Tag: e-paper
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$100 million for e-paper firm – maybe you should start thinking about the future
Red Herring reports a British e-paper company locked up $100 million in venture capital. “The company plans to build the plant, with an initial capacity of a million displays a year, in the eastern Germany city of Dresden and start production in 2008. The company said demand for electronic readers is expected to climb to…
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Note to newspaper companies: Keep your print layout off my screen
Hey guys, let’s make a deal: You stop trying to paste an old media model (print layout) on a new medium (e-paper, UMPC, tabletPC), and I’ll keep reading the stories I want to read, when I want to read them, either via RSS feeds from your paper, or when a blog I trust links to…
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Microsoft Software Will Let Times Readers Download Paper – New York Times
MS and NYT reinvent the…PDF. Hey BillG – how about we break all those newspapers up into subscription friendly blocks so I can import the stories of MY choice into my tablet/mobile/laptop/desktop. Microsoft Software Will Let Times Readers Download Paper – New York Times
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New York Times on e-paper
“One Day Soon, Straphangers May Turn Pages With a Button” The New York Times reports on the move some newspapers are already making to e-paper: “This is only one test of new e-paper devices competing to become the iPod of the newspaper business. Other e-paper trials are being undertaken by the paper Les Echos, which…
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Talk to the Newsroom: Executive Editor Bill Keller – New York Times
“…And will there be cults of newsprint enthusiasts who pay a premium for the retro pleasure of ink on paper, the way some audiophiles today insist on vinyl records? Heck, I don’t know.” Talk to the Newsroom: Executive Editor Bill Keller – New York Times
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Your paperboy called. He says he’s made of fiberoptic cable. And your micropayment is late.
Here’s why the “but-I-like-inky-fingers” crowd should relax: After most news organizations get their online operations in full swing, but before newsprint goes completely extinct, e-paper will emerge as the daily medium for information. This is old news, but with all the hand-wringing over what to do about a business model for the new newspaper, I…
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Belgian Newspaper Tests “Real” Digital Edition: Poynter Online – E-Media Tidbits
“This device uses an ‘electronic paper’ display and therefore should be readable in full sunlight. Content is received via wireless or regular LAN, USB, Compact Flash or multimedia card.” Belgian Newspaper Tests “Real” Digital Edition: Poynter Online – E-Media Tidbits
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Editors Weblog – New Media – Flexible e-reader
The electronic broadsheet is coming… Editors Weblog – New Media – Flexible e-reader