Students Retain More With Actual Books Than Devices? [EdTech]

The proponents of the traditional classroom and the edtech naysayers have been insisting over the past few years that students need to learn from actual books. Most feel that these more traditional educators just aren't caught up with the times. But they've been screaming loudly. Here at Techfaster we've seen first hand the effects of [...]

US Navy Submariners Get Access To E-Readers

Most kids who've had the opportunity to tour a submarine, be it a dry docked museum or an actual submarine, want nothing more than to join the navy immediately and go down deep into the ocean. Sailors, or submariners, as they're called who've actually done it, liken a tour on a submarine to being in [...]

Sony To Shut Down Reader Store, Transitioning Customers To Kobo

Sony is going through some deep changes as a company right now. Sony has already announced a sell off of their Vaio PC business and we've also heard that they plan on scaling back their tv business as well. Sony seems like they are staying the course with mobile devices including tablets and smartphones as [...]

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Xbox e-reader In The Works?

It seems that Microsoft may be working on an e-reader for the Xbox One or the Xbox 360. We're not exactly sure how this would actually work, would you read a book on your 50" tv in the living room? Maybe? Who knows. Digital Spy reported on Monday that Microsoft is hiring staff to work [...]