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Apple iWork Now Available For iPhone & iPod touch Users

Kindle eBooks

From apple.com

UPERTINO, California—May 31, 2011—Apple® today announced that its groundbreaking iWork® productivity apps, Keynote®, Pages® and Numbers®, are now available for iPhone® and iPod touch®, as well as iPad®. Created for the Mac® and then completely redesigned for iOS and Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ interface, Keynote, Pages and Numbers allow you to create and share stunning presentations, beautifully formatted documents and powerful spreadsheets on the go. iWork apps are available on the App Store™ for $9.99 each to new users and as a free update for existing iWork for iPad customers.

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Amazon to Launch Library eBook Lending Service for Kindle

Amazon and Kindle

Amazon, a US-based multinational electronic commerce company, is partnering with libraries all over the United States to implement ‘Kindle Lending for Libraries’ later this year. Amazon is working with OverDrive, the leading provider of digital content solutions for over 11,000 public and educational libraries in the United States, to bring a seamless library borrowing experience to Kindle customers. So users will be able to borrow Kindle eBooks from over 11,000 different libraries.

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Conveniences from Corporation of Adobe and Microsoft

Adobe and Microsoft

Office people, especially teams in large companies, often need to work with multiple documents including Microsoft Office documents and PDF files together. So there is no doubt that the collaboration of Adobe and Microsoft is good news to such people.

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Windows 8 to include a built-in PDF Reader

Winows 8 to include a built-in PDF Reader

Maybe you are still not very familiar with Windows 7, but then you hear the news that Windows 8 will be with us in 2012. You may feel curiosity about the upcoming Windows 8, and according to the withinwindows blog we really can find some amazing features about it. But here let’s just talk about the built-in PDF Reader of Windows 8.

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News: Mac App Store Downloads Top One Million in First Day

From apple.com

CUPERTINO, California—January 7, 2011—Apple® today announced that over one million apps have been downloaded from the Mac® App Store℠ in the first day. With more than 1,000 free and paid apps, the Mac App Store brings the revolutionary App Store experience to the Mac, so you can find great new apps, buy them using your iTunes® account, download and install them in just one step.

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