There's a whole movement about "Tom Cruise is not Jack Reacher" based on fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher books who are annoyed that Cruise was cast as the 6'2" Reacher. I really enjoy Child's books -- good, escapist fun -- but swore I would never see the movie with Cruise in it. So far, all my fellow Child readers feel the same way!
@Mashka I know that feeling. Most people see the movie and then maybe they'll read the book. I usually read the book and only once in a while will see the movie adaption.
I would imagine that those privacy screens that they sell for laptops (to guard against snoops sitting next to you on an airplane, for instance) would be adaptable for e-readers...
What I find sad is when I am reading a great book and want to share it with friends, everybody ingnores me, but then they watch a movie based on this book and start discussing the movie-which I haven't seen
I was talking so much about great David Mitchell and his books. Nobody listened.Then, a movie was released so everybody is talking about Cloud Atlas.The same is with Life of Pi and since I prefer to read rather than to watch- we still have nothing to discuss.
That's true, but the majority does seem to post everything on social media. Right from hanging out with friends, to random check-in's. I think the assumption is correct because it follows the majority.
That's true, but the majority does seem to post everything on social media. Right from hanging out with friends, to random check-in's. I think the assumption is correct because it follows the majority.
Haven't you ever felt someone's eyes above your shoulder trying to read the cool and interesting stuff you were reading? Haven't you felt as if someone were invading your own little private reading space?
I seldom read book reviews because I don't want to accidentally read part of the plot. If it's a book by one of my favorite writers, I doubt the word of an anonymous reviewer would prevent me from buying it. If I am unsure about investing in a particular book, I'll borrow it! Afterward, I sometimes enjoy skimming reviews although I seldom write them.
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The US National Security Agency learned the hard way that it can be dangerous to give a contractor too much money and access, with too little scrutiny. The NSA and other government agencies hire tens of thousands of contractors
a year to analyze data. Edward Snowden -- who revealed himself as the NSA leaker after fleeing the country -- was one such contractor, reportedly holding a $122,000 salaried position at Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of his departure.
Midsize businesses rarely achieve the same standards of security in their own datacenters as professional providers that specialize in delivering these services to organizations.
Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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