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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Now that everyone’s addicted to their CrackBerry, it’s time to pay the suppliers.

Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of NewsCorp., announced on Tuesday that the company would start charging a fee for users of its Wall Street Journal mobile application.
The move was in response to a continued industry-wide struggle to raise money by selling advertising and subscriptions to the newspaper’s website.
The new weekly access fees will affect most users of the mobile application, which is available for BlackBerry, iPhone, and iPod Touch.

Mobile application access will be free for users who subscribe to both print and web editions of the Journal; non-subscribers will pay $2/week for access; print-only subscribers will pay $1/week.
In a similar move, The New York Times recently asked its subscribers if they would pay a $2.50 monthly fee for Web access.
In terms of circulation, USA Today is the largest newspaper with 2.11 million subscribers; The Wall Street Journal is second with 2.08 million subscribers; the New York Times is third largest with 1.04 million.

Monday, May 4th, 2009

New technology could really affect the way you learn, get your news, and relax.

In late 2007, Amazon’s Kindle redefined electronic books. Not only did it have an E-ink screen (which doesn’t strain your eyes like LCD screens), but it also included high-speed wireless connection so you could download new books directly from anywhere in the U.S., at no extra cost.
Now, Amazon has released the Kindle 2. There’s no major redesign, but it is faster and a bit more polished than the original.
If you’re already a Kindle owner, no dire need to upgrade just yet. But if you’re buying your first ebook, this is a good place to start.

The Kindle’s Eink screen uses small shape-shifting ink-like capsules to form print-quality text that doesn’t strain your eyes at all.
The Kindle 2 features accident-proof buttons, a thinner body (.36 inch), more built-in memory (2 gigabytes), a joystick navigation button, 4x higher screen quality, better battery life, and a robotic voice for the option to listen as an audiobook.
The Sony Reader is Kindle’s only real competition, though it’s $30 more and doesn’t have Kindle’s favorite feature, wireless connection.

“The new Kindle 2 is less of a revolution, and more of a refinement.” – Seth Porges, bloomberg.com

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