Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/docomos-glasses-free-3d-lcd-panel-could-make-the-3ds-look-decid/
DoCoMo's glasses-free 3D LCD panel could make the 3DS look decidedly first-gen originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/5586338/scan-your-old-negatives-diy-style-using-a-dslr-and-toilet-paper-rolls
Heavy duty Nikon scanners can run you upwards of $1,000. Photographer Claus Thiim created his own scanner by attaching two toilet paper rolls to a polarize filter (with the glass removed) to the front of a DSLR camera. A plastic 35mm slide-mount was attached to the end and opened on the sides, so film can slide right through.
Voila! Capture each frame and you're done with the film. Bonus: You can use this method for traditional B&W film and forget about the dark room, for you more artsy types. [DIY Photography via Wired]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5586204/publishing-ebooks-kindle-ipad-nook-kobo
Now that the iPad has captured 22% of the eBook market in it's first 60 days, authors are clamoring to get their books into the iBookstore. What most are finding out is that publishing on the iPad is no simple task. Where Amazon has had 3 years to make publishing eBooks on Kindle a snap, Apple is just now clunking up to speed. The publishing process on iPad is almost not worth it, until you weigh in the fact that the iBookstore is now available on over 3 million iPads and all iPhones with the new iOS4-that's a potential audience of over 40 million people. That's right, it's not just eBooks on the iPad anymore, it's seamless distribution through the iPhone, too. Add to this a major push by Barnes and Noble and Borders to build their own eBookstore platforms and your eBooks could reach over 100 million readers.
Back in 1999 Nuvomedia built one of the first eBook readers. It was called the Rocket eBook and they thought they were turning a new page in publishing history. Unfortunately, they were 10 years too early. The connection between buying and reading books was too clunky. It wasn't until Amazon tied Kindle to a cellular network and made it possible to browse and purchase eBooks with one click, that the revolution began. Once readers could make compulsive book purchases, Kindle sales took off.
Then Amazon made another amazing move, they built a Kindle iPhone App. This was critical because it turned every single iPhone into a Kindle. This was a major turning point in the development of eBooks-the bookstore was more important than the device. Now Kindle apps are available on iPad, Android, Blackberry, Mac and PC.
Today Apple, Barnes and Noble, Borders and even newcomers like Kobo are creating their own eBookstores and mobile eReading Apps. Initially these bookstores were tied to devices like the iPad, Kindle, Nook and the Kobo, but the device is less important than who sells the book. And as each company creates its own platform for selling books we need to find easier, faster ways to publish them-and to make them available in all the different stores.
When Kindle and the iBookstore first opened they focused primarily on big publishing companies with top sellers. Then they slowly made it possible for self-publishers to get their content into the store. Today you have to jump through some hoops to get your books listed, but it's possible. The biggest problem is getting your content into the right format so it can flow nicely on all the different eReaders. Amazon created their own format and Apple went with the industry standard ePUB format. Unfortunately, most authors don't have a clue what an ePUB is or how to turn their beautiful PDF into one. Enter the publishing service providers.
Though it gets more complicated for authors to publish and manage their own books, services like FastPencil.com are making it easier. By using a service, authors can focus on their content and leave the formatting, publishing and distribution to FastPencil. Unlike Lulu.com or CreateSpace.com, FastPencil is the only online publishing system that provides authors with a free online book editor, free formatting and design templates and totally integrated publishing and distribution for all platforms-including print-on-demand and eBooks.
As a result, it's much easier to publish your eBook on all the different devices-iPad, Kindle, Nook, Kobo-and reach your readers when they are ready to buy. You don't have to worry about ePUB formats, design or distribution. You can do what you were meant to do: Write.
Having helped thousands of authors get over the hurdles on their way to publishing, I've come up with three suggestions that can save you a lot of trouble and help you decide where and how to sell more books.
1. Self-publishing is for workaholics-use a service. Before you dive into Self-publishing make sure you are ready to start your own business. Self-publishing is essentially acting as your own publisher which means you have to register ISBN's, collect sales taxes and manage a business. There's a better way to do it using online service providers like FastPencil.com who will manage everything for you, collect taxes and pay huge royalties.
2. Don't limit yourself-publish multiple formats in every channel. When you want to sell copies of your book why limit yourself to just the Kindle or just paperback? Readers in the future will not walk into
bookstores, browse around and buy books. They will hear about a book from a friend, look it up on a mobile device, download a copy and start reading within 15 minutes. You want to be there when they come
looking.
3. Link directly to your book-readers want instant gratification. Take advantage of every new marketing and sales tools available to get your book in front of your readers. Get direct links to your book on Kindle
and iPad and put them on your web site or blog. Learn from the Rocket eBook experience and make it fast and easy to order your book.
Kindle is by far the leader in eBook sales today, but Apple is gaining marketshare fast. The iBookstore is really hard to get into, but if you use a service like FastPencil it's a snap. Barnes and Noble is setting up their own publishers system this summer for the Nook, and Borders has partnered up with Kobo to do the same thing. The ideal situation would be to release your book into all the different bookstores and also provide direct links for your readers from your web site or blog.
Today it's easier than ever to write, publish and sell your book. Couple that with the extensive reach of these new eBookstores and authors have an opportunity like no other time in history. Don't get caught up on the whether to stick with Kindle or iPad... do both!
Michael Ashley (a.k.a. "Mash"), is the author of iPad Publishing Guide: Write, Publish and Sell Your Book on the Apple iPad with FastPencil. Now available on: Kindle, iPad, and FastPencil.com.
