Digital Afterlife
It may be slightly unpleasant to think about, but: Who will be your digital executor? http://j.mp/1tI8S6
The CIA invests in social media monitoring service Visible Technologies via In-Q-Tel; http://j.mp/ztvce
SEL: How to use Google Sidewiki for maximum SEM benefit; http://j.mp/2s1Pdt
The New York Times plans to eliminate 100 newsroom jobs, about 8 percent of the total; http://j.mp/3aVGuY
Open Internet Coalition to FCC: An open Internet fuels a competitive and efficient marketplace; http://j.mp/3GwrmB
Technorati starts releasing its State of the Blogosphere 2009 report: Who Are the Bloggers? http://j.mp/3edQ1t
Plastic Logic offers more insights on its Que eReader: for businesspeople, by businesspeople; http://j.mp/1mWsIl
Koller, Raiffeisenlagerhaus St. Pölten: Ich bin mit Gartentechnik.com sehr zufrieden; http://j.mp/2RwYUO
Items ordered at Amazon.com before 10am/1pm will be delivered intraday (!) in 7 cities of the USA; http://j.mp/YvG9F
Google plans to launch an online store to deliver eBooks to any Web browser: Google Editions; http://j.mp/3uzQJu
Yahoo/Reuters: “The Web search giant said on Thursday it would launch Google Editions in the first half of next year, initially offering about half a million e-books in partnership with publishers with whom it already cooperates, where they have digital rights. – Readers will be able to buy e-books either from Google directly or from other online stores such as Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble.com. Google will host the e-books and make them searchable.”
TC: “No wonder Jeff Bezos is trying to block Google’s book settlement. Google wants to loosen his grip on the digital book industry through his Amazon-only Kindle. … If Google can turn any browser into a digital book reader and it can offer as good a catalog as Amazon can on the Kindle, then that is one less reason to buy a Kindle.”
SEL: “Google will share e-book revenue with publishers and, if the e-book is bought somewhere other than Google’s store, with the retailer that sells it. When Google sells the e-book directly, publishers will get 63% of revenue and Google will keep the rest. When a third-party retailer sells the e-book, the publisher will get 45%, and the retailer will get ‘most of the remaining 55%,’ Google said.”
Mashable: “To the consumer, Google’s entry into the electronic books market is most certainly a good thing. It means more customer choice, more widespread support for eBook open standards, and better access to the books they buy online. You’ll be able to use your Gmail login to access your Google eBook ‘library’ from almost any device, whether it be desktop, laptop, netbook, phone, or anything else able to access the web.”