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Random House begins disabling text-to-speech on Kindle 2 books

by Robert Nelson on May 15, 2009 at 06:17 AM

The Kindle 2 was introduced a few months back and with it came a new text-to-speech feature, not new in general, but new to the Kindle.  Sadly, with that feature, the Author’s Guild quickly raised some concern, even going as far as saying they wanted it removed.  Based on those… Continue Reading »

Google Android also includes “kill switch” for unwanted apps

by Robert Nelson on Oct 16, 2008 at 10:03 AM

It seems that the Apple iPhone is not the only handset to feature include a remote kill switch.  A small but revealing piece of the Android Market terms of service has revealed that the remote removal of an application may be possible. “Google may discover a product that violates the… Continue Reading »

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