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E-readers encourage reading among students

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“E-readers are an attractive source of technology for students and encourage them to read, particularly boys”. This is one of the conclusions reached by a research team from Southern Methodist University, in Dallas (US), after conducting a study with 199 middle-school pupils with reading difficulties. The experiment consisted of providing each student with an e-reader [...]

E-readers and tablets, the most popular gifts this Christmas

E-readers and tablets, the most popular gifts this Christmas

Among the large variety of technological items for sale, the protagonists this year are tablets and e-readers, which are expected to be the most popular gifts this Christmas. After Amazon brought the Kindle to Spain, and Fnac and Casa del Libro launched their own e-readers, the variety of devices available has improved considerably, and they [...]

The RAE on an e-reader for the first time with Dixio technology

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Casa del Libro launches Tagus eReader, the first to include the Real Academia Española’s dictionary Tagus eReader has entered Casa del Libro stores in the best possible way. It is the first device to include Diccionario de la Lengua Española edited by Real Academia Española (RAE) with Dixio technology. The most renowned of all Spanish [...]

Fnacbook with Dixio, the smart dictionary

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Fnac e-reader users can look up the meaning of a word by touching it on the screen Users of the Fnacbook, the e-reader recently presented by Fnac, have the help of Dixio, the smart dictionary. The new device, besides being in Spanish, provides users with the possibility of looking up the meaning of words they [...]

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