Disney Ebooks

Now your little ones will have access to over 500 ebooks.  Disney has launch its Digital Books site.  The access to all these books will cost you $8.95 a month.

The reader is browser based and you can use Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.  The books feature authentic character voices and animated illustrations.

[Disney Digital Books]

Dropbox App for iPhone/iPod Touch

Dropbox is certainly the best cross-platform file-syncing tool.  Now you can use Dropbox on your iPhone/iPod touch.

The app will allow you to view any file as long as it is supported by the iPhone.  You also have the ability to upload any photo or video you have taken from your iPhone to your Dropbox account.  You even have the ability to share a file in your Dropbox.  The application will generate an email with a direct link to the file.

The Dropbox for the iPhone is free.  You will need to sign-up for a Dropbox account if you don’t already have one.

[Dropbox – iTunes App Store]

Apple iPhone MMS Messaging

Apple iPhone owners starting today now have MMS on their device.  You will need to update your iPhone using Apple iTunes to get the latest update.  MMS is available for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS running OS 3.1.

[AT&T]

Stop the Presses! Literally.

Total paid subscriptions are starting to really fall off of a cliff for print media. This is greatly due to the Internet and the fact that they are giving their product away on the Internet.

Interestingly enough, out of the top 25 newspapers, only one has seen growth in 2008-2009 – the Wall Street Journal.

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Robotic Warehouse

Here is a video about Kiva’s automated warehouse robots. I love this concept.

What Are You Willing To Pay For An eReader?

Forrester Research latest survey of 4,706 consumers showed that most consumers are only willing to pay $50 – $99 for an eReader.  Even though the current retail price point is currently at $199 and higher.  These are the questions asked of those surveyed.

• At what price would you consider an electronic book device/eBook reader a bargain?
• At what price would you consider an electronic book device/eBook reader expensive but still purchase it?
• What price would be so inexpensive that you would question the quality of an electronic book device/eBook reader?
• What price would be so expensive that you would not consider buying an electronic book device/eBook reader?

I think most consumers still enjoy having an actual book.  I believe once the price of eReaders come down, more consumers will be willing to make the jump to eBooks.

[Forrester Research]

The Internet Turns 40!

Today the Internet turns 40 years old.  On this day two computers passed data through a 15-foot cable at the University of California.  Today none of us could imagine not having the Internet.