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Making Books for Gadgets

Hugh McGuire | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Literature, Iphone, Publishing, Stanza, Kindle, Ipod, Ereader, Books, Digital, Design, Layout, Text, Ebooks, Reading, Typesetting, Ereaders, Media News
Hugh McGuire

I no longer have to carry a book, because I have 75 of them sitting on my iPod, which I have anyway. The Kindle & Sony Reader both say: carry me the way you used to carry your book.

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Cool iPhone and iPod Apps For Your New Gifts

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Apple, Ipod, iPod Touch Apps, Iphone, iPhone Apps, Business News

Got an Apple (AAPL) iPhone or iPod touch for Christmas? As you've probably heard, a lot of the fun is the App Store, Apple's wildly successful softwar...

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Christmas Morning Google Searches: iPod, iPod, iPod!

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Ipod, Christmas Morning, Itunes, Google Trends, Media News

Monitoring Google Trends on Christmas morning can suggest a lot about the sort of gifts — at least those that require setup — kids across ...

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Innergie: A Smart, Green Hub

Discovery News | Alyssa Danigelis | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Laptop, Energy, Ipod, Green Plug, Electricity, Green News, Phone, Environment, Green Technology, Electronics, Green News

We're getting closer to a truly intelligent electrical-charging system. Tech startup Green Plug announced today that it will be teaming up with power ...

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Detroit Drives to DC and Dr. Deming Invents Japan

Steve Parker | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Pontiac Silver Streak Woodie Wagon, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Class Warfare, Hemi Hybrids, Cars, Infrastructure Repair, Infrastructure, Green Cars, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Hybrid Cars, Daihatsu Naked, Ipod, Subway, Ucla, Detroit Three, Chicago Cubs, Detroit CEOs, W. Edwards Deming, Detroit Automakers, Green Infrastructure, Bullet Trains, US Capitol, Monorail, Jeep, Japan, Mitsubishi Mirage, Light Rail, Tarp, Wall Street Bailout, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, President Obama, Ford, Las Vegas Hilton, Dodge Durango Hybrid, Bob Lutz, Southern California, Credit Markets Tight, Japanese Cars, Robert Nardelli, Electric Cars, Washington, Detroit, Congressional Oversight, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit Bailout, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Gas Electric Hybrids, Daihatsu Charade, Uaw, Gm, Alan Mulally, Electric Car Infrastructure, National Infrastructure, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Mitsubishi Precis, Wall Street, US Marines, Hitachi, Lourdes, Narita, Business News
Steve Parker

We've had enough threats from our sworn enemies -- we don't need them from Detroit executives. These CEOs and their boards of directors must go, whether by car or jet or skateboard, they must go.

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Making Music Green

Cliff Hunt | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green

Read More: CD Packaging, Pop Music, Record Labels, Ipod, Music Industry, Music Promotion, Radio Stations, Cds, Major Labels, Music, Green News
Cliff Hunt

In Canada all four major labels have exclusively switched to digital distribution for promotional releases, preventing the manufacture and shipping of millions of ecologically harmful CDs.

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Trophy Kids in the Workplace: An Interview with Author Ron Alsop

Eric Kuhn | Posted 01.02.2009 | Style

Read More: College Students, Ipod, College, Economy, Generation X, Obama, Millennial Generation, Students, Generation Y, Style News
Eric Kuhn

Author Ron Alsop finds that the iPod symbolizes the Millenials because they "are always connected to at least one, and often multiple technology devices and Internet sites."

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Why Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy Marks The End Of An Era

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Bill Haley, Walt Disney Co, Wal-Mart, Ipod, Nirvana, Billboard Magazine, High School Musical, Lil Wayne, Rock Around the Clock, Chinese Democracy, Elvis Presley, Best Buy, The Beatles, Thriller, Music Industry, AC/DC Black Ice, Heartbreak Hotel, Sgt. Pepper, Guns N' Roses, Marvin Gaye, Nevermind, Soundscan, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Would the Sixties be the sixties without the Beatles? Would teen culture as we know it exist without Elvis? And can any record, no matter how brilliant, have a similar impact today? Somehow, I don't think so.

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40,000 E-Books a Day

Hugh McGuire | Posted 12.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Iphone, Lexcycle, Literature, Ipod, Apple, Kindle, Ereader, Writing, Stanza, Digital, Ebook, Book, Reading, Ebooks, Media News
Hugh McGuire

That's how many e-books are getting downloaded through Stanza, the simple e-book platform for the iPhone/iPod.

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Tolstoy and the iPhone

Hugh McGuire | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Literature, Iphone, Ipod, Publishing, Books, Stanza, Digital, Ebook, Audiobooks, Librivox, Gutenberg, Ereaders, Media News
Hugh McGuire

Reading digital text on a small handheld device is nothing like reading text on a computer (desktop or laptop). A mobile device is much more comfortable, for plenty of reasons.

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iPod Creator Tony Fadell Surprisingly Quits Apple

Silicon Alley Insider | Nicholas Carlson | Posted 12.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Tony Fadell, Possible Steve Jobs Successor, Ipod, Apple, Tony Fadell Quits, iPod Creator, Apple Executives, Business News

Apple SVP Tony Fadell will leave the company and be replaced by former IBM exec Mark Papermaster, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. Apple refused ...

