Not much important stuff in the news in the last couple of weeks. After a quick mind scan i can come up only with three things: Apple’s eBook price-fixing suits, document.write(“”); the first turn of the French presidential election and the local student strike (last two links in french, sorry). However, it doesn’t means that nothing happened. I found lots of interesting news bits that I will share with you after the jump:
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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture
- Cool: Manga Farming (?????)! (Lien)
- Japanese Box Office: March 10-11, March 17-18, March 24-25 (ANN)
- Biggest Anime Release of the Year in May: The Secret World of Arrietty (ICv2)
- Comic-Con de San Diego: un fanatisme culturel décrypté par Morgan Spurlock (Le Devoir)
- Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin‘s Behind-the-Scenes Video Posted (ANN)
- Kodansha Takes Battle Angel Alita (ICv2)
- Japanese Animation TV Ranking, April 9-15 (ANN)
Apple, apps and mobile devices news
- DOJ sues Apple, publishers over e-book pricing (Electronista)
- Justice Department formally charges Apple, big five publishers in e-book price fixing case (Engadget)
- Macmillan: DOJ ‘too onerous,’ Amazon would regain monopoly (Electronista)
- Apple says e-book price fixing charges ‘simply not true,’ (Engadget)
- Virus Flashback: la difficile contre-attaque d’Apple (Le Monde)
- Norton’s free Flashback detection and removal tool (Link)
- US Mac sales slowing in anticipation of Ivy Bridge upgrades (MacNN)
- Récupération de vos vieux Mac (MacQuébec) [Existe-t-il une place semblable à Montréal?]
- Fotopedia offers National Parks iOS app for free (TUAW)
- SlimKicker Calorie Counter and Level-Up Weight Loss Game (Link, iTunes) [What a great idea! I’ll try this and hopefully will comment about it later]
- Intuit GoPayment goes live in Canada, more rectangular than Square (Engadget)
- Prix des ebooks: un organisme syndical s’insurge contre la plainte (Cyberpresse)
- Apple’s ebook price-fixing court battle spills into Canada (AppleInsider)
- Apple Predicted to Discontinue 17-Inch MacBook Pro (Mac Rumors)
- Ex-WSJ publisher: Apple’s 30% profit sharing ebook agency model is not a conspiracy (TUAW)
Books, Digital Edition & Library
- Library Notebook Books (unshelved.com) [I need one of those!]
- Most Frequently Challenged Library Books of 2011 (galleycat)
- Are Apps The Future of Book Publishing? (Forbes via LinkedIn)
- Walking Dead Dominates Bookstore Graphic Novel Sales (ICv2)
- Sur tablettes, à chacun ses contenus (Le Monde)
- Livre numérique: Apple nie toute entente et voit Amazon comme le problème (Le Monde)
- Book Review: Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms (WSJ)
- Vatican and Oxford libraries scan ancient works, let scholars stay in their armchairs (Engadget)
- FoxTrot author creates “Pad Packs” with iBooks Author (TUAW)
- Manhwa Censored More Than Hunger Games (ICv2)
- EarlyWord: The Publisher/Librarian Connection (Link)
- World Book Night celebrates reading with paperback handouts (USA Today)
- Dear Book Lover: The Utopian and Dystopian in Fiction (WSJ)
Economy, Environment, U.S. / International News & Politics
- U.S. sees warmest March in recorded history, NOAA reports (CNN)
- How Bill Maher Managed to Occupy an Important Place in the National Conversation (New York Magazine)
- Rick Santorum abandonne la course à l’investiture républicaine (Le Devoir)
- Les éoliennes tuent-elles vraiment les oiseaux ? (Le Monde)
- The TurboTax Crime Wave (WSJ)
- Hollande s’impose devant Sarkozy (Cyberpresse)
- Sarkozy Fights for Survival (WSJ)
Health, home & garden
- Urban agriculture takes root in Montreal (The Gazette)
Humour
Local / National News & Politics
- Quel avenir pour le français à Montréal ? (L’actualité)
- New $50 bill ‘safer, cheaper and greener’ (The Gazette)
- Penny pinch is just the beginning (The Gazette)
- Le métro touché par une série de dégradations (Métro Montréal)
- La maîtrise du français ou de l’anglais sera un critère pour devenir citoyen (Cyberpresse)
- La FECQ aimerait que la CLASSE dénonce la violence (Cyberpresse)
- Début d’année difficile pour les restaurateurs québécois (Cyberpresse)
- Upstairs Jazz Bar finds success live-streaming its concerts on the Web (The Gazette, Link)
Media, Culture, & Society
- Torchwood Season 5 Won’t Air For ‘A While’ (Screen Rant)
- Game of Thrones Posts Remarkable Ratings Hold (ICv2)
- It’s Official: Game of Thrones Renewed (ICv2)
- HBO, AMC serve up feast of fresh programs (The Gazette)
- Looper Official Trailer [HD] (YouTube) [Looks interesting…]
- Cats in Space: Best of Youtube (Canada.com)
- Rainfall warning lifted for Montreal (The Gazette) [result: i get the first water-infiltration problem of the year…]
- Philip K. Dick: Letter regarding Blade Runner (link)
Sciences & History
Technology, Gadgets & Internet
- Will Facebook ruin Instagram? (CNN)
- Philips’ L Prize-winning light bulb goes on sale Sunday, priced between $20 and $60 (Engadget)
- Banc d’essai: Le service Illico nouvelle génération (MacQuébec) [Quelqu’un au service à la clientèle de Vidéotron m’a dit aujourd’hui que l’illico nouvelle génération commencerait à être disponible dans la région de Montréal dès la semaine prochaine et non en septembre comme annoncé à la conférence de presse. Je serais très heureux si cela était vrai (mais cela reste encore à confirmer). Quelqu’un d’autre a-t-il entendu cette information et pourrait la confirmer?]
- US introduces $60 LED light bulb (BBC)
- Dropbox simplifies sharing with file viewer and folder links (Engadget)
White-collar union stuff (SFMM) & Montreal’s libraries
- Affichage d’un poste de Bibliotechnicienne à Marie-Uguay (Simon) [Pourquoi un affichage si court? Cinq jours au lieu du minimum d’une semaine! Est-ce juste une formalité alors qu’on a déjà un candidat en tête?]
- Quand le grand ménage du printemps ne rend pas les choses plus propres! (du 109 au 429)
- Affichage d’un poste permanent d’aide-bibliothécaire à Ahuntsic (Simon)
- Affichage pour la liste de remplacements (banques d’heures) d’aide-bibliothécaire à la bibliothèque Jean-Corbeil (Anjou) (Simon)