The only way this book digitization effort makes business sense for Google is if it can amass control over a sizeable swath of rights and can monetize those rights at will in future business models.
With few exceptions, Nepalese business and political leaders often dismiss young people when they come up with ambitious ideas. Unless they change their attitude, Nepal's future remains gloomy.
Netflix wll begin offering its Watch Instantly service through Nintendo's Wii. While rumors have been circulating, especially after Netflix reached ...
Google will allow Android phone users the ability to get turn-by-turn directions when using Google Maps on their phone. The feature update t...
By most accounts, the Internet was born back on October 29, 1969 by two researchers, Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn. Cerf is now Google's Chief Internet Evangelist.
SEO is stealth, it's sleek; it's all about titles that are short, searchable and to the point. It doesn't cater to the clever book title or site name, it could care less about how erudite you are.
A cardinal rule in start-ups is don't plan on luck, but take full advantage of it when you get it.
The US Government is scared that a swine flu epidemic could crash the countries broadband infrastructure. A report released by the US Accountability...
Almost fifty percent of students in the fifty largest American cities drop out of high school. In some cities, there is over a seventy percent drop out rate. One consequence is an increase in crime and the prison rate.
Lawyers are warning employers against friending employees on social networks. The National Law Journal wrote that friending or followin...
The literacy issue is a major one; many kids today are not learning to read. If kids fail to learn to read by fourth grade (and about 40% do not learn), then their problems compound year after year.
Patry's book, on the conflict between technology and content, is riddled with invective, unoriginal observations, and numerous typographical errors.
Those of us who have been following this case closely are left scratching our heads by the actions taken by Google and its partners since the Department of Justice's intervention.
Slow Thinking is intuitive, woolly and creative. It is what we do when the pressure is off, and there is time to let ideas simmer on the back burner. It yields rich, nuanced insights and sometimes surprising breakthroughs.
The SEC wants to know who traded in Perot in the two months prior to the public disclosure of its acquisition. I've also obtained copies of SEC documents showing it has commenced a number of investigations.
Google's biggest advantage is that they have tons of cash; Twitter's advantage lies in its simplicity; and Facebook's advantage is its huge and growing user base of over 300 million people.
To truly open the future of books and reading, consumers must be freed from proprietary devices and formats. We owe it to those who came before us to bring access to as many as possible.
Email is one of the central means of communication in our increasingly connected world, but as helpful as it can be, we can become a slave to it.
Once upon a time, USB flash drives.were rare, but today there's almost no excuse not to have one, especially since cost has plummeted and capacity has skyrocketed.
Microsoft announced that it will now include information from Twitter and Facebook in its Bing search results. The announcement was the first of its...
I'm simply raising the question. Could legal insider trading lead to a more efficient market that would ultimately benefit investors and allow investigators to probe elsewhere?
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Burt an Ernie! I've loved them from before I can remember! ^_^
This indeed brings the nostalgia to a lot of people world wide, not sure if kids nowadays would appreciate the good ole sesame street gang if they are always tune to Youtube or facebook playing mafia wars. =)
http://bit.ly/my-sesame-street
Hi - I love Sesame Street. Where's the Count? Cookie Monster and Snuffleupagus - I love these guys.
Happy Birthday with major shout outs!! :-)
I love it!
Google blog says they'll be featuring a different character for the next 7 days as the actual anniversary is November 10th.
I watched this show growing up and still do with my kids today. Big bird rocks..
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