Sony Reader Gains Access To Google Books

Sony has reached a deal with Google to offer access to more than a half-million public domain books from Google available on its current models of its Reader. The books will be available for free to users of the Reader via Sony's eBook Store, which now boasts more than 600,000 titles. The move is seen as a direct challenge to Amazon's Kindle eBook reader, which…

Think Before You Tweet, This Juror Didn’t

Well you know you’ve hit the big time when your service is used by some crafty lawyer to file an appeal. Ok, so maybe it’s not hitting the big time but it is certainly evidence that not everyone on Twitter is a rocket scientist. Shocking I know but hey welcome to the new world order.

Real Life Examples: Local Social Media Marketing in Action

I'm not going to wax philosophical about social media marketing. I'm not going to tell you that you should be using social media or that you shouldn't. I'm just going to show you some examples of how local  businesses in the hometown of Webproworld - Lexington, Kentucky -  are utilizing it. It is up to you to find parallels between what these businesses are doing…

Google Launching Friend Connect API

At PubCon Matt Cutts just announced the launch of the Google Friend Connect API. It let's you copy javascript and make your blog more social. Editor's note: How do you think the launch of the Google Friend Connect API will affect data portability? Share your thoughts. Webproworld anchor Abby Jonnson spoke with Cutts at the conference: