1. End of MS Book Search It’s all up to Google now…or is it? Why killing Live Book Search is good for the future of…
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OPLIN 4cast #55
Posted in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Apple, Boxee, BPL, cellphones, Free, grants, and wireless
This week’s 4cast: 1. The Landline is Dead; Long Live the Cellphone More and more people, especially the younger set, are ditching their telephone landlines…
OPLIN 4cast Podcast #15: 3GSM World Congress
Posted in 4pod, AbeBooks, CDC, cellphones, GDrive, Google Preferred Sites, and wireless
Last week the 3GSM World Congress took place in Barcelona, Spain. 3GSM is a mobile communications trade conference where mobile industry leaders gathe to discuss…
OPLIN 4cast #32
Posted in AbeBooks, Award for Innovation, blogs, cellphones, Drupal, Facesaerch, Kindle, OPLIN, podcasting, Shelfari, Valve, W3C, and Web 2.0
This week’s 4cast: 1.OPLIN Award for Innovation: Castr (Westerville Public Library) Although podcasting and videocasting are becoming more popular, many libraries are still struggling to…
OPLIN 4cast #26
Posted in Ask Mobile Search, cellphones, Google Gadgets, Internet, library funding, and OPAC
This week’s 4cast: 1. Libraries Are Both Vital & Vulnerable A recent Florida State University report (funded by ALA and the Gates Foundation) finds that…
OPLIN 4cast #25
Posted in Award for Innovation, cellphones, Google, instant messaging, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, privacy, and YouTube
This week’s 4cast: 1. OPLIN Award for Innovation: Text Message Notification (Cuyahoga County Public Library) From 2001 to 2005, OPLIN gave an annual Award for…
OPLIN 4cast #24
Posted in cellphones, copyright, desktop applications, DRM, eBooks, Microsoft, and productivity
This week’s 4cast: 1. British Library Warns of Emerging Copyright Crisis The DRM and copyright battles are heating up on both sides of the Atlantic.…
OPLIN 4cast #8
Posted in blogs, cellphones, digitization, and net neutrality
This week’s 4cast: 1. The War Over Neutrality Network neutrality has emerged as one of the hottest political battles of the year, with intense disagreement…