Facebook Needs to Turn Data Trove Into Investor Gold -
We shall see.
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.
The war in search goes international.
A somewhat over-emotional but nonetheless pertinent blog post about Pinterest and copyright. Also worth following the links at the bottom.
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.