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While it’s not exactly a direct rival for the likes of Instapaper or Pocket, social networking giant Facebook is rolling out a new feature that allows both mobile and desktop users to save stories for later reading.The Verge is reporting that Facebook …

Our long, national nightmare is over: Apple has squashed a server bug that was preventing iOS and Mac apps from applying updates correctly, and is pushing out updates from the last couple days all over again.AllThingsD is reporting that Apple has fixed…

Holidays such as the 4th of July are boom times for developers — folks have a day off and are more likely to tap “Buy Now” than on a regular work day. But imagine how frustrated you might be if that new purchase crashed immediately upon launch — and …

News – Voices of BookExpo America: Joshua Tallent of eBook Architects (which is hiring – contact them if you are an eBook developer interested in a position with a growing business based in scenic Austin, Texas) and the eBook Ninjas podcast; Jon Land, author of Strong Vengeance, a Caitlin Strong Novel, on Digital Rights Management, and Benjamin [...]

Interested in the read-it-later iOS app Instapaper but don’t feel like shelling out $5 for it? Our sister blog Gadgetell reports that Starbucks is offering Instapaper as its “Free App of the Week”. To get it, you have to go to a Starbucks locatio…

Instapaper has finally launched an official Android app, which is available now from Google Play for $2.99. It will soon be hitting the Amazon appstore and Nook appstore too, once it gets through the approval process. Instapaper made a name for itself …

It’s no secret that iOS developer Marco Arment has no interest in porting his popular Instapaper app to the Android platform — so he got Mobelux to do it for him. On top of that new release, the iOS version also added background update locations ove…

You wouldn’t think that you would find page-flipping on tablets. But many e-reading apps have it. iBooks has a page-turn animation, which it actually lifted (along with its wooden bookshelf display) from the iPhone e-reader “Classics”. Instapaper…

Ever wanted to read articles from your Instapaper account on your Kindle? This simple video tutorial from Amazopia will show you how to do it. Via Amazopia – YouTube. Read an ebook. Get one from Kindle Store, Barnes & Noble or Kobo. (Via Ebook Fr…

Saving web content for later has been growing in popularity over the last few years, with several new players entering the game and the functionality being added even to Apple’s own web browser. Most recently, Readability went to a free model after i…