iRiver Story HD to come With Integrated Google eBooks Platform

This morning Google announced on its official blog that it’s partnering with iRiver to launch the first e-reader device with integrated Google eBooks platform. The iriver Story HD e-reader will be available starting July 17 at Target retail stores across the US and on Target.com.

The device will cost $139.99 and will allow users access to more than 3 million free titles and thousands of paid titles in the Google eBooks storefront that they can buy and read over Wi-Fi. The company says you’ll also be able to store your ebooks library in the cloud.

The iriver Story HD comes with a QWERTY keyboard and it is the lightest e-reader of its class. The device has a high-resolution 6-inch display, long battery life and fast page-turn performance.

“With the Story HD you can now browse, buy and read Google eBooks with your e-reader through Wi-Fi, rather than downloading and transferring them from computer to e-reader with a cord as you can already do with more than 80 compatible devices,” Pratip Banerji, Google Books Product Manager wrote in a blog post.

The search giant launched its eBooks platform in December, enabling users to read Google eBooks on any device with a modern browser, compatible ereaders, the Chrome Web Store as well as Android and iOS mobile devices through the Google Books mobile apps. Since Dece

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Microsoft: Building Business in the Cloud

During the first day of this year’s Microsoft WPC the company’s execs discussed how partners can benefit from the transition to cloud the cloud by helping customers improve agility, focus on business goals and reduce costs.

Emphasizing that cloud computing is the biggest shift ever seen in the IT, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella said that  together with the company’s partners, Microsoft will help customers through the transition. “By betting on Microsoft’s comprehensive approach to cloud computing, partners can embrace this transformation and build strong and vibrant practices that will advance how business gets done,” Nadella said.

Nadella also announced that partners can now sell their applications through the Windows Azure Marketplace to reach more customers and help grow revenues. This capability builds on the extensive set of partner data offerings already available for sale through the Windows Azure Marketplace. Recently Microso Read all post…

Getting The Aid Of A Seattle Personal Injury Attorney

When seeking to claim your insurance after getting injured, you have to make sure that you are getting what you really have been promised whenever you signed up for your injury claim policy and absolutely nothing less than the real value of your case. The very first thing you do is find a personal injury attorney. Seattle has many attorneys specialized in such cases.

These lawyers help bereaved families of victims of manslaughter, of the victims themselves of accidents, along with other such cases. Many of the lawyers handle cases not only in Seattle but throughout Washington State. Although it is not really essential to get an attorney to claim insurance for your personal injury, it is very helpful to talk to one. You need to know the real worth of your case, if you are getting just settlement from an insurer, and what you should know about the usage of your insurance policy. You will most certainly require a lawyer, however, if the company will not give your claim by trying to prove that you are liable for the accident.

Theres also companies that try to cheat their policy owners by insisting that particular treatments are not necessary and thus are no longer taught in insurance.

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Candy From Japan

When you are in a foreign culture, even simple things can be very interesting. Even grocery shopping.

Candy Japan run by an Finish expat in Japan that is a subscription service where for a monthly fee you get a surprise envelope filled with random Japanese candy every two weeks.

How It Works

Every two weeks theyll select some surprise candy and mail it to you directly from Japan. You will get to try all sorts of things only available in Japan. There will be some very cute packaging and some new delicious tastes, too.

What It Costs

USD $23.95 or EUR 16.50€ / month for two monthly envelopes. Shipping is included.

Video: What Ants Teach Us About Community and Collaboration

I enjoyed watchingThe Secret World of Ants this morning on CBS. Watch this fascinating video trailer from the show. (Sorry for the commercials before and after the video but it is worth watching.)

It is interesting to see what ants can teach us about the benefits of cooperation and collaboration. Here are three things ants can teach us about how cooperation and collaboration make us all better.

  1. Smarter together.

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Debt Ceiling: Now What?

It’s very hard to see how this ends well.

On Friday, for the third time in a month, Republicans abandoned negotiations with the White House over how to reduce the country’s medium and long-term debt in time to raise the nation’s debt ceiling.

“It is a good thing that this political breakdown was announced on a Friday afternoon as it gives Washington two days to engage in crisis negotiations aimed at restoring some sense of political normalcy before markets open in Asia,” said Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of Pimco, the world’s largest bond management firm.

Normalcy? That may be a long way off. “It could be worse … and probably will,” said longtime budget expert and political observer Stan Collender.

This was an avoidable crisis: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner put Congress on notice in January that the debt ceiling would need to be raised. Now, the country’s credit rating is at risk of being downgraded for the first time.

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