Reuben Ingber: Archive

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High Schools Are Step One Of Two →

mckaythomas: MG Siegler in his latest TechCrunch article posits that although Apple’s new iBooks strategy is admirable in its effort to fix problems in public high schools, that it’s not realistic and that their market strategy should revolve around colleges and college textbooks. On the surface, which seems logical enough, his argument is sound. But It ignores the one, HUGE driving force in...

Jan 27th

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What It's Like On Day One As An Apple Employee →

Jan 27th

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Muck Rack: Journalists react to Twitter... →

muckrack: The most–linked and commented item on MuckRack over the past 24 hours has been: Tweets Must Still Flow, a post on the Twitter blog announcing the company’s “ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country — while keeping it available in the rest of the world.” The…

Jan 27th

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Getting the News — Zach Seward

newsme: (This post is part of News.me’s ongoing series, “Getting the News.” In our efforts to understand everything about social news, we’re reaching out to writers and thinkers we like to ask them how they get their daily news. Read the first post here. See all of the posts, from writers and thinkers like Anil Dash, Khoi Vinh, and Megan Garber, here.) This week we reached out to Zach Seward,...

Jan 26th

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Tony Hsieh's new $350 million startup. →

It’s not a business but an entire metropolis. The Zappos CEO is trading shoes for urban planning — and spending big bucks to rebuild downtown Las Vegas.

Jan 25th

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The Story Behind Gmail's Logo →

Jan 25th

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What Your Favorite Blog Says About You →

Jan 25th

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5 Minutes on The Verge: Sparrow's Dom Leca →

Great interview with the creator of Sparrow a fantastic mail app for Mac. (via Shawn Blanc)

Jan 25th

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Orange to Bring Free Wikipedia Access to Africa,... →

Orange said it plans to roll out the free service over the course of 2012 to customers in 20 countries, with access in the first countries launching early this year. The service will be available on any phone with an Orange SIM card and the ability to view the mobile Web, with no data plan required. This is amazing! Mobile phones are more popular throughout the Middle East and Africa then...

Jan 24th

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Matt Gemmell: iBooks Ideas →

Jan 24th

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Dave Caolo: Comparing low-distraction browser... →

I love all of the distraction free browser readers that Dave discusses in this article. I have used Instapaper forever on my iPad, and Readable in my browser. Now I will be upgrading to Clearly. In my opinion the Safari reader on the Mac is a waste, cause Readable and Clearly are so much better. But Safari reader on the iPhone and iPad are is amazing.

Jan 24th

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“Education should give everyone the opportunity to succeed, but the ultimate...”

– Volatile and Decentralized: Making universities obsolete

Jan 24th

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Must Read: Do Great Things by Justin Rosenstein... →

Jan 24th

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Ben Brooks: "If I Were CEO of RIM, here what I... →

Call a meeting of all top executives. Pull my iPhone 4S out and rest it gently on the table in front of me. Wait for dramatic effect. Fire anyone not patient enough to wait for me to speak first. Tell everyone left in the room that they have 3 months to bring me a working prototype that makes me want to use it over my iPhone. (While gesturing towards my iPhone already placed on the...

Jan 24th

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Apple's New Math. Or: Why a $15 E-Book Equals a... →

Jan 24th

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How a late night talk show works →

Gavin Purcell produces Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and the other night on Twitter, he shared some info about how the show comes together. (via Kottke)

Jan 23rd

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The Washington Post: Why doesn’t Washington... →

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A Whole Lotta Nothing: Lessons for Kickstarter... →

Jan 21st

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The Change in Apple's Genius Bar

alexleiphart: Walking into an Apple Store Genius Bar appointment even two short years ago was an exciting and fun experience. I knew I wouldn’t have to wait more than five minutes to talk to a Genius, and I knew my problem would be fixed. In between waiting for an update to install or a diagnosis to finish, I was able to make conversation with the Genius. We’d often talk about things that were...

Jan 21st

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Shawn Blank: An SDK for Writers →

I agree with Shawn a lot here. I would add that iBooks Author could also be an amazing way for organizations to publish briefing books or guide books to the iPad with little real investment.

Jan 21st

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SOPA: The 1-9-90 Principle In Action

onenineninety: By David All This week’s remarkably successful online protest against two anti-piracy bills before Congress is a classic example of the 1-9-90 principle at work, and it demonstrates why we at the David All Group preach that principle to brands. In this case, the 1 percent were “The Internet” — companies like Craigslist, Facebook, Google, Mozilla, Reddit and Wikipedia. They took...

Jan 21st

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In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s Grandparents’ WiFi... →

For anyone who is the token “tech support” guy of your family and friends (and all of their family and friends) this is a very funny read.

Jan 21st

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Digitopoloy: Taking the text out of textbooks →

Jan 20th

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Dropbox inventor determined to build the next... →

Drew Houston’s wildly popular service allows people to access the latest version of all their digital stuff on any device no matter where they are. Every day 325 million files are saved on Dropbox.

Jan 20th

Kyle Baxter on Apple & Education →

Apple is trying to re-make education, and it’s very clear that this is something that means a lot to them. This isn’t just another business opportunity—it’s a chance to do something great and improve people’s lives. Apple is the only company with the platform, resources and passion to completely change how we learn in school, and they recognize it. What they announced today is the best example...

Jan 20th

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Joshua Topolsky: The wrong tools to combat online... →

The founding editor in chief of The Verge writes why SOPA and PIPA are bad pieces of legislation in The Washington Post.

Jan 19th

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Let the Music Play: Pandora Founder Tunes Into... →

Really interesting interview with the creator of Pandora on how it was created and what it is today.

Jan 19th

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Penny De Los Santos: How Instagram Has Influenced... →

Really nice post.

Jan 19th

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Apple's Textbook Video →

Live now.

Jan 19th

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Quick Thoughts on Apple and Education

Today Apple made some announcments regarding new applications for education; textbooks, a textbook builder/creator, and a reimagining of iTunes U. While I believe this will all be excellent products, I don’t believe they will penetrate the market the way many would hope. The new textbooks and textbook builder could be great tools. I remember in college many time receiving binder ring bound...

Jan 19th

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