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2008-09-23

Esquire's E Ink Cover

The October 2008 issue of Esquire magazine brings us the first digital ink ever used in a publication, with moving words and flashing images.
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75th Anniversary Issue Preview: The E Ink Cover

75th Anniversary Issue Preview: The E Ink Cover

Next week, Esquire's 75th Anniversary issue will hit newsstands. A limited number will feature an experimental cover that were built using electronic ink, an idea that already has some people talking.

• The New York Times
• Wired
• Boing-Boing
• Gizmodo
• Engadget
• Kottke

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Esquire E-ink Cover Hands On

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• How the E-Ink Cover Was Made
• What to Do if Your Cover Is Not Flashing
• How to Recycle the October Issue
• Can You Hack Esquire's E-Ink Cover?

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Video: Ripping open Esquire’s digital ink cover

If you separate the electronics from the magazine, you end up with two blinking panels connected to a circuit board with six batteries, a microchip and lots of technical stuff. According to Make, the do-it-yourself magazine, e-ink package included:

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Ripping open Esquire's e-ink cover

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Esquire E-Ink cover hacking? - take apart photos and more...

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Related:
Esquire's 75th Anniversary Issue Preview: The E Ink Cover - Esquire
Esquire E-Ink Cover Video - Esquire's 75th Anniversary Issue - Esquire
Video: Ripping open Esquire’s digital ink cover - Alt+Save with the Gadgetress - OCRegister.com
MAKE: Blog: Esquire E-Ink cover hacking? - take apart photos and more...
Cover story: E Ink writes a new chapter - The Boston Globe
Esquire's E Ink Cover A 21st Century Flop | Epicenter from Wired.com
News Flash From the Cover of Esquire - Paper Magazines Can Be High Tech, Too - NYTimes.com
Esquire to geeks: hack our e-paper magazine cover - Boing Boing Gadgets
Media: Esquire Expects You to Hack Their E-Ink Cover
E Ink responsible for Esquire's flashing magazine cover - Engadget
Digital Ink » TeachEng.us
Esquire's E-Ink Cover and Ad for Ford - Advertising Lab: future of advertising and advertising technology
Esquire Magazine's Electronic Ink Digital Cover | Technology Goddess

2008-04-06

Google News Fact and Fiction

A couple of alleged facts and myth about Google News discussed in the official Google News Blog.
Google News Blog - The Official Blog from the team at Google news
Having an image next to your article improves your ranking
MYTH
Updating an article after posting it will create problems with Google News
TRUE
Timing the publication of your article improves your article ranking
MYTH
Articles that are just images or video won't be included
TRUE
There's no way to see why my articles weren't included in Google News
MYTH
Publishing a sitemap helps my rankings
MYTH
Redesigning my site may affect my coverage in Google News
TRUE
If I put AdSense on my site, my article rankings will improve
MYTH

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Via: Google News Fact and Fiction According to Google
Related:
Google News Blog: Psst...secrets of Google News exposed!
Ranking in Google News: Setting the Record Straight - Google News Publishers - Troubleshooting | Google Groups