Mash is Founder & Chief Technology Officer at FastPencil, Inc. which helps authors connect, write, publish and distribute books with just a few clicks. He is a successful entrepreneur with over 12 years experience in web applications and Internet publishing. Mash is responsible for innovation and product strategy at FastPencil. In this role, Mash has transformed the company from an online writing tool, to the only end-to-end social self-publishing platform with multi-channel, multi-format distribution. In his free time you can find him stand-up paddle surfing in his hometown, Santa Cruz.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/verizon-catalog-reveals-motorola-droid-2-new-dumbphones/
Verizon catalog reveals Motorola Droid 2, new dumbphones originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/facetime-video-call-works-beautifully-on-airplanes-in-flight-wi/
Continue reading FaceTime video call works beautifully on airplane's in-flight WiFi (video)
FaceTime video call works beautifully on airplane's in-flight WiFi (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Visit Bounce, plug in a URL, and Bounce snaps a screenshot of the web site you pointed it at. Once the capture is loaded you can draw boxes around elements of the site you want to annotate and immediately add text. When you share the URL for your capture others can check out your notes by mousing over the focus boxes you've created.
Bounce is a free service and requires no registration. Have a simple tool for sharing annotated screenshots? Let's hear about it in the comments.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5585296/panasonic-just-wants-to-be-your-everything
There are plenty of arguments against being a company that makes 152-inch televisions and facial steamers and everything in between: just ask Sony. But so what if Panasonic makes four types of nosehair trimmers? As long as they're making them well.
As the New York Times reports, Panasonic's financial performance has taken a hit recently, but the company has remained undeterred:
"It's true our business spans a wide area," Fumio Ohtsubo, the president, said in a recent interview at the Tokyo offices of Panasonic, which is based in Osaka. "But it's not as difficult as you might think." In fact, the new drive by Panasonic to sell to its wares in poorer countries like India and Indonesia has yielded early successes. So has its push into 3-D technology, billed as the next revolution in home entertainment in rich countries like the United States and Japan.
There may come a day when companies like Panasonic will have to sell off some of the business units that weigh them down—like GE did over the last several decades. But until then, keep on keeping on, Panasonic. Bigger might not always be better, but it's certainly more fun. [NY Times]
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/12/hps-mckinney-hints-that-a-flexible-display-palm-device-could-ha/
HP's McKinney hints that a flexible display Palm device could happen originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Continue reading Revenge of the quadrocopters: now they move in packs (video)
Revenge of the quadrocopters: now they move in packs (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/mits-piezoelectric-fibers-can-act-as-speaker-or-microphone-don/
MIT's piezoelectric fibers can act as speaker or microphone, don't mind auto-tune originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/windows-phone-live-to-offer-remote-wipe-location-and-sync-for/
See, Android owners don't ever lose their phones, so that's why they don't need this capability... right? Right? Hot on the heels of yesterday's news that RIM would be delivering a comprehensive remote wipe solution to BlackBerrys this year, Andy Lees is mentioning at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference today that an all-new Windows Phone Live website will figure prominently into the Windows Phone 7 equation when devices launch toward the end of 2010. It looks like the site is divided into two, arguably equally important parts: a sync function, which lets you transfer photos directly from your phone (a la Kin Studio, perhaps?), move OneNote content, synchronize contacts, and so on, and a suite of tools for dealing with a lost or stolen device -- you'll be able to remotely wipe it, locate it, lock it, or just make it ring until you drive the thief out of his gourd.Windows Phone Live to offer remote wipe, location, and sync for your Windows Phone 7 device originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/tokyo-universitys-grape-dr-supercomputer-is-a-tangled-green-pow/
Tokyo University's Grape-DR supercomputer is a tangled green powerhouse originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://lifehacker.com/5583406/ad+aware-adds-antivirus-scheduled-scans-to-free-version
It used to be that the free version of Ad-Aware was crippled in order to make you pay for a full license, but in an age of lots of great free antivirus and anti-spyware software, it seems Ad-Aware has taken the hint and added these fairly basic features to the free version. Before, if you wanted the free version, you'd need a separate antivirus program and you'd need to start your malware scans manually—not exactly ideal. However, among all their other recent additions, Ad-Aware has put their scheduler and Sunbelt-powered Antivirus scanner in the free version, likely hoping to compete with the other popular, free security suites out there. Hit the link to check it out, and let us know what you think of all the latest improvements in the comments.
Ad-Aware is a free download for Windows, though also has Plus and Pro versions available for $30 and $50, respectively.
Source: http://lifehacker.com/5583436/get-wildcard-suggestions-in-google-autocomplete
Normally, Google only autocompletes the end of a search query. If you type in a phrase and then delete the middle, though, it'll autocomplete at the place you deleted, leaving the end intact.
Source: http://lifehacker.com/5584353/the-lofted-office-out-of-sight-and-spacious
Lifehacker reader Chuck Rifici has an unusual home office. Within his loft-style apartment is a separate mini-loft area raised up behind the wall of the entryway and the kitchen, accessible by a small staircase. This loft-within-a-loft area is just the right size for a big desk, printer stand, and file cabinet. By far the most notable feature about the space is the half-height wall that surrounds it. When you're seated you feel like you're in a private space but the open design allows indirect sunlight to flood the area. More importantly a room that size with traditional walls and a standard height ceiling would seem very small and most people would feel like they were working in a closet. The open design instead gives you a feeling like you're working in a tree house and not a coat room. Take a closer look at his lofted office in the gallery below.
If you have a workspace of your own to show off, throw the pictures on your Flickr account and add it to the Lifehacker Workspace Show and Tell Pool. Include some details about your setup and why it works for you, and you just might see it featured on the front page of Lifehacker.
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