September 2010
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From Mao to Microsoft, a conversation on the... →
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DV: Around that time, you started developing an electronic encyclopedia. How did that concept come into being? BS: It came from an article by Ralph Gomory, the chief scientist at IBM. He talked about how you could put the entire Encyclopædia Britannica onto a single LaserDisc. So I wanted to put Random House’s encyclopedia onto a LaserDisc. It was that simple. What I didn’t understand...
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WatchNick Bilton: How the Porn Industry Leads the Digital Media Industry
First Book to Use QR Code
At the beginning of each chapter will find a QR code, a postage stamp-sized image which is scanned by a smart phone. Smart phone users will then be taken to related videos and Web pages.
Nick says his is the first book to employ QR Codes. He offers a demonstration in his video which we have...
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WatchTwo Page E-Readers
The Digital Ebook by Karim Zaouai Mimicks the Form of a Real Book
Although e-readers are extremely convenient and even beneficial to the world of literature, there’s is something about the feel of a physical book that cannot be replaced, but the Digital eBook comes close. Instead of the typical tablet e-readers, this one opens up like a book, providing users with two...
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