Category Archives: Daily Links

Daily Links and Deals: Genius Web Annotator vs. One Young Woman With a Blog

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daily_links_1Today’s stories include a change to Google photos, questions on the future of librarian careers in the UK, a conversation about web annotation and  more. Today’s deals include $2 ebooks and savings on APC products and pre-owned Fire Tablets.

Daily Links for Tuesday, March 29, 2016:

Google Photos no longer creates copy of edited images, replaces original picture on device and cloud (9 to 5 Google) Since I have to go back and re-edit images all the time, I don’t like the idea of this. You?

Facebook’s erroneous “safety check” accidentally became a breaking news alert (Quartz) And the minute Facebook realizes this, everyone is doomed. PS: It may have already happened….

Libraries: The decline of a profession? (BBC) With library closures and jobs disappearing, this is a rough time to be a librarian in the UK.

Genius Web Annotator vs. One Young Woman With a Blog (The Observer) Thought-provoking article about web annotation and how it fits into the larger conversation about what constitutes good manners and adult conversation on the internet.

AnkerBox launches charging-as-a-service (Techcrunch) I think this idea is brilliant!

7 Chrome shortcuts you should start using right away (CNET) I am going to print this out to use as a cheat sheet.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes books 1-4 of the Tucker Series for $1.99 each. There are just a couple of days left in Amazon’s Monthly 50 Kindle Books for $2 each deals.

In Today’s Deals, Amazon is offering discounts on select APC products, including UPCs, surge strips, power packs and more. There are also deals on PNY flash drives and a selection of pre-owned Fire tablets.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Walk on Earth a Stranger (Gold Seer Trilogy Series #1) by Rae Carson for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is From Scratch by Rachel Goodman for $1.99.

Barnes and Noble is still running several promotions” First, you can take 50% or more off teen bestseller Nook books. They are also running a special where you can get a NOOK Bundle Offer: 10″ NOOK Device, Free Screen Film and Free Cover of Your Choice- a $330+ Value for Just $199.99. And finally, you can take 25% off all Nook Accessories.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Master (The Game Maker Series) by Kresley Cole for $1.99.

Kobo also has a Great Reads For $1.99 or Less promotion going on.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Rock with Wings by Anne Hillerman for 99 cents.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter, Facebook, and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links and Deals: #BOOKNERDPROBLEMS: Wanting to read books that don’t exist

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daily_links_1In today’s stories, we talk about #booknerdproblems, mysterious library returns , aspect ratios, copyright and more. In today’s deals, we have Anker and Microsoft computer and electronic accessories.

Daily Links for Monday, March 28, 2016:

A lost 120-year-old newspaper collection is mysteriously returned to a D.C. library (Washington Post)  A piece of history is anonymously returned to the library.

It is illegal to screenshot and share Snapchat snaps without permission, Government minister says (The Independent) Um…Why copyright and not privacy?

Widescreen, letterbox and black bars: How to wrangle TV aspect ratios (CNET) Understand the various TV aspect ratios and how to deal with them.

People are paying to remove sex, violence, and Jar Jar Binks from movies (Quartz) Yet another censorship service crops up. Is this copyright versus the right to sanitize.

#BOOKNERDPROBLEMS: Wanting to read books that don’t exist (Overdrive) I can so relate. I have bought books written by fictional characters like the Nikki Heat series written by TV character Richard Castle….

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell for $1.99.

In Today’s Deals, savings on Anker devices and accessories, including chargers, bluetooth speakers and cables. You can also save up to 70% off select Microsoft computer accessories, including headsets, keyboard/mouse bundles and web cams.

Have an old Kindle to trade in? Amazon is having another trade-in promotion for both working and non-working Kindles. You can get between $5 and $50 for your old device plus a $20 bonus coupon good towards the purchase of a new Kindle. The details are here.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Apartment 3B: A Novel by Patricia Scanlan for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is Roses by Leila Meacham for $1.99.

Barnes and Noble is still running several promotions” First, you can take 50% or more off teen bestseller Nook books. They are also running a special where you can get a NOOK Bundle Offer: 10″ NOOK Device, Free Screen Film and Free Cover of Your Choice- a $330+ Value for Just $199.99. And finally, you can take 25% off all Nook Accessories.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Secret Daughter of the Tsar by Jennifer Laam for $2.99.

