Add Style & Interactivity To Your Google Reader With NewsSquares [Chrome]

One of the most well-known names in the realm of online RSS clients is Google Reader. Even though the service has gradually improved its interface, it's still just lists of texts. If you are a Google Reader user who wishes to try a different interface, you might want to try NewsSquares, a Chrome extension which will add style and interactivity.

5 Reasons to Love Sony's eBook Readers

Read Like a Hipster With These 3 Libraries for Your Browser

Did you know that some of the best novels can be found online using just your Internet browser? So don your sans-prescription dark-rimmed glasses, and put on your impractical-yet-fashionable summer scarf. MakeUseOf is about to get hipster with a whole bunch of indie novels that you can read online.

The Kindle Vs. The Sony Reader – A Head-to-Head Comparison

Although it will still be some time before eReaders largely replace books, they’re certainly a successful new gadget. Over the past few years they’ve become both better to use and much more affordable, so much so that anyone who might buy a few new hardbacks can easily purchase an entry-level eReader.

ReadNow Brings Instapaper & Read-It-Later To A Sleek Mac Interface [Mac 10.6+]

You can't always read things you find online straight away. Sometimes you see great links in Twitter only to remember that you really should finish your work for the day before you start reading those articles. This is why so many of us use services like Instapaper and Read-It-Later - we love to get home and just cruise through all the interesting stuff we didn't have time to read before.

How to Read Great Long-Form Articles on Your Kindle With Delivereads

I love my Kindle. Being able to read an endless variety of books on one slim device with a paper-like display makes me feel like I’m actually living in the future. But sometimes, a book isn’t what I need. Sometimes I just want to read a lengthy, well-written magazine article that would make me feel smarter or better informed.

The Top 4 Websites To Find Free iPad Books

While not being as fun as paper books or as easy on the eyes as other dedicated eReaders, the iPad provides a good way to read thousands of eBooks without buying another specialized device. Below I mention several websites where you can find loads of free books for your iPad.

3 Places Online To Find Long, Fulfilling Articles To Read

Do you feel like your online life is lacking substance? Find longer, substantial things to read from around the web. You just need to know where to look. The age of Twitter, cable news and paragraph-long blog posts can leave you feeling intellectually unsatisfied. Sometimes you need to immerse yourself completely into a particular story; longer articles allow you to do this.

Create Better Online Shows With The Uprompt Teleprompter

YouTube video bloggers and entertainers make reciting monologues on-screen look so easy! It actually is possible to come across on-screen in much the same professional way as these pros. The trick is to remove the need to memorize what you're going to say, and instead just focus on saying it as professionally as possible. You can remove that need for memorization with free teleprompting software called uPrompt.

Find Your Next Book To Read With Goodreads [Android]

Create An Awesome Book Of 'Social Memories' With Your Facebook Data

Just think about what your time on Facebook could tell you about your likes and interests and the friends you communicate with. Imagine how cool it would be to visualize all of that information in an infographic of some kind. Well, now you can, with an app called Social Memories. Being a big proponent of infographics and social media data, I love the idea of viewing all of my 'social memories' in book form.

3 Great Sites That Help You Read Books By Email

Maybe the single most important reason for reading books by email is convenience. Come to think of it, when we spend most of our waking hours staring at a computer screen and reading all sorts of stuff like emails, tweets, social scraps, and feeds – why should books be left behind?

Taptu: A Multi-Platform Mobile News Reader & Curator [iOS & Android]

News reading is becoming a trend again, thanks to the iPad and its list of available beautiful news readers. If you look at the available alternatives, it seems that most of the good readers are made only for iOS devices. But there are exceptions, and one of them is Taptu: a multi-platform news reader and curator available for iOS and Android.

Create Your Short Stories & Novels With StoryBook

Have you ever had the idea to finally sit down and write that great novel you've always wanted to create, but you kept putting it off because the whole process just felt too complicated? Some novels have dozens of main characters and several threads of storyline all going on at the same time. How does the author keep it all straight?

10 Comic Blogs That Every Comic Book Fan Should Read

Comic books are probably the first things that help us to dream. Through the growing up years, comic books and the capers in them shield us from the harsher realities of the world outside, where there are no superheroes, adventurous reporters, or philosophical dogs. Even when we grow over to more adult forms of entertainment, the magic spell of comics remains.

5 Ways To Get Around The New York Times Paywall

Did you know that the New York Times spent an incredible $40 million on their recent paywall solution? Did you also know that it can be circumvented with all but a few clicks? If you're interested in how the Internet has rendered $40 million worth of effort redundant, then read on.

6 Places to Read Old Newspapers and Archived News Online

It might be old and stale, but dated news still has its uses. Does the image of a guy who keeps stacks of yellowing newspapers in his attic seem somewhat out of the ordinary? It might be an obsessive disorder, and rummaging around in that pile may not appeal to us, but that pile could be a storehouse of valuable information.

8 Bestseller Lists To Find Books To Read

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