Social media can bring about benefits for individuals by connecting them to people and interests they may not have discovered otherwise and for businesses by…
The OPLIN 4cast Posts
At the end of 2010, the 4cast took a look at open access to scholarly information. While news on this topic may not be as frequent…
Last week’s revelation that millions of LinkedIn passwords had been stolen was just the latest in a long line of data breach stories. While public…
Memorial Day is behind us and summer lies ahead, and that means the library shelves that usually hold travel guides are probably looking a little…
There are a lot of companies providing services on the Internet that have lately decided they need to make your “web experience” more personal. Yahoo!…
OPLIN 4Cast #283: DRM on a diet
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At the end of last week, there was an interesting development among ebook publishers. The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), which includes several major publishers,…
OPLIN 4Cast #282: Social readers fail?
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Before you start worrying, we’re not talking about people who read together in “social” book clubs; today we’re talking about social reader apps on Facebook.…
In the past 10 days or so, all kinds of interesting things have been happening with big companies and ereaders. You’ve surely heard about Microsoft…
The continuing explosive growth in the amount of data being transmitted to and from mobile devices is causing headaches for wireless carriers. One option for…
OPLIN 4Cast #279: Mobile money
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It’s been more than a year since we took a look at the technologies behind making payments (such as library fines?) from mobile phones. Meanwhile, Near…