Expanded Books

13/03/2017

Apple wants to promote health apps that work

Apple wants to promote health apps that work http://www.computerworld.com/article/3179374/apple-ios/apple-wants-to-promote-health-apps-that-work.html

Apple's plans for digital health are profound, but the company wants to figure out ways to make sure the health apps you use are good for you.

30/09/2016

Game of PHONES: Apple releases interactive George R. R. Martin books

Exciting that interactive books are finally going mainstream -- 7 years after Expanded Apps released Cathy's Book.

The new editions contain dozens of new features, including interactive character timelines, maps and even histories of each of the houses.

13/08/2016

The Obama White House

Pulitzer Prize-winning surf memoir ✓ Psychological thriller ✓ Science fiction novel ✓

Check out what's on President Obama's summer reading list: http://go.wh.gov/ut58mm

13/06/2016

Write an Essay, and You Can Own My Newspaper, Vermont Man Says

Calling all writers!

The owner of The Hardwick Gazette started the contest after efforts to sell the weekly broadsheet drew a number of “tire kickers” but no firm offers, he said.

30/05/2016

The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Regular readers sleep better, have lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and lower rates of depression than non-readers.

16/02/2016

For Reading Addicts

Kansas City Library is a sight to behold!

forreadingaddicts.co.uk

24/12/2015

Love this! So true!

Yup!

(Source: http://bit.ly/1QKDQy1.)

08/11/2015

Apple surprises ‘iPhone 6’ photographers with coffee table books | Cult of Mac

Books still can have an impact, and even Apple thinks so.

The photographers whose work was selected by Apple for the "Shot on iPhone6" campaign, receive a lovely surprise by mail.

23/10/2015

David Wolfe

13/09/2015

9GAG

I like big b***s and I cannot lie!
http://9gag.com/gag/av0N2zX?ref=fbp

12/09/2015

Tenth + Fourth

See a book come to life!

Pretty sure you can't do this to a Kindle.

24/08/2015

Bookstr

Just being honest. :)

(Source: http://bit.ly/1JI7MYQ.)

22/08/2015

European city offers you a free ride if you read on the bus

European city offers you a free ride if you read on the bus

Those who can’t resist reading a good book on public transport have been rewarded by a city in Romania, which offered a free bus ride to anyone who read a book during their journey.

28/07/2015

Jon Stewart Secretly Met With Obama at White House

Jon Stewart Secretly Met With Obama at White House

The comedian and star of “The Daily Show” met with President Obama in 2011 and 2014 for an hour for discussions on reaching younger voters.

28/07/2015

Police shut down massive iPhone counterfeiting operation

Police shut down massive iPhone counterfeiting operation | Technology | The Guardian http://ow.ly/3y470L

Nine arrested as Beijing police shut down factory which produced more than 41,000 fake iPhones

13/06/2015

Viking Books

Happy Saturday! Are you being a librocubicularist this morning? We sure are!

13/06/2015

Best reading chair ever!

We'd like to read in that!

(Source: http://bit.ly/1FGHAqh.)

13/06/2015

So true!

Ordinary people have big TVs.
Extraordinary people have big libraries.

22/05/2015

There's nothing like curling up with a great book!

25/02/2015

11 Reasons Why Women Need to Become Idea Machines Pronto!

11 Reasons Why Women Need to Become Idea Machines Pronto! « Positively Positive http://ow.ly/3xf8dJ

Ideas help us recognize our brain power, our dedication, our power of transformation, and the results we bring into the world.

24/02/2015

10 Reasons Reading Makes Your Life Better

10 Reasons Reading Makes Your Life Better « Positively Positive http://ow.ly/3xeTj0

I love how writers put together words to form sentences I've never thought of. How the sentences weave together into stories.

18/02/2015

A God That Could Be Real by Nancy Ellen Abrams

Be sure to add this book to your reading list!

Spirituality, Science & The Future of Our Planet

16/02/2015

Why Shark Tank's 'Mr. Wonderful' Thinks Women Make Better CEOs

Why Shark Tank's 'Mr. Wonderful' Thinks Women Make Better CEOs http://ow.ly/3x5cjh

'I've made more money with women executives. It's that simple.'

27/01/2015

This Book Literally Disappears 24 Hours After You Start It

James Patterson's Disappearing Book: Sales Gimmick Or Future Plot Device? http://ow.ly/HZHQw

How many books have you been “meaning to read”? Personally I’ve avoided contact with the third of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels since...

21/01/2015

Smartphones Don’t Make Us Dumb

Smartphones Don’t Make Us Dumb - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/3vNXwV

A significant change in our attention spans would happen over evolutionary time, not because you got a smartphone.

19/01/2015

Flipping Out Over Handheld Movies, a Century Before Smartphones

Flipping Out Over Handheld Movies, a Century Before Smartphones | Collectors Weekly http://ow.ly/3vNknZ

"Movie studios gave away a lot of flip books to show off their stars."In contrast, it can take the animation supervisors and coordinators to...

17/01/2015

How To Pay Attention

How To Pay Attention — re:form — Medium http://ow.ly/Htc7L

20 Ways To Win The War Against Seeing

10/01/2015

Gates Foundation Uses Art to Encourage Vaccination

Gates Foundation Uses Art to Encourage Vaccination - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/3vJPfc

Artists are collaborating on a Gates Foundation project to raise awareness, and money, for an effort to vaccinate children in undeveloped countries.

10/01/2015

'The Interview' Online, VOD Sales Reach $31 Million

‘The Interview’ Online, VOD Sales Reach $31 Million | Variety http://ow.ly/3vJPhc

"The Interview" has made $31 million in online and video-on-demand revenues through its first week and a half of release, Sony Pictures Entertainment reported on Tuesday. In addition, the Seth Roge...

09/01/2015

The 10 Goofiest "Viral" Marketing Campaigns in Movie History

Taken 3, LinkedIn, and More Dumb Viral Movie Marketing – Flavorwire http://ow.ly/3vJvzU

Taken 3 (or, as its ads would have it, TAK3N — which I believe is pronounced “Take-three-en”?) is out Friday, and I can’t tell you anything about it, because (as is so often the case with the littl...

05/01/2015

Mark Zuckerberg Starts A Book Club, Becomes This Generation’s Oprah

Mark Zuckerberg Starts A Book Club, Becomes This Generation’s Oprah | TechCrunch http://ow.ly/3vHtbb

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is this generation's version of Oprah. His crowd-sourced New Year's resolutions post on Facebook prompted Zuck to start a book..

29/12/2014

The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin

The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin http://ow.ly/3vAMn8

Religious rationalizers twist phrases and modify translations to prove they are honoring the Bible’s words.

27/12/2014

A Chip In The Head: Brain Implants Will Be Connecting People To The Internet By The Year 2020

Internet as a Brain Implant? Coming Soon!

Would you like to surf the Internet, make a phone call or send a text message using only your brain?     By Michael Snyder Would you like to “download” the content of a 500 page book into your memory in less than a second?  Would you like to have extremely advanced nanobots constantly craw…

25/12/2014

Must-Have Titles for 2015

Presents from Google Play?

Shop Google Play on the web. Purchase and enjoy instantly on your Android phone or tablet without the hassle of syncing.

24/12/2014

The Benefits and Risks of Getting Older Adults on Social Media – At A Glance

The Benefits and Risks of Getting Older Adults on Social Media – At A Glance - WSJ http://ow.ly/3vdk68

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social-media platforms have attracted lots of users in recent years. Increasingly, older adults are creating profiles, too, finding old friends and connecting with family.