November 19, 2007

Amazon Unveils Electronic e-Book Kindle – But Will Screen Tired Eyes Make the Switch

Catherine McCarthy of C/Net News.com reports, today, at the New York Press Conference held at New York’s W Hotel in Union Square, Amazon unveiled it’s new digital book reader, Kindle.  Weighing in at 10.3 ounces, less than a paper back, and selling for $399, Amazon hopes to move analog book readers to digital books.  Over 90,000 titles [...]

November 19, 2007

MC Hammer Creates Online Community for Dancers

Eliot Van Buskirk at Wired reports that MC Hammer is starting his own social network website,  DanceJam. Hammer’s site will combine the popularity of dance with the important web principle of creating community to provide what is now standard social network capabilities along with dance related features including dance tutorials and dance contests.