Kobo has a Great Reads For $1.99 or Less promotion going on right now. Also ongoing is is the Supersale, offering up to 80% off and  5X Super Points on all purchases. And, continuing through March 28, Kobo is still featuring  bestsellling memoirs for $2.99 and under.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes The Blind Man of Seville by Robert Wilson for $2.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter, Facebook, and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links and Deals: E-books are more than just digital facsimiles, and publishers need to realize that, pronto

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daily_links_1In today’s links, we have news on the potential of ebooks, DVD screeners, burner cell phones and much more.  Today’s book deals include series starters in SF and romance and a Kobo Supersale.

Daily Links for Sunday, March 27, 2016:

Original DVD screeners widely available on eBay   (Torrent Freak) All the MPAA’s piracy measures are facing an overwhelming tide of opposition.

E-books are more than just digital facsimiles, and publishers need to realize that, pronto (Techcrunch) Are publishers taking full advantage of what the ebook format has to offer?

A new bill seeks to kill anonymous ‘burner’ phones by requiring registration (The Next Web) Obviously, the persona who sponsored this bill has never heard or stalkers or domestic abuse. There are legitimate reasons to want a burner phone.

Advertising’s hottest surveillance software is surprisingly legal (Engadget)  This is so creepy….

The 50-year digital relationship (Techcrunch) No, the Internet is not going away. It’s really too much a part of our lives at this point.

How Musicians Deal With Smartphone-Obsessed Crowds During Shows (Vocativ) How our smartphones have changed music performance.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes Wizard’s First Rule (Sword of Truth Book 1) by Terry Goodkind for $1.99.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is It’s Not What You Think: Why Christianity Is About So Much More Than Going to Heaven When You Die by Jefferson Bethke for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is Wonderful Lonesome (Amish Turns of Time Series #1) by Olivia Newport for 99 cents.

Barnes and Noble is still running several promotions” First, you can take 50% or more off teen bestseller Nook books. They are also running a special where you can get a NOOK Bundle Offer: 10″ NOOK Device, Free Screen Film and Free Cover of Your Choice- a $330+ Value for Just $199.99. And finally, you can take 25% off all Nook Accessories.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Room by Emma Donoghue for $2.99.

In other deals, Kobo is having a Supersale, offering up to 80% off and  5X Super Points on all purchases. And, continuing through March 28, Kobo is still featuring  bestsellling memoirs for $2.99 and under.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King for $1.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter, Facebook, and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links and Deals: EC Opens Public Consultation on ‘the Role of Publishers in the Copyright Value Chain’

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daily_links_1Todays stories include news about Apple iOS 9.3, opinions about how to hold a book and the a call for comments on the issue of VAT on ebooks in the EU.  Deals include Pebble Smartwatches and 80% off some of the best-reviewed Kindle books.

Daily Links for Saturday, March 26, 2016:

Apple pulls back iOS 9.3 for older devices (Mashable) As an owner of several “older devices” (a relative term with Apple products), I think this is a great idea. If you have ever had your device get slow as molasses after an update, then you know what I mean!

Why Holding A Book In Your Hands Is A Terrible Way To Read A Text (Medium) I really, really would love a foot pedal I could plug into the Kindle and read hands-free during dinner.

Why iBooks is a better file manager than e-book reader (CNET) If you say so. I still can’t find my books in iBooks, so….

EC Opens Public Consultation on ‘the Role of Publishers in the Copyright Value Chain’ (Publishing Perspectives)  Yes, we do want to lower the VAT on ebooks  in the EU.

Deals of the Day: 

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals features up to 80% off over 25 of the best reviewed Kindle books. These are today only prices and  feature titles by Neil Gaiman, Carolyn Brown, Mitch Albom and more. How about E.B. White’s classic,  Charlotte’s Web  or Daniel Keyes’ touching Flowers for Algernon? Both are for $1.99 each.

