Link smorgasboard

[charmian]

An interview with the new head of Russian LJ: http://ottenki-serogo.livejournal.com/182058.html (in Russian)
[I also found a lot of interesting Russian links about suspensions, deletions, and renames/openID, but I don't speak Russian so I can't contextualize them very well.]

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-google-wave.html Google Wave is dead.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wordpress_copies_facebooks_like.php Wordpress.com is hopping on the "Like" bandwagon.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/business/media/04barnes.html B&N up for sale

http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/29/technology/kindle_3/index.htm Kindle 3 arriving soon. Hopefully the prices will drop even lower by next year. With this Amazon has really put one over Borders (which is hawking the $150 Kobo) and Barnes and Noble. Kindle is now the low cost e-ink leader, and wifi Kindle 3 is comparable (and slightly cheaper) to the wifi Nook, and superior to the wifi-less Kobo. But I'm still waiting for the $100 price point.

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-multiple-sign-in-now-available.html Now you can switch between multiple google accounts.

http://community.livejournal.com/changelog/8909942.html LJ to allow Twitter crossposting? This sounds useful, actually.

Comments

[inkstone]

And considering the announcement regarding B&N yesterday, a lot of people are really leery about going with the Nook. I do think there's a good chance we'll see a sub-$100 reader by the end of the year though.

[charmian]

Well, in a way, going with Nook is less risky in that aspect than going with amazon, because you can insert a microSD and do epub, which means you can buy books that aren't from the B&N store. So, assuming the Nook doesn't break, it's more compatible w/ diff formats than the Kindle.

Possibly in time for Christmas. I think it's definitely happening in the next two years. And then we'll have to see how that changes the usage of ebooks.

[sub_divided]

re b&n, is that why the release of the que proreader got pushed back? We were really looking forward to it in our ofice, where lawyers who like to review and mark up hardcopy spend $620 on photocopies every two weeks. ;_; now the only large-screen tablet device that allows you to take notes on your own documents is, actually, the iPad.

[holyschist]

Not surprised about Wave. But ooh, multiple sign-ins? Intriguing.