His products are loved, instantly recognizable icons around the world. However, little is known about the man himself. Author Leander Kahney, who also penned a biography on Steve Jobs, has delivered Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products, a …

When it comes to off-the-shelf text-to-speech solutions, the Macintosh is pretty darned good. Although that functionality hasn’t changed in OS X Mavericks, Apple is offering new English language, both US and overseas accent, voices available for download.
So, how do they …

Historical fiction or simply a magnificently told tale that orbits, at a distance, the Hollywood of a past still half remembered and half believed. Jess Walter’s Beautiful Ruins, the Audiobook of the Month, soars across 50 years and three continents …

Two years later, Little Bee appears in London on the day of Andrew’s funeral and reconnects with Sarah. Sarah is struggling to come to terms with her husband’s recent suicide and the stubborn behavior of her four-year-old son, who is …

Listed by their projected publish dates — the earliest arrives on October 28 — here are the OS X Mavericks manuals listed by Amazon from David Pogue, Bob LeVitus, Mark Chambers, Dwight Spivey, Steve Johnson and Paul McFedries. For its …

Have you wondered where the paperback Steve Jobs got to? Fundamentally, the hardcover has sold so well — 2.25 million copies as of March 2012 — publisher Simon & Schuster didn’t feel the need. Soon, however, the wait will be …

• Audiobook of the Year: The End of the Affair, Graham Greene, Narrated by Colin Firth.
• Audio Drama: Swordspoint, Ellen Kushner, Narrated by Ellen Kushner, Dion Graham, Katherine Kellgren, Robert Fass, Nick Sullivan and Simon Jones
• Biography: The Seamstress, Sara …

On the road, waiting, lazing on a beach? You need something to do while you’re doing something else and a free audiobook is the perfect complement to your day. Get Neil Gaiman’s Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar, a short story read by …

Reading is good, and beach and hammock season is almost here. Even better? Loading up your iPhone or iPad with free ebooks and Apple’s iBooks Store offers a very, very nice selection. From graphic novels to self-help and the classics, …

Listened to a good book lately? The four finalists competing for the Audiobook of the Year have been posted — American Grown, Beautiful Ruins, End of the Affair and Killing Kennedy. Which will walk away with the Audie? Check out the …