I don't know if you noticed the link included in the article below: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/?id=29
It enumerated other ideas TR has come across, one being Big Data is over-rated. -- Owen On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Yet another gem from HTML5 weekly: > > http://www.technologyreview.com/business/40319/?p1=BI > > > Basically the publishers fell in love with the potential of "apps", but > then bumped into their downsides. And no surprise, HTML5 is taking hold > instead. > > From this article, I'd guess the main breakthrough will be when "ebooks" > are more than just digital copies of paper books. In the magazine genre, > Flipboard and other aggregators are quite successful. And, yes, textbooks > do hold some promise as well, but certainly not via Apple. I'd like to see > if Amazon could be successful, but less draconian. > > -- Owen > > >
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