Amazon Kindle Matchbook lets you buy discounted e-books of printed titles

We have to agree with author Marcus Sakey when he says he finds it ridiculous that readers usually have to pay full price twice if they want to buy both a printed and digital copies of books. That’s why Amazon’s new offer can be considered godsend for bibliophiles out there. The Kindle Matchbook will give Amazon customers who have bought print books the option to buy Kindle editions of those purchases for $2.99 or less (some are even free!).

This offer extends to purchases made back when Amazon opened its online bookstore in 1995 as long as the publisher enrolls the title in Kindle Matchbook. The service will be launching in October and expect over 10,000 books to be available from authors like Sakey, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, Jodi Picoult, Michael Crichton, and many more.

Verizon CEO denies Canadian market entry

Looks like Verizon won’t be posing a threat to Canada’s “Big Three” carriers (Bell, Rogers, and TELUS) as Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam dispelled rumors that the New York-based telecoms giant was setting up shop here. 

The statement was made by McAdam during a phone interview with Bloomberg after Verizon bought out Vodafone’s 45 percent share in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion—not only giving them full control of the United States’ most profitable mobile phone operator but making this the biggest acquisition in the US in over a decade.

“Verizon is not going to Canada,” McAdam said. “It has nothing to do with the Vodafone deal, it has to do with our view of what kind of value we could get for shareholders. If we thought it had great value creation we would do it.”

Mega Man creator starts Kickstarter campaign for Mighty No. 9, gets almost 70% in under 24 hours

Kickstarter has been home to some really big campaigns for everything from movies, music, gadgets, consoles, and games. Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune wants in on the action to create Mighty No. 9, a side-scrolling action PC game seemingly inspired by Mega Man and will be created by an “all-star team of veteran Mega Man devs.” Developer Comcept seeks $900,000 and they reached $620,000 from over 10,000 backers in less than 24 hours since the project went live. The project currently has 11,800 plus backers and over $695,000 worth of pledges.

If you have your own million-dollar idea, Kickstarter has recently entered Canada. It’s just waiting for you to get in on the action, too.  

Nokia Lumia 1020 coming to TELUS, brings Lumia 625 with it

Looks like the Nokia Lumia 1020 isn’t going to be exclusive to Rogers. MobileSyrup reported that current flagship from the Finnish tech company is going to be available for TELUS subscribers, making this the first time they have carried a flagship Windows Phone since 2012 when they offered the Lumia 800. Aside from the 41MP Lumia 1020, Nokia’s low-cost 4.7-inch Lumia 625 is also going to be carried by TELUS.