I had such a busy couple of weeks that I skipped a week again (too bad for the “weekly” part of the press review). The news that were dominating the press lately were mostly Apple iBooks textbooks announcement, document.write(“”); Obama’s State of the Union (Huffington Post, NYT), the Academy Awards nominations, and the U.S. elections & Republicans Primary (Cyberpresse, The Gazette). Finaly, don’t forget that today is Groundhog Day (Cyberpresse, The Gazette). There were a few other interesting stories for which you will find links after the jump:
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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture
Apple, apps and mobile devices news
- Apple unveils digital textbook service iBooks 2 (The Gazettte)
- Apple profit doubles in its first quarter (USA Today)
- Using iBooks Author to produce a comic (TUAW)
- iBooks Author owns your format, not your content (TUAW)
- iBooks Author: An ebook publisher looks at Apple’s textbook creation app (TUAW)
- Apple posts video of education event (TUAW)
- What Wall Street is saying about Apple’s record quarter (GigaOM)
- Mac 101: Breathe new life into your Mac with a memory upgrade (GigaOM)
- Hands on with iBooks Author: The desktop publisher grows up (GigaOM)
- Comixology reigns over comics on the iPad (TUAW)
- iPad announcement anniversary: January 27, 2010 (TUAW)
Books, Digital Edition & Library
- Onze jours de prison pour des livres non retournés (Cyberpresse)
- Compte-rendu du 3e Hackathon Montréal Ouvert (Montreal Ouvert)
- France: Les livres épuisés du XXe siècle pourront être numérisés (Le Devoir)
- Polar: Offensive massive (Le Devoir)
- U.S. Librarians Rank Wandering Son, Bride’s Story in Teens’ Top 10 (ANN)
- The New York Public Library Helps You Turn 100-Year-Old Photographs Into 3-D GIFs (Popular Science)
- Le piratage informatique n’épargne pas la bande dessinée (Le Devoir)
- Sex in the Comics (Le Monde)
- Le domaine public, c’est à nous, et il a besoin de nous – si nous aimons Hemingway, Tolkien, Gabriel Roy et cie – avant le 14 février 2012 (Bibliomancienne)
- Le monde meilleur de la technologie selon Jonathan Franzen (Bibliomancienne)
- Ishmael [ While watching the show “Booked for Japan” last week on NHK, I heard the composer Ryuichi Sakamoto saying Ishmael was his favourite book so I decided to put it on my “to read” list ] (links)
- Angoulême récompense le bédéiste québécois Guy Delisle (Cyberpresse)
- Library Day in the Life Project (link)
Economy, Environment & International Politics
- ‘A total lack of winter everywhere’ (The Gazette)
- Sondage: les patrons pessimistes pour 2012 (Metro Montreal)
- IMF warns of global recession if governments cut too deeply (USA Today)
- La NASA illustre le réchauffement climatique depuis 1880 (Le Monde)
- NASA Finds 2011 Ninth Warmest Year on Record (Link)
Health, home & garden
Humour
Local News & National Politics
- Compteurs «intelligents»: des ondes émises 1500 fois par jour (Cyberpresse)
- Le salaire du nouveau DG est «indécent», dénonce Vision Montréal (Cyberpresse)
- L’ombudsman de Montréal sur les médias sociaux (Metro Montreal)
- Montréal et ses cols blancs en litige sur l’équité salariale (Metro Montreal)
- Financement des arrondissements: discorde à l’hôtel de ville (Cyberpresse)
- Autre rebondissement dans l’affaire Kim Jong-deux (Metro Montreal)
Media, Culture, & Society
- Remstar distribuera Paul à Québec et un film sur Martha Adams (Cyberpresse)
- Dossier: Oscar 2012 (Cyberpresse)
- The Academy Awards Nominees (link)
- Golden Globes: Consécration pour Homeland (Le Monde)
- A few surprises, snubs among Oscar nominees (USA Today)
- Nagging in Marriage Is More Common Than Adultery But Can Also Lead to Divorce (WSJ)
- L’acteur Nicol Williamson est mort (Cyberpresse)
- ‘Chuck’ Series Finale: Fans Share Their Favorite Moments (Huffington Post)
- Game of Thrones Season 2 Trailer (ICv2)
- New Action-Packed Promo for The Walking Dead (ICv2)
Sciences & History
- Pointe-à-Callière ouvrira ses portes aux Étrusques (Metro Montreal)
- Solar storm’s effects to lash Earth until Wednesday (BBC)
- Oldest dinosaur nest site found (BBC)
- Quelle science pour les restes humains ? (Le Monde)
- Canadian black history neglected: author (The Gazette)
Technology, Gadgets & Internet
- TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA (NSFW) (link)
- Lois antipiratage: sous la pression, Washington recule (Cyberpresse)
- FBI Shuts Down Major ‘Piracy’ Site (ICv2)
- Vimeo unveils design revamp posing challenge to YouTube (BBC)
- Bcc Or Let Them See? The Etiquette Of The Blind Carbon Copy (Huffington Post)
- Le blogueur et le secret des sources (Le Monde)
- Activists and bloggers fear Twitter censorship (USA Today)
- Canada’s Internet among best in world (The Gazette)
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