Daily Archives: August 16, 2010

Why Android developers are losing money, and it’s not due to piracy | Royal Pingdom

In other words, piracy isn’t the root of the problem, the inability to pay is. via Why Android developers are losing money, and it’s not due to piracy | Royal Pingdom. That is true of many, many things on the … Continue reading

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Why The Music Industry Has No Friends

Click = big Swiped from: A graphic illustration of music industry madness There are book publishers who would like to see schemes as complex as this. Some of them would murder Fair Use in order to obtain it too.

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Reference: Kindle Notes

Q&A on the Kindle’s My Clippings file Web Kindle Tool for Books Purchased from Amazon Two posts I’ll need to refer to when I get my Kindle. And which every Kindle buyer should read right now.

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Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Cholesterol Myth That Could Be Harming Your Health

Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Cholesterol Myth That Could Be Harming Your Health. I don’t like going to or even linking to HuffPo, but this post is both important and correct. Stay the hell away from statins!

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Yet Another Reason To Buy A Kindle

I found this over at The Digital Reader. It’s 28 minutes long but worth watching every minute of it. It compares the Sony Reader Pocket Edition, Kobo Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Amazon Kindle 2. At 11:20 began the … Continue reading

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Is Apple losing it? — Scott McKain Viewpoint

The phone drops calls — but don’t worry, a fix is coming. The phone dials out to people you aren’t trying to call, or your iTunes music will blare when you least expect it — but don’t worry, a fix … Continue reading

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Color eInk Screens: They’ll Sell Dozens!

While Amazon may not want any part of this now, as it waits for a more established and tested technology to emerge before releasing a multicolored Kindle, China-based Hanvon has already taken the bait, promising to release color E Ink … Continue reading

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Digital Inspires Minimal

BBC News – Cult of less: Living out of a hard drive This article begins inching off the rails very quickly and then fully jumps them. The overall subject is one I covered here: It’s Not The Device Or The … Continue reading

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Adobe partners with Typekit to bring legendary typefaces to the web « The Typekit Blog

Adobe and Typekit are teaming up to bring some of the world’s most popular, recognizable, and respected fonts to the web. Starting today, you’ll be able to use classics like Adobe Garamond, News Gothic, Myriad, and Minion plus many more … Continue reading

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Mike Cane Has Left The Tumblr

I was using Tumblr. Then hit all of its annoyances. It’s really not made for real blogging, like this and this and this. It’s really for short stuff. That would be OK, except I kept wanting to do more. But … Continue reading

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