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Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today
Read More »Baidu, Accused Globally of Aiding Piracy, Acts to Quash It In China
The U.S. Trade Representative's Office has listed China's leading search engine Baidu as a key member on its list of global counterfeit-assisting services
Read More »Picks from Amazon’s New Appstore
This week, Amazon unveiled an Appstore for mobile devices that run on the Android operating system. Here are three business-friendly offerings currently available in the store: Scan2PDF Mobile 2.0 Using this app, you can scan multiple documents with your phone's camera and turn them into a single PDF that you can store on your phone and e-mail to your main computer. Cost: $4.99 SwiftKey This app replaces your standard Android keyboard, and accurately predicts the next word you are most likely to type based on what you've already written
Read More »Apple Sues Amazon: App Store vs. Appstore Is On!
Amazon just revealed its own specially curated version of the Android Marketplace, but has chosen to label it the "Appstore." Apple , in turn, has now sued Android for trademark violation. The move is a not-so-subtle shot across Amazon's bows. The suit was filed last week, but has emerged at more or less the same time as Amazon's official unveiling of its Android Appstore--Amazon's version of the free-for-all Google Android Marketplace that, on launch, contains 3,800 apps
Read More »Goodbye Wheelie Backpacks: Digital Textbooks Will Dominate Over Paper Ones Soon
Social learning platform Xplana has been analyzing the digital textbook market, and has concluded that in the U.S. the education publishing market has is reaching a tipping point: Within seven years, digital textbooks will dominate over print. Xplana's studies suggest that over the next five years, sales of textbooks to students in the U.S
Read More »Staking a Claim on Web Privacy
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today
Read More »These eBooks Will Self-Destruct After Reading: HarperCollins to Libraries
HarperCollins wants ebooks--and their licenses--to expire over time. Many lenders aren't happy
Read More »Warner Bros. to Offer Facebook Movies on Demand: Will Other Studios Follow Suit?
Warner Bros. announced Tuesday that it will offer movies directly for rent or purchase through Facebook, becoming the first Hollywood studio to introduce a video-on-demand service on the world's largest social network. So far, only one title is available for rent--Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight--but Warner says it will roll out more films in the coming months.
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