TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Google http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:55:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Leaked: Alleged First Photo of the Second-Gen Google Nexus 7 Tablet http://www.teleread.com/tablet/leaked-alleged-first-photo-of-the-second-gen-google-nexus-7-tablet/ http://www.teleread.com/tablet/leaked-alleged-first-photo-of-the-second-gen-google-nexus-7-tablet/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:10 +0000 Adrian Diaconescu http://www.teleread.com/?p=87082 Google’s unveiling of the second-gen Nexus 7 tab is likely a matter of days, or, worse case scenario, weeks, so the pieces of the oft-rumored puzzle are one by one nicely falling into place. The first piece—pricing—was revealed last week. Big chunks of the spec sheet have subsequently leaked to the press, while the first low-res photo [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/tablet/googles-nexus-7-16gb-second-gen-tablet-may-go-for-229/feed/ 0 Weekend Roundup: 3 Essential Books You Should Read in Every Major Genre http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/weekend-roundup-3-essential-books-you-should-read-in-every-major-genre/ http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/weekend-roundup-3-essential-books-you-should-read-in-every-major-genre/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:44:43 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=86899 How Google Will Use Balloons to Deliver Internet to the Hinterlands (Wired) Not much happens in Geraldine, a small farming community in the interior of the South Island of New Zealand, about 85 miles from Christchurch. So when Hayden MacKenzie, a fourth-generation farmer there, picked up the phone last Tuesday and got a request to [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/weekend-roundup-3-essential-books-you-should-read-in-every-major-genre/feed/ 0 On privacy, and the use of our personal information http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/on-privacy-and-the-use-of-our-personal-information/ http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/on-privacy-and-the-use-of-our-personal-information/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:41:29 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=86760 There’s been lots in the news recently about this issue. The latest article I’ve seen was from All Things D about Google wanting permission to reveal how many FISA requests its received. I think this is a good time for us to be thinking about our information, how it’s collected and what can be done with [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazons-uk-tax-debacle-time-for-the-scapegoat-to-butt-back/feed/ 1 Nook HD as an Android Tablet Contender: Part 1 — The Stock Experience http://www.teleread.com/google/nook-hd-as-an-android-tablet-contender-part-1-the-stock-experience/ http://www.teleread.com/google/nook-hd-as-an-android-tablet-contender-part-1-the-stock-experience/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 18:30:16 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=84450 I’ve wanted a Nook HD from the moment they came out. The reviews of the hardware were great, but I swore after I sold my first tablet, a Nook Color, that I’d never buy another crippled device again. The Nook App store is just terrible, and while I tried to make my Nook Color work [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/comics/morning-links-apple-versus-comix-porn/feed/ 0 Arthur Frommer reacquires his guidebook brand from Google http://www.teleread.com/books/arthur-frommer-reacquires-his-guidebook-publishing-empire-from-google/ http://www.teleread.com/books/arthur-frommer-reacquires-his-guidebook-publishing-empire-from-google/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:57:05 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=82627 According to an Associated Press report that was filed less than three hours ago today, the travel publishing pioneer Arthur Frommer “said Wednesday that he has reacquired rights to his travel guidebook brand from Google, and that he intends to resume publishing Frommer guidebooks.” Back on the 22nd of March, we reported on the news [...]

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