Need entertainment on your daily commute? Games and movies are fun, but no medium has a longer history of helping travelers stave off boredom than the noble book. With the advent of ebook readers and tablets, there has never been a better time to be a traveling bibliophile, as you can carry hundreds of books in the palm of your hand. Well, once you download them onto your device, of course.
Here’s our quick guide to loading ebooks onto some of the more popular e-readers, including the Kindle Oasis, Nook GlowLight Plus, and Kobo Aura One.
Using Barnes & Noble’s online store
The Kobo Aura One can also use a service known as OverDrive, which allows users to borrow books from their public library. OverDrive is free and only requires a library card, an OverDrive account, and a Wi-Fi connection.
Using your computer or Kobo Desktop
Kobo Desktop is program for Windows and MacOS that allows Kobo users to buy and read ebooks, and manage the Kobo Aura One’s library.
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The integration is rolling out to all ChatGPT plans, including the free tier. You can access it on the web, desktop, and iOS.
Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
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Samsung’s scandal over its Game Optimizing Service, or GOS, has returned with a bill attached. South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has tentatively fined the company 20.1 billion won, or about $15.1 million, over gaming claims made for the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S22, and Tab S8.
The regulator says Samsung promoted the devices as gaming powerhouses without disclosing that GOS placed preset CPU and GPU limits on certain demanding games. Samsung disputes that conclusion, calling GOS a legitimate way to manage heat.