Windows 10 is a great desktop operating system, and for the most part, OEMs have manufactured some solid hardware to showcase it. Respectable companies like HP and Dell have done Microsoft proud with some truly satisfying touch-friendly laptops. Unfortunately, Microsoft has been a bit deficient... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2016-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Facebook, Google, Apple and Snapchat compete for audiences and advertising, they're providing new outlets for publishers to distribute their news content, but some publishers have been bigger beneficiaries than others. BuzzFeed, CNN and The New York Times are three whose resources, scale and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Company signs over $50 million in deals with 140 companies and celebrities for Facebook Live content. The post Facebook Pays Publishers Over $50 Million to Start Using Live Video appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following a court ruling that it was involved in ebook price-fixing with five publishers, Apple has started the process of paying back $400m in refunds. Despite agreeing to pay out the thick end of half a billion dollars, Apple denies doing anything wrong. Interestingly, the payouts will not... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ticketmaster isn't the only site giving you freebies this week. Thanks to a class-action lawsuit, Apple is paying for Amazon account credit for people who bought certain ebooks between April 2010 and May 2012. You can check here to see if you've got any settlement money in your account. Amazon... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
You might have a few extra dollars to spend on Amazon this week, all courtesy of Apple. On Tuesday, Amazon started issuing refunds as part of Apple’s price-fixing settlement. If you purchased a qualifying ebook from Amazon, you will be automatically receiving credits in your account. All you... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two months after Facebook Messenger opened up a bot platform to outside companies, we took a look at the offerings from four developers -- Fusion, TechCrunch, Betaworks and Complex -- that created bots to interact with Messenger's 900 million users. Two months in, the bots are a work in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arizonans who purchased ebooks from Apple Inc., will receive their cut from a price-fixing settlement over the price of ebooks, according to the Arizona Attorney General's Office. Arizonans will see a total of $8.6 million out of a $400 million settlement. Customers who bought ebooks from... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yahoo-owned Tumblr wants in on livestreaming, and it's taking a different route than Facebook or Twitter's Periscope app. Today the site is launching a live video feature that will let content creators and brands push their clips to Tumblr. But unlike live video on Facebook, Twitter and... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is offering new video ad services for some publishers that were formerly clients of LiveRail, the programmatic platform it shut down last month. Facebook is offering some LiveRail refugees, premium publishers, a special partnership program where they could tap its rich data and use it... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thousands of Maryland consumers who bought electronic books at artificially inflated prices will get their share of $9 million in credits and checks from Apple this week, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh said Monday.The credits, first announced in March, are part of a $400 million... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The $400 million in refunds due following Apple ebook price-fixing settlement will begin flowing into customer accounts on June 21—with refunds for New York Times bestsellers approaching $7 per purchase. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some buyers of ebooks will begin to receive payments Tuesday as part of a settlement in a price-fixing case against Apple.People who purchased ebooks between April 1, 2010, and May 21, 2012, will receive credits from ebook sellers, or will get a check if they opted out of receiving credits,... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
News UK is ramping up its Facebook Live output from a couple a week to five a day. For the last six weeks, live videos have been largely done by its tabloid title, The Sun, where it blends stunt-style videos, like grown men plunging into ice baths, with highly visual footage, like filling up... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A recent campaign success story for Feeding America could shed light on how consumers are using devices and which publishers are actually driving traffic. Working with the Ad Council and Facebook's Atlas measurement platform, the Chicago-based nonprofit launched an eight-week digital campaign... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the past year or so, Facebook has conditioned advertisers and publishers to create video that can be understood without sound, as more clips that play automatically (and silently) when users scroll fill news feeds. With 100 million hours of video viewed every day and the explosion of... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Limitations of reading devices and "digital fatigue" are cited as causes for the decline in ebook sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jojo Moyes' Me Before You (Michael Joseph) becomes the first book to defend the top spot on the Weekly E-Book Ranking. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook, which created Instant Articles a year ago to make publishers' articles load faster, is now giving that tool to brands. Intel is using the tool to post articles from its digital tech-focused publication, iQ. “This is a wonderful move to signal we’re not just an advertiser," Intel's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Counter to the reported plan at the time of Mofibo's buy by Storytel, the Danish subscription service's high-visibility business development lead, Nathan Hull, has announced he's leaving. The post Ebook Subscriptions: Nathan Hull Departs Mofibo, Following Storytel Buyout appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]