Apple is borrowing a marketing tactic from Twitter pirates. The company made the unusual move of uploading the entire first episode of its series Silo to the social platform, allowing anyone there to watch the opening installment for free. The gambit follows Twitter’s move to allow longer video uploads for subscribers. The free episode may be worth checking out: Engadget found the Apple TV+ original series to be “simply transcendent sci-fi TV.”Silo is based on the science fiction novel Wool by American author Hugh Howey. It takes place on a post-apocalyptic version of Earth, where what remains of humanity is confined to the Silo, a 144-story underground bunker that serves as a self-sufficient underground community. The citizens are told that the world outside the Silo is perilous, but questions arise about what truly lies beyond. It’s a clever premise that allows showrunner Graham Yost to explore the book’s themes about truth vs. fiction and information as power. Apple has reportedly renewed the series for a second season.3 days until the #Silo finale. Here’s the entire first episode. pic.twitter.com/lIcTXCQ9D6— Apple TV (@AppleTV) June 27, 2023Rebecca Ferguson (Dune) stars as Juliette Nichols, an engineer who uncovers a web of secrets after her lover, George (Ferdinand Kingsley), is murdered. The series also stars Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Common, Tim Robbins and Harriet Walter.Episodes one through nine of Silo are available to stream now on Apple TV+. The season... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2023-06-27 18:24:03 UTC ]
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The bestselling Apple Books in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended October 14, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Sandford's 'Holy Ghost' headed to the top of the Apple Books list this week, pushing Kyle Mills's 'Red War' into the second slot. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling Apple Books in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended October 7, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kyle Mills's 'Red War' took to the top of the Apple Books bestseller list this week, knocking 'Lethal White' by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K. Rowling) clean out of the top five. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling Apple Books in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended September 30, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The company posted its strong rebuttal of a disturbing Bloomberg exposé. Bloomberg Businessweek this morning published a bombshell story that had all the juicy elements: spying, tech giants, foreign intrigue. According to the report, tiny microchips were found hidden on servers sold to top tech... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scott Galloway's book "The Four" is about tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon and how they pose a threat to just about every other business on the planet. But he's mulling a sequel, because he now thinks the first three need to fear the fourth."Amazon is beating up on the other three... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The hubbub over Bob Woodward's Fear has finally subsided, at least in the Apple Books store, where it has been replaced, at #1, by Kyle Mills and Vince Flynn's 'Red War.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling Apple Books in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended September 23, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The legacy newspaper publisher intends to launch a membership product in 2019 focused around experiences and services, rather than a paywall. The post The New York Post plans paid membership program appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple's latest Watch Series 4 has enough power to free you from your phone, but apart from music, there aren't a ton of entertainment options. Now, Audible's audiobook app has come to the watchOS 5, letting you listen to books directly from your wris... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended September 16, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The three presses—and a fourth, the imprint Black Balloon—operate more like a confederation of presses than a publisher and its imprints. Here's a look behind the curtain. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A decade on, Chad Post’s translation-focused nonprofit publishing house, based at the University of Rochester, has released 103 titles from 44 countries and 26 languages. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended September 9, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat is launching a new feature with 26 publishers including CNN and NBC Sports. And unlike a lot of platform features, it doesn't require a ton of resources. The post A new Snapchat feature lets publishers create live stories out of users’ posts appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended September 2, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At its fundraising gala this autumn, the nonprofit organization behind the magazine 'Words Without Borders' will honor the University of Rochester's Chad Post for his longtime leadership in the American translation and publishing community. The post Chad Post Named 2018 Ottaway Honoree in... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chicken House has signed a "gripping" and "funny" account of a post-apocalyptic world in which a group of teenagers are trapped on a giant jellyfish. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook confirmed that it is running a test with five publishing partners, including BuzzFeed, enabling them to test up to four different versions of organic posts and determine which is performing best. Lucia Moses of Digiday reported that publishers in the test group can create up to four... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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