Facebook reportedly testing Twitter-like breaking news app

App that would allow publishers to highlight and push news events to Facebook users is said to be in alpha-stage testingFacebook could be preparing to take on Twitter at its own game, with a standalone news application for mobile phones.The product, which is reportedly in “alpha” stage testing as part of the company’s Facebook for Business initiative, would allow users to follow specific topics and receive instant alerts of up to 100 characters of text when a breaking news event occurs. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Predecessor To Google Books, Facebook Graph Search, And Rewind.me--In The Early 1900s

You want an idea to survive hundreds or thousands of years? Step one: Don’t write it on paper. Alexander Konta believed this deeply. Paper yellows and withers and crumbles; it is the printed form of Alzheimer’s. “Why not make [text] imperishable by photographing the written word after it has... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury reports end-2012 profit rise

Bloomsbury has reported a year-on-year profit boost in the final quarter of 2012, at the same... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertrams reports strong Christmas trading

Bertrams has announced strong Christmas trading, with the book wholesaler reporting a 5.7%... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie bookstores report strong sales for 2012

Sales at independent bookstores rose almost 8 percent during the year, according to data from about 500 stores. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Murakami diary app from Vintage

Vintage Books and Aimer Media have released a Haruki Murakami diary app containing six new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Native Ads Are Bad News for Some Agencies

When Capital One set out to endear itself with entrepreneurs, it enlisted Forbes to create blog posts on its behalf about cybercrime and other scourges of small business. Likewise, UPS entrusted Fast Company to create custom infographics that ran on the business brand’s site. In both cases, it... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Publishing Co. Files Chapter 11 Reorganization

News Publishing Co., parent corporation of the Rome News-Tribune, Calhoun Times, Walker County Messenger, Catoosa County News, Cedartown Standard and Rockmart Journal, has filed a petition for Chapter 11 reorganization. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp publishing loses $2.1bn

News Corporation said its publishing wing, which is set to be split off as a separate business, incurred losses of $2.1bn in the last financial year. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp applies to separate business

News Corp, the parent company of HarperCollins, has formally applied to separate the company into... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. Says Publishing Unit Lost Money

The media conglomerate, which plans to separate its entertainment businesses from its publishing businesses into two separate listed stocks next year, said the publishing company would have reported a net loss of $2.08 billion in the year through June 30 if it had been a stand-alone company. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier to Make Magazine Content Available Via Smart TV Apps

Partnership with Flingo ports video content to more than 15 million devices. With the rise of internet-connected televisions, the big screen is becoming another place for publishers to get their content in front of viewers. One recent example of this is a partnership between Bonnier and smart TV... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon releases Kindle apps and ebooks into China

Amazon has started its Chinese Kindle incursion by launching the reader app for Android and iOS in that market, along with a large selection of ebooks. There's no mention of any Kindle devices like the Fire HD in the nation yet, but Amazon just did a similar launch in Brazil and said the... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apps For Everyone: 29th Street Publishing Helps Writers Get Paid

29th Street Publishing sees no reason why selling subscriptions shouldn’t be as easy as blogging. At a time when print magazines such as Newsweek and tablet publications like The Daily are shuttering, the team at 29th Street Publishing is betting on the future of magazines for iPad and... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. shuts down The Daily

News Corp. said on Monday that it is shutting down The Daily, its ambitious but expensive attempt to create an iPad newspaper, on Dec. 15. The decision follows a 22-month effort that delivered both some significant achievements—developing the iPad as a publishing platform, for example, and... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomson named as News Corp publishing head

Robert Thomson has been named as the head of the separated publishing business soon to be formed... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corporation shutters The Daily tablet newspaper as of December 15th

News Corporation's The Daily was to have been a vanguard of the future, based on the past -- a tablet-focused newspaper that could get us back to paying subscriptions for our regular news fix. Not enough of us were as enthralled with the retro-future concept, however. While CEO Rupert Murdoch... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books and apps to 'unwrap'

The Kindle was not guaranteed to catch on when Amazon introduced its e-reader five years ago, but ebooks are now a routine alternative to hardcovers and paperbacks. The Kindle was not guaranteed to catch on when Amazon introduced its e-reader five years ago, but ebooks are now a routine... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Canada Tests Geo-Targeted Marketing

HarperCollins Canada has started testing a digital and print geo-targeted marketing campaign that will reach consumers in cities and small towns across Canada with messages specific to their location. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble reports Q2 2013 earnings: digital content sales up 38%, Nook unit rakes $160 million

Barnes & Noble's Nook unit didn't have its greatest quarter. The $160 million in revenue the new Microsoft-backed spin off raked in was slightly better than last year's $152 million, but still a significant drop from $220 million. In a sign of the growing ubiquity of e-readers however,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N releases UK apps

Barnes and Noble has released Nook apps for android, iPad and iPhone users in the UK. The apps... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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