And the birthday presents have arrived.
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The company is hardly the evil megalomaniac that many have depicted: it’s actually been very good for the book industry.
Can we do this in every lesson?
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For the first time, teachers have voted for the best ebooks to use in school.
Coming to a lecture theatre near you.
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Fifty Shades of Grey and fan fic like it has reached the Ivy League.
Reddit broke Reddit, it seems.
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Volunteers and unpaid labour make up much of the web – companies disrespect them at their peril.
Good things come in small packages, but are all small packages a good thing?
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Micro:bit has a parallel in the Model B, which the BBC launched in the 1980s.
‘I hate to say this but he, uh, it’s behind you.’
EA Games
What gives horror-themed computer games their kick, and why do so many of us like it?
‘Too much Call of Duty, not enough shopping’.
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Is the shopping experience the next for a technological overhaul with virtual reality?
Monika Bravo, detail of the installation URUMU .
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Latin America might have found itself on the dark side of the “digital divide” over the last 20 years or so, but this hasn’t impeded the development of digital arts there.
We will soon be paying more for next day delivery of letters.
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Unless Australia Post is freed to operate on an even playing field with its major parcel competitors, Australians can expect to see higher postage prices and more job cuts.
Actor Taylor Kinney leaving the much loved City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco.
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Using web data it’s possible to work out which bookstores are the world’s ‘most loved’.
Technological invasion.
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The attitudes of the technologically adept are changing society in what amounts to a silent technological conspiracy.
Some feel as if they’re being taken for a ride, rather than enjoying it.
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California case highlights the potential negative impact of technological progress.
Shake it off.
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New studies show that unethical reputations actually don’t concern consumers of streaming services.
Businesses say data protection sacrifices the cloud advantage for security.
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While greater data protection in Europe seems inevitable, the eventual form it takes is still up for grabs.
Glued.
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The smartphone is rising as a reading device. What happens to the stories they’re telling?
Under an uncomfortable spotlight.
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The Chinese search engine Baidu was found to have cheated in a computer science competition.
Alive and kicking.
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The rock promoter thinks festivals are on the way out. But he couldn’t be further from the truth.
Your ad here - only sometimes it isn’t.
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A German court says Adblock software is legal, but is it such a big deal for the web advertising model?
“Looks like there’s an unexpected item in the bagging area, puny human.”
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Why would our software turn against us when without us it’s useless?
Copyright keeps appearing where it’s not wanted.
Christopher Dombres
A decision against Google in its court case against Oracle this week could lay the ground for upheaval in the industry.