science

Friday News: Google giveth and it taketh away; Also, woman love science as much as news media likes to say the words Mommy Porn

Google quietly pulls plug on Frommer’s print travel guidebooks – Google launched a new product called Keep earlier. It’s supposed to be a competitor to the popular free web and app program called Evernote. Evernote is like a trapperkeeper (everyone who went to school in the 80s will get this reference) or a post it(…)

Monday News: Amazon losing billions on video streaming; Your genes determine whether you are a night owl

Monday News: Amazon losing billions on video streaming; Your genes determine whether you are a night owl

Amazon Stops Testing $7.99 Monthly Option for Prime – About two weeks ago, Amazon announced you could join Amazon Prime on a monthly basis for $7.99.  As of November 16, 2012, Amazon has discontinued this service saying that it was just a test and the test is now done. There is something more afoot there(…)

Thursday News: More About Mars; Ebooks are for genre readers; Print books are for the literary fiction readers or so says David Hewson

Thursday News: More About Mars; Ebooks are for genre readers; Print books are for the literary fiction readers or so says David Hewson

I feel for you Hitler, I really do. That said, my little index finger will be hovering over the buy button on the 12th. Ebooks: is it a genre thing? Definitely… – “But I do suspect that ebooks and the nature of ereading are changing the nature of popular narrative. Anything complex and lengthy – even(…)

Friday News: Pretending to fall in love leads to actually falling love; Amazon hosts contest for Kindle Fires

Friday News: Pretending to fall in love leads to actually falling love; Amazon hosts contest for Kindle Fires

Win One of Ten Kindle Fires – Enter by July 23 for a chance to win one of 10 Kindle Fire devices, each accompanied by a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card. Use the Gift Card to load up your Kindle with the year’s best books, or choose from millions of other items at Amazon.com. We’ll randomly(…)