Cory Doctorow, Joel Johnson, you’re both wrong when it comes to the iPad. I’m probably wrong, too. But that’s never stopped me from pointing out errors when I sees ‘em. First up: C-Doc, I love you and your can-do spirit, but Joel is right. A lot of people want something that just works. The trick [...]
As the race to be be ebook format of choice hots up, Penguin is making some bold, experimental bets. These first-look demos of forthcoming books from iPad’s iBook Store, presented by Penguin Books’ CEO John Makinson in London on Tuesday, give an idea how publishers might approach Apple’s tablet… “The iPad represents the first real [...]
Sony Music delivered what some consider a knockout blow to CDs, announcingrecently that on May 1, it will cease sending promo CDs to critics and journalists, and instead only provide them with digital previews. Sony is the second-largest music company in the world, and the first major label to do digital-only promotions–hopefully it’s not the last. [...]
Om Malik, writing at Gigaom, has declared MySpace to be dead. E’s kicked the bucket, ‘e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE!!”
Holman W. Jenkins Jr. Opines in Today’s WSJ that “Apple may be succumbing to the seductive temptations of “network effects,” in which the all-consuming goal becomes getting its mobile devices into more and more hands simply for the purpose of locking more and more users into iTunes”. Jenkins’ main thesis is that Apple has moved [...]
In today’s mobile web, you need to be nimble and keep innovation a top priority. Rupert Murdoch just doesn’t get it.
After centuries of cutting down forests to make newspapers, we can see the end of road for the newspaper. Will it be able to evolve? Can MingleVerse help it? Why personal branding is so important to journalists.
JD Salinger, the legendary novelist, reluctant voice of a generation, and notorious recluse, died yesterday. As is the norm nowadays, Salinger became a Trending Topic on Twitter. There are currently 243 Facebook groups and 25 pages devoted to him. The NYTimes comment section connected to the article on his death has over 200 comments. Personally, [...]
