In this month's podcast I discuss some recent news about ebooks and DRM. There's information about smartphone uses, from Pew Internet, and a quick debate about mobile websites versus apps. FourSquare and geosocial services are explained, in brief. A good portion of the show describes SWON's new partnership with Hive13, a hacker/maker space in Cincinnati. What is that? Listen in to find out.

1. May 2012

2. Tor/Forge to go DRM-Free
Coming July, 2012
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/04/torforge-e-book-titles-to-go-drm-free

3. Amazon’s Kindle
Lending Library:
Gunning for
Public Libraries
“For popular titles like
Harry Potter, the wait can
sometimes be months.”
http://www.infodocket.com/2012/05/10/harry-potter-titles-coming-to-
kindle-owners-lending-library-and-what-this-should-mean-for-libraries/

4. Sue Polanka: No Shelf Required
We’d like to get left, may be drifting right.
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/

5. Steal This: Publishers Dumping Apps
Technology Review: 353 subs, $124k dev costs
http://www.technologyreview.com/business/40319/?p1=BI
http://gigaom.com/2012/05/07/are-publishers-waking-up-from-their-dream-about-apps/

6. Location-based services
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Location-based-services/Location-
based-information-services/Findings.aspx

7. Geosocial services
It looks like they surveyed different groups
in 2011 and 2012.
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Location-based-services/Location-
based-information-services/Findings.aspx

8. Pew Internet:
Just-in-time
Information through
Mobile Connections
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Just-in-time/Main-Report/Findings.aspx

9. App? Maybe. Mobile Site? YES!
Apple’s Safari Browser
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/AppleApplications/Reference/
SafariWebContent/OptimizingforSafarioniPhone/OptimizingforSafarioniPhone.html

11. Text

12. FourSquare:
A Geosocial
Service
Create your own
Specials
https://foursquare.com/
http://vimeo.com/35640651 (1-minute intro video)

13. FourSquare:
A Geosocial
Service
Claim your business.
Verify it’s yours.
Create campaigns.
https://foursquare.com/

14. Update: Google & 3rd Party Cookies
FTC fines for bypassing Safari’s cookie security
controls: $10 million?
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/05/google-may-face-massive-
fine-from-ftc-for-bypassing-safari-privacy-controls.ars

15. Google Drive Launches
Dropbox competitor w/ 5GB for free
Open 30 different file types w/in browser
http://www.macstories.net/news/google-officially-launches-google-drive/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/24/google-drive-vs-the-competition-dropbox-skydrive-icloud/

16. Hive13: Maker/Hacker Space
http://www.hive13.org/
http://wiki.hive13.org/Main_Page

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nebulagirl/5110857899/in/pool-1269305@N25/
http://wiki.makerbot.com/cupcake

18. Thingiverse: Print-Ready Projects
Examples at Wired
http://www.wired.com/design/2012/05/10-makerbot-projects/
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11835

19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hodapple/5635742719/in/pool-1269305@N25/

20. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hodapple/5792203706/in/pool-1269305@N25/

21. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hodapple/5792202830/in/pool-1269305@N25/

22. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hodapple/5108275427/in/pool-1269305@N25/

23. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hodapple/5108275105/in/pool-1269305@N25/

24. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hodapple/5207769832/in/pool-1269305@N25/

25. Steal This: Indie Bookstores
“Unlike the colder chain stores, it has an
atmosphere and a vibe. The store has a real
personality.”
http://www.thelantern.com/a-e/columbus-bookstore-maintains-lofty-
expectations-1.2867369#.T6f9fJ9YvrY

26. The Wirecutter: Gadget Reviews
Text
http://thewirecutter.com/
Clonky noises courtesy of the baby boy.

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