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How Fun, the Publishing industry looks like mimic the mistakes of Music and Movies

Posted on 12/9/2009 by Jonathan Greene

WSJ.com is reporting that both Simon & Schuster and Hachette Book Group are looking to delay the release of e-Books by 4 months following the release of a hardback. “The right place for the e-book is after the hardcover but … Continue reading →

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AT&T’s new mobile rules are BS

Posted on 4/3/2009 by Jonathan Greene

update – AT&T Caved! I’m just catching the news on AT&T’s new TOS which seriously limits the potential for bringing your own mobile capabilities. I think we all get that carriers don’t want to be just a dumb pipe, but … Continue reading →

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Nokia and Skype – With an Open Phone it Won’t Matter

Posted on 2/27/2009 by Jonathan Greene

It was only a matter of time for carriers to make stink about the inclusion of Skype on the N97.  I had first read about the issue via Simon Judge and was surprised it had even take this long to … Continue reading →

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The entertainment business just doesn’t get it

Posted on 2/18/2009 by Jonathan Greene

Let’s face it. It’s easy to acquire video content these days regardless of whether you subscribe to a particular tier from your cable company or even whether you live in the country. Regardless of this the content companies still do … Continue reading →

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Psion is really working hard to keep netbook for themselves

Posted on 2/7/2009 by Jonathan Greene

jkOnTheRun reports on how Google is now honoring Psion’s trademark of Netbook effectively killing the search term for anyone else.  If this pushes further we are likely to see devices currently called netbooks go through a rebranding. What’s strange about … Continue reading →

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