There’s nothing like a late-night chapter of a Kindle book to put me right to sleep, but the glow of my iPhone’s screen tends to keep my wife awake—and if a jarring iOS notification sounds or buzzes, well, that certainly doesn’t help her slumber.While the new Night Shift mode (which finally works even when iOS’s low-power mode is enabled) will supposedly help you sleep by filtering out the brightest colors from your iPhone or iPad’s display, it won’t do much good for a bedfellow who sleeps best in total darkness and silence.I’ve collected a quartet of tips that’ll take Night Shift one step further by dimming your iPhone or iPad screen as much as possible while you read, as well as silencing any intrusive alerts or buzzes.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As a legacy publisher, Time Inc. still gets 76 percent of its revenue from its print brands. It falls to Time Inc.’s new president of digital Jen Wong to speed its transaction to digital. She talked to Digiday about the hard work of speeding up the pace of change, the value of being first with... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[Sponsored Content] Whether you’re a publisher looking to drive subscriptions, an association with goals of increasing membership, or an enterprise selling a product, knowing ROI of your campaigns can help you to be more efficient and successful. The post 4 Steps to Figuring Out ROI on Digital... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With publishers under pressure to distribute their content directly onto social media platforms, the nagging question for many is whether their brands are diluted by being disconnected from their source. New research from Digital Content Next found that 57 percent of the time, people are aware... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Feel-good publisher Little Things has built an audience of 50 million users a month thanks to Facebook -- and it's profitable. CEO Joe Speiser joined the Digiday Podcast to discuss how the publisher grew out of its roots as a pet-food retailer, why he's not too worried about being overly reliant... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere has signed two books from thriller writer Karen Dionne for a "significant" six-figure sum following a "heated" seven-way publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rakuten Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn notes that readers over the age of 50 drive ebook sales, though they still love their print titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New bookstores are coming to Montana and Florida; a California store moves online; and a Pennsylvania shop becomes a community gathering place. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is trying to sweeten the deal for Instant Articles publishers. At its F8 developers conference today. the social network showed off expected new video ads, which can go right into Instant Articles. It also discussed its new branded content policies, which allow publishers to create... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to Google, 20 percent of people in the USA will experience a disability at some point in their life. Let's think about this for a moment -- that is one in five people. In other words, people with disabilities are a significant part of the population. While there are many laws on the... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By the time I hit publish on this review, something interesting had happened: Dell revealed that its XPS 15 laptop was outselling the smaller XPS 13. How could that be? Most flagship notebooks these days have 13-inch displays or smaller. And for good... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kik has launched its own chatbot shop, further opening the floodgates to users who want to engage with messaging apps from brands and publishers arriving on the Canadian messaging platform. Starting today, Kik's Bot Shop will begin allowing users to download bots for entertainment, customer... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: an inquiry into the mystery and art of living, plus essays on love lost and found. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One woman died and four police officers were injured after an apartment caught fire in Clovis, Calif., early Friday, authorities said. The blaze broke out just before 2 a.m. near the woman’s bedroom, said Clovis’ deputy fire chief John Binafki. See more of our top stories on Facebook >>... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marcus Sakey sells his latest to Thomas & Mercer, David Macinnis Gill takes Uncanny to Greenwillow, a former Seinfeld writer strikes a deal with Forge, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Nest,’ Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s high-profile debut, and 'The Summer Before the War,’ Helen Simonson's highly anticipated sophomore effort, land at #4 and #5 on our Hardcover Fiction list. Plus 'The Bob’s Burgers Burger Book’ is no joke—it’s at #5 on our Hardcover Nonfiction list—and much more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A survey of independent digital-first publishers reveals a wide array of growth strategies, including starting a print program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Channel 4 has commissioned a TV series based on Joe Wicks’ bestselling cookery and fitness title Lean in 15 (Bluebird). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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France declared war on freeloaders this week, as the Paris Métro cracked down on ticket fraud and the nation's newspapers formed a bloc against ad-blockers. But it seems freeloading does still pay. Ten percent or more of travelers on the tramways circling Paris don't pay, according to the local... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Channel 4 has acquired the UK premiere broadcasting rights to the BBC Worldwide original series "Eating Well With Hemsley + Hemsley". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ask Alan Stern to name the most surprising thing learned from NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, and he'll tell you to rephrase the question. “A better question would be, ‘What isn't puzzling or mysterious?’ Because that's a much shorter list,” said Stern, the planetary scientist in charge of... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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