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Amazon today announced that the Kindle iPhone app supports purchasing of Kindle e-books. This should bring a compelling e-book offering to the more than 35 million iPhone and iPod touches already in the marketplace. In one simple update, the market for ebooks just got a whole lot bigger. I’ve seen a lot of sites discussing [...]
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How meta can you get? The New York Times is reporting that big-screen e-readers are coming to the aid of beleaguered newspaper and print publications and that Amazon will be the first to the party, as early as this week: An Amazon spokesman would not comment, but some news organizations, including The New York Times, [...]
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I once heard Tori Amos on the radio show “Rockline” describing where she found inspiration for her songs. She was sitting at a piano and said she found it everywhere. Using the example of hearing a bus on a busty street, she improvized a piano drone and started layering different melodies on top and describing [...]
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I had a fascinating literature course in college which really turned me on to the notion that cities are living and breathing organisms – at least they are up until they die. The inherent challenges of urban design, architecture, and changing patterns of social migration and technology had never really occurred to me. Now, I’m [...]
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A new design documentary from Gary Hustwit is coming to SxSW this year in March. Hustwit also directed the acclaimed “Helvetica,” which recently made its way to NBC and seems to reside just below my shipping DVDs on Netflix all the time. This trailer features the dulcet tones of Jony Ive (amongst others) to start [...]
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Well, not a huge shocker but it appears that Oprah’s “favoritest ever” and “life-changing” gadget being teased on Amazon’s homepage and on the Oprah site is indeed (drumroll please) the Kindle. I believe I’ve endorsed this product on this site here as well but I’m not quite as powerful or well-followed as Oprah, so… now [...]
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I love the terms this man uses to predict the internet from 1934. Quaint but far ahead of its time. [via The Speculist]
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Some of the folks at Amazon.com have been working on a new, multi-sensory, multi-media shopping experience. It’s called Windowshop and I think it’s pretty intriguing and led me to several products I probably wouldn’t have found otherwise. Give it a look-see and let me know what you think!
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…but if this Gizmodo article proves true that Apple will iPhone will allow iPhone tethering to the Macbook Air, then I called it in January. I want, I want. Papa needs a better MacBook Air!
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This video shows the process of getting Feedbooks up and running on your Kindle. With Feedbooks, your Kindle can use its wireless connection to download any of thousands of public domain books, for FREE! I just downloaded “War and Peace” in about 10 seconds. Awesome. Kindle Guide FB from zeta on Vimeo.
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