On Monday, in what seems like a scene out of a science fiction movie, NASA will slam a spacecraft into a distant asteroid to see whether it can nudge its orbit — all in an effort to test a way to protect Earth from any potential future threats. Continue reading at 'CBC'
[ CBC | 2022-09-24 08:00:00 UTC ]
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If you’re a die-hard fan of a Facebook video creator, the social network may soon give you a way to pay for exclusive content and award you with a digital badge to declare your fandom. Those are some of the new ideas Facebook is introducing in the coming months to test ways to build up its... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is expanding its test of a breaking news tag to more than 50 publishers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia, and product manager Joey Rhyu shared some data from the social network's initial test run in a blog post. According to Rhyu, from Dec. 8 through Jan. 14, posts... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate will publish a book about the "new Ice Age of politics" by one of Turkey’s best-known novelists and political commentators, Ece Temelkuran. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Telegraph argues articles published about actor didn’t allege the actor ‘engaged in inappropriate behaviour of a sexual nature’The Daily Telegraph has argued that articles about Geoffrey Rush published late last year “did not make any allegations” that the actor “engaged in inappropriate... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet Rebecca Watts has criticised the new wave of high-selling female poets such as Rupi Kaur, Hollie McNish and Kate Tempest in a literary magazine, saying "we must stop celebrating amateurism and ignorance in our poetry". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook began testing a feature aimed at providing a destination for local news, in addition to content that can already be found on News Feed and on publishers' pages. Mobile users in six cities--Billings, Mont.; Binghamton, N.Y.; Little Rock, Ark.; New Orleans; Olympia, Wash.; and Peoria,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ABA, Authors Guild, and National Coalition Against Censorship have issued separate statements condemning a cease and desist letter sent to Henry Holt by a lawyer for President Trump demanding that the publisher stop publication of Michael Wolff's White House tell-all. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Citing the EC's year-old proposal to allow member-states to tax all book formats equally, the Federation of European Publishers demands action. The post European Publishers Slam ‘Unwarranted Delay’ in VAT Reform for Book Formats appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Johnson, Bonnier Publishing's group chief executive, has slammed the industry's "obsession with targets and quotas" when it comes to addressing lack of diversity in the book world as "nonsense". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's hot literary properties include a Dutch series of "fill-in" books, an Australian debut novel, and a novelization of a Finnish superhero film. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Achieve the gold standard in penetration testing with Kali using this great ebook, now in its third edition! Kali Linux is a comprehensive penetration testing platform with advanced tools to identify, detect, and exploit the vulnerabilities uncovered in the target network environment. SEE ALSO:... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's easy to get jaded by images of our solar system, especially when NASA probes like Cassini make it look so routine. A new book called The Planets, written and curated by Nirmala Nataraj with a forward by Bill Nye and featuring hundreds of stunnin... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As sexual harassment accusations sweep through many industries, the selection of a new editor has become a prism through which to read a changing landscapeThe publishing industry guessing game over who will assume Vanity Fair’s leadership role from long-serving superstar editor Graydon Carter... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Antsy publishers are starting to fear for their position within Facebook's powerful News Feed, now that tests have begun pushing their posts to an alternate timeline.On Monday, Facebook acknowledged it was testing a version of the social network overseas where publishers' articles appear in a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers on Facebook who have complained for years about declining organic reach may look back in the near future and think of these times as the good old days. The social network confirmed that it is testing a division of its News Feed into two separate feeds--one containing posts from... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The idea of subscriptions in Facebook's Instant Articles has been bandied about for quite some time, and an official test is finally underway. Head of news partnerships Campbell Brown, head of news product Alex Hardiman and product manager Sameera Salari announced in a Facebook Media blog post... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Videos that play automatically have proved highly divisive, but it hasn’t stopped Google, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter experimenting with them. Now YouTube is testing autoplaying videos in its app. Recognizing that not everyone is happy with the idea of videos noisily playing as soon as they... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the problems with Facebook -- and the internet in general -- is that it has been incredibly democratizing in terms of who is able to publish news and other messages online. Democratization of anything is usually perceived as a good thing, but as the genuine problem of "fake news" (i.e.... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is still working out how to reduce the reach of fake news and misinformation on its site and today, it starts testing a new feature that sounds like it might be pretty useful. When an article link is shared in someone's News Feed, there will... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Staff at Kenilworth Books are so “deeply concerned and disappointed about the dominance of ‘celebrity’ writers” on this year's list of World Book Day (WBD) titles that they have pledged to donate to the Society of Authors every time a customer takes one of their recommendations for the duration... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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