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Murdoch's Daily: The Details

in News on February 2, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

At the launch of the Daily, News Corp.’s iPad newspaper this morning, CEO Rupert Murdoch said “new times demand new journalism.” What does that “new journalism” look like?

On Twitter, the Elections Are Almost as Big as iPhone 4

in Media on November 1, 2010 at 4:06 pm PT

Lots of election-related traffic on Twitter, but not an overwhelming amount. But the Washington Post, for one, figures there will be a lot more: It’s buying the word “election” as a Promoted Trend on the service tomorrow.

Yup, Online Ads Are Coming Back

in Media on October 12, 2010 at 10:45 am PT

Online ads grew by 13.9 percent in Q2, says an industry trade group. Which is good to know, but we’re just about to start getting Q3 numbers, starting with Google on Thursday.

Mac Quicken Gets Deductions for Iffy Upgrade

in Personal Technology on February 24, 2010 at 6:04 pm PT

Intuit’s upgrade of Mac Quicken keeps its promises, but is no match for the Windows version—and a step backward in some features on the 2007 Mac version.
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The Secret Behind the Kindle’s Best-Selling E-Books: They’re Not for Sale

in Media on December 29, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Want to sell a book to readers who own one of Amazon’s Kindles? Better make sure the price is very, very low. As in zero dollars and zero cents.
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Diabetes Meter Mates With PC to Track Trends

in Personal Technology on December 16, 2009 at 6:04 pm PT

Walt Mossberg calls the Contour USB a computer-savvy device that can help diabetics track health trends.
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Macworld ’09: iWork ’09, iWork.com

in News on January 6, 2009 at 9:54 am PT

Number two on Phil Schiller’s list of three announcements: iWork ’09. The next iteration of Keynote, Apple’s presentation application, offers some new object transition features: object zoom, a swing transition (Schiller demos it with a Bush-to-Obama slide that gets a laugh from the audience). There are also some new text transitions and chart animations. Finally, Apple’s offering a Keynote Remote application. It’s an iPhone app, of course.
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