via guardian.co.uk

Thanks to strong iMac sales, Steve Jobs is insanely great again, and accolades in the trades have called Apple’s reversal of fortune everything from a “rebound” to “the Second Coming.” The next iMac attack promises new lollipop laptops, a more serious series of professional machines, and a wireless handheld dubbed the iPad. Though it’s hard to argue with five straight profitable quarters, Apple’s teal-colored turnaround is saddled to a single product line - built on an aging operating system.

But reading and writing, like all technologies, are dynamic. via smithsonianmag.com

Investors will receive a copy of the book they back and earn up to eight times their outlay if more than 100,000 copies are sold. Their money will be returned if the €22,000 threshold is not reached. Отсюда: http://www.thebookseller.com/news/123455-crowdfunding-for-french-books.html

new latest generation Kindle DX and new lower price of $379, down from $489, and still with free 3G wireless–no monthly bills or annual contracts. Kindle DX is the 9.7-inch large screen member of Amazon’s family of revolutionary portable readers. The new Kindle DX features a new graphite enclosure and an all new, high contrast electronic ink display with 50 percent better contrast for the clearest text and sharpest images.

via itunes.apple.com Судя по противоречивым данным со всех сторон, у Conde Nast снесло крышу и он не знает, по какой цене торговать Wired. Последние данные из iTunes - приложение загружается бесплатно, июньский и июльский номера покупаются по $3,99.

Ten More Commandments, Publishing Edition Posted by Mike Shatzkin on June 27, 2010 at 10:27 am · Under Chuckles, Community, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Supply-Chain, Vertical The following post is a collaboration with my friend Joe Esposito, the CEO of GiantChair. The post was Joe’s idea, but I contributed enough to its completion to justify a claim of shared authorship. Joe has kindly agreed to allow this received wisdom to be delivered to the world through The Shatzkin Files.

via e-ink-info.com У айпад дисплей блекнет на солнце, конечно. Вопрос - как будет с сетчатым дисплеем. А внедрение Пиксель-Чи тормозится. Оно и понятно - надо менять поставщиков, а вдруг что, технология новая. Лучше бы Apple их купил - толку бы больше было.

The company was able to price the shares above its $14 to $16 range, and will collect $202 million from the IPO Tesla is selling 13.3 million shares, 11,880,600 through the company and 1,419,400 through selling stockholders, including founder Elon Musk. This is the first time an automotive company has gone public in more than 50 years. via techcrunch.com Рыночная капитализация - $1,7 млрд.

June 24 Sports Illustrated Introduces iPad App Sports Illustrated is now available as an application for the iPad, providing another outlet for its trademark photography as well as new interactive features. via mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com Интересно, получилось так же красиво, как в трейлере?