Tech and Product Round-up: Janurary Edition
Column by Christopher Shultz January 18, 2017
It's back to the future and the past all up in here.
Your Lips To Google's Ears: Voice Typing On Google Docs
Column by Peter Derk
Talking versus typing with your old pal Google.
Google Made Me Stupid. How Do I Learn to Read Again?
Column by Bart Bishop November 7, 2016
A look at the author's inability to focus on novels these days, and how Nicholas Carr's "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" predicted all this in 2008.
Tech and Product Round-up: October Edition
Column by Christopher Shultz October 26, 2016
Actually funny A.I., touch-feely Magic Bars, manga mania, and "The Return of Short Stories."
Dennis Cooper's Blog Returns!
News by Peter Derk August 26, 2016
Elated to say that Dennis Cooper's work will return to the web!
Dennis Cooper's Work Taken Down By Google
News by Peter Derk July 15, 2016
Has Dennis Cooper lost the last 14 years of his life to censorship?
Google's A.I. Gets Sexy, Reads 2,865 Romance Novels
News by Peter Derk May 5, 2016
How do you make an A.I. sound less rigid? Make it a romance reader.
Product Review: Google's Editions at Play
Review by Leah Dearborn March 28, 2016
“We sell books that cannot be printed” – that's the slogan for Google's new publishing initiative, Editions at Play.
5 Non-Writerly Apps For Writers
Column by Christopher Shultz January 30, 2015
While not designed specifically for us wordsmiths, these five apps for iOS and Android are handy for writers.
New York Court Dismisses Author Lawsuit Against Google Books
News by Dean Fetzer November 15, 2013
The company has won the case brought “by authors who accused the internet giant of digitally copying millions of books for an online library without permission”.
Court Rules Against Class-Action Certification in Google Books Case
News by Nathan Scalia July 5, 2013
Google Books wins a victory in the courts as it sets out to digitize every book in existence.
Google Glass Kills Porn App With Amazing Name
News by Dean Fetzer June 5, 2013
After the launch of a third party app specifically for porn, the tech giant changed its Ts&Cs to exclude anything containing "nudity, graphic sex acts, or sexually explicit material".
Nook HD Tablets Open Up To Google Android Apps
News by Dean Fetzer May 3, 2013
In a bid to make their tablets more commercially viable, Barnes & Noble have taken the step of adding access to hundreds of thousands of apps, games, movies, TV shows and more through Google Play.
Battle of the Homelands: Fox Tries to Censor Cory Doctorow’s Novel
News by Dean Fetzer
20th Century Fox, attempting to remove illegal links to its TV series about terrorists, has sent takedown requests which include links to Doctorow’s novel, also called ‘Homeland’.
“Is It Ok To Sleep With Your Cousin?” - Poetry Found In Google’s Autocomplete
News by Dean Fetzer April 4, 2013
Google Poetics is a tumblr blog finding poetry in the automatic suggestions that appear in Google’s search box.
Now You Can Collaborate With Poe, Dickens, Nietzsche, Shakespeare…
News by Dean Fetzer
Google has put a special demo together for its Google Docs application, allowing you to collaborate with (dead) famous authors, poets and playwrights.
Google Celebrates Bram Stoker's 165th Birthday
News by Kimberly Turner November 8, 2012
Today's creepy Google Doodle honors Dracula creator Bram Stoker on what would have been his 165th birthday.
Nexus 10 - Google’s New iPad Killer Unveiled
News by Dean Fetzer November 1, 2012
Apple announces the iPad Mini and a week later, Google announces the Nexus 10 - its direct competitor for the full-sized iPad - let the battle commence!
Bad News For Indie Bookstores: Google Axing Its eBook Reseller Program
News by Rob Hart
Google will no longer assist indie bookstores in selling eBooks--a blow to the stores that could have used the additional revenue (had the program ever taken off).
