Rupert Murdoch's tablet-only daily paper will no longer be iPad-only (and available free for a while), MyBlogLog gets its (official) death notice, libraries team up to offer ebook "rentals," and Android's Market gets a book section.
- News Corp. Daily Newspaper Moving To Google Android Tablets
The link between News Corp.'s electronic daily and Apple isn't quite as strong as most had believed, as an Android version looks to arrive in the second quarter of this year. [MediaMemo | AllThingsD] - Yahoo Officially Ends MyBlogLog
Not necessarily surprising, but an early blog and social network pioneer bought by Yahoo will be shut down as of May 24. [SearchEngineWatch] - Free Access to The Daily Tablet Newspaper Extended for "Several More Weeks"
On a related note, the free get-you-hooked trial run of The Daily looks to extend a few weeks beyond its original Feb. 28 halt. [PaidContent via Gizmodo]
Image via DaveHolmes.
- Google introduces Google Apps certification
Now you can pay $100, fire up a webcam, and prove to your employers that you know how to run a Google Apps back-end. [Yahoo! News] - In-Library eBook Lending Program Launched
150 libraries are letting browsers on OpenLibrary.org "borrow" more than 80,000 titles in HTML, PDF, or ePub form for digital reading. [Internet Archive via Boing Boing - Android Market now offers eBook downloads
Anyone running the (just-released) Android 3.0 interface sees Books in the Market, but browsers can also head to market.android.com/books and add titles to their Google Books account. [Mobiputing]