In Today’s Deals,  Amazon is offering a selection of Pebble Smartwatches priced at from $89.99 to $129.99.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Miracles from Heaven: A Little Girl, Her Journey to Heaven, and Her Amazing Story of Healing by Christy Wilson Beam for $2.99. The Romance Daily Find is Fair Juno by Stephanie Laurens for $99 cents.

Barnes and Noble is still running several promotions” First, you can take 50% or more off teen bestseller Nook books. They are also running a special where you can get a NOOK Bundle Offer: 10″ NOOK Device, Free Screen Film and Free Cover of Your Choice- a $330+ Value for Just $199.99. And finally, you can take 25% off all Nook Accessories.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Calendar Girl: Volume One by Audrey Carlan for $2.99.

In other deals, Kobo is having a Supersale, offering up to 80% off and  5X Super Points on all purchases. And, continuing through March 28, Kobo is still featuring  bestsellling memoirs for $2.99 and under.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Where the River Ends by Charles Martin

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter, Facebook, and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links and Deals: Google’s $149 Nik Collection photo editing software is now available for free

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daily_links_1There are a lot of interesting stories today: Exercise bikes in libraries, Digital warfare, Netflix and even free photo editing software. There are also a couple of important security notices to be aware of. Today’s deals include Comic books, Ray Bradbury classics Kobo book deals and delas at Barnes and Noble on NOOK-branded Samsung tablets.

Daily Links for Friday, March 25, 2016:

Students sweat it out and study on library exercise bikes (USA Today) Get fit and read ant the same time. This is a win-win.

The Unseen Threat of Digital Warfare (Time) Thought-provoking read on our approach to digital security.

Google’s $149 Nik Collection photo editing software is now available for free (Techcrunch) While there may be implications to Google making this free, for right now, let’s just enjoy the free editing software!

Netflix throttles video on AT&T and Verizon to keep users under data caps (Ars Technica) Netflix wants to make sure we don’t blow through our data limits.

Amazon shows you how to make an Echo with Raspberry Pi (Engadget) Notable because the info comes from Amazon, but it sure seems easier to just buy one….

A new exploit gives hackers near-total control of any Mac (The Next Web) Uh-oh. We are seeing more and more exploits for Macs.

New ransomware abuses Windows PowerShell, Word document macros (ComputerWorld) This seems to be targeting enterprise systems.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes Trust No One: A Thriller by Paul Cleave for $1.99.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Batman vs. Superman: The Greatest Battles (NOOK Comic with Zoom View) by Geoff Johns, Scott Snyder, Jeph Loeb, Joe Kelly for $3.99. The Romance Daily Find is The Star Attraction by Alison Sweeney for $2.99

Barnes and Noble is running several promotions” First, you can take 50% or more off teen bestseller Nook books. They are also running a special where you can get a NOOK Bundle Offer: 10″ NOOK Device, Free Screen Film and Free Cover of Your Choice- a $330+ Value for Just $199.99. And finally, you can take 25% off all Nook Accessories.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgertons (Book #8) by Julia Quinn for $1.99.

In other deals, Kobo is having a Supersale, offering up to 80% off and  5X Super Points on all purchases. And, continuing through March 28, Kobo is still featuring  bestsellling memoirs for $2.99 and under.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Ray Bradbury’s classic I Sing the Body Electric and Other Stories for $1.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter, Facebook, and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links and Deals: Demolition company tears down the wrong house based on an error in Google Maps

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daily_links_1Today’s stories include news about Google speech recognition software for developers, Victorian attitudes on reading and a Google maps mistakes that is a real whopper! Deals include an UPS power supply and books by Max Allan Collins, Stephen King and more.

Daily Links for day, March 20, 2016:

Now you can power any app with Google’s speech recognition software (The Next Web) Developers, how about the adding voice to all the apps?

Victorian Doctors Thought Reading Novels Made Women “Incurably Insane” (History Buff) I have no words. And the corn flakes issue? Um….

