Android: Have you ever typed or read on your smartphone while walking at the same time? (Be honest!) For those occasions, Transparent Screen can help you out by showing you what’s right in front of you while you use your phone as usual. More »
Longform has long been an invaluable resource to everyone who is overwhelmed by all the good stuff there is to read. Longform’s new iPad app packages the website’s curated blend of old and new non-fiction writing into a mobile-ready interface. More »
There are so many great ereaders for Android that it’s exceptionally difficult to select just one, and the one that works best for you may depend heavily on where you get your ebooks and what format they come in. Even so, when it comes to features, usability, flexibility and compatibility, we think Aldiko is the best ereader for Android. More »
Windows: Amazon’s new Send to Kindle utility is a shell extension that allows you to quickly send one or multiple documents to your Kindle device or library to read on your ereader, or just for safe keeping. The utility also adds a virtual printer to Windows so you can click Print and then “Send to Kindle” in any application to automatically generate a PDF and send web pages or files you’re working with to your Kindle library. More »
Because nearly every ebook reader on the iPhone has its own store (and the ones that don’t have the problem of not having their own store), what’s best is very subjective. That said, we feel Kindle is your best option at the moment because it doesn’t tie you to a specific platform, has a wide selection of books and will let you read some other file formats. More »
Readability, one of the first services on the web to take ad-ridden web pages and present their content in plain text, announced this morning they were taking down the barriers between their free and paid versions, and now offer free users all of the benefits of premium accounts. Now all Readability users will get unlimited access to their reading lists, favourites, archives and more. More »
With all of the things out there to read on the internet — all of the blogs we want to keep up with and all of the news funneled to us every day — how can you make sure you read each item in a way that really enriches your life? The short answer: You can’t, not without help, anyway. Here’s how you can refocus and change the way you read so you’ll take more away from it. More »
Author Clay Johnson believes that, much like junk food leads to obesity and health problems, junk information is killing our productivity and efficiency, and worse, feeding ignorance. His new book, The Information Diet, discusses this problem in depth. In this post, Johnson details how to kickstart your Information Diet for 2012. More »
Mac: If you love saving articles to Instapaper or ReadItLater but don’t like using the web site to view them, ReadNow solves that problem by offering a native desktop experience on your Mac. It provides a familiar news reader-esque interface for browsing your saved articles and read them offline in a variety of styles. More »
If you’re doing a lot of research but don’t want to overload your bookmarks bar, ZipTabs is a Chrome extension that will download and archive all your open tabs for later viewing. More »
