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Digital Exists, But What's The Real Game Changer?

FutureBook | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Book Publishing, Publishing, Waste Land App, eBook Publishing, Futurebook Innovation Workshop, Digital Publishing, Ebooks, Publishing Game Changer, Books News

It was after the FutureBook Innovation Workshop a few weeks ago that The Bookseller cornered me in the pub....

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CAUGHT: PR Firm Facebook Hired To Smear Google Scrubs Negative Posts

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 07.14.2011

Read More: Google, Wired Magazine, Google Privacy, Facebook Privacy, Social Media, Video, Facebook, Burson-Marsteller, Privacy, Wired, Facebook Google, Google Facebook, Technology News

Burson-Marsteller, the public relations firm that Facebook hired to spread bad press about Google to media organizations, was caught yesterday deletin...

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Jason Linkins

The Government's Case Against Julian Assange Is Falling Apart

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Wired Magazine, Adrian Lamo, Glenn Greenwald, Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, Marcy Wheeler, Jane Hamsher, World News

The more you shine sunlight on this matter, the more the case that Assange induced Pfc. Bradley Manning to provide WikiLeaks with classified information, or otherwise assisted in the procurement of same, falls apart.

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Reflecting on 2011 -- The Year Online Organizers Got Real

Joe Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foursquare, meetup.com, Wired Magazine, Twitter, Reflection, Wiserearth, Santa Barbara Oil Spill, Oxfam, Facebook, 2011, change.org, Darfur, Howard, Zinn, Apis, Climate Change, Youtube, Jumo, iPhone Apps, Technology News
Joe Solomon

Let's imagine for a moment, that right now we're not nearing the end of 2010. Instead, we're wrapping up 2011 -- the year online organizers shot for the stars.

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Wired Breasts Cover Sparks Controversy

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Chris Anderson, Wired Breasts Cover, Magazines, Media News

The latest issue of Wired magazine is sparking heated controversy because of its cover, which show a woman's breasts -- and nothing else. The brea...

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Everybody Can Get the New Yorker iPad App for Free

Luca Sofri | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, New Yorker, iPad Apps, Ipad, Condé Nast, Media News
Luca Sofri

If traditional media want to find a new life (and new money) on the iPad, they better be more careful about security: Many newspaper apps can be fooled, making it easy to get free issues readers are supposed to pay for.

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Wired Magazine: Bored With the Web

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, The Long Tail, The Drift, Online Advertising, Internet Advertising, Digirants, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

The notion of replacing idle drifting on the Web with the more fulfilling experience of applications such as Facebook is a disconnect, unless you're a relentless new media drifter.

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'Only Natural' To Be Sexually Attracted To Yourself, Family: University Of Illinois Study

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Illinois, Wired Magazine, R. Chris Fraley, 60 Minutes, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, The Midwest, Genetic Sexual Attraction, Freud, John and Jenny Deaves, College News

Freud had it right all along. According to psychologist R. Chris Fraley of the University of Illinois, biological science supports one's attraction to...

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Can Borders And Kobo eReader Kill Amazon And The Kindle?

CrunchGear | John Biggs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Apple, Kindle, Ereader, Barnes and Noble, Kindle Killer, Borders, Ebook, Ipad, Amazon, eBook Apps, Books News

Borders just announced that they're selling the Kobo eReader, an $149 ebook touted, by Wired, no less, as a Kindle killer. This device isn't formally ...

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The Biggest iPad Problem: Publishers

Kirk Cheyfitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Story Worldwide, Gq, Marvel Comics, Book Publishing, Apple, Disney, Ipad, Kirk Cheyfitz, Magazines, Media News
Kirk Cheyfitz

There's been much crowing about how the iPad will save books and magazines, but the content we've seen so far won't save anything because it fails to re-imagine books and magazines for iPad-like devices.

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National Magazine Awards 2010: Glamour, New York Mag Win Big

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The New Yorker, New Yorker, Wired Magazine, National Geographic, Glamour, New York Magazine, National Magazine Award Winners, National Magazine Awards, Slidepollajax, National Magazine Awards 2010, Ellies, Wired, Glamour Magazine, Ellies 2010, Media News

The National Magazine Awards -- also known as the Ellies, for the elephant-shaped trophy the winners receive -- were held Thursday night in New York. ...

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Chris Anderson: Tablets to Reach Advertising Rate Parity With Print Publications (video)

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Adtech, Apple Tablet, Advertising, Tablet, Tables Computer, Technology News
Andy Plesser

Tablet computers could wind up being a big boon to publishers, says Anderson, the editor-in-chief of WIRED.

