Web Journey Complete, FT Switching Off iOS App

The Financial Times is preparing to kill off its iPad and iPhone app for good, signalling its final conversion from executable-app to web-app publishing. The news publisher launched a HTML5 web app and pulled its iOS app off iTunes Store in mid-2011 ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aligning the User Data That Websites and Apps Collect With What Consumers Expect

With the California Consumer Privacy Act now the law, digital media companies are reevaluating their online data collection policies and the procedures Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-04-22 18:30:50 UTC ]
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As brands block coronavirus, streaming app Newsy opens an ad slot free from bad news

Digital publisher develops commercial break that avoids pandemic stories, as industry struggles with skittish advertisers. Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2020-04-17 17:36:26 UTC ]
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Emily Gould’s ‘Perfect Tunes’ follows an aspiring songwriter’s unexpected journey

What promises to be yet another book about 20-something New Yorkers swiftly morphs into a poignant story about motherhood. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-13 12:00:00 UTC ]
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A new app has details on how to support 600 independent bookstores right now.

The plight of independent bookstores during the coronavirus pandemic has brought an outpouring of public support—but, along with it, an often-overwhelming deluge of messaging about whom to support and how. A new app, Save Your Bookstore, is trying to pull more of it together in one place. Save... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-09 16:59:54 UTC ]
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Making the Switch from Little Free Libraries to Little Free Pantries

A number of little free library volunteer stewards -- both registered and unregistered with the Little Free Library organization – have switched from filling the mounted boxes in front of their homes with free books to filling them with household items. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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10 Manga Like DEATH NOTE To Completely Get Yourself Into

The legacy of Death Note is HUGE. People try to write stories like it because it is that iconic. These manga like Death Note have a similar feel. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-04-07 10:39:20 UTC ]
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This app lets you find indie bookstores to support through the coronavirus shutdowns

Save Your Bookstore points you to the best way to get cash to shuttered booksellers near you. As COVID-19 has forced small bookstores to close, many are wondering how they’ll survive—though a surge in support from communities placing online orders is helping. A new app is designed to let you... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2020-04-01 14:00:29 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann formally completes full acquisition of Penguin Random House

Bertelsmann has formally completed the full acquisition of Penguin Random House, following the sale of Pearson's remaining 25% stake for $675m (£530m).  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 12:09:24 UTC ]
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D.C. Bookstore Uses Food Delivery App for Books

Starting this week, Washington D.C.’s Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe is using Postmates, an app largely used for food delivery, to get books in the hands of readers in the D.C. area. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Missing your print edition of Ad Age? Switch to home delivery now

As many of us transition to working from home in this unprecedented situation, we recognize that you may not be receiving your print copy of Ad Age. We would like to offer you the option to redirect your copy of Ad Age to your home so you can continue to enjoy the magazine in print. To change... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2020-03-24 16:45:00 UTC ]
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Alison Steadman and Daisy Edgar-Jones to voice The Switch audiobook

Quercus has announced that actresses Alison Steadman and Daisy Edgar-Jones will voice the audiobook for Beth O’Leary’s second novel, The Switch. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-22 19:29:39 UTC ]
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How new performance trends in JavaScript are driving an ever-faster web [Q&A]

'Write once, run anywhere' was the promise that Sun Microsystems made for Java in the mid '90s. But front-end development trends suggest that it's really JavaScript -- and its fast-evolving libraries and frameworks -- that are executing on that promise today. To learn more about the JavaScript... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2020-03-19 11:48:08 UTC ]
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Pan Mac gets money lesson from FT's Jackson

Pan Macmillan has commissioned Financial Times lead writer Gavin Jackson to write Money in One Lesson: How it Works and Why. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Morris threatened with legal action over Cilka's Journey

Heather Morris, the author of bestselling title The Tattooist of Auschwitz, has been threatened with legal action in the US by the stepson of Cecilia Kovachova around whom her second novel is thought to be based. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 05:51:43 UTC ]
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In his memoir, Will Self takes his penchant for erratic journeys to the extreme

“Will” revisits, in the third person, the “Umbrella” author’s struggles with addiction. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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An ‘app whisperer’ teams up with time travelers in William Gibson’s ‘Agency’

The sequel to “The Peripheral” is full of cultural commentary, plus imagination and suspense. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-16 19:59:44 UTC ]
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A Complete Guide to the Handful of Proper Nouns Anna Wiener Uses in Uncanny Valley

One of the first things you notice about Wiener’s Silicon Valley memoir is her elegant, strategic elision. Continue reading at Slate

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Pinch of Nom: Everyday Light switched on for a third week in the top spot

Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson’s Pinch of Nom: Everyday Light (Bluebird) has maintained its UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a second week running and a third week in total, selling 58,614 copies through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-07 12:47:17 UTC ]
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Indie booksellers invited to complete 2019 Christmas trading survey

Indie bookshops in the UK and Ireland are being urged to complete The Bookseller’s annual Christmas trading survey.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-18 19:51:28 UTC ]
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What Google's focus on web frameworks means for front-end development [Q&A]

If the recent Chrome Dev Summit was evidence of what Google thinks is hot in web development, then frameworks were one of the clear winners. More specifically, client-side frameworks and libraries like Angular, Vue and React, and larger web frameworks like Next.js. We spoke to Tim Neutkens, lead... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2019-12-13 14:35:38 UTC ]
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