Category Archives: Daily Links

Daily Links: You Can Kiss Your 3.5mm Headphone Jack Goodbye

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daily_links_1Daily Links for today, January 6, 2016:

You Can Kiss Your 3.5mm Headphone Jack Goodbye (Digital Music News) – This has big implications for tablets, e-readers and definitely audiobooks!

iOS eBook reading app updates: NOOK gains 3D Touch support, Kobo, Scribd apps are updated (Talking New Media) – Information on the latest IOS updates for reading apps.

Dell Has Been Hacked, and Scammers Have Its Customer Database (The Digital Reader) – In case you missed this story. As a long-time Dell customer, this ruined my day.

Digital eye strain worse for multitaskers, survey finds (Chicago Tribune) – We hear a lot about the mental aspects of multitasking, this is interesting info on the physical effects.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal includes Robert Ludlum’s (TM) The Utopia Experiment (A Covert-One novel Book 10) and Fern Michaels’ Betrayal, each $1.99.

Barnes and Noble Nook Romance Daily Find is Holt’s Gamble (Wild Western Hearts Series, Book 1) by Barbara Ankrum for $1.99. They also have a selection of Great Reads Under $5.00.

The Kobo Daily Deal is Tempted by Your Touch by Jen Holling from the Brides of the Bloodstone series, $1.99.

iTunes Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes The Assassin’s Blade (The Throne of Glass Novellas) by Sarah J. Maas for $2.99.

Cross-platform publisher deals for today:

The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google and iTunes).

Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google and iTunes).

(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: Is The Password Dead? The Future Of Web And Mobile Authentication

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daily_links_1Daily Links for day, January 5, 2016:

Is The Password Dead? The Future Of Web And Mobile Authentication (Techcrunch) – We need a solution that works for mobile and laptops and desktops….

LastPass adds emergency access for loved ones to get into your Vault (The Next Web) – This is a much needed feature.

Files on nearly 200 floppy disks belonging to Star Trek creator recovered (Ars Technica)- Lovely bito of Trek trivia.

Here’s What 10,000 Characters Looks Like (Techcrunch) – Hilarious look at the implications of Twitter raising the tweet character limit.

And, two posts about Facebook: Who Controls Your Facebook Feed (Slate) and Facebook just gave us one more reason never to trust it (The Verge) – I think this is really creepy. So tell me again, why are you still using Facebook?

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal  for today includes Allison Leotta’s A Good Killing:(Anna Curtis Series Book 4) for $1.99.

Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software is one of today’s Gold box deals and is priced at up to 60% off. There are versions for PC and Mac. I use this and love it!

Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Simply Tuesday: Small-Moment Living in a Fast-Moving World by Emily P. Freeman for 99 cents. The Romance Daily Find is That Boston Man by Janet Dailey for $1.99.

This month’s B & N free serial read is Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani. You get one chapter a day which you can read on the Nook app.

Kobo has “Is This Thing On?” A Friendly Guide to Everything Digital for Newbies, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming by Abby Stokes for $2.99.

The iTunes Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential for $2.99.

And, finally, Google Books has a “Start an reading habit” special going on with prices starting at 99 cents. Titles include Jeffery Deaver, Kathy Reichs and a lot of New Year, New You type of self-improvement books.

(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: How the Internet changed the way we read

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daily_links_1Daily Links for day, January 4, 2016:

How the Internet changed the way we read (Daily Dot) – More on the concept of digital distraction.

GQ Tells Readers to Turn Off Ad Blockers or Pay Up (Fortune) – Do you want to read this badly enough to turn off your ad blocker?

Will 2016 be the year web advertisers realise we don’t want to be monitored? (The Guardian) – No, we all really LOVE ads!

“What Does My Site Cost?” Tells You How Much a Mobile Visitor Pays to See a Site (The Digital Reader) – Here is a way to find out if your website need to lose weight.