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Obama Campaign Big Winner in Media Revolution

Steve Miller | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Technology, Obama, Campaign, Media, Ipod, Newark Star-Ledger, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, Facebook, Orlando Sentinel, Obama Young People, Gannett, Obama New Technology, Newspaper Industry, Barack Obama, Landline Phones, Obama Youth, New Media, Barack Obama Technology, Newspaper Losses, Election 2008, Home News
Steve Miller

Now on the precipice of possibly winning the presidency, Barack Obama can rightfully say that newer technologies catapulted him into the White House.

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Want to Know the Carbon Emissions for Your Mac?

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Ipod, Apple Iphone, Apple, Climate Change, Environment, Green, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Technology, Global Warming, Carbon Emissions Mac, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Apple has released its 2008 environmental report and here's a handy list I've pulled together from their report on the total greenhouse emissions for each model.

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As the Media Changes, So Does My El Commute

Greg Boose | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Reader, Mark Bazer, Ipod, Tv on the Radio, Nintendo DS, The New Yorker, Dan Savage, Eat Pray Love, Jimmy Greenfield, The Loop, Keith Olbermann, Redeye, Npr, El Train, Brown Line, Ira Glass, Blackberry, Time Out Chicago, This American Life, Podcast, The Believer, Chicago News
Greg Boose

My morning Brown Line commute has evolved over this past year, and it's not only because I'm now getting on at the Francisco stop rather than squeezing on at Southport.

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YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, iPods, Enough!

Judy Muller | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Ipod, John McCain, Culture Wars, Twitter, Economy, Media, Facebook, Barack Obama, Wall Street, Sarah Palin, Financial Crisis, Youtube, News Cycle, Election 2008, Home News
Judy Muller

Ah, for the good old days, before we were immersed in the free-floating anxiety of the nanosecond news cycle that follow us everywhere, telling us that the sky is falling.

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New iPod Nanos, New iTunes, But Investors Yawn It Off

Silicon Alley Insider | Vasanth Sridharan | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Jobs, Apple, Ipod, Nike iPod, New iPod Nano, iTunes Store, Itunes, iPod Nano, Business News

As expected, Apple boss Steve Jobs announced new iPods today, as well as a new version of Apple's iTunes software. * The iPod nano is once again ...

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New iPods Greener, According To Steve Jobs

TreeHugger.com | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Steve Jobs, New iPod Nano, Apple, Ipod, Green News

Our friends at Gizmodo are covering Apple's media event today, and Jason Chen wrote on Gizmodo's Live Coverage Site: "He's now talking about the env...

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Are Apple's Problems Bad to the Core?

Shelly Palmer | Posted 09.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Jobs, Ipod, Steve Jobs Health, Apple, Class Action Suit, Technology, Business News
Shelly Palmer

While Steve Jobs' operation is known for its quality products and devoted fan boys, it seems that the company has compromised quality for growth.

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Schools Give iPods To Freshmen

New York Times | Jonathan D. Glater | Posted 09.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Free Ipod, Ipod, Apple, iPod Touch, Back to School, Business News

Taking a step that professors may view as a bit counterproductive, some universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-capable iPods to studen...

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Life Cycle: E-Wasted

Simran Sethi | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Recycling, Tech, Ipod, Desktop, Dell, E-Waste, Internet Porn, Computers, Environment, Jane Fonda, Email, Iphone, New, Electronic Waste, Green News
Simran Sethi

Be aware, it takes even more energy and resources, pound for pound, to produce a Dell than a Dodge. A computer's energy usage has just begun once it leaves the factory, though.

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An Underrated Green Consideration: Longevity

Collin Dunn | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Porsche, Ipod, Environmentalism, Longevity, Apple, Durable Goods, Green News
Collin Dunn

There are tons of ways to embrace green these days; one of the often overlooked considerations is the longevity of our stuff. "Going green" or "being ...

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Goodnight, CDs, Goodnight: the Return of Vinyl

Marissa Moss | Posted 08.01.2008 | Media

Read More: mp3, Ipod, Cd, Music Business, Vinyl, Entertainment News, Merge Records, Insound, Vinyl Is Back, Lp, Sub Pop, Music Sales, Music, Ep, Media News
Marissa Moss

The once antiquated method of listening to music has been making a welcome comeback among both young and old music fans, especially in the indie-music realm. So why now?

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Brokaw Asks Bill Gates: Do You Have An iPod? (VIDEO)

MSNBC | Posted 08.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft, Bill Gates, Bill Gates Retirement, Ipod, Tom Brokaw, Bill Gates Retires, Video, Bill Gates Last Day, Billionaires, Business News

As Bill Gates retires from his day-to-day work at Microsoft, he talks to Tom Brokaw about his career, his famous temper, computer games and kids and.....

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Consumer Demand is the Answer

Brian Keane | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Ipod, Tax Policy 2008 Presidential Campaign, Blueprint for a Green Economy, Green Economy, Green Economics, Clean Energy Production Tax Credits, Green Products, Consumer Demand, Green News
Brian Keane

We should insist that our politicians help create a business climate in which an alternative energy industry will flourish by renewing the clean energy production tax credits.

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Aloha, Mr. Hand

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Ipod, Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death, Myspace, The Dumbest Generation, E.D. Hirsch, Tweens, Facebook, Robert Lowell, Teenagers, The Digital Age, Internet, Youtube, American Youth, Mark Bauerlein, Democraticization, Allan Bloom, Harry Potter, Google, Media News
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

For all his reliance on social science research, in The Dumbest Generation Mark Bauerlein doesn't present any evidence to justify his assertion that this generation is the dumbest in American history.

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