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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Le quartier de Ginza à Tokyo, symbole de la désaffection des Japonais pour le luxe
• Manga: The Complete Guide Heads to Kindle E-Book Store
• For Sushi at Home, Skip the Fish

Apple news

• Un million d’iPad vendus en un mois
• Inconspicuous Consumption: The Case of the iPad
• Would You Like Accessories With That iPad?
• iPad coming to Canada May 28 !

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• La Grande Bibliothèque a 5 ans
• Sciences cognitives : vers une nouvelle critique littéraire ?
• Google se lancera dans la vente de livres numériques cet été
• Dream of big-toe penis inspires author to write bestseller
• Google se voit libraire en ligne d’ici à la fin juillet

Economy, Environment & International Politics

• Bye-bye Belgium : et si on essayait la séparation ?

Media, Culture & Society

• Attention aux éclipses médiatiques
• The Data-Driven Life
• Tintin: Heroic Boy Reporter or Sinister Racist?

Montreal & Local/National Politics

• $7.5 million for 10km gravel road
• One unspayed cat: 3,200 kittens
• Une première au Québec pour la STL

Movie Festivals

• Fantasia présente Metropolis
• La version intégrale de Metropolis au Festival Fantasia

Real-estate

• Real estate sales up 16 per cent

Sciences & History

• Listening to (and Saving) the World’s Languages
• Mammoth Hemoglobin Offers More Clues to Its Arctic Evolution
• Footage Restored to Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’
• Gardens That Grow on Walls
• Signs of Neanderthals Mating With Humans
• Study: Neanderthal DNA Lives On in Modern Humans

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• Internet dépoussière la généalogie
• Cellphone Payments Offer Alternative to Cash
• A Google Tool to Translate a French Menu

See also the “Suggested Links (Shared Items)” in the column on the right side