I’m grateful to Peter Brantley for pointing out to me that over at engadget, a student design competition gives insight into how to usefully combine multitouch into a reader. Which leads me to wonder whether the advent of the Kindle is stimulating an upsurge in the development of eBook readers. This one looks closer to [...]
links for 2008-02-28
on 28 February, 2008
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AIR Goes Live: A Look at The Best Things About Adobe’s AIR Platform
(tags: adobeair innovation platform)
links for 2008-02-27
on 27 February, 2008
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New search powers lead Firefox 3
The latest version of web browser Firefox will make changes to the way people search for information online, says its developer.
(tags: browser Firefox)
links for 2008-02-26
on 26 February, 2008
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Adobe merge on and offline worlds
Adobe has launched software designed to make it easier for computer users to use online applications offline.
(tags: adobe air)
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on 23 February, 2008
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Facebook ’sees decline in users’
“Users fell 5% to 8.5 million in January from 8.9 million in December, according to data from Nielsen Online.”
(tags: facebook socialnetworking statistics)
Dork Talk: Stephen Fry | Technology | The Guardian
“The Asus EEE PC perched on my knee combines GNU software with a Linux kernel powered by an Intel Celeron Mobile Processor [...]
links for 2008-02-22
on 22 February, 2008
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EVE Online – a massive multiplayer online roleplaying space game – MMORPG
(tags: games mmorpg eve online gaming game rpg)
links for 2008-02-21
on 21 February, 2008
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Wikitravel Press
Using lulu wikitravel will let you get a print copy of its travel guides no more than a month old. [Thanks Patrick]
(tags: wikitravel POD)
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on 20 February, 2008
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Tor Books confirms sf supersite plans – Boing Boing
Cory Doctorow posts about the free eBooks from Tor.
(tags: ebooks free scifi tor)
Publisher: Kindle Selling Up To 10,000 Books A Day (AMZN) – Silicon Alley Insider
Speculation on sales volume of eBooks via Amazon’s Kindle.
(tags: ebooks amazon kindle)
Amazon Using Computer Bestseller List to Push Kindle Content?
Notes on how [...]
Content Is Still King
on 19 February, 2008
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Ok, so I didn’t actually get to TOC. Still, I’ve done my best to keep up and it seems that a theme of the conference was regicidal swipes against the old grande dame of the media industries: content. First Stephen Abram declared that content was no longer king; context was crowned. Then Douglas [...]
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on 19 February, 2008
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Top authors to go digital with ebooks – Times Online
The Times discusses eBooks.
(tags: ebooks publishing)
Tools of Change — Monday Afternoon
George Walkley’s blogged notes from the Tools of Change conference.
(tags: TOC2008)
Tools of Change — Tuesday Morning
George Walkley’s blogged notes from the Tools of Change conference.
(tags: publishing ebooks TOC2008)
Tools of Change — Closing Observations
George Walkley’s blogged notes [...]
