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Among the minimalist writing apps for iPad, two have come out on top: Hog Bay Software’s PlainText and Information Architects’ simply-named Writer. Here’s a look at some of the differences and major features of both apps so you can decide which one better fits your needs. Read more »

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Ninety-nine percent of authors don’t make money on their book projects, 99 percent of publishers lose money and 1,500 books are published every day, reports Clint Greenleaf. With those stats, why does anyone consider a career as a writer or editor? Because even with those stats, […] Read more »

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Although I haven’t kept a close eye on Elance, my impression has been that it was a basic job “bid” site for freelancer programmers. The site description summarizes their main focus as “outsourcing to freelance programmers, web and logo designers, copywriters, illustrators and consultants.” People with […] Read more »

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Last week, I took a look at what I called “Brain Tickler Tools” – Notefish and Instapaper – tools that went beyond bookmarking but actually helped me create some kind of writer’s tickler file where I could return anytime and browse over content to get ideas […] Read more »

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The online office applications market has been heating up lately.  The gorilla in the room, Google Docs/Spreadsheets/Presentations, has made a lot of splashes.  However Zoho, another strong contender, has recently added new features to their Writer application that are pretty intriguing. Thesaurus: For 10 languages, Zoho […] Read more »

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I think 2007 will be the year where mobile technology vendors proved that inexpensive doesn’t necessarily mean cheap and unusable. It happened with the Asus Eee PC and then again with Palm’s Centro for Sprint. The trend continues in 2008 now that a Palm Centro has […] Read more »

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Earlier this today I stumbled upon this video from Samsung demonstrating how web content can be married to the television signals being broadcast live via their set-top box. They call it See-N-Search. The set-top box also has the ability to pull multimedia content, aka videos off […] Read more »

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Updated: Sling Media, the early leaders in place-shifting technology have scored a touchdown – they are working with DirecTV on a new offering called SuperCast. As part of this deal, viewers can get online streams of NFL games every Sunday. The deal has been rumored for […] Read more »

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I don’t know about you folks, but I’ve seen more mobile phone charging types than I care to see. You’ve got your proprietary ones, which I absolutely can’t stand. Yes, I’ve been known to NOT get a phone simply due to a proprietary charger. Mini-USBs are […] Read more »

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Cablevision has sold off its Voom high definition satellite television service to EchoStar. I had reported on this earlier, and well the news is pretty much along the same lines. I was off by about $50 million. The deal was for $200 million, according to press […] Read more »

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In the immortal words of Bill O’Reilly, SHUT UP! Rob Glaser should just get out of business while he can and go promote something dumb… like world bowling league. The dude has not clue about nothin. Why the rant? Well turn to Business 2.0′s Dumbest Moment […] Read more »