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Parakweet gets $2 million for recommendation engine BookVibe
San Francisco startup Parakweet has gotten $2 million from angel investors to help make BookVibe a going concession. BookVibe is a book recommendation engine that tells users what book they might like to read next. Not unlike Booklikes, BookVibe seems...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Social Media
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The soft sciences matter as much as ever
A report released this week bears out what many educators have been predicting: Amid rising college tuition, increased global economic competition and a job market that disproportionately rewards graduates in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)...
Tags: Sociology, Science and Technology, J. Paul Getty Trust, Arts, Culture
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Paperback version of Steve Jobs biography coming Sept. 10
Two years after the release of the hardcover version of "Steve Jobs," the authorized biography of the Apple co-founder written by Walter Isaacson, a paperback version will go on sale Sept. 10. The paperback will come with a new cover photo of a...
Tags: Aaron Sorkin, National Security Agency
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Digg Reader, a Google Reader replacement, to be launched next week
Digg is keeping true to its promise by launching an RSS news aggregator before the shutdown of Google Reader on July 1. The social news aggregating website said its RSS reader will be available to all users by June 26. PHOTOS: Top Cyber Attacks of...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Digg Inc., Social Media, National Security Agency
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Ira Silverberg leaves the National Endowment for the Arts
Ira Silverberg, the high-powered literary agent who left New York to become the director of Literature Programs at the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., is returning to his roots. The NEA announced Monday that Silverberg, who joined...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Social Media
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'Steve Jobs' bio coming out in paperback in the fall with new look
The bestselling biography "Steve Jobs" is coming out in paperback in September. Publisher Simon & Schuster is not only republishing the book, it is sending Jobs back in time. Instead of the contemporary photograph of Jobs emblazoned across the cover of...
Tags: Bob Dylan, LSD, Book, Bill Gates
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Chromebook laptops on sale at Wal-Mart, coming to more retailers
Google has teamed up with Wal-Mart and several other major retail partners to sell the company's Chromebook laptops at their stores. The Mountain View, Calif., tech giant said Chromebook laptops will now be sold at more than 6,600 stores, or three times...
Tags: Office Supplies, Chromebook, Walmart, Services and Shopping, Office Depot Inc.
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ICM Partners forms alliance with Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents
ICM Partners has struck an alliance with New York-based Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents, in a deal designed to strengthen the talent agency's presence in the publishing world. Gelfman Schneider represents such authors as Jeffrey Deaver, the mystery...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Tony Awards, Awards and Prizes, No Country for Old Men (movie), Journalism
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'Tweet' is now an official word in the Oxford English Dictionary
In the latest sign that social media is changing the way we speak and behave, the Oxford English Dictionary announced the inclusion of the definition of the word "tweet" in its latest update. John Simpson, the dictionary's chief editor, said "tweet" was...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Social Media, National Security Agency
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Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs biopic set for August release
After having its original April opening delayed, the Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher has a new release date: Aug. 16. The movie stars Kutcher as the late Apple co-founder, alongside Josh Gad as the company's other founder, Steve Wozniak....
Tags: Entertainment, Ashton Kutcher, Sundance Film Festival, Film Festivals, Apple iOS
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Apple executive Eddy Cue defends e-book deals at antitrust trial
NEW YORK — Eddy Cue, the Apple Inc. executive in charge of negotiating the company's controversial e-book deals, defended how the tech giant started its online bookstore as he made his highly anticipated appearance on the witness stand in a...
Tags: Books, Prosecution, Apple iTunes Radio, Marketing, Book
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Apple, U.S. come out swinging as e-book trial gets underway
NEW YORK — Apple Inc. and five major publishers conspired to fix prices on e-books, costing consumers hundreds of millions of dollars, a U.S. Justice Department attorney argued during the first day of a marquee antitrust trial. Apple's attorney...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Lawyers, Book, Apple iPad, Prices
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