News tagged with electronic copy

Apple's own approach to iPad e-books could confuse

(AP) -- Even as Apple's iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 31, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 11

Magazine publishers creating 'iTunes for magazines': reports

US magazine publishers Time Inc., Conde Nast and Hearst are preparing to launch an online newsstand described as an "iTunes for magazines," according to published reports.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Laptops helping governments go paperless, conserve money and resources

Minneapolis metro-area cities are saving both dollars and trees by reducing their paper-shuffling. From utility billings to city council agenda packets, more city staffs are using the Internet and flash drives to share information ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amazon sends Orwell to 'memory hole'

Amazon fended off Saturday accusations of Big Brother-like behavior after it quietly erased two George Orwell books from customers' electronic book readers this week.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 27

'The Sims' return with more personality quirks

(AP) -- Maybe it's neat, childish, lucky, ambitious and insane - just depends on what traits gamers choose for their neighborhood of virtual playthings in "The Sims 3," Electronic Arts and Maxis' popular ...

Technology / Software

created May 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scribd turns page from document sharing to selling

(AP) -- Hoping to do for the written word what iTunes did for music, the online document-sharing service Scribd is opening an Internet store that will offer new sales opportunities for authors and publishers, ...

Technology / Internet

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1