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Government 2.0: Getting Naked is Harder Than It Seems

Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Wired Magazine, Transparency, Sunlight Foundation, Technology, Government 2.0, Technology News
Christina Gagnier

The magazine stand at a grocery store can be an amazing gift at times for gauging public opinion, political controversies, business practices and shif...

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Digital Literacy -- Not Just For Kids Anymore!

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Google, Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Juliette Powell, Skype, Seth Sternberg, Meebo, Social Media Week NY, Facebook, Digital Literacy, Technology News
Juliette Powell

What happens when only a small portion of online users is actually digitally literate? Will we be divided into two classes, those with access to timely critical information and those without?

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Can A Health Scare Be A Good Thing For Your Health?

Thomas Goetz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Health, Thomas Goetz, Health Care Reform, Health Tips, Health Care Crisis, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Health Care, Decision Tree, Wellness, Healthy Living News
Thomas Goetz

What does the doctor need to say to trigger you to do those things that you probably already know you should do? What sort of information would compel you to take action?

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The Science Of Sleep: 5 Tech Tools To Track And Improve Your Sleep

Thomas Goetz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sleep Challenge 2010, Wired Magazine, Arianna Huffington, Polysomnography, Thomas Goetz, Insomnia, Rem, Technology, Fatigue, Cindi Leive, Sleep Disorders, Exhaustion, Sleep, Healthy Living News
Thomas Goetz

In the past year or so, a handful of new devices have come on the market that promise to help you measure your sleep quality. This is the result of two trends: sleep research and better tools.

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A Decade Of Questioning Harm And The Autism-Vaccine Connection

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Living With Autism, Cdc, Measles, Swine Flu Vaccine, President Obama, Thoughful House, Mercury Poisoning, Mumps, Mmr, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Thimerosal, Autism, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Liz Birt, Defeat Autism Now, H1n1, Autism Thimerosal, Swine Flu, MMR Vaccination, David Kirby, Asperger's Syndrome, Sharryl Atkisson, Mmr-Shot, Mainstream Media, Wired Magazine, Hepatitis-B-Vaccine, Cnn, Ethyl-Mercury, Mercury, H1N1 Vaccine, Amy Wallace, Rubella, Autism Vaccines, White House Press Corps, Video, Healthy Living News
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

For over a decade, I've relentlessly searched for answers to the connections I believe exist between my son's autism and vaccines he received.

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Conde Nast To Publish Digital Version Of Wired For Apple Tablet

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here's yet another content creator convinced that Apple has a tablet device in the works: Condé Nast says it will have a digital version of Wired mag...

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3 Ways To Take Control Of Your Health Today

Thomas Goetz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Public Health, Patient Advocacy, Health Care, Exercise, Health, Thomas Goetz, Obesity, Diet, Wired Magazine, Wellness, Healthy Living News
Thomas Goetz

Why don't we do what we know is good for us? Part of what may be going on here is that we lack a sense of agency in our health - we don't feel like we're actually in control, or that our engagement will matter.

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Dr. Paul Offit: Pope Of The Church Of The Immaculate Vaccination

Kim Stagliano | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Amy Wallace, Autism, Vaccines, Dr. Paul Offit, Health, Healthy Living News
Kim Stagliano

Wired, "The magazine of the digital future" writing about vaccination? The only digit here is Dr. Offit waving his middle finger at the vaccine safety community.

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Welcome To The Era Of Personalized Medicine

Thomas Goetz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Thomas Goetz

Personalized medicine is an idea that someday we will all enjoy customized medical care that keeps us healthier. In the meantime, we're stuck with cookie-cutter predictions and trial-and-error treatments.

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Free and The Search for Economic Innovation

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

As we look at life after the financial crisis, we need to turn traditional thinking on its head. Picking up a copy of Chris Anderson's Free is a good place to start.

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Wired Editor Plagiarized Wikipedia In New Book

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikipedia, Plagiarism, Wired Magazine, Chris Anderson, Wired, Media News

NEW YORK — The author of a new book about the wisdom of free products on the Web has acknowledged taking some liberties in his own work. Chris ...

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Could Great Magazines Publish Less Original Material?

Julia Cheiffetz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Distraction, Mark Twain, Madoff, Wired, Gourmet Magazine, Wired Magazine, Magazines, Harpers Magazine, Vogue Magazine, Media News
Julia Cheiffetz

During this moment of transition when budgets for long form journalism seem scarcer by the day, maybe looking to the classics or the public domain is one tiny way to keep our collective attention span in tact.

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Wired Magazine Struggling Despite Editorial -- And Editor's -- Success

New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Anderson, Conde Nast, Wired Magazine, Wired, Magazines, Media News

The magazine has lost 50 percent of its ad pages so far this year, ranking among the worst off of the more than 150 monthly magazines measured by Medi...

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