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Education briefs for Aug 30
WJMS 8th-grade DC trip meetings set There will be two informational meetings Thursday, Aug. 30, about the West Jessamine Middle School eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C. The meetings will be at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria (before and...Tags: Travel, Washington, DC, Political Corruption, United Kingdom, Students
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Kindle Fire sells out ahead of Amazon event
CNNMoneyWhat timing! Exactly one week before Amazon is expected to unveil a new Kindle line, the company announced on Thursday that its Kindle Fire tablet is sold out. Amazon sent out press invitations last week for a Sept. 6 event in California. While Amazon...Tags: Amazon Kindle Fire, Economy, Business and Finance, BlackBerry, Companies and Corporations, Apple iPad
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How To Save On Textbooks
PIX11.comThe average student at a private four-year college spent $1,213 on textbooks and course materials for the 2011-12 academic year, a 3% increase from the previous year, according to The College Board, a nonprofit that tracks college costs. Students at...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Online Media Industry, Colleges and Universities, Apple iPhone, Apple iPad
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Amazon says more orders shipped via Amazon Prime than Super Saver
Since launching Amazon Prime seven years ago, the e-commerce giant's membership shipping program has taken off among shoppers who opt to pay a $79 annual fee for unlimited free two-day shipping. Now Amazon says that more items are shipped via Amazon...
Tags: Amazon Kindle Fire, Downton Abbey (tv program), Parks and Recreation (tv program)
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Is it an earthquake, or simply a shock?
Whatever its literary merits, “Fifty Shades of Grey” can take credit for a few things. The phenomenal best-seller has brought kinky erotica out from under the covers and into the mainstream. It has provided comedians and parodists with ripe...
Tags: Gilbert Gottfried, Amazon.com Inc., The New York Times, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Time (magazine)
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Various Washington County schools finding success in team teaching
julieg@herald-mail.comFor the past two school years, eighth-grade English Language Arts teacher Elizabeth Lewis sometimes spent her planning period helping out in a seventh-grade class at Northern Middle School. During the last school year, “If you were to come in the...Tags: Schools, Academic Progress, Science and Technology, Teachers, Public Schools
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Super sad book trailers
Tribune newspapersHere's something you don't often hear: “Did you see that new book trailer?” In fact, I never hear those words at all, let alone utter them myself. Which is odd. I am an ardent reader. Large portions of my day are spent online, scanning Twitter...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., YouTube, Fiction, Entertainment, Authors
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Latest moneymaker? Sell your kidney on Google
This is how bad things may be getting for some financially strapped people: They’re offering to auction off their kidneys on the Internet. Type “I want to sell…” into a Google search query, and “kidney” recently...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Auction Service, Media Industry, Google Inc.
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Library moves to the cloud
As the public turns more to e-readers, Glendale and Pasadena are poised to be among the few library systems in the nation to try out a new cloud-based technology for lending out ebooks. The cloud library — developed by 3M — will be tested by...
Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Apple iPhone, Apple iPad
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ASUS Nexus 7
CW33 NewsIn the competitive world of tablets, the Nexus 7 by ASUS is making a splash. At under 200 dollars, this tablet is meant to rival the Amazon Kindle. It comes with Google’s latest operating system known as Jelly Bean, and a quad-core Tegra 3...Tags: Google Nexus 7, Google Play, Apple iPad, Google Inc.
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Microsoft's solution to its vision problem
CNN MoneyMicrosoft is notoriously laser-focused on products, limiting its creative thinkers to ideas that will keep the Windows and Office profit machines churning. That narrow obsession is what has sustained Microsoft's remarkable financial success for more than...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Science
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Amazon launches new game studio
CNNAmazon is getting into the game-making game. The Seattle-based company announced its first major social-game title, "Living Classics," on Monday. The free Facebook game is the first from its Amazon Game Studios, a new department at the e-commerce giant...Tags: Words With Friends (game), Social Media, Media Industry, Gaming Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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