million free eBook titles in addition to a few hundred thousand paid titles, and on July 17th the search giant will release an e-reader, called the iriver Story HD, optimized for the Google eBook platform. Like the iriver Story before it, released in 2009, the new iteration supports a large number of e-book formats. In fact, Google’s push for inclusiveness–Google Books is accessible by computers, Nook, Sony e-readers, and Android and iOS devices, and its API is open to all publishers, retailers, and manufacturers–mean Mountain View’s own reader must face stiff device competition for Google’s own eBook content. READ MORE
