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Five Android apps that make grocery lists and shopping a breeze

We take a minute to show you Instagram for the iPhone, an app which lets you apply filters to your photos and easily share them with friends.

These sexy audio books are awash in aural imagery and are a perfect experience to share

Sean Carruthers checks out the Book Saver, a device that allows you to make ebooks out of your hard copy books and magazines.

Andy Walker chats with Sheryl Steinberg, the Toronto author of Opportunity Rings

How to trade your used textbooks for the books you need this term

Save your spine some stress by carrying your books digitally on your iBooks app instead of physically in your backpack.

An eBook reader for the rest of us, the free Adobe Digital Editions

As dedicated e-readers go, the NOOK Color is considerably less dedicated than most. That's a good thing. In addition to being a great way to take your bookshelves with you, it's also a fairly capable, though considerably simplified, tablet.