Semantix’s Blog

This is our space to share with you articles about what we do, education 2.0, new technologies,
reading resources, digital reading devices and other interesting news.

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 [...]

Dixio, X-Ray and the future of encyclopaedia and dictionary publishers

Recently Amazon presented X-ray, a new feature for its devices. The service provides access to what they have called “the bones of the book”: encyclopaedic information from Wikipedia and websites such as Shelfari, about the concepts and characters of the book the user is reading. Along similar lines, the Spanish Semantix company offers an innovative [...]

Tablet or e-reader? That is the question

Many of us are uncertain when it comes to choosing between buying a tablet or an e-reader, but the only thing we need to know is the use we want to make of the device in question. The most important question we should ask ourselves before making a decision is: what am I going to [...]

QuokkaPad, the best opensource eReader

We have received good news from down under. The QuokkaPad will soon go on sale. It may not be the first opensource eReader but it does have the best features and it is clearly a firm candidate for obtaining a more than acceptable market share for a device of these characteristics. QuokkaPad is not a [...]

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