Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Today's Headlines

Kindle Offers Subscription Plan for SciFi Fans
PaidContent
Science fiction is one of the strongest e-book categories and Amazon’s Kindle Store is luring fans with a new offer: A free subscription to the “digest edition” of Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine.

Facebook Buys an E-Book Company
The New York Times
Is Facebook getting into the e-book business?  Yesterday, the company announced that it was buying Push Pop Press, a digital book maker that specializes in interactive books for the Apple iPad and iPhone.

AOL Develops Personalized iPad News Service
AdWeek
Like digital magazine apps Flipboard, Zite, and SkyGrid, the free AOL iPad app Editionss pulls in content from across the Web and presents it in a personalized, streamlined, and easy-to-navigate format. But Editions includes a couple of key differences: It doesn’t provide news in real time—it only delivers one edition a day.

New Tablet Is Actually Designed for Babies
The Atlantic
For just $389 you can get your kid started on the path to digital literacy before they even know how to read.
This month, Vinci, the seven-inch touch-pad tablet displayed above, will go on sale through Amazon, which is already accepting pre-orders.

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