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Amazon Relents After Removing Macmillan Books, Scammers Eye the iPad

by Warren Riddle on February 1, 2010 at 11:54 AM



Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • The Macmillan publishing house is one of the largest publishing companies in the world. Because of an e-book price dispute, though, Amazon actually removed Macmillan's vast collection of titles from its Web site. The online retailer has apparently relented, though, and will allow Macmillan to charge its own set prices for bestsellers and other content. [From: The Huffington Post and Engadget and All Things Digital]
  • The most important rules for avoiding Net scams are to never click on foreign links and to be particularly wary of schemes that capitalize on current trends and fears. Predictably, phishers and scam artists are now attempting to lure interested iPad shoppers with dummy links and fake Web sites. [From: The BBC]
  • Foursquare is a revolutionary social networking site that actually (gasp!) tries to inspire people to meet and communicate in person. The site is now partnering with television network Bravo to create an interactive scavenger hunt experience that incorporates Bravo programming like 'The Real Housewives' and 'Top Chef.' [From: The New York Times]
  • Microsoft is currently developing a cell phone camera/bar-code-reader that can scan certain tags. The so-called "hyper links in the physical world" will be located in magazines, newspapers, billboards and other mediums so that consumers can instantly access related digital material. [From: CNET]
  • Consumers have downloaded over 1 billion apps from Apple's App Store but the pro-capita numbers aren't quite as staggering. According to research firm Flurry, the average iPhone owner only regularly uses between five and 10 apps. [From: The New York Times]

Tags: amazon, apple, foursquare, ipad, macmillan, microsoft, morningxtra, phishing, top

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