15 October, 2011 (02:04) | Home Technology | By: Admin
OverDrive released 3rd quarter 2011 traffic and ciruclation statisics a few days ago. Through September 30, the 15,000 libraries in the OverDrive network showed nearly triple the number of eBook checkouts versus all of 2010, as well as more than 2 million new users. Below are details. eBook checkouts already up 200% versus all [...]
Tags: ebook, News, OverDrive, Product, Quarter, Results, Show, Spike
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17 September, 2011 (11:05) | Home Technology | By: Admin
Boopsie will debut a Spanish language version of its mobile app at the REFORMA conference starting today in Denver,CO. Boopsie apps are available in all languages using the Latin alphabet. Customers are responsible for content translation. REFORMA chapters are available to assist libraries with Spanish language services. See the REFORMA website for a list of [...]
Tags: Apps, Boopsie, Mobile, News, Offer, Product, Spanish
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9 September, 2011 (23:22) | Home Technology | By: Admin
August is traditionally a slow month for technology news. It’s too early to begin the announcements for the 4th quarter holiday season, but too late for the back-to-school announcements. Generally speaking, there’s just not a lot to talk about in technology in August. Well, this year shot that theory out of the sky. This has [...]
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17 August, 2011 (13:27) | Internet Technology | By: Admin
Within 10 days of the riots in the UK a judge sentenced two young men, 20 and 22, to 4 years in jail for using Facebook. Without question Social Media has transformed communications and impacted the UK riots, but one might wonder if the courts may have acted too swiftly. Here’s what the Guardian reported: [...]
Tags: Earn, Facebook, Jail, News, Terms, Year
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20 December, 2010 (20:18) | Internet Technology | By: Admin
My recent interview about "Internet Privacy" by CNN’s anchor Brooke Baldwin was very timely since the next day the Department of Commerce called for the creation of a Federal Office to Guide Online Privacy and published a white paper entitled: “Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework.” Although the [...]
Tags: Internet, Interview, News, Privacy
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17 December, 2010 (13:39) | Home Technology | By: Admin
A round of new senior-level executive management appointments at SirsiDynix shuffles responsibilities, but does not seem to represent drastic change for the company. Effective immediately, Matthew Hawkins advances to the role of Chief Executive Officer, and upward shift from his previous post as Chief Operating Officer; Gary Rautenstrauch becomes Executive Chairman; and Bill Davidson returns [...]
Tags: Breaking, Management, News, SirsiDynix
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3 January, 2010 (17:14) | Internet Technology | By: Admin
Why Congress banned Internet gambling in the US in 2006 is a great mystery particularly since one major result of the ban was Internet gambling went offshore as did the possible tax revenues to the US. By lifting the ban Congress will have a new source of revenue. The Congress is considering legislation would direct the [...]
Tags: Economy, Gambling, Good, Internet, News, Sales, Taxes
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31 July, 2009 (20:33) | Home Technology | By: Admin
Sitting in the waiting room of my physical therapist’s office, I spied an abandoned copy of the local newspaper – the South Bend Tribune – on the stack of worn magazines. I had a few minutes so I took a look. A few realizations: The paper is even thinner than when I subscribed. I wrote [...]
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5 June, 2009 (04:35) | Home Technology | By: Admin
We recently conducted a series of demo show events internally across Intel and externally for analysts, showcasing how we’re re-imagining the TV from yesterday to Smart TVs with amazing user experiences moving forward. The response has been overwhelming and we’re seeing the impact of an experience design concept, a demo and their stories all across [...]
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