Amazon is testing “Kindle Unlimited,” an ebook subscription service for $9.99/month – Old GigaOm
Amazon(s AMZN) is testing an ebook and audiobook subscription service called “Kindle Unlimited” that offers “unlimited access to over 600,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device for just $9.99 a month.” Most of the test pages were pulled down Wednesday after some users on the Kindle Boards noticed them, but they are still available through Google Cache and some are still live on Amazo
Sony exits the North American ebook business and gives its customers to Kobo – Old GigaOm
Sony (s SNE), which is essentially a non-player in the U.S. ebook market at this point, is cutting its losses and shutting down its digital bookstore in the U.S. and Canada, the company reported Thursday. “Sony is withdrawing from the digital reading business in the United States,” Sony spokeswoman Maya Wasserman confirmed. The beneficiary is Kobo, which will take on Sony Reader customers and mana
Google sticks with VP8, opposes Cisco’s push to make H.264 the default codec for WebRTC – Old GigaOm
There goes that plan to unite the industry behind one video single codec: Google (S GOOG) intends to stick with VP8 as its default codec for real-time communication, even after Cisco (s CSCO) won support from Mozilla in a last-minute push to get everyone to adopt H.264. Earlier on Wednesday, Cisco announced that it was going to provide third-party developers with a freely usable version of H.264,
Open codec pioneer leaves Red Hat, joins Mozilla to work on next-generation video codec – Old GigaOm
Xiph.org founder Monty Montgomery is leaving Red Hat to join Mozilla next week. Montgomery announced the change on Google+ Tuesday, writing: “This is not a reflection on Red Hat, but rather jumping at an opportunity offered by Mozilla.” Montgomery is currently working on Daala, a next-generation video codec that aims to provide better results than H.265, also known as HEVC, without requiring any k
First they came for WikiLeaks, then the New York Times – Old GigaOm
When WikiLeaks made its first big media appearance by publishing tens of thousands of top-secret diplomatic cables in 2010, we argued the group headed by controversial front man Julian Assange was a media entity, albeit an unusual one. The broader implications of this status extend far beyond the question of whether we support the organization or its motives: As a blog post at the Electronic Front
Big e-reader is watching you – Old GigaOm
“Because sometimes things happen to people and they’re not equipped to deal with them.” That non-grammatical sentence — from Catching Fire, the second book in Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games” trilogy, is the most-highlighted passage ever on Kindle (s AMZN), with nearly 18,000 readers marking it. But you can bet Amazon is collecting much more interesting data about Kindle users than that. The compan
Last.fm suspected password breach weeks ago – Old GigaOm
The security breach that led to millions of Last.fm passwords being compromised happened at least three months ago — and remained undetected, despite the fact that the company suspected in May that it had been targeted. On Thursday, the CBS-owned (s CBS), London-based music website became the latest website — after LinkedIn (s LNKD) and eHarmony — to reveal that its data had been stolen, asking us
The e-book wars: Who is less evil, Amazon or book publishers? – Old GigaOm
As expected, the Department of Justice launched an antitrust lawsuit against Apple (s aapl) and several of the major book publishers on Wednesday, alleging collusion and price-fixing behavior on e-books as a result of the “agency pricing” model. As my colleagues Jeff Roberts and Laura Owen have reported, three of the publishers named in the suit have decided to settle while two have chosen to figh
Google glasses make sense as the “next” mobile device – Old GigaOm
Smartphones already have Google Goggles, an image-recognition search app, but consumers may one day have “Google glasses.” The search company publicly introduced Project Glass on Wednesday, a concept for wearable glasses that integrate directly with Google (s goog) services. Google is sharing this video to kickstart ideas and gather feedback for the connected, wearable device concept. It may sound
Who Decides What Gets Sold In The Bookstore? – Old GigaOm
We can probably agree that the local supermarket has no moral or ethical or business obligation to sell cherry-flavored Cap’n Crunch. If the owner doesn’t like cherries, she doesn’t have to sell them. And the cereal maker shouldn’t work under the assumption that every store that sells food will necessarily carry the Cap’n, even on special order. But what about books? There’s been a long history of
Samsung/HTC: Two Sides Of An Android Coin. Why’s Samsung Winning The Toss? – Old GigaOm
Android is trouncing the competition when it comes to platform domination in the smartphone market — over half of all smartphones being used today — but that rising tide is not lifting all boats. Sales figures out today from the two largest Android device makers, Samsung and HTC, present two different pictures, with Samsung posting record profits and HTC’s declining. Here’s a few thoughts on why t
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Facebook is under fire from gay and transgender users who are being forced to use real names – Old GigaOm
The EU’s “right to be forgotten” is a bad idea, and Google is handling it exactly the right way – Old GigaOm
Wikimedia is considering support for H.264 video codec to boost video on Wikipedia – Old GigaOm
Fon finally launches in the US, inviting consumers to share their Wi-Fi – Old GigaOm
Exclusive: Google+ Hangouts goes HD as it switches from H.264 to VP8. Next up, WebRTC. – Old GigaOm
Trouble in Android paradise between Google and Qualcomm? – Old GigaOm
Startup Fastly offers radical new CDN using flash memory – Old GigaOm
Don Norman: Google doesn’t get people, it sells them – Old GigaOm
Amazon’s Android Appstore, not so amazing – Old GigaOm