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robert-siciliano's picture
Apr.07.2013
As we all migrate towards using smartphones and tablets, we need to be aware of the risks associated with them. Most of us know that we need to protect our computers with security software, but we don’t always take that precaution with our mobile devices. In fact nearly 75% of Americans do not use...
manny-pacheco's picture
Mar.05.2013
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for folks who own a Kindle, Nook, Kobo eReader, Android Tablets, Diesel iPad, Apple iPad, Sony eBook, etc. The online home of my eBook - Forgotten Hollywood Forgotten History - is offering for one week: 25% off the purchase of my work...
jess-wells's picture
Jul.04.2012
I’m struck by the recent book review of “How to Build an Android: The True Story of Philip K. Dick’s Robotic Resurrection” and I’ve been puzzling over some questions it raises for writers. First, the facts.  The book “explains how a team of researchers at the Univ. of Memphis collaborated in...
manny-pacheco's picture
Mar.03.2012
The online home of eBook - Forgotten Hollywood Forgotten History – is offering for one week: 25% off on the purchase of my work. SMASHWORDS is promoting “Read an eBook Week,” and their website is the origin of this marvelous discount. Visit one of the websites below, and after ...
luke-james's picture
Jan.30.2012
Android mall virus conspiracy? Perhaps it’s because I’m currently reading Christopher Buckley’s wonderfully sick novel, Thank You For Smoking, or perhaps it’s because I live in a culture that thrives on conspiracy theories. But when I read an article this morning on the Network World web site this...
manny-pacheco's picture
May.04.2011
I have outstanding news! SMASHWORDS just signed an eBook distribution deal with ScrollMotion to help distribute virtual eProduct through a variety of Apps including Apple, Android, HP Web OS, and Windows Phone7. This opportunity will be great for eBooks in the SMASHWORDS Premium Library including...
kim-trotto's picture
Feb.07.2010
The princess could not forget the beauty she had once been. At every turning of the endless corridor, yet another moving life image screen reminded her.  In some, she was a delicate child, with red-gold curls, playing with her dolls or pets, while an indulgent auntie stood watch. An auntie not...
warren-adie-riley's picture
Mar.17.2009
Putting your faith in the hands of someone else, can be fortuitous. Point aside, the experience encountered by our unsuspecting volunteers will definitely last a life-time. And maybe, just maybe, a little longer..... "Welcome to the ‘Airbus 797 Simulator.’ All of you have been selected to...
warren-adie-riley's picture
Mar.05.2009
  At times, the simplest error in judgment for an individual can and will cause a misrepresentation of their existence. Keeping this in mind, observe the misfortune of our character in the following short story. Emmett was tired, the soles of his feet were callused and his stomach growled...