News tagged with digital versions

Google's Punchd wants to replace loyalty cards with an app

Over the years, Google has changed the way we search online and the way many businesses advertise online. With Android, the company has built the most popular smartphone operating system in the world. And now the tech giant ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wikipedia founder: Public needs online references

(AP) -- The man who helped create the online reference Wikipedia said Tuesday that the end of Encyclopaedia Britannica's print run shows the world's growing reliance on the Internet as a base for knowledge.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Last entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica book form

Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years, someone among the editing minions of free ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Wal-Mart to bridge online gap with disc-to-digital

(AP) -- Wal-Mart pledged to help introduce Hollywood's emerging online movie locker system to its customers, many of whom have never owned anything digital in their lives.

Technology / Business

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Newspaper website visits up despite paywalls: NAA

Traffic to US newspaper websites rose over the past year despite the introduction of paywalls by a number of outlets, the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New York Times adds 43,000 digital subscribers

The New York Times added more than 40,000 digital subscribers in the third quarter but advertising revenue continued to slide.

Technology / Business

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Newspapers to disappear by 2040: UN agency chief

Newspapers will disappear and be replaced by digital versions by 2040, the UN intellectual property agency's chief said in an interview published on Monday.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virgin Media to launch Spotify service for subscribers

Virgin Media said on Wednesday it had agreed a deal with Sweden's Spotify to offer music streaming services for the British company's television, mobile phone and Internet subscribers.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kindle lightens textbook load, but flaws remain

(AP) -- It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Publisher warms to Scribd store

(AP) -- The publisher of Stephen King and Chelsea Handler will be selling books through Scribd, the online document-sharing service that the industry has criticized for enabling the downloading of pirated ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0