Jagiellonian Digital Library becomes the leader of digital libraries in Poland
On 22 December 2012 the Jagiellonian Digital Library (JDL), established by the Jagiellonian Library, became the largest digital library in Poland and the leader among libraries associated under the...
View ArticleStudents developing next-generation e-Books platform
The electronic book industry is booming; nearly a quarter of Americans are reading e-books, and sales of e-book readers and tablets — including Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, and Apple’s...
View ArticleClick to save the nation’s digital memory
Billions of web pages from millions of websites, as well as public Facebook posts and tweets, will be preserved for time immemorial from tomorrow by Cambridge University Library and five other major...
View ArticleSelling MP3s? You should have stuck with CDs
What’s the difference between selling a secondhand music CD and transferring ownership of the same songs bought from iTunes? Not much, you’d think – except one’s illegal, according to a New York court....
View ArticleDigital cinemas offer more via satellite
As cinema owners worldwide begin to embrace new digital technologies via satellite, audiences are being given more ways to enjoy an evening at the movies. ESA has helped a consortium of Italian...
View ArticleMore data storage? Here’s how to fit 1,000 terabytes on a DVD
We live in a world where digital information is exploding. Some 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years. The obvious question is: how can we store it all? In Nature Communications...
View ArticleWealth of words
Professor Deb Roy’s technology company, which recently sold to Twitter, analyzes social-media conversations about TV. Social-media commentary regarding television shows and commercials contains...
View ArticleMusic streaming hits 70% of market in pioneering Sweden
Music streaming companies now account for 70 percent of all music bought in Sweden, home of Spotify, the world leader in the field, official industry figures revealed on Sunday. The Swedish Recording...
View ArticleComcast rumored to be considering adding to Copyright Alert System
Variety is claiming it has sources that confirm that Comcast is considering adding another feature to the Copyright Alert System (CAS) implemented last February by Comcast and other Internet Service...
View ArticleYou can linger longer with a digital death
Digital life now begins before birth, with excited expectant parents sharing ultrasound images of their unborn babies online. But your digital life also continues after you die, and can come in handy...
View ArticlePost-it notes get fresh life with digital app
Post-it notes, those sticky papers used by pen-and-ink people for reminders and bookmarks, are getting new life for the digital world. Post-it Notes are stuck to q computer monitor in Washington, DC,...
View ArticleGroup makes 3-D backups of world landmarks
We all know to back up our files and photos, but what about our castles and churches? In this photo provided by CyArk, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, an image generated by 3D laser scan data, shows a...
View ArticleHow readers perceive computer-generated news articles
A recent study investigates how readers perceive computer-generated news articles. The advent of new technologies has always spurred questions about changes in journalism – how it is produced and...
View ArticleFrom text to texting: 10th century Greek manuscript is brought into the...
A tenth century Greek manuscript, one of the latest additions to the Digital Library, shows how the transmission and reinterpretation of written knowledge over the centuries still continues in today’s...
View ArticleContent kingmaker—quality or webpage position?
Webpage position reigns in peer recommendation of online content on sites like Reddit In today’s Information Age, it’s easy get overwhelmed by online content. On YouTube alone, over 100 hours worth of...
View ArticleUploading a video with music to Youtube
When you upload a video to YouTube, the Content ID system will automatically figure out if you’re using The post Uploading a video with music to Youtube has been published on Technology Org.
View ArticleDigging through history using digital tools
With one foot solidly in the past and the other anchored in digital technology, Tobias Higbie is adept The post Digging through history using digital tools has been published on Technology Org.
View ArticleTechnology brings iconic ship to classroom shores
Students from around Australia are now able to take a tour of the iconic ship, the HMB Endeavour, The post Technology brings iconic ship to classroom shores has been published on Technology Org.
View ArticleAmplifying — or removing — visual variation
At the Siggraph Asia conference this week, MIT researchers presented a pair of papers describing techniques for either The post Amplifying — or removing — visual variation has been published on...
View ArticleGrowing up in a digital world
Technology has become an omnipresent force in the lives of Canadian children. They bring their phones to school,
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