ReadWriteWeb:
Writing a book will never be easy, but FastPencil's mission is to make things easier for authors by bringing this process online and to collaborate with others. FastPencil takes writers from idea to published book. The service offers features for collaboration, editing and design, as well as professional consulting services (Read More)
Mashable!:
Each Friday we choose a Lunchtime Poll topic to get a sense of how Mashable readers feel about the chosen topic of the week. Below are the results from last Friday’s poll, where we asked for your favorite news reader.Is your favorite app or service not represented in the list? Let us know in the comments! And to make sure y (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
It appears that the time for freemium music services in the US has passed. Earlier this week streaming music site Imeem sold to MySpace for under $10 million dollars while laying off a large number of staff. For a company with all four major record labels signed, more than 15 million uniques a month and well over 5 million (Read More)
Mashable!:
The Open Web Awards: Social Media Edition, our annual contest highlighting the very best the web has to offer, is entering its final round. The 70,000+ nominees have been narrowed down to just 5 finalists per category, and you have from now until December 15th to pick the winners.By popular demand, here is the full list of (Read More)
paidContent.org:
No sale yet for Nielsen Business Media (NBM) but most of it is about two weeks away from being acquired by a consortium led by James Finkelstein’s News Communications, paidContent has learned from multiple sources. We have also learned that Lachlan Murdoch—yes, that Lachlan Mu (Read More)
Gizmodo:
We've teamed up with the HD Guru himself, Gary Merson, to publish the absolute best five TVs you can buy right now. As you'll see (and might already notice above), there are some surprises on the list. Panasonic Z1 Panasonic's flagship HDTV is its thinnest 54-inch plasma HDTV ever, with only 1-inch depth. They did it by el (Read More)
Mashable!:
Susan Payton is the Managing Partner of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an internet marketing firm. She blogs at The Marketing Eggspert Blog, and teaches marketing courses at Marketing EggSchool. Follow her on Twitter @eggmarketing.We’re a week away from Black Friday and just a few years ago, if you wanted to find the be (Read More)
Mashable!:
When it was released earlier this month, the retail price for the Motorola Droid was $200 for new activations on Verizon. Although Verizon is staying firm with that price point for now, it appears that some of its retailers are not.Specifically, Amazon and Dell have both cut prices on the smartphone to $150 and $120, respe (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Black Friday is a week away, and thousands of markdowns are already announced. Our master list of Giz-friendly deals—a hefty read—includes similar items priced differently at different stores. Keep it refreshed, cuz we'll be updating it all week. Doorbuster items marked with an * Cell Phones AT&T Sony Ericsson W518a - Free (Read More)
Mashable!:
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: Fido Factor Quick Pitch: Fido Factor is a dog-specific local search a (Read More)
Gawker:
Newspapers are dying, which means there will never be any more investigative journalism and politicians will screw whomever they want. But it's OK, because "innovative" new "partnerships" like the Chicago News Cooperative are here to produce real journalism. The lofty rhetoric surrounding the launch of outfits like the CNC, (Read More)
Gawker:
Newspapers are dying, which means there will never be any more investigative journalism and politicians will screw whomever they want. But it's OK, because "innovative" new "partnerships" like the Chicago News Cooperative are here to produce real journalism. The lofty rhetoric surrounding the launch of outfits like the CNC, (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
The region's airports authority has unveiled an Internet system designed to help the public track noisy flights near area airports.
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guardian.co.uk: The Guardian newspaper: Comment & debate:
It was not boredom but anger that tempted me to leave a play in mid-show – but I lacked the courageIn the middle decades of the 20th century, when theatre was testing the limits of taste, an off-stage sound-effect was regularly heard in the auditorium: the rat-a-tat of seat-backs clacking as scandalised theatregoers walked (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Interview comments criticised as dangerous• Agent says words were taken out of contextWhen the supermodel Kate Moss, in a rare online interview this week, told readers that one of her mottos was "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels", the fallout was instant, vitriolic and damning.Susan Ringwood, chief executive of Beat (Read More)