Amazon’s Other App Store, Alexa’s “Skills” Section, Has Quietly Grown To Over 130 Apps (Techcrunch) – Alexa, you sneaky girl! Did you know that the Amazon Echo had its own app store?

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals includes The Choice  by Nicholas Sparks for $2.99.

Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is  PULP!: Two Thriller Novels and a Novella to Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat! by Vincent Zandri for 99 cents.The Romance Daily Find is Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller for $2.99

Kobo has Silver Palate Cookbook by Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso for $2.99.

iTunes’ Weekly Sellers for Under $4 includes Jonathan Kellerman’s When the Bough Breaks 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: 5 Things That Will Disappear In 5 Years

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daily_links_1Daily Links for Sunday, January 2, 2016:

5 Things That Will Disappear In 5 Years (Techcrunch) –  I am not sure that I agree with this list, no more than I would agree that books are goint to disappear, but it is interesting….

How Medium is breaking Washington’s op-ed habit (Politico) – Twitter has changed the way we get news so it is food for thought.

Infographic: Reading Has Its Benefits (The Digital Reader) – Reading more stress reducing than tea? Really? Who would have thought?

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal includes Lisa Jackson’s  You Don’t Want To Know for $1.99. There is also a selection of for 50 Kindle books for $2 each to choose from, as well as over 60 select history books at up to 85% off.

Amazon is also offering a Chromo Inc Tablet – 7 inch HD touchscreen Android Tablet  for $42 today as one of its Daily Deals.

Barnes and Noble’s Nook Daily Find is Murder Freshly Baked(Amish Mystery Series) by Vannetta Chapman for $1.99.  The Romance Daily Find is Seduction of a Highland Lass (McCabe Trilogy #2) by Maya Banks for $1.99.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Ian Rutledge Starter by Charles Todd for $1.99. This is a four book volume which includes the titles A Test of Wills, A Long Shadow, A False Mirror, and A Pale Horse.

The iTunes Weekly Bestsellers under $4 includes Neil Gaiman’s Odd and the Frost Giants 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 Deals: Baldacci, Patterson, Audible 2 for 1

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Right after Christmas is usually a great time for great bargains on ebooks! Stay tuned for more bargains!

Daily Deals for Saturday, December 26, 2015:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal today is featuring twelve bestsellers by David Baldacci and James Patterson for $3.99 each.

In other Amazon deals:

The Barnes and Noble Daily Find is also featuring the special on Baldacci and Patterson books for $3.99.  The Romance Daily Find is  the Tall, Dark, and Cowboy Box Set by Lynnette Austin, Molly Cannon, Laura Drake, Erin Kern for just 99 cents.

The Kobo Daily Find is James Patterson’s 1st to Die from the Women’s Murder Club series. The book is supposed to be on sale for $3.99 but is showing as $6.99 for me. There was a similar glitch last week on the site. Kobo does offer a price match guarantee for ebooks; check here for more into if you need help.

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.

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

Daily Links: Weekend Edition

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daily_links_1This weekend’s interesting article finds:

The Smartphone Lifetime Challenge (ReCode) _ The future of the smartphone market may be driven not by innovation, but by how often we choose to upgrade our devices.

Reservoir Devs: Why apps really hit iOS before Android (The Next Web) – As an Android owner, I always get frustrated by the IOS-first tendency for apps. This is an interesting look at why.

Streaming TV Isn’t Just a New Way to Watch. It’s a New Genre. (NYT) – Fascinating article that looks at the evolution of how we are watching.

Abbott and Costello heirs lose copyright suit against Broadway play over ‘Who’s on First’ bit (USA News) – What? Is it any wonder we are confused about what constitutes fair use?

The Evolution of Autoplay (Nieman Lab) – A look at that feature we all love to hate…

Decode those weird symbols on the back of your phone (CNET) – We see these all the time, but do you know what they mean?

