Technology can be daunting for users of a certain age, but Intel and AARP are offering help with a simple-to-use tablet.The RealPad tablet is aimed at users who are 50 and older, the age range for AARP membership, and shy of technology. Simplicity is key: The tablet provides quick access to email, Web sites, social networks, multimedia and ebooks through a user interface with large icons.“Now there’s no excuse for not having a tablet. RealPad makes it easy to connect, share and learn,” the RealPad website proclaims.The tablet, which has a 7.85-inch screen and is based on the Android OS, will sell for $189 starting in mid-October through Walmart’s website.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
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If you need to get some reading done without lugging around a ton of books, today’s deal is for you. Amazon is selling the latest version of the 6-inch Kindle with no ads and the Kindle Paperwhite with ads at $70 and $100 respectively–a discount of $30. Sure, those are their typical sale prices,... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Costs for paid video distribution on Facebook has more than doubled year-over-year. The post Video Briefing: Rising costs on Facebook force publishers to rethink branded video distribution appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roger McNamee was a mentor Mark Zuckerberg and an early investor in Facebook. Now he has written a book about the "Facebook catastrophe." Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TrustX is eliminating its 12.5 percent supply-side fee from within its platform following a three-month trial with Meredith, NBCUniversal, CBS Interactive and Magna Global, a move it hopes will have broader implications for the digital advertising ecosystem.The trade body, which represents 35... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 180-year-old weekly 'The Tablet' now has its archive online. And Gerald Cai of MXRi and SnapLearn has a development project with Oxford University Press. The post Industry Notes: London’s Exact Editions Digitizes ‘The Tablet’; Singapore’s MXRi Signs With OUP appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Digiday's Publishing Summit Europe, publishers discussed growing reader revenue strategies and the changing programmatic landscape. The post ‘We’ve made a huge mistake’: European publishers sound off on subscriptions and tech talent shortages appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
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As vaccine advocates we can change our tone but companies such as Amazon, YouTube and Facebook must stop profiting off human vulnerabilityWhen it comes to providing accurate medical information, social media is a hot mess. Reporting by the Guardian and elsewhere over the last few months has... Continue reading at The Guardian
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In Russia's book market, high bookstore inventory levels and rising paper prices are prompting publishers to consider cutting back on book production in 2019. The post Russian Book Publishers Say Paper Costs, High Inventories, Are Limiting Production appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Founder Kirk Howard has sold Dundurn Press, one of Canada's largest independent trade publishing houses, to a group of technology entrepreneurs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Amazon has recruited a glitzy crew of Hollywood stars for its animated superhero show Invincible, based on the eponymous comic book co-created by The Walking Dead scribe Robert Kirkman. Leading the voice cast is TV's The Walking Dead alum Steven Yuen... Continue reading at Engadget
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The all-seeing Amazon, Google, and Facebook have every incentive to help the national security state undermine privacy, free speech, and democracy. We’ve read this book before. Continue reading at Wired
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Hachette will cover the cost for any employees who are European Union nationals applying for settled and pre-settled status to continue living in the UK after June 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Closing Bath-based publisher Parragon cost owner DC Thomson £41m, according to the Scottish-based company’s annual financial results. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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As 2018 draws to a close, we bid adieu to many products and services in our beloved world of consumer technology. Some were old stalwarts that finally gave way to the passage of time. Others were short-lived trends, or ideas quickly abandoned. Here’s our look at this year’s greats and... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2018-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No one can argue that publishing hasn't gone through monumental changes, which is especially seen over the course of 2018 with the many print publications that shuttered this year, like Glamour, or at the very least drastically reduced their print schedules, like Seventeen. There was also the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook, Google and Apple make the headlines, but there are many inspiring startups to dissipate the sense of techno-dreadA quarter of a century ago, the Canadian author Douglas Coupland published his third novel. Microserfs was the tale of a group of young Microsoft employees who decide to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's plans to topple TV advertising have come to a halt as it shut down key programs that delivered commercials to TV networks and publishers online.Ads are no longer being served to connected TV devices like smart TVs, Apple TV and Roku, the company confirmed. The reason, according to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Voice and artificial intelligence are the most likely candidates to further disrupt the book business, according to the results of a survey of the book trade's most innovative, the FutureBook 40, conducted ahead of FutureBook Live, The Bookseller's publishing conference taking place on 30th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Careful partnering with vendors can make all the difference between a successful or failed technology project. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Where Jeff Bezos goes, other tech billionaires follow. The latest titan to invest in print media is Salesforce founder Marc Benioff who, along with wife Lynne, is buying Time magazine. The pair are using $190 million from their personal fortune to bu... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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