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Re: September 2010

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 100

Nike's Playbook With someone like Mark Parker at the helm, it is no mistake that Nike is head and shoulders above the competition ("Artist. Athlete. CEO"). He embodies all of the great qualities necessary to distance yourself from ...READ»

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Amazon Launches "Singles": Dating Service for Lonely Stories

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 32

Can you find love on your Kindle with like-minded bookish early adopters? Nope. Amazon's new service is in fact a misleadingly named new category for long articles and novellas.READ»

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An App That Makes Android Smarter Than Ever

BY Gina Trapani
Relevancy Score: 42

Imagine turning off your ringer by just setting your phone on the table face down, or automatically texting your spouse when you reach the nearest train station without taking the phone out of your pocket. Tasker can do all this and more.READ»

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Instapaper Tests Subscriptions, Highlights Sophisticated Future for E-Publishing [Updated]

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 79

Instapaper, the handy offline website article reading service, is testing out a subscription model. With recent moves by Amazon, this indicates Web-based e-publishing has a sophisticated, paid, layered future ahead of it.READ»

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Barnes & Noble Launches PubIt! E-Book Publishing Platform, Still No Color Nook

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 18

E-publishing pretender to Amazon's crown Barnes and Noble has just launched the "PubIt!" self-publishing platform, designed to bring digital publishing within the reach of more authors. It also promises "no hidden fees." READ»

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Survey of Kids: Physical Books Here to Stay, In Parallel to Rise of E-Readers

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 36

American publisher Scholastic has just surveyed youngsters thoughts about books, and it's good news for traditional publishing: E-readers haven't dominated the world, and two thirds of kids still say they'd keep printed matter books. READ»

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Books On TV? Kindle Hits the Web, Set-Top Box

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100

Amazon's plan for digital books is becoming clearer--it will maximize profit by pushing Kindle content onto every possible platform. Thanks to its new Web platform, you can even read books on your TV.READ»

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In Battle for Barnes & Noble, Len Riggio Trumps Ron Burkle, Innovation

BY Rick Tetzeli
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Riggio's latest blockade has been to thwart billionaire investor Ron Burkle, who has accumulated 19% of B&N’s shares and had hoped to get three new directors on the board.READ»

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7-Inch Tablets: How Pixel Qi's Screen Will Go Mainstream

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 75

We've been hearing about Pixel Qi's half-E-ink, half-LCD tech for ages, but with new info on its development it looks like it's about to burst onto the mainstream. Seven-inch tablet PCs may earn Pixel Qi some deserved limelight.READ»

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Sony Demos New Bendy Screens, Resuscitates E-Paper Once More

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 77

While dedicated e-readers are pretty likely to be eclipsed by full-featured tablet PCs, the tech that makes them tick--electronic paper--is likely to remain, thanks to its usefulness. And Sony's just boosted that fact with some new systems that are more flexible than their peers.READ»

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Why Tech Companies Now Compete for Equal Market Share

BY Farhad Manjoo
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The iPad won't kill the Kindle. In fact, says Farhad Manjoo, the tech industry is maturing out of its "[insert product here] killer" days.READ»

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Sony Makes E-Readers Touchy, Takes 'Em Where Amazon Fears to Tread

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100

Sony just revamped its entire line of e-readers, slimming them down, snazzing them up, and adding better touchscreen powers. They're expensive, but are now the e-readers the Kindle should be. So, is Sony brave or dumb?READ»

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Borders Cuts E-Reader Prices as Kindle Goes to Staples

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 78

More proof, if you needed it, that e-Readers are a busted flush.READ»

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Why LG Will Continue to Invest in the E-paper Front

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 100

Just when we thought the tablet-versus-e-reader argument was dead in the water, along comes another development that makes one realize there's life in the old dog yet. LG has revealed its grandiose plans on the e-paper front--and it's ...READ»

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Survey: Those With E-book Readers Read 40% More Than Physical Book Readers

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 100

The numbers are in: E-book readers might be the best thing to happen to reading in this country since Levar Burton.READ»

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Don't Underestimate the Barnes & Noble Nook

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 44

Barnes & Noble's quarterly earnings reveal that the Nook reader and store are anything but an also-ran.READ»

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WANTED: Amazon Kindle, 3rd Generation

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 100

Amazon's newest Kindle is the best digital reading experience on the market.READ»

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Best-seller Seth Godin Shuns Traditional Publishing, Backed by E-Books Data

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 63

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»

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Qualcomm to Spend $2 Billion on E-ink-Busting Mirasol Display Plant

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 30

Qualcomm is about to invest some $2 billion in small change in a new plant for Mirasol displays--the half-LCD/half-e-ink screen tech that can play video in sunlight. It's all thanks to a "major client." Are we talking Amazon here?READ»

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Bank of America and Visa to Test Smartphone-as-Credit-Card System

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 22

Wallets. Who needs 'em? Bank of America is teaming up with Visa for a smartphone-as-credit-card pilot test in New York next month.READ»

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Is This the iPhone's Most Advanced E-reader?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 46

The world's biggest bookseller has overhauled its Nook apps, adding a bunch of new features. Like Amazon, the bookseller cares more about the e-reader ecosystem than any particular device. And guess which app got the most attention?READ»

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Why Nobody Will Buy a Color E-Ink E-book Reader

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 100

E-Ink's CEO said that the company will be releasing both color and touchscreen e-ink displays for e-book readers within a year. It's too bad nobody will want one.READ»

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Goodbye to Que

BY David Zax
Relevancy Score: 38

Stuck in (gorgeous) endless prototypes, the e-reader has been permanently shelved. READ»

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Can Gen X Grow Up With the Web?

BY Joshua Macht
Relevancy Score: 22

Think Different. Those two little words kicked off Apple's 1997 ad campaign, which featured historical figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lennon in black and white footage and still photos. Think Different was brilliant marketing because it acted like a siren call for anyone who sensed that a growing world of possibilities was beginning to take shape on the Web.READ»

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Do You Pass the Leadership Test?

BY William Taylor
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The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action--an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign--even as the rest of the world wonders why you're not marching in step with the status quo.READ»

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