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Mobi Reader is a Google RSS newsfeed reader for your iPhone and iPad. To use it, you need a Google Reader account (free to create and use) and this app installed, and then Mobi Reader gives you a friendly interface with which to read your favorite feeds.

Mobi Reader synchronizes with your Google Reader account and lets you read content either online or offline. You can use Mobi Reader to search through the contents, as well as customize the way results are displayed on your screen. You can manage all your newsfeeds from Mobi Reader, adding, removing, or editing the … Read more

It was always a great mystery why Sony never had an iOS app so its Reader customers could read their Sony e-books on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

Amazon has its Kindle app. Barnes & Noble the Nook app. And Kobo has a Kobo app. But somehow Sony's Reader app remained conspicuously absent from the Apple App Store (a free Reader app for Android devices has been available for months).

Not anymore. I got an e-mail today from the Sony Reader Store Team announcing that it had launched "Reader for your iPhone, iPad and iPod."

No … Read more

Even in a Silicon Valley flush with young college dropouts, 16-year-old Summly CEO Nick D'Aloisio's age is still an attention grabber.

And despite his age, or maybe because of it, he's perfectly comfortable with reincarnating his product -- technology that can automatically summarize information -- as needed. D'Aloisio's company released a news reading app today that summarizes news articles, creating a sort of CliffsNotes for the news, for the iPhone.

It'll be the second time the London-based teenager has repackaged his product, and this time he did it because he feels like the consumption … Read more

iReader is a Mac OS X utility to display news, both online and stored for offline reading if you so wish. iReader installs quickly and there are several keyboard customizations available if you want to make your reading controls a little different than the default.

When launched, iReader opens a dialog with three sections, which can be resized or hidden if you wish to have more screen real estate for other panes. The left side is your list of subscriptions, and clicking on one opens the feed headlines in the middle pane. The larger right pane shows the actual content … Read more

Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite and the Barnes & Noble Simple Touch with GlowLight duke it out in this Prizefight slobber-knocker.

The Kindle brings its all-new Paperwhite technology to the table and Amazon's massive ecosystem. How will it match up against the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, which was the first true backlit e-reader with touch and physical controls?

These two e-readers continue to innovate and bring the best the e-reader market has to offer. So which e-reader is your Prizefight king of the ring?

Cast your vote!

Android users of Adobe Reader can now store their PDFs in the cloud for easy access from anywhere.

Launched yesterday, version 10.4 of Reader for Android gives you the ability to save a PDF to Acrobat.com. You can then download and read that same document on any other device running Adobe Reader. And if you add a comment or modify the file on one device, that change is synced with the version stored in the cloud.

Those of you who work with forms will also find better support in the updated Android app. Field validation and calculations can … Read more

Amazon seems to have pulled the plug on its Kindle DX.

A peek at the product's Web site shows that Amazon is no longer directly selling the DX. Only used versions are up for grabs from third-party resellers, at prices ranging from $230 to $350.

The DX also is missing from the Kindle family lineup. The e-book reader's heave-ho comes about a week after Amazon cut its price to $299 from $379, according to blog site The eBook Reader.

There's no indication from Amazon as to whether new supplies are on their way. But it's unlikely. … Read more

Adobe Systems has kicked off a new version of its industry-standard Reader with several notable improvements.

Debuting this past weekend, Adobe Reader XI strengthens the commenting feature, so you can now add stamps, file attachments, audio recordings, and other items to a PDF. New markup symbols include text boxes, lines, arrows, circles, and other shapes. Further, you can fill out, sign, save, and send a marked up PDF without having to print it first.

Many of these features were formerly found only in Adobe Acrobat, so their addition to the free Reader is a nice bonus.

Adobe Reader has been … Read more