Facebook received about 38,000 data requests from government agents in 71 countries in the first half of 2013, according to the company's first Global Government Requests Report, which it published today. The report comprises both criminal and national security requests made in the first six months of the year, with half of those requests coming from the United States. Facebook says the "vast majority" of requests were for criminal cases, like robberies and kidnappings. In some cases, government data requests were asking for basic subscriber information, which includes details like name and length of service; in other cases, officials also sought IP address logs or the actual contents of accounts. As Colin Stretch, Facebook's general counsel, says in the report:Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of printed books rocketed to a 2013 high last week as shoppers hit bookshops in the hunt... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the UK a new ebook platform Boosh will allow readers to share an ebook with a fellow Facebook user to read for free after its read and deleted from their own account. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom McCarthy and James Salter are among the winners of the inaugural Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes. Tom McCarthy and James Salter are among the winners of the inaugural Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes, announced Monday at Yale University's Beinecke Rare... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There were notable deals in 2012—Hanley Wood, Ziff Davis and The New Republic, were among the big-name brands moved—but no blockbusters. Mergers and acquisitions activity in the consumer and business-to-business publishing markets increased some, but held close to recent averages for the most part. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This one's coming straight from the horse's mouth. Amazon is acknowledging a "known issue" with version 3.6.1 of its Kindle app for iOS -- the company is recommending that current users avoid the latest update, which hit the App Store today. According to TUAW, the new version may completely... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of books for children surged in the UK last week, as schools broke for the spring half-term... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin UK c.e.o. Tom Weldon has said the publisher will be making connections with creative... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After only one year Germany's participation in international World Book Night celebrations... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Outside of photos and status updates, Facebook's original shareable content was game activity. So-and-so just planted a new crop, etc. Next Facebook rolled out the Like button, and news articles became popular. Then Facebook debuted its Open Graph in fall 2011 so that someone could listen to a... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's laureate Julia Donaldson's follow-up to Edward Lear's classic, The Owl and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Government's official response to the Culture, Media and Sport's Select Committee... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Tibor Jones Pageturner Prize 2013 is calling for entries. The winner of the biennial prize... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten finalists were chosen as finalists from among 150 submitted for the Man Booker Prize International Prize for fiction. The shortlist was revealed at India’s Jaipur Literary Festival. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new £10,000 literary prize rewarding original fiction has been launched by Goldsmiths,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Copyright Licensing Agency has warned that the government's proposed exceptions to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George Lossius forecasts a year of significant change for academic publishing, including more consolidation, improved digital textbooks and the rise of mobile. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Consolidation between academic publishing houses is one of the trends being predicted for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Looking back on this week's Digital Book World conference, we distill the event into three key ideas: price innovation, discoverability and authenticity. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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