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: Reading between the headlines

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daily_links_1Reading Between the Headlines (Write It Forward) – Some thought on the effect of the  Barnes and Noble financial situation.

Books Might Be Getting Longer, But We Don’t Have the Data to Know for Sure (The Digital Reader) – It is easy to through out numbers and statistics, but what does it really mean?

Newspapers should drop their paywalls…but what will replace them? (Teleread) – An interesting look at Newspaper and website paywalls.

5 Christmas Copyright Myths (Plagiarism Today) – There are a lot of misconceptions about Christmas and Copyright that this article addresses.

Some you may be aware that my husband is a musician. He has an great holiday album of instrumental jazz available. You can listen on Pandora and Spotify or purchase as a download or CD. You can listen to the whole album or find out more about it at SkafishHoliday.com.

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: Our (Bare) Shelves, Our Selves

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daily_links_1Today’s interesting links:

Our (Bare) Shelves, Our Selves (NYT) – You can tell so much about someone by their book or record collections. And when all that is private?

Study confirms that ending your texts with a period is terrible (Washington Post) –  I am doomed! I can’t help it because, um, grammar.

The Battle for the Second Screen (ReCode) – From your mobile to your TV – how do we make it happen?

Creative Commons boasts more than 1 billion works available for use (The Next Web) – One billion? So much for the idea that copyright would totally kill the public domain. That’s a lot of freely-given content.

Finds and Deals:

Amazon Kindle Daily Deals include Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer for $1.99 and She’s Leaving Home and The Kings of London, the first two of the Breen and Tozer mysteries for $1.99 each.

For the NOOK: Daily find is a book bundle of Mark Dawson’s John Milton Series (Books 1-3) for only 99cents. The Nook Romance Daily Find is Heartache Falls (Eternity Springs #3) by Emily March for $1.99.

The Kobo Daily Deal is Tim Ferriss’ bestseller The 4 Hour Body for $1.99.

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: X Marks the Spot That Makes Online Ads So Maddening

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daily_links_1X Marks the Spot That Makes Online Ads So Maddening (NYT) – I think at this point, we have all run into a few of these. Infuriating.

The USPS is rolling out a feature that emails you images of your actual mail (The Next Web)

Mozilla scraps in-Firefox ads (Computerworld) – Because the number of users who actually want this was how many?

Google Turns On Safe Browsing In Chrome For Android (Techcrunch) – A much needed safety feature.

Adobe Lightroom Mobile is now free on both Android and iOS (The Next Web) – Nice freebie for those who need it for Android.

Need Music For A Video? Jukedeck’s AI Composer Makes Cheap, Custom Soundtracks (Techcrunch) – This looks totally fascinating! I can see so many uses for this!

And finally, my Kindle find of the day, How To Draw Caricatures for just $1.99.

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: Paper, ereader, tablets, phones: Reading goes eclectic

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daily_links_1Today’s links and finds:

Paper, ereader, tablets, phones: Reading goes eclectic (Vancover Sun) – As far as e-reading nowadays, anything goes.

8 Nook And Kindle Hacks You Need To Know About (Bustle) – Good tips for e-reading, especially converting back and forth between PDF, .epub and .mobi.

People are in denial about using devices while walking and being bad at it (Ars Technica) – Yeah. Just yeah.

To Push Moments, Twitter Starts Shoving The Notifications Tab To The Side (Techcrunch) – Seriously, somebody moved the furniture…. Hate it when that happens!

Access Denied (The Awl) – This adds an interesting dimension to the tension between publishing and technology. It also suggests that ad blocking may not be the only factor in magazine and website money woes.

As one of today’s deals, Amazon has a Kindle Fire HD 7″, HD Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB (Previous Generation – 3rd) for just $99. This is the 2013 model (presumably new as it does not say refurbished). This model does not have a camera, microphone, HDMI port or the Mayday function.  This model is has no special offers ads.  The device has a 1280×800 screen resolution resolution at 216 ppi.

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.