B-Roll [November 12-24, 2009]
- An interesting article on the intricacies of death-row prisoners’ last-meal requests, on Slate. [via rach]
- Agility, a Kuwaiti vendor, has been charged with fraud over an $8 billion Army food contract in Iraq. [via thedaytheytriedtokillme]
- Adam Cahan (CEO of video monetization service Auditude) writes about potential business models for TV Everywhere.
- What should be hailed as the more important accomplishment for U.S. government transparency: publishing documents in open formats like XML as opposed to PDF or Flash, or being organized enough to get them online in the first place?
- Condé Nast, Hearst, Time Inc. and others are expected to create a joint venture which would publish digital cross-platform versions of their publications.
- The Kindle 2 and DX receive native PDF support and 85% more battery life through an over-the-air firmware update.
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