
In-App Sales and iTablet: The Killer Combo to Save Publishing?

Apple on Thursday made a subtle yet major revision to its App Store policy, enabling extra content to be sold through free iPhone apps. It’s a move that immediately impacts the publishing industry, and it could pay even bigger dividends if the Cupertino company indeed delivers its highly anticipated touchscreen tablet. While the most obvious beneficiaries would be app developers, a market segment that can also benefit from the new in-app commerce model are people and companies that create content and need to set up shop in a way that doesn’t, in effect, charge someone for just walking in — like media publishers. Newspapers and magazines are reportedly in talks with Apple about repurposing their content onto a “new device,” presumably the…










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Greatest Shirt Ever? Three Keyboard Cat Moon
[Arts & Culture]Thought the three-wolf moon tee from Amazon was just ok? You've really been waiting for the three keyboard cats playing at the moon.
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Amazon Win .... Best Buy Fail!. HDMI Cables Are Only $3.19
[Gadgets]As regular Cheapskate readers know, HDMI cables are insanely overpriced. Pity the uninformed consumer who walks into, say, Best Buy, and walks out $40 to $90 poorer. Happens all the time.
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OMG The Reviews of this T-Shirt on Amazon!
[Odd Stuff]must.... have.... t.... shirt....
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The Secret Saved My Life! [Hilarious Amazon Review]
[Comedy]At age 36, I found myself in a medium security prison serving 3-5 years for destruction of government property and public intoxication. This was stiff punishment for drunkenly defecating in a mailbox but as the judge pointed out, this was my third conviction for the exact same crime.
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Gamers fight back against lackluster Spore gameplay, bad DRM
[Gaming Industry News]Spore seems to be having a rocky launch: gamers are fighting back over what they perceive as unacceptable DRM, carpet-bombing Amazon with one-star reviews. The uninspiring game play isn't making things better.































