Amelia Wang, the chief of staff for U.S. Representative Judy Chu, talked about the Creative Rights Caucus initiative that Congresswoman Chu helped create. CCC’s Chris Kenneally asked how the caucus would help creators, and received an app-specific example from Wang. Check it out:

the congresswoman serves on the House IP subcommittee and when the SOPA debate was happening, she was right in the middle of the whole thing. During this debate, she noticed that the voice of the creator, the individual creator, was not heard or understood. So she saw this need to advocate for their rights, specifically. The caucus – basically the core principle is protecting creative rights. The congresswoman also sees an opportunity to stress that creators are where innovation begins. Technology cannot exist without creative works or vice versa. Truly, it’s a symbiotic relationship … Take, for instance, app developers, who basically create in the tech space. With the dramatic growth of this industry, they too have now become increasingly concerned about protecting their IP – intellectual property. At the end of the day, we can all agree that protecting creators’ rights is in the best interest of everyone. It’s of upmost importance. It drives American ingenuity and creates jobs. In the creative sector alone, it creates 5.1 million jobs.

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The Nook devices will also include a Chrome browser, Gmail, YouTube, Google Search and Google Maps. The Google market and tools will be available to all new and existing NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ customers in the US and the UK through an update.

William Lynch, chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble, stated: “Now with access to more than 700,000 apps and the best reading experience available, NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are must-see products for entertainment lovers looking for high-quality tablets at incredibly low prices.”

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The customer who is lucky enough to purchase the 50 billionth app will win a $10,000 App Store Gift Card. In addition, those people who download one of the first 50 apps after they hit 50 billion, will win a US$500 App Store gift card. You can also enter to win without making a purchase by sharing personal data at this link.

CNET has more about Apple’s history of App Store promos:

Apple’s last big contest for the App Store was for the 25 billion benchmark last March. Chunli Fu, a customer from Qingdao, China was winner, and nabbed a $10,000 gift card and a trip to one of Apple’s stores to pick it up. More recently, Apple paid out a 10,000 Euro iTunes gift card for the 25th billion song sold on iTunes back in February.

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We’ve posted the trailer for Smiley below, a horror movie and Gallagher’s first film. Storytellers and creators of all kinds can learn from his example. Gallagher explained:

Don’t be afraid of new platforms and collaborating with already established folks. That’s how I got into it. I’m 24, so I’m pretty young. But out of film school (AKA my high school) I came up here and started working with Mahalo. I wasn’t a big web guy at the time, I was 18 and I started working on their web show, Mahalo Daily. I did all the grunt work. I shot on miniDV tapes, we did shows about cupcakes and I edited them, produced and I did everything I had to do to make content. We were doing five shows a week.

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Below, we’ve listed the top free iPad apps of the week. The list links to Inside Network’s research about the individual apps, including historical charts, developer information and download information.

To support Mediabistro’s Media App Summit, we spotlight the top free apps every week–helping our readers discover, enjoy and analyze successful content. continued…

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Thinking about self-publishing your book through Smashwords?

In the video embedded above, author Paul Salvette walks you through the process of formatting a book for Smashwords. You can read his complete Smashwords tutorial at this link. Here’s more about the video:

“This video series will show you how to format a Word manuscript to be properly uploaded and converted into an eBook on Smashwords.com. EPUB and MOBI files covert well with this technique of utilizing the style feature in Microsoft Word. This tutorial will guarantee that you .doc source file passes the Smashwords Meatgrinder.”

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London’s small to medium companies are a vital component of this city’s economy, supporting significant numbers of jobs. It is a top priority for me that these entrepreneurial enterprises receive practical support to thrive and grow, not least as many have the potential to become major employers in the future. This innovative equity fund is using public and private money in order to offer much needed financing when more traditional routes are not available.

The new $11 million will be targeting London based businesses, especially in areas like deprived East London – marketed by London as Tech City in order to grow the existing organic tech scene.

Via TechCrunch

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Long Beach, CA police officers have spotted a team of thieves stealing cars with a mysterious device. They are seeking the public’s help to identify the car thieves or the mysterious app.

