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Google Mac Blog —
... More of Google's web services are allowing you to manage your personal information. Since the freedom to access and control your data is one of our core principles, Google Data APIs are keeping up with the personalization trend. Google Book Search, for example, lets you keep track of your own library of favorite books. The ...
Google settles copyright lawsuits with publishers, authors
Macworld —
... book search engine. “Search simply isn't complete without this content,” Drummond said. The settlement applies to the U.S. so only U.S. residents will enjoy the benefits of the broader online access to books, but Google remains open to working out similar agreements with governments, publishers and authors abroad, Drummond said. The settlement expands on Google’s existing agreements with more than 20,000 publishers that have previously given Google permission to include books in its Google Book Search . More importantly, it also legitimizes the controversial program to scan and ...
Kindle 3 should be an iPhone app
The Apple Core —
... , after all. And let’s not forget about the competition from Google Books . Kindle owners, are you upgrading?
WaPo: DOJ preparing antitrust probe for Apple, among others
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... The Obama administration is stepping up efforts to investigate anti-competitive activity among high-tech companies, and is already investigating Google's deal with book authors to republish their work via Google Books. ...
Sony offers new touchscreen e-reader and one for $199
Macworld —
... , is a more basic e-reader with a 5-inch screen and will cost around $199 when it launches at the end of this month, $100 less than the Kindle. The two new Sony e-readers can both store up to 350 e-books and run for two weeks on a battery charge, the company said in a statement. They can also be used to read e-books from a variety of Web sites, including 500,000 free public domain titles from Google , Sony said. The devices support several standards, including Sony’s BBeB (Broadband eBooks) format, the ePub (electronic publication) free standard by International Digital ...
Quick WebApp: Google FastFlip for iPhone
The iPhone Blog —
... the Washington Post, Salon, Fast Company, ProPublica and Newsweek, but the news we’re excited about, and indeed have come to expect from Google is this:
We’ve also made a mobile version of Fast Flip [http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/mobile] with tactile page flipping for Android-powered devices and the iPhone, so you can browse on the go. This is accessible at the same address.
Now if this were combined with something like Google Books, lets say…
A couple more pics after the break. If you try it out, as ...
20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches
The Mac Lawyer —
... will find pages that link to a specific URL. You can use this not only for a main URL but even to a specific page. Not all links to an URL are listed, however.
Vertical search
Instead of searching for a term across all pages on the web, search within a specialized field. Google has a number of specific searches, allowing you to search within blogs, news, books, and much more:
Blog Search
Book Search
Scholar
Catalogs ...
