The best way to predict the future is to implement it.
Newspapers have been struggling – there’s no question about that. Many have closed up shop or downsized until they’re unrecognizable over the last few years, and the ones that remain are leeft to try what so few have succeeded at: reinventing the business model of news.
Read more on New York Times’ website paywall about to go up…
Amazon has made good on a long-standing threat to end its affiliate sales program in Illinois if that state applies sales tax to online purchases.
The online retailer has decided to end ties with websites in Illinois that sell Amazon goods through advertising links. This doesn’t mean that you won’t be able to shop Amazon.com in Illinois — far from it. But if you are trying to make a living, or even part of a living, by selling items on Amazon through your own website or blog, you’re going to have to find somewhere else to do it.
Read more on Online affiliate sales doomed by Illinois taxes?…
According to The Washington Post, Amazon is poised to revolutionize online gift-giving after quietly securing a patent for a system that will let people return unwanted presents before they even receive them.
Read more on Amazon patents a way to let you stop bad gifts in their tracks…
Panasonic on Monday waded back into the video game system business for the first time since its popular but pricey 3DO console faded away in 1996.
GIZMODO reports the company is developing the Jungle, a handheld video game system specifically designed for online gaming and MMORPGs. Among the launch titles will be the upcoming, browser based MMO based on Syfy’s hit TV series Battlestar Galactica.
Read more on Panasonic to take MMO gaming on the road with Jungle handheld…
E-Reader haters, take heart: Just because you love the crisp smell of paper as you turn the pages of an analog book doesn’t mean the reading experience can’t be enhanced by technology.
What if you could check your text messages and update your Facebook status while driving without having to risk an accident by fumbling with your cellphone?
GM is expected to roll out an upgrade to its OnStar satellite navigation system soon that will do just that, by reading messages to drivers and letting them update their Facebook status simply by speaking out loud to a voice-recognition program.
Read more on OnStar will soon update Facebook, read your text messages to you…
