How to Budget Megabytes Becomes More Urgent for Users

The increasing demand for data will be costing consumers more money, but will they know how much and when?

Magazine Group Offers Guidelines for Tablets

Actually picked this up from TabTimes. It’s the tip of the iceberg really. Publishers need not only a common vocabulary, but common specs, in order to develop multiplatform advertising.

Are Apps The Future of Book Publishing?

Sales trends point to an exodus from paper.

For magazine and newspaper publishers, Apple's Newsstand is a sure bet

There are some numbers missing here, like revenue, but overall it’s encouraging.

For Creators of Video Games, a Faint Line on Cloning

Another example of intellectual property theft, this time in the world of games. Where does one draw the line between inspiration and copying?

New iPad: How Apple's tablet strategy parallels its unbeatable iPod success.

It’s not a phone. It’s not a computer. It’s an iPod.

As New iPad Debut Nears, Some See Decline of PCs

Contains useful stats on the rise of tablets over traditional PC’s.

Days Are Numbered for Unlimited Mobile Data Plans

The costs of mass internet access are going to be a pivotal factor in developing mobile publication circulation, and hence advertising sales. So the mobile world hinges on this calculation.

Not pining for pinning.

A somewhat over-emotional but nonetheless pertinent blog post about Pinterest and copyright. Also worth following the links at the bottom.

The First Google Maps War

The war in search goes international.

Opt-Out Provision Would Halt Some, but Not All, Web Tracking

Though only mentioned briefly, the publishing industry is *directly* affected by what happens in privacy.

For Facebook, Risk and Riches in User Data

Defines the problem for every business in the online sphere.

Pinterest addresses copyright issues with opt-out option

More on the death of copyright. Well, that’s not what they said, but it is what it is.

New Facebook Policy on Made-Up Names Lets Gaga Be Gaga

Celebrity has its privileges as social media companies compete.