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Apple asks court to block the sale of some RadioShack data – Part of the process for Radio Shack’s bankruptcy is the sale of the company’s assets, which include customer data. Remember when Barnes and Noble acquired all of the Borders customer lists? Well, Apple is now attempting to prevent ... more >
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Twitter at the Crossroads – According to David Auerbach’s article at Slate, Twitter is in big trouble. Not only is it failing to acquire enough users, but earnings are apparently bleak. In the meantime Twitter has acquired TellApart, which is described as “a leading marketing technology company providing retailers and ... more >
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Sony pirated ebooks on hacking – Several site, including Boing Boing, are reporting that copies of two O’Reilly books available in PDF form on Sony’s internal servers, and part of The Hack, are pirated (which is ironic, since they’re books on hacking). The books are availably via Wikileaks, and recently ... more >
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Why I’ve Posted 27,000 Times to One Online Forum – An interesting piece on the way online conversation has shifted from some online forums to others. In this case, a long-time contributor to the movie site Rotten Tomatoes contemplates the way discussion has become less vibrant and intense on the ... more >
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Join the Conversation on Tablet – Although I think this is a disastrous move, I’m really curious to see how Tablet Magazine’s decision to charge its readers to comment will play out. That’s right – for a mere $2 a day, $18 a month, and $180 a year, you can ... more >
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Hachette Tries Selling Books via Twitter – So Hachette is experimenting with new ways to sell books direct to readers, and its collaboration with Gumroad to sell books on Twitter is set to launch this week, beginning with books from Amanda Palmer, Chris Hadfield and The Onion. This is apparently ... more >