Comparison of e-book formats
The following is a comparison of e-book formats used to create and publish e-books. The EPUB format is the most widely supported vendor-independent XML-based (as opposed to PDF) e-book format; that is, it is supported by the largest number of e-Readers, including Amazon Kindle Fire (but not standard Kindle).[1] See table below for details. Format descriptions[edit] Formats available include, but are not limited to: Broadband eBooks (BBeB)[edit]
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There's no doubt that plain old YouTube can be tons of fun, but when you get bored of watching clips the traditional way, there are a ton of sites that can help enhance the experience. Whether you want to view a video with a far-away friend, compare two clips, or find more interesting ways of browsing and sharing, there are plenty of options out there. The web community is known for creating hacks that improve your surfing experience; now we've dug into some of those tools and hacks built around YouTube.
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is an American multinational Internet and software corporation specialized in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. It hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products. The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while the two were attending Stanford University as Ph.D. candidates.
Flying Swarm Of Robots Gives Protesters And Activists Free Wi-Fi, On The Go
During the 2011 Egyptian revolution, the government unplugged the Internet. Protesters were left without Internet, and thereby the ability to communicate even locally, instantly. Electronic Countermeasures is a project by Liam Young of think tank Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today and Unknown Fields Division, with assistance from Eleanor Saitta, Oliviu Lugojan-Ghenciu, and Superflux. The project is essentially an autonomous, roaming Internet swarm, constructed from repurposed UAVs. “These drones would fly off and hover above the city, and create ad hoc connections and networks in a new form of nomadic territorial infrastructure,” Young tells Co.Design, “a flock of interactive autonomous drones that form their own place specific, temporary, local, Wi-Fi community--a pirate Internet.”
EPUB 3
EPUB 3 was developed pursuant to a charter approved by the IDPF Membership in May, 2010. EPUB 3.0 was approved by the IDPF membership as a final Recommended Specification effective October 11, 2011, and superseded the previous release of EPUB (2.0.1). This page contains information about EPUB 3.0 which as of as of June, 2014 has been superseded by EPUB 3.0.1, which is now the current version of the EPUB standard. The best starting point for learning about EPUB 3.0, including the roadmap to the specification documents, is the EPUB 3 Overview . The full list of the individual specifications comprising EPUB 3.0 is: An additional non-normative document describes:
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July 09, 2006 Google Banned from Ebay as a payment method. See also this long article from a former Paypal employee, who argues that Google will be unable to solve the fraud problems coming with a payment service. Link found at BoingBoing. Posted by Karl-Friedrich Lenz at 04:25 PM
Cloud Tops Web Guide: Changing the web, one Cloud at a time
Follow this link to Part Two of the Video or you can access Gallery above You can also visit our full presentation at Prezi Cloud Tops Interactive Web Navigation has Arrived What is Cloud Tops & what's its purpose? Cloud Tops has become a web development project for smarter interactive web navigation, it was designed using flash web editing tools, and its main purpose is to help users quickly access the most trusted web locations. Its designed to pave a much safer passage through the Internet, and its loaded with extra hidden bonus features as well.
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