Barnes & Noble said today it would offer free wireless Internet access at all its bookstores nationwide.
Barnes & Noble has offered Wi-Fi access via AT&T since 2005, but that was a subscription-based service. Customers shopping in the bookstore will now be able to preview over 700,000 eBook titles along with thousands of public domain titles available from Google, on their Wi-Fi enabled devices. The company says its number of eBook titles is on track to reach the one million mark soon.
Mimic the Inauguration with New Facebook Offering
Facebook launched the Live Stream Box today, which is a feature that lets website owners and developers enable Facebook users to connect, share, and post updates in real-time as they witness events online. Think CNN’s Facebook integration from the Presidential Inauguration.
Gmail Bolsters Emoticon Offering
Back in October, Google added a number of new emoticons for Gmail in a Gmail Lab. That round even went so far as to include a pile of feces complete with flies buzzing around it. I wish I was making this up.
Benefits Of Offering Contests and Prizes On Twitter
A few weeks ago I made the mistake of wondering aloud when someone would start offering cash prizes for twitter followers. I had seen people offering physical prizes before, but never cash. A few random people decided to have some fun with me and start saying I was offering cash, so I just decided to run with it.Since this wasn’t a planned event I don’t have the exact numbers but you can see from the graph below I gained about 300 followers
General Motors Could Begin Offering Twitter In Their Cars
An early April Fool’s Day joke, or the real deal? You judge.
Skype Now Offering Voice To Text Messaging Conversion
Skype has introduced a new feature that converts voicemail to text via speech technology firm SpinVox.
SpinVox converts voice messages to text in English, Spanish, French, and German. The messages are sent by Skype as an SMS text directly to a mobile phone for users to read.
Publishers Collaborate on New Microsoft Advertising Offering
Today Microsoft announced the creation of the Publisher Leadership Council, a group of Web publishers who will consult on the development of Microsoft PubCenter, its next-generation advertising platform for digital media publishers.
YouTube Offering Downloadable Videos
YouTube is now allowing downloads of some of the videos it hosts. While competing sites have offered the ability to download videos for some time, this is not a feature that YouTube has made available.
YouTube Offering Sponsored Videos
YouTube’s at it again. Monetization that is. They’re now offering Sponsored videos.
MTV Offering…Music Videos?
With the launch of a single site, MTV has apparently put my biggest knock against the network to bed. That’s the lack of music videos of course.