Barnes & Noble released its new e-reader, the $119 Nook GlowLight, Wednesday. It's in stores and for sale on BN.com now. The biggest difference between it and the Kindle Paperwhite is that the GlowLight has 4 GB of storage instead of 2 GB.
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Twitter launched a new feature that adds images and video previews to a user's timeline automatically, a move that is clearly designed to appeal to advertisers -- but will it wind up irritating more users than it attracts?
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A study of 18 non-profit news organizations done by the Knight Foundation shows that success in the non-profit sector involves many of the same strategies that for-profit media outlets should also be pursuing
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Cook's Illustrated fans, rejoice: America's Test Kitchen is now bundling access to all three of its websites -- and unifying search across them -- for $69.95 per year.
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Amazon officially rolled out Kindle MatchBook on Tuesday. The program lets publishers and authors bundle print book purchases with discounted ebook editions.
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In an op-ed piece in the New York Times, an author complained about repeatedly being asked to write for free, but what he finds so insulting is something many others see as an opportunity -- and it is not going away any time soon
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Showtime hit Dexter, which recently wrapped its eighth and final season, is coming to Netflix Watch Instantly. The first four seasons of the show will be available October 1; seasons five through eight will start streaming January 1, 2014.
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Is objectivity in journalism an outdated concept that has been replaced by transparency and disclosure, or is that a recipe for unbalanced coverage? Glenn Greenwald and the NYT's Bill Keller debated that question
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After an uproar broke out in the U.K. over self-published rape and incest porn for sale on ebook sites, Kobo removed self-published titles from its U.K. site for two weeks while it reviewed them. Now the company has explained its policy going forward.
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People retweet lies and errors on Twitter all the time. Are there special cases where they should be punished for doing so? That's what happened in the UK, raising questions again about how to regulate speech on not just Twitter, but other sites where you can slander with a single click.
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The debate over whether journalists need to code is a lot like the argument over whether bloggers are journalists -- a sign of how quickly the field is being disrupted, and of how much we still have left to learn
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Amazon Publishing's head honcho in New York, Larry Kirshbaum, plans to leave the company next year. The company is also reportedly scaling back its publishing presence here, something it denies. But it's undeniable that Amazon's original plan to publish traditional fiction and nonfiction like a major East Coast publisher has not gone as planned.
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Streaming video service Wuaki.tv, which launched in the U.K. this summer, has partnered with Panasonic to make its app available on Viera smart TVs. The company says it expects smart TVs to be the largest viewing platform for its content.
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On this week's Gigaom Show we talk about Facebook facing a problem with its content, Netflix transforming TV and the importance of good design.
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Wednesday 30 October 2013
Barnes & Noble releases updated e-reader, $119 Nook GlowLight. Biggest change: More storage
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