The greatest novel of the 20th century or a novel that's been banned for bad language and sexual references. Those are both descriptions of The Great Gatsby, but only one gets poor students excited about reading.READ»
Feel like your attention span operates at an inverse rate to your broadband speed? Here's how you can give the good stuff on the web the attention it deserves.READ»
Most social-media clients for smartphones are pretty well-designed, or at least adequate, for what you want to do when you fire up Twitter on the go: scan and manipulate a bunch of updates quickly. But for those of us who use Twitter ...READ»
Raise your talking game, attain peace with your fellow man, and get some extra shut-eye--all before you reach the office. These four tips make transit time actually bearable.READ»
New readers help you cut down on overload, find new stuff, watch TV news and read easier. Here's a guide to finding the one to fit your lifestyle ... and party habits.READ»
New readers help you cut down on overload, find new stuff, watch TV news and read easier. Here's a guide to finding the one to fit your lifestyle ... and party habits.READ»
If you’re a mega book geek, and you live in an apartment no bigger than an Altoid box, chances are you’ve got books piled up on every last inch of real estate, from the bedside table to the bathroom tile. Hell, maybe you sleep ...READ»
Over two thirds of students in U.S. high schools are below a proficient reading level. What better way to bring them up to speed than with the Foursquare-style gaming incentives that captivate adults? READ»
Tablets, e-book readers, and digital books are making us want to read again. Plus, they're inspiring us to read paper books too, and are eating into TV time. Good news!READ»
There's no doubt about it: 2010 was the Year of the e-Book, the year when devices like the Kindle and Nook stopped being luxuries or oddities and started becoming the norm. But 2010 was an inflection point--not a starting point, and ...READ»
Google has released a remarkable toy for history buffs and armchair sociologists: The so-called Google Ngram, which allows you to see how often a given word has been used in books, ever since 1800.
The tool can create a ...READ»
A new survey by Forrester tracking U.S. consumer activity has revealed that the Net has caught up with TV as a pastime. Not that TV has lost any hold on us -- both suck 13 hours of our time a week on average. Here's why that means big things for Web-based TV.READ»
The "YouTube for documents" releases an analytics tool that gives insight on people's reading patterns. Thanks to Scribd, you’re about to find out what happens. READ»
New York Times best-seller Seth Godin has had it with traditional publishing, and from now on his works will arrive digitally. More and more evidence backs him up: E-publishing is the future.READ»
A crafty new submissions policy from Tin House Books is reminding writers to be readers—and consumers.The book press and quarterly literary magazine's recent call for manuscripts welcomes unsolicited submissions but comes with a ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was doing great things--including delivering your BBC iPlayer-read iPad a day early if you live in Europe. Hurrah!
1. Open memo to Hollywood studios. If you're going to kvetch about piracy, then ...READ»
It's called "hNews," and it could provide instantaneous context for any online news article.HNews is the product of a project overseen by none other than Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the physicist who created the first Web protocol in 1990 ...READ»
Okay, we know the e-book revolution is just fomenting beyond the horizon, soon to sweep the publishing world. But which electronic devices will be at the vanguard, and which ones won't?
Asustek's Dual-Screen E-Book, the Cheapest ...READ»
Barnes and Noble just revealed that it's upcoming e-reader is the one from Plastic Logic that we've long heard about. Which means the Kindle may have a decent competitor on the scene.After all, Plastic Logic's e-reader is the most ...READ»
