Like many households (but not Laura’s), mine got a surveillance device smart speaker over the holidays. I like using it to play my audiobooks, which…
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4Cast #90: Google Health, Blu-Ray, Gaming, E-Books
Posted in 4cast, Add new tag, Amazon, eBooks, games, Google, Google News, and Reference Extract
This week’s 4cast: 1. Â A Google A Day Keeps the Doctor Away. Google will begin its final phase of global domination, er, I mean personal…
4Cast #89: E-Books, Librarian Tools, Customer Service, More Green
Posted in 4cast, Amazon, blogs, desktop applications, eBooks, Firefox, Google, Internet, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, Photo Tagger, Playlist.io, productivity, screencasting, Second Life, Sitemap Generator, Social Networks, Tweetmeme, Web 2.0, and Xoopit
This week’s 4cast: 1.  E-Books: Point, Counterpoint With recent advancements from Google Books Library Project, Amazon’s Kindle, and others, some are contemplating the future of…
4cast #81: Spectrum Auction, Kindle, Reading, Gaming
Posted in eBooks, games, Google, iPhones, Playlist.io, Social Networks, and wireless
This week’s 4cast: 1. Sold! To the Giant Corporation with Deep Pockets, in the Back. In January, the FCC will auction off the 700-MHz broadcast…
OPLIN 4cast #72
Posted in ALA, Amazon, eBooks, Google, Google Wave, Hunch, newspapers, and Wikipedia
This week’s 4cast: 1. Supply, Demand & Reality A new ALA report titled “Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study” finds that…
OPLIN 4cast #68
Posted in digitization, eBooks, Face.com, Facebook Book Clubs, GIMP, Library 2.0, spam, and YouTube EDU
This week’s 4cast: 1. You Say You Want a Library 2.0 Revolution It’s been a year since Library Journal published an article calling for libraries…
OPLIN 4cast #62
Posted in Aggregator, Cinematic Internet, eBooks, iTunes U, and Photo Tools
This week’s 4cast: 1. iPhone Arrives, People Go Bonkers Last Friday, after months and months of intense hype, Apple finally released the iPhone into the…
OPLIN 4cast #53
Posted in backlinks, desktop applications, DRM, eBooks, Library 2.0, productivity, Security, Sitemap Generator, Songza, techies, Tweetmeme, Valve, Web 2.0, and Wikipedia
This week’s 4cast: 1. Frustration 2.0 Now that this year’s Computers In Libraries conference is over, some attendees may find that the exciting Library 2.0…
OPLIN 4cast #41
Posted in digital movie downloads, digitization, eBooks, Library vs. Internet, Netflix, RA, Second Life, tagging, Touchscreens, and Valve
This week’s 4cast: 1. Check the Tags According to a recent report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, more and more Internet users…
OPLIN 4cast #40
Posted in DRM, eBooks, Google, Google Reader, MyYahoo, Netflix, Netvibes, One Minute Critic, and techies
This week’s 4cast: 1. Are Libraries Part of the DRM Problem? A blogger at Wired recently wrote a post complaining about OverDrive audiobooks, which can…