Demolition company tears down the wrong house based on an error in Google Maps (9 to 5 Google) This is from the WTF department.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes several titles by Max Allan Collins. 🙂

Today’s Deals features a CyberPower EC850LCD Ecologic 850VA/510-Watts Energy Efficient Desktop LCD UPS. We get brown outs so I use a UPS on each computer setup in my house.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Something Missing by Matthew Dicks for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer for $1.99.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh for $2.99, A love story, inspired by A Thousand and One Nights.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Medium Dead: An Alexandra Gladstone Mystery for 99 cents.

Google has a selection of Topsellers Under $10 today. Included are titles from Stephen King’s Gunslinger series.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter, Facebook, and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links and Deals: The New York Times, Washington Post, Time Inc and others begin testing micropayments

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daily_links_1Today, we have stories about recycling your Apple products, micropayments, alternatives to Wikipedia, the EU digital market, music streaming and more. And in the deals department, a 3D printer and horror book deals.

Daily Links for day, March 23, 2016:

The New York Times, Washington Post, Time Inc and others begin testing micropayments (Digiday) I have been watching Blendle for a while now. It will be interesting if this takes off.

Book lover found himself locked in public library (The Morning Call)Is this your fantasy or your nightmare? And, yeah, they talk about that Twilight Zone episode…

Wharton dropout creates Wikipedia alternative alongside Rap Genius co-founder ( The Daily Pennsylvanian) I am not a fan of Wikipedia and their policies, so I think alternatives are fantastic.

Europe wants an interoperable e-book market (Teleread) I keep asking this question: Do we live in a global economy or not? One Digital Market, right? Why is this so complicated.

Streaming Is Officially the Biggest Part of the Music Business, Which Wants YouTube to Pay Up (ReCode) Streaming is here to stay. You Tube may be the biggest of them all, but it pays artists the least.

How Much Money You’ll Make When You Recycle Through Apple’s Renew Program ((Lifehacker) You can sell some of your old stuff back to Apple for gift cards you can use to buy new stuff! (There is a George Carlin routine buried in here somewhere….)

App updates for publishing platform apps, and more (Talking New Media) Apple’s new IOS update caused a lot of apps to have issues.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes Plague of the Undead (Deadlands) by Joe McKinney for $1.99.

In Today’s Deals, Amazon has a ROBO 3D R1 Plus Fully Assembled 3D Printer for $619.99.  This one is  8″ x 9″ x 10″ Maximum Build Dimensions, features 100 Micron Maximum Resolution, 1.75-mm ABS, PLA, T-Glase, Laywood, HIPS, and a Flexible Filament.  First time I have notice one of those as a deal of the day. How long before every home has one of these?

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Too Close To Me: The Middle-Aged Consequences of Revealing A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is How Forever Feels by Laura Drewry for 99 cents.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Enemy Inside (Paul Madriani – Book #13) by Steve Martinifor 99 cents.

In other deals, continuing through March 28, Kobo is still featuring bestsellling memoirs for $2.99 and under.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes In the Tall Grass by Stephen King and Joe Hill for $3.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter, Facebook, and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links and Deals: 68% of digital content providers geo-block in the EU

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daily_links_1Daily Links for Monday, March 21, 2016:

Donate Your Kindle (ISEROTOPE) Want to donate a Kindle? The Kindle Classroom Project promotes the love of reading by providing Kindles and good books to high school students in San Francisco and Oakland.

68% of digital content providers geo-block in the EU (Torrent Freak) So much for one EU! That’s a large percentage of content blocked by location.

Amazon begins reselling Comcast services on new site, the “Amazon Cable Store” (Techcrunch) So one of the companies with the best customer service partners with the company with some of the worst customer service on the planet.

Lessons to learn from my Mexican phone theft nightmare (The Verge) Is the everybody’s nightmare?

Google Now lets you block content from publishers you don’t like (The Next Web) Welcome to the era of extreme customization.

After dropping its paywall, The Sun focuses on rebuilding traffic (Digiday) Being paywalled devastated traffic. Now, The sun is trying to rebuild.

Doctor Who is coming back to Amazon Prime Video as a US streaming exclusive (The Verge) Eight seasons of of Doctor Who are coming to Amazon Prime on March 27th. Is that enough of a reason to sign up for Prime?

