Check out Frederick Wiseman's documentaries now streaming for free on Kanopy

It has never been easier to catch up on the staggeringly rich back catalog of master documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. Forty of his films can now be streamed for free through Kanopy, the on-demand service available through partnerships with libraries around the world, including the Los Angeles... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Free Speech Celebrated at PEN America Gala

This year's event raised more than $2.2 million to support free expression, and Publisher Honoree Carolyn Reidy of S&S delivered an address citing the importance of protecting "unfettered discourse." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Check out the 10 most VC-funded Bay Area companies of 2017

Which Bay Area companies caught the eyes of VCs last year? In the most recent issue of the San Francisco Business Times we published our annual ranking of the Greater Bay Area’s 100 largest venture capital recipients, based on total disclosed funding in 2017 as reported by Thomson... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get 'Hybrid Cloud Strategy for Dummies' FREE

Cloud computing is proliferating and taking over the world of IT as we know it. Cloud computing also grows more complex and multi-faceted daily. Getting onto the cloud is easy. Getting it right is trickier. You can probably see why a carefully thought-out and detailed approach to cloud computing... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2018-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SAT and ACT flunk out in documentary 'The Test & the Art of Thinking'

Michael Arlen Davis’ briskly informative, convincing documentary “The Test & the Art of Thinking” takes aim at those gantlets of supposed aptitude measurement, the SAT and ACT (originally, the Scholastic Aptitude Test and American College Testing, respectively; now known by their acronyms).... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook says its free news feed is helping journalism

Company tells Australian regulator that news makes up just 5% of content shared, and downplays its collection and use of people’s data• Sign up to receive the top stories in Australia every day at noon Facebook has told the Australian competition regulator that news makes up just 5% of the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Readers Rack Up Pages Read in Free Translations from AmazonCrossing for World Book Day

A fast-updating ticker from Amazon Charts is displaying how many pages have been read in nine prominent translations curated by the editors of AmazonCrossing. These #readtheworld titles can be downloaded free through April 24 in recognition of World Book Day. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2018: Check Out the Translation Database

Now hosted on the Publishers Weekly website, the Translation Database is a huge boon for the translation community, and an invaluable resource. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pain-Free Cartooning Thanks to Kriota Willberg’s ‘Draw Stronger’

An artist and healthcare sciences educator, as well as a message therapist with expertise in orthopedic injuries, Kriota Willberg is the author of the forthcoming 'Draw Stronger: Self Care For Cartoonists & Visual Artists,' a cheerfully irreverent but practical guide to accredited techniques... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Guardian view on free speech online: let law decide the limits | Editorial

The standards by which the internet is controlled need to be open and subject to impartial judiciaries – not left to advertisersThe revelations we publish about how Facebook’s data was used by Cambridge Analytica to subvert the openness of democracy are only the latest examples of a global... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Echo now reads your first Audible book for free

Amazon has a new way to reel you into Audible now that smart speakers are a big deal: give you a freebie just by asking. As of this week, anyone who's new to Audible can ask an Echo speaker to read a full audiobook at no cost. You don't have to be pi... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2018-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook secures music licensing and baseball streaming deals

Facebook on Friday announced a pair of deals that gets the social networking giant deeper into a pair of popular consumer pursuits — music and baseball. On the music front, Facebook is following up earlier deals it struck with Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV Music Publishing by lining up a... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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February Religion Bestsellers: Blessing Messy Lives; ‘Battle’, ‘Soar,’ ‘Stop,’ and go ‘Free’

Nonfiction bestsellers exhort believers to strengthen trust in God, no matter what. And characters in the top novels somehow find blessings in their messy lives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International Women’s Day: Hay Kicks Off #Vote100Books, Cambridge Offers Free Readings

'We want a new library of 100 great books by women' says Hay Festival founder Peter Florence, as Cambridge University Press opens this year's selection of free-to-read International Women's Day content. The post International Women’s Day: Hay Kicks Off #Vote100Books, Cambridge Offers Free... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Verso releases free #MeToo ebook

Radical publisher Verso Books has released a free ebook in response to the #MeToo movement. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian Honeybee Campaign Will Distribute 100,000 Free Copies of Kids Can Press Book

Kids Can Press author Paulette Bourgeois and illustrator Josée Bisaillon have created a book for General Mills Canada's third annual educational campaign for ecological support. And bees may be among the beneficiaries. The post Canadian Honeybee Campaign Will Distribute 100,000 Free Copies of... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Facebook Users Soon Be Making a List and Checking It Twice?

Remember the days when Facebook's News Feed was full of listicles from the likes of BuzzFeed? A new feature from the social network has them poised to return, but from your friends and family, not from publishers. Facebook Tuesday began rolling out Lists, which enables users to create and share... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Play 'Overwatch' for free (again) this weekend

Blizzard has a habit of seasonally opening up its hero shooter Overwatch for everyone to try every couple months, typically just after it announces a new hero, event or map. Fittingly, the publisher announced that new PC, PS4 and Xbox One players can... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get 'Machine Learning For Dummies' ($13 value) FREE for a limited time

Without machine learning, fraud detection, web search results, real-time ads on web pages, credit scoring, automation, and email spam filtering wouldn't be possible. Covering the entry-level topics needed to get you familiar with the basic concepts of machine learning, Machine Learning For... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Tunis Conference: On Piracy and the Myth of ‘Free Content’

'Governments need to be convinced that the scourge of piracy is a problem for them and for their countries’ evolving economies," IPA's  José Borghino tells the Arab Publishers Association's conference in Tunisia. The post At the Tunis Conference: On Piracy and the Myth of ‘Free Content’ appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get 'React -- Tools & Resources' ($29 value) FREE for a limited time

React -- Tools & Resources is a collection of in-depth guides to some of the tools and resources most used with React, such as Jest and React Router, a look at Preact, and much more. It usually retails for $29, but BetaNews readers can get it entirely free for a limited time. This ebook... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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