With the likes of Flipboard, Google Currents, Pulse and other magazine-style newsreaders competing for your attention, the folks at Inq Mobile are aiming to delight audiences by delivering personalized content from unexpected sources. As creators of one of the first Facebook phones, they're now leveraging their social roots with an app known as Material, which attempts to learn your interests by examining your Facebook and Twitter activity. You can still manually add content, but Material strives to eliminate the configuration hassles you'll find elsewhere. Instead, its developers are reckoning that you'll appreciate a greater variety of news sources, and it can also adapt to your preferences over time by examining the type of stories you read. In all, Material serves up two editions of content daily, which includes blog entries, videos, music, photos and news articles. It's now available for free on iOS, and joined by an updated release of the Android app. If you've yet to check out Material, it could be worth installing just to see just what it thinks you like. Filed under: Software, Mobile Comments Source: Inq Mobile Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2013-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw’s “Songs of America” looks at music’s role in our nation’s history. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-10 13:53:10 UTC ]
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In this episode of A Phone Call With Paul, Paul Holdengraber speaks with David Ulin, writer, and former book critic of the Los Angeles Times, about the dramatic changes in Los Angeles, the literature of the city, and his work on Joan Didion. From the episode: Paul Holdengraber: What are the most... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-10 08:47:10 UTC ]
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Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer. She’s an editorial assistant at a literary imprint, but the office seems far friendlier to WASP-y men than to Jewish women like her. When her boss’s star writer, the longtime New Yorker reporter Henry Gray, invites Eve to spend the summer of 1987 as his research... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-07-09 14:00:32 UTC ]
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Despite awards and acclaim for his crime fiction, the impoverished novelist lost his home and was set to quit – then the phone rangIt was1.30 in the morning in Melbourne and Adrian McKinty had just got home after dropping off his last Uber customer of the night at the airport. His phone rang. It... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-07-08 06:00:17 UTC ]
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Good news, memoir fans: Variety reports that Dani Shapiro’s bestselling memoir Inheritance will be adapted into a feature by Killer Films, with Cami Delavigne (the co-writer of Blue Valentine) on board to write the script. The memoir centers on Shapiro’s discovery, after a DNA test, that the man... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-03 13:43:07 UTC ]
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Lovejoy has been acquired for adaptation 33 years after it was first broadcast, to be "updated for the 21st Century". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 19:24:37 UTC ]
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S&S officials confirmed that as of August 1, public libraries will be able to license S&S e-books for two-year terms, on a one copy/one user model, with most “new release” e-books priced between $38.99 and $52.99. Previously, S&S e-books were sold on one-year licenses, though at a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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What to do while you wait for Netflix’s Sarah Dessen Adaptations: Obviously, get thee to a bookstore and read her ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-06-29 10:31:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Scheer once said that the Harper Conservatives did not lose in 2015 because of their policies. Everything he's done on the policy front since then shows him doubling down on that belief. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-06-26 08:00:00 UTC ]
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ABC, News Corp and Nine call for legislation to protect journalists and whistleblowers, saying a free press must be ‘entrenched in law’Media executives have united to call on the government to amend a range of laws to protect journalists and whistleblowers after a series of widely condemned... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-26 01:54:18 UTC ]
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The live performance is executive-produced by Susan Disney Lord, Abigail Disney, and Timothy Disney. Political theater will take on a whole new meaning tonight with help from Abigail Disney, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, and a handful of high-caliber celebrities.Read Full... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-06-24 10:51:52 UTC ]
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Hachette Children's Group has snapped up rights to a graphic novel adaptation of Laurie Halse Anderson's critically acclaimed Speak, about a high school sexual assault. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-24 00:08:47 UTC ]
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Suketu Mehta says migrants have a right to come to the richer nations that have ruined their homelands. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-06-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's Carolyn Everson says the company is happy to talk about brand safety if the advertiser wants to. Other Cannes highlights include more celebrity sightings and expensive juice. The post Cannes Briefing: Facebook wants to regain trust (and change the topic) appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-06-19 04:01:44 UTC ]
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The "I Will Teach You To Be Rich" title is polarizing, but the advice is on point. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2019-06-17 15:11:03 UTC ]
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Miriam Robinson, programmer for The Bookseller's Marketing & Publicity Conference 2019, shares what to expect from the day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-16 23:44:09 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed has found success in licensing its Tasty food brand across different consumer products including food, kitchenware and cookbooks. The Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-14 19:25:07 UTC ]
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In a new venture in assisted self-publishing in political books, RealClearPolitics and Gotham Ghostwriters are working with 'hybrid' publisher Amplify. The post New Imprint RealClearBooks Aims ‘To Disrupt’ the Political Market With Self-Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-06-13 05:50:40 UTC ]
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A PubTechConnect event this week posed this question and more to some of the internet's most influential young books personalities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The entertainment and character sector, in which book publishing operates, held the largest position in global licensing, according to a new survey from Licensing International. The post Survey: Worldwide Sales of Licensed Material Surpasses US$280 Billion in 2018 appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-06-12 07:30:10 UTC ]
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