This week Kobo, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and a number of other companies updated their iOS apps to comply with Apple’s new rules for in-app payments. Basically if you’re not going to use Apple’s system for collecting payments, the company wants you to stop using the app to collect payments at all. Rather than give Apple a 30% cut of proceeds, these companies have taken… Read more »

Kobo, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and The Wall Street Journal have updated their iOS apps so that users can no longer make purchases directly on an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. You can still purchase digital books for the Kobo Reader, Amazon Kindle, or Barnes & Noble NOOK apps from the companies’ web sites or sign up for a digital subscription to the WSJ from the web… Read more »

Kobo has been fleshing out its social platform for readers by adding new “Reading Life” features to its iOS and Android apps. Today the company rolled out an updated iPhone app which lets you see which books your friends have read and ask for recommendations. It also lets you compare stats with your friends to see how many books they’ve read or how quickly they’re… Read more »

Kobo provides eBook readers for iPhone, BlackBerry, webOS, and Android, allowing you to download paid or free eBooks and read them on a wide range of devices. The company has also been offering social features for the iPhone and iPad letting you unlock awards as you read and share your achievements with your friends. Now the company is bringing its “Reading Life” social features to… Read more »

Kobo has rolled out a new version of its iPhone app which offers new social reading tools. The Kobo eBook reader still lets you download, ourchase, and read books from the Kobo store. But now you can also see real-time updates when your friends share books, quotes, or other data. You can also receive notifications when friends comment on your own message. Kobo 4.3 also… Read more »

There’s a new eBook app for Windows Phone 7, but it appears that at the moment it’s only available for phones from Samsung. Mobility Digest has the details on the new Kobo Reader app which is available as a free download from the Windows Phone Marketplace — if you have a Samsung phone. Like Kobo’s apps for iOS and Android, the Windows Phone app lets… Read more »

Kobo has rolled out a new version of its eBook app for iOS which brings the Reading Life social platform to the iPhone and iPod touch. Kobo introduced Reading Life for the iPad in December, allowing users to share book information and passages over Facebook, unlock “awards” of reading, and track your reading statistics including your reading speed and how much of your eBook library… Read more »

Kobo has rolled out an updated version of its mobile eBook app for iPhone and iPod touch. While the update doesn’t bring all the social features that are in the latest iPad version of the Kobo Reader app, you can now login to your Facebook account to share passages via Facebook either by posting them to your wall or setting your Facebook status. Kobo 4.1… Read more »

Kobo has introduced a new version of its eBook app for iOS, which adds automatic updates for the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. If you have an iPad, you can also use the new Reading Life feature which lets you: Share info about the books you’re reading as well as passages over Facebook. See your reading stats (speed, how much of your library you’ve read, etc.). Unlock “awards”… Read more »

The Kobo eBook reader which is available through Borders Books in the US and other retailers worldwide offers the opportunity to purchase, download, and read millions of free and paid eBooks. It also supports newspaper and magazine subscriptions — a feature which up until recently wasn’t available on Kobo’s free apps for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, and webOS. But today Kobo rolled out a new version… Read more »