Publishing NewsAdobe / algorithm / Facebook / film adaptation / Gamergate / reading / Relationships / timeline / Twitter39 Comments
If you don’t like algorithmic filters, you’re probably not going to like the future of Twitter – So it looks like Twitter is, indeed, starting to model itself a bit more after Facebook, at least with its anticipated move to algorithmically filtered timelines. Ironically, this change seems to privilege intermittent ... more >
Publishing NewsAdobe / crowdsourcing / documentary / DRM / Ebooks / Gamergate / harassment / History / Joan Didion / Misogyny / privacy / racism / slavery17 Comments
Adobe Updates Digital Edition, Stops Sharing User Info With the Internet – Nate Hoffelder reports that Adobe has stopped sending data on the books you’re reading back to Adobe in plain text. Adobe insists that: “Enhanced security for transmitting rights management and licensing validation information. With this latest version of ... more >
Publishing NewsAdobe / Agatha Christie / auctions / DRM / e-readers / Ebooks / grammar / Kobo / Libraries / privacy / security / Tablets / writing7 Comments
Kobo: tablets ‘no longer a focus’ – So Kobo President Michael Tamblyn has confirmed that Kobo is not going to be developing any more tablets, but will focus on the Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura and the new H2O. Without enough “unique content,” according to analyst Douglas McCabe, Kobo is now ... more >
Publishing NewsAdobe / Ebooks / epub / Libraries / Overdrive / privacy / security27 Comments
Adobe’s e-book reader sends your reading logs back to Adobe—in plain text [Updated] – In what has to be one of the very worst moves in Internet history, Adobe Digital Editions 4 now tracks every book you read and send that information IN PLAIN TEXT back to Adobe. That’s right ... more >
Publishing NewsAdobe / Apple / book recommendations / Hello Kitty / iPhone / iWatch / Libraries / Overdrive / Sanrio / smart watch / Smartphone13 Comments
Will Apple unveil the iWatch at the same time as the iPhone 6? – Gigaom picks up on the Re/Code story that claims a September 9th release of the new iWatch, along with the new Apple iPhone models. Gigaom is not so convinced, but it’s an interesting rumor and one ... more >
Publishing NewsAdobe / Australia / Canada / DRM / epub / Kobo / Rakuten / Sony / Sony Reader Store / UK / US26 Comments
Sony abandons North American eBook stores – You have have heard by now (perhaps by email, if you are a Sony Reader Store customer), that Sony is closing down its US and Canadian Reader Stores. However, in other parts of the world, Sony is still in operation, with no immediate ... more >
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