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Yesterday’s news story that Yahoo had made an offer to buy Tumblr does not appear to be sitting well with a number of Tumblr users; some active opponents are now protesting the deal with a virtual walkout.
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg reported on his blog last night that:
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Here are a few stories to read this morning.
When Longreads launched in late 2010 it had a simple goal. The team behind the site were determined to find and share links to the best longform journalism on the web, and now they are turning their attention to the work of a sometimes overlooked group of writers:
Students.
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Nook Media has shown every sign that they were getting out of the ereader business, but if today’s rumor is true then they’ll be leaving a gift behind as they go out the door.
TechCrunch is reporting that the Nook Touch and Nook Glow will be getting an update sometime next month:
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Update: Yahoo issued a press release Monday morning that confirmed the news They promise not to screw it up:
Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business. David Karp will remain CEO. The product, service and brand will continue to be defined and developed separately with the same Tumblr irreverence, wit, and commitment to empower creators.
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Microsoft’s rumored 8″ Surface tablet is still a whisper on the wind, but it looks like one of Acer’s 8″ Windows 8 tablet is considerably more substantial.
Update: a reader tipped me to a new product page on the Acer Finland website (Thanks, quadtronix!), so I rewrote this post to focus on the new info instead of the FCC filing.
Just under a month ago I posted a rumor that speculated that Nook Media had passed on E-ink’s new 6.8″ screen, giving Kobo a chance to be the first to the market with this incredibly high resolution screen. I had little proof at the time, but the rumor was plausible enough that I posted it.
A month has passed and I don’t have any more solid evidence than before, so I can’t yet prove this rumor true. But I have had the new Kobo Aura HD on my desk for this past week and it has convinced me that I was correct.
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Amazon has kept their 3rd Kindle model around for nearly 3 years, and today it looks like it is on the way out.
Engadget reported this morning that the Kindle Keyboard 3G model was out of stock at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. Normally I wouldn’t have paid attention to the story (Target hasn’t carried the Kindle since last year), but I double checked the reports and it looks like Engadget was half right.
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Sony astounded the world a few days ago when they formally launched the 13.3″ digital writing slate that they had been working on for the past several years. This slate has a flexible screen that was promised to be more durable and lighter than your average ereader, and an early report says that promise is true..
I still haven’t had a chance to get my hands on the new digital writing slate that Sony announced a few days ago, but I did get an email this morning from a contact in Japan. He spent a few minutes with the writing slate yesterday, and he was impressed.
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Apple has a long history of censoring the more risque content from ebooks sold in iBooks and iTunes, even going so far as to threaten developers like Izneo with banishment, but today they have taken it to a new level. Several newspapers including De Standaard are reporting that Apple has rejected De Hartsvriendin, Heleen van Royen’s latest book, because of 2 links found in chapter 22.
Yes, links.
Update: Apple has backed down and is allowing the ebook.
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