Daily Links and Deals: Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race

daily_links_1Daily Links for Friday, October 28,  2016:

You need an adapter (or a new cable) to plug your iPhone into the new MacBook Pros (The Verge) Why shouldn’t you ahve to pay an extra $25 to be able to charge your phone?

An education expert says reading to kids makes them more curious than giving them phones or tablets (Business Insider) We still keep going ’round about what the “experts” consider to be right way to deal with technology for our children.

This endless 80s-inspired pinball game is ridiculously addictive (The Next Web) Okay, pinball wizards!  This really looks like fun.

Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race (ProPublica) This is so wrong, deeply disturbing and, absolutely illegal.

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes The Forgetting Time: A Novel by Sharon Guskin. (This one is my must buy for the day!)

In Today’s Deals, the Logitech Harmony Ultimate All in One Remote with Customizable Touch Screen and Closed Cabinet RF Control – Black.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham. The Romance Daily Find is Welcoming the Bad Boy: A Hero’s Welcome Novel by Annie Rains.

Barnes and Noble also has a selection of NOOK Books Under $2.99.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is The Ice Twins: A Novel by S.K. Tremayne. The Extra Daily Deal is Primal Force (A K-9 Rescue Novel Book 3) by D. D. Ayres.

Also, a selection of titles called Romance On The Ice for $4.99 or Less until October Until October 31st.

There is also a selection of Great Reads Under $5 and Bargain Reads in Fiction, in Mystery and other genres. The Kobo Aura One (and the Aura Edition 2 e-readers are now available for order at the Kobo store. (The Aura One is out of stock until November 1, 2016.)

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Pumpkintown Perils (the first four Wild Wild Witch mysteries) by Aubrey Law.

Google Books has a selection of Halloween Horror Sale: chills and thrills under $5.

(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.

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