Once again, we’re hearing news about how tablet computers, specifically Apple’s iPad, are going to change the way newspapers and magazines are published, except this…
OPLIN 4Cast #196: Tablet periodicals
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Once again, we’re hearing news about how tablet computers, specifically Apple’s iPad, are going to change the way newspapers and magazines are published, except this…
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It was hard to avoid the news last week about Google’s new “Instant” search, but in this 4cast we’re still offering a couple of links…
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Picture this: You go into a library and point your smartphone in the general direction of the shelves. Through “augmented reality” technology, labels appear on…
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According to the rumor mill, Blockbuster video is set to declare bankruptcy sometime in September. Some video-industry commentators are wondering if this is not just…
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Last week, Wired magazine ran a pair of articles by Chris Anderson (who wrote The Long Tail) and well-known journalist Michael Wolff under the heading…
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Now that OPLIN has announced our new Short Message Service (SMS) system for sending library notices as cellphone messages, this might be a good time…
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As of Monday, Dorchester Publishing, which claims to be the oldest independent mass market publisher in America and is known as a romance publisher, switched…
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You probably saw last week’s news about Facebook Questions, but you might have missed the news that Ask.com also decided last week to quit competing…
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Last week, Flipboard, “your personalized social magazine,” made a big splash in the Internet world, generating so much interest that their servers crashed on the…
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Amazon announced yesterday that it sold more Kindle books than hardback books over the last three months. While the format of the book may be…