Limiting Wi-Fi Access Per Child

Walt answers readers’ questions about limiting Wi-Fi Internet access for family members.

KatieCam: What’s On Nuance CEO Paul Ricci’s Bookshelf (Video)

Because Siri won’t read “War and Peace” to you.
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Tweet Any Good Books Lately?

Book groups, in a 140 characters.

Amazon Buys Book Recommendation Site Goodreads

It’s kind of a natural for a company that, despite its many other ventures, still makes a lot of its money selling books.
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Online Entertainment That’s for the Taking

Deals on books, movies, music and more are available on most days, you just need to know where to look.
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Barnes’s Chairman Mulls Store Buyout

Barnes & Noble Inc.’s chairman and biggest shareholder has expressed interest in buying out the retailer’s consumer-bookstore chain, raising the prospect that the company could be split in two.

Amazon’s Executive Team Is Shrinking

Amazon’s management team has quietly lost four executives over the past year.
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Americans Read More E-Books — But Maybe Not on E-Readers

A quarter of Americans age 16 and up now own tablets, according to Pew.
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Zero Harm

Customer buys book because of fake review = zero harm

–Mystery novelist J. A. Konrath, writing on his blog about Amazon’s fake-reviewer crackdown

Carryalongs Dominate, Enterprise Struggles and Hacktivists Rule in 2013

Analyst Mark Anderson makes his annual batch of predictions.
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Barnes & Noble Loves Mommy Porn!

Apple’s $8 Billion Media Business