Headlines for May 18th, 2009
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources
- US Cellular’s battery swap program puts a new charge in your handset, for free – Launching tomorrow, the initiative enables customers to come into any US Cellular store and "change out a dead or dying battery for a fully-charged one, for free."
- Gadgets like iPod, laptop feed global warming – "In a report Wednesday, the International Energy Agency estimates that new electronic gadgets will triple their energy consumption by 2030 to 1,700 terawatt hours, the equivalent of today's home electricity consumption of the United States and Japan combined."
- Slur-Filled Teen Web Site Devastating for Some but Just Shy of Being Illegal – "Before the digital age, there was simply nasty writing on the restroom wall. Now, in the say-it-all era of the Internet, the darker side of teenage expression has found a new place to fester."
- Why E-Books Look So Ugly – "As books make the leap from cellulose and ink to electronic pages, some editors worry that too much is being lost in translation. Typography, layout, illustrations and carefully thought-out covers are all being reduced to a uniform, black-on-gray template that looks the same whether you’re reading Pride and Prejudice, Twilight or the Federalist Papers."
- Scribd Invites Writers to Upload Work and Name Their Price – "Turning itself into a kind of electronic vanity publisher, Scribd, an Internet start-up here, will introduce on Monday a way for anyone to upload a document to the Web and charge for it."