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals includes  The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut for $1.99.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is Mermaid Moon by Colleen Coble for $1.99.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Shopping for a Billionaire Boxed Set (Parts 1-5) by Julia Kent for just 99 cents.

Today is the last day to get 3 eBooks for $9.99 and for the  use coupon code 30MARunlimited times for 30% off on select box sets promotions.  Continuing through March 28, you can find bestsellling memoirs for $2.99 and under.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes The Secret Daughter of the Tsar by Jennifer Laam for $2.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links and Deals: Inside the Starburst-sized box that could save the Internet

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daily_links_1Daily Links for Sunday, March 20, 2016:

Okay Google, now write all my emails  (The Next Web) Self-answering emails sounds wonderful! Wouldn’t you love for Google to answer all your emails?

Downloading MP3s from Spotify is easy but  feels dated (Torrent Freak) A command line prompt? Okay, sure….

Inside the Starburst-sized box that could save the Internet (Techcrunch) Randome numbers and quantum computers – this could be a total complete game changer.

Farewell, Pagination (Slate) It is about time. Pagination on web pages? That is so yesterday….

Algorithmic feeds force us to compete (Techcrunch) Recent changes to Instagram and Twitter may have unintended consequences.

Japan plans to open national manga museum (Chicago Tribune) A museum for manga and anime? What a great idea!

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals includes After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman and Jodi Lynn Anderson’s Tiger Lily, a retelling of the Peter Pan story. Both books are $1.99.

In Today’s Deals, Amazon has some interesting Lego sets and tons of toys today. Most of my online friends collect, LOL! And yes, those Kindle Fire 8.9 HDXs are still reduced.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is Finn (Blue-Collar Billionaires #2) by M. Malone for $99 cents.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is My Kind of Wonderful Cedar Ridge (Book #2) by Jill Shalvis.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes The Names by Don DeLillio for $1.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links and Deals: 5 ways adblockers are changing your entire online experience

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daily_links_1Daily Links for Friday, March 18, 2016:

SoundCloud has signed a licensing deal with Sony Music (The Verge) And hopefully, this means that Soundcloud will be sticking around for a while…

Stagefright exploit puts millions of Android devices at risk (Computer World) Since our phones are so essential to our lives nowadays, all these phone threats are scary.

Don’t like Twitter’s new algorithmic feed? Then turn it off. (Engadget) Hopefully we can convince Twitter that there is an advantage to a linear feed.

5 ways adblockers are changing your entire online experience (The Next Web) User-centric or publisher centric? It will be interesting to see how those interests align.

Apple is going to make my new iPad obsolete. Again (CNET) Now we have to factor “Will I be okay if they bring out a new one in 3 months” into our purchasing decisions?

Should Your Therapist Read Your Twitter? (Motherboard) Wow, is this a life in the digital age question!

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals includes Pane and Suffering (A Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery) by Cheryl Hollon for $1.99.

Right now, Amazon is offering the high end Kindle Voyage for just $199.99. You rarely see this one on sale,so this is a good deal if you have been thinking about one of these. There are also several deals on new Fire tablets. 🙂

In Today’s Deals, Amazon has a great deal on a Anker Wireless Charger PowerPort Qi Wireless Charging Pad for $14.95.  This works for the Samsung S6 / Edge / Plus, Note 5, Nexus 4 / 5 / 6 / 7, Nokia Lumia 920, LG Optimus Vu2, HTC 8X / Droid DNA and All Qi-Enabled Devices.  Amazon is also offing special pricing on the 8.9 inch HDX line of Fire Tablets.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find features seven novels in the Byrnes Family Ranch Series by Dusty Richards, including Texas Blood Feud (Byrnes Family Ranch Series #1) for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is Made for Us by Samantha Chase for 99 cents.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Only Enchanting – A Survivor’s Club Novel (Book #4) by Mary Balogh for 99 cents.

There are lots of other Kobo deals: The Kobo Glo HD is still on sale for $20.00 off. You can get 3 eBooks for $9.99 YOu can also use coupon code 30MAR unlimited times for 30% off on select box sets.  Both of those promotions are valid through March 21. And through March 28, you can find bestsellling memoirs for $2.99 and under.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 – 1964 by William Manchester for $2.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.