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Daily Links: How Facebook’s Plan To Give The World Free Mobile Internet Went So Wrong

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daily_links_1Daily Links for Saturday, January 23, 2016:

How Facebook’s Plan To Give The World Free Mobile Internet Went So Wrong (BuzzFeed) – Nice post summarizing the story and the issues.

Internet of Things security is so bad, there’s a search engine for sleeping kids (Ars Technica) – This is truly terrifying….

GOP senators want lower Internet speeds to qualify as “broadband“ (Ars Technica) Um…. We already have the slowest Internet speeds in the world.

You can now ask your Amazon Echo for movie times, live NFL scores and predictions (The Next Web) – Amazon keeps adding more functionality.

Yesterday’s News, and Tomorrow’s: Badly-Formatted Kindle eBooks Will (Continue to) Display an Error Message (The Digital Reader) – Amazon is stepping up the action against badly formatted ebooks.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal includes all four volumes of James Maxwell’s Evermen Saga for $1.99 each. Need an SD card for your Fire tablet? Amazon is also offering savings on SanDisk Memory products.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Alchemystic by Anton Strout for $2.99.  The Romance Daily Find is Breaking Nova by Jessica Sorensen for $1.99.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Kill Room (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) by Jeffery Deaver for $1.99.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Cold Betrayal, an Ali Reynolds novel, by J. A. Vance 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: AOL to consider ditching its iconic brand name

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daily_links_1Daily Links for Sunday, January 17, 2016:

AOL to consider ditching its iconic brand name (The Next Web) – That sound you hear is a 9600 baud modem handshake….

Ad Blocking: A Primer (Techcrunch) – Here’s a basic primer on the ad blocking issue.

Newspaper bosses ‘paralyzed’ by change, clueless about paid content, says Steve Brill (Poynter) – Newspapers, readers and paywalls – a harsh but realistic look at the problem.

What you can watch on Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast and Android TV (CNET) – There are a lot of apps for entertainment out there. If you are not sure which app a systems allows you to  run, here’s a handy chart to help you out.

Microsoft changes rules of Windows 10 upgrade game (Computer World)- Irritatingly, Microsoft is not going to let up until everybody is using Windows 10.

Amazon Echo can read your Kindle books aloud on request (Engadget) – Wemay not have text-to-speech on the Kindles, but the Amazon Echo has it.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal includes books from select best-selling mystery & thriller series, including the Wayward Pines Trilogy and the Tracy Crosswhite Series, are $1.99 each.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is The Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander for $3.99. The Romance Daily Find is Treasured by Candace Camp for $1.99.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts for $1.99. Kobo is still featuring their Up to 80% Off Long Weekend Sale.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Tough Customer by Sandra Brown for $1.99.

According to The Verge, Google is offering a free Chromecast with the use of Android Pay. You can read the article with the details here.

(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: Harlequin Wants You to Pay $10.50 for a Multi-Author Serial Novel

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daily_links_1Daily Links for Tuesday, January 12, 2016:

Harlequin Wants You to Pay $10.50 for a Multi-Author Serial Novel (The Digital Reader) – A lot of readers hate serials  – and this is part of the reason why.

The Mobile App Divide (Techcrunch) – There is another aspect to the digital divide we need to look at.

Twitter wants to borrow your tweets to help promote brands (The Next Web) – This makes me extremely uncomfortable.

Amazon is reportedly building a smaller, cheaper Echo (Engadget) – Contrary many other opinions out there, I actually think there might be a market for these….

Why Women Aren’t Buying Smartwatches (Racked) – Interesting look at this issue.

T-Mobile CEO Apologizes For “Offending” EFF And Its Supporters (Techcrunch) – Turns out this Net Neutrality thing is not quite that simple.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal includes 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius by Simon Monk and Gentle Warrior by Julie Garwood for $1.99 each.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Better Each Day: 365 Expert Tips for a Healthier, Happier You by Jessica Cassity for $1.99. The Romance Daily Find is Broken by Lauren Layne for 99 cents.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Maya Banks’ Seduction of a Highland Lass for $1.99.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s for $1.99.

Google is offering up to 75% off the first in series comic 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.

Amazon Black Friday Sale updates for $35 Fire, more

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blackfridayHere are some availability updates on some of Amazon’s Black Friday deals:

-The $35 7″ Fire is now showing as out of stock until December 15.  If you want one of these, order soon so you can still get it delivered in time for the holidays! On sale until November 29.

– My favorite, the Fire HD 6 is still available for $69.99 through December 1. (You can read my review here.)

– The Fire HD 8 and the Fire HD 10  are both still in stock.

– The Fire Kids Edition is also showing as out of stock until December 16. On sale until December 1.

– The Amazon Fire TV Stick (standard remote) is sold out and will be back in stock December 10. It is on sale until November 29.The Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote is also sold out and will be back in stock on November 29. It is on sale until November 29.

– The Amazon Fire TV  and Amazon Fire TV Gaming Edition are both still available. They are on sale until December 1.

– The Amazon Echo is still available, but may require extra processing time. It is on sale until December 1.

– All of the e-ink Kindles (including the Paperwhite and the basic Kindle for $49.99) are still available and on sale until December 1.

Note: Shipping updates were accurate as of 3 pm CST on November 2, 2015 and are certain to change as more orders accrue.