You can watch the thefts in the video embedded above–here’s more from the police department:

In the video, two suspects are seen walking up to four different vehicles, two parked in the street, and two parked in the same driveway. Although they are not able to gain access to the vehicles in the street, they are able to access to the vehicles parked in the driveway after a handheld devices is manipulated causing the vehicles dome light to come on and the doors to unlock. Ayone who can identify the suspects depicted in the video, or has information regarding the burglaries is urged to contact LBPD Auto Theft Detective Joseph Starbird at (562) 570-7362.

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What do you think? Do you want your Facebook photographs and conversations to be integrated into your everyday smartphone usage? Social Times has more about the collection of apps:

Facebook Home will include a “cover feed” for the home screen and the lock screen; and “chat heads,” or profile pictures, that pop up when friends send the user a message … Facebook created Home in partnership with mobile device manufacturer HTC. The software will come pre-installed in the HTC First, which AT&T customers can purchase for $99.99 beginning April 12. The app will also be available for download on Google Play for mobile devices including HTC One, HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy S IV, and Samsung Galaxy Note II. Versions for the HTC One and Samsung GALAXY S4 are coming soon.

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AT&T offers various mobile Internet plans beginning at $10 per month. Existing customers can add it to their plans through AT&T’s mobile share programs. AT&T will sell the devices in stores and online. The device is currently listed on the company’s website, but you can’t add it to the cart yet.

“Being the first carrier to connect Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD to our 4G LTE network provides the best mobile internet experience,” stated Chris Penrose, SVP of emerging devices at AT&T, in a press release.  ”Combining our 4G LTE with Kindle Fire HD’s rich features at an incredible price point yields a great value and experience for our customers.”

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Our Inspire/Make Teen Program is a series of free weekend classes for high-school (grades 9-12) students who want to learn how to design and develop digital and electronic media. We’ll cover a breadth of disciplines, including graphic design for digital interfaces, creating apps and content for mobile and tablets, and physical prototyping with electronic components.

The next workshop will be in collaboration with the Brooklyn Library to create iBooks. Keep an eye on AIAGA/NY’s events page if you are in the New York area.

Via Mashable

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What exactly can you purchase with Bitcoins? On Reddit, Bitcoins are worth perks and privileges. For $3.99/mo, users can eliminate ads, save comments, and view more comments per page. There are over 200 million USD worth of Bitcoins in circulation, and its value has doubled since the beginning of 2013 from $13.50 to over $27.00 (USD). This trend is likely to continue given the influence of Reddit users on politics and technology.

Naturally, Redditors are already using Bitcoins to fund on-line stripping. Users are posting partially nude photos along with their Bitcoin account where tippers can send Bitcoins to encourage more stripping. This only goes to prove that sex, money, and the internet will be constant no matter which currency you choose.

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Facebook’s privacy policy regarding tracking GPS and location data:

We may put together your current city with GPS and other location information we have about you to, for example, tell you and your friends about people or events nearby, or offer deals to you that you might be interested in. We may also put together data about you to serve you ads that might be more relevant to you.

When we get your GPS location, we put it together with other location information we have about you (like your current city). But we only keep it until it is no longer useful to provide you services, like keeping your last GPS coordinates to send you relevant notifications.

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Microsoft Research has developed an app for photographers

The app uses image stabilization technology to remove undesirable motion blur, and the resulting photo set is shown in a timeline that you can ‘scrub’ back and forth to view each frame. Users can choose to keep their best shot or all 16 photos. The set itself can be great for creating stop-motion Gifs using GIFPAL. Watch a tutorial of the new app below.

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Simply pay upfront to enjoy unlimited talk, messaging and data of your choice on our Prepaid 3G smartphone plans. You can renew your prepaid phone plan for another 30 days by paying the monthly plan fee prior to your monthly renewal date. If you go over your data allowance in your 30—day month period, purchase an extra 1GB of data for $20 when your data balance reaches 100MB or lower or just pay 5¢ per MB.

You don’t have to purchase a new smartphone to take advantage of the new data plan, so it’s perfect for old phones or expired contracts. T-Mobile has much more flexible monthly rates so if you use around 2GB of data per month, it’s only $60. Further, T-Mobile’s 3G network is comparable if not faster than Verizon’s 3G. T-Mobile’s no contract rate for $70 per month gives you access to their 4G network and unlimited data. Users could also check this handy resource for finding each specific location’s optimal carrier and cell towers.

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