Daily Links: Karma revamps unlimited data plan in response to heavy users

Daily Links for Monday, January 18, 2016:

Karma revamps unlimited data plan in response to heavy users (The Verge) – Remember the hotspot throttling? Well, the speed is back, but with a catch….

How Slate, The Huffington Post, Bloomberg fight ad blocking (Digiday) – How are publishers trying to fight ad blocking?

Spain Forces Senior Citizens to Choose Between Writing Income, and Their Pensions (The Digital Reader) – Make a little extra money and lose your pension? Deeply disturbing story.

Judge says Facebook tagging violates protective orders (Engadget) – If this becomes a precedent, this could be a game changer.

eBook Use Up 31% in Russia (The Digital Reader) – What do the numbers say about the readers? And can we trust them?

Deals of the Day:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal includes Divergent (Divergent Series #1) by Veronica Roth and David Balducci’s Absolute Power, each for $1.99.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is also Divergent (Divergent Series #1) by Veronica Roth for $1.99.  The Romance Daily Find is Breaking Her Rules: Beyond the Cage by Jennifer Snow for 99 cents.

Kobo’s Daily Deal is Dawn of Dragons: The Complete Trilogy by Daniel Arenson for $2.99.

iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes The Twelfth Card by Jeffery Deaver for $1.99.

(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.

Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)

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Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on Twitter and on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Daily Links: $4 Divergent Digital and Cards against Humanity Online

Digital Life:

Total BooX: Ebooks for the Way the 21st-Century Reader Reads (Publishing Perspectives)

If you hate PC bloatware, here are the vendors to avoid (PC World)

No, You’re Not Giving Away Your Online Identity  (Recode)

Gaming and Streaming:

Stream music concerts and documentaries on your Roku (Quello)

A Party Game for Horrible People, Cards Against Humanity Available Online (Gear Diary)

Apps:

Hooks Will Make Sure You NEVER Miss a Notification (Gear Diary)

Top 15 file manager for Android tablet apps (Tab Times)

VLC for iOS Returns! The Do-All Media Player for All Devices (Gear Diary)

Tips, Tricks and How-to:

How to Install Custom Dictionaries on Your Kobo eReader (Ink, Bits & Pixels)

Finds and Deals:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals include the In the Land of the Long White Cloud Series at $1.99 each, also science fiction and fantasy, romance and health titles.

Today’s Deal on Amazon  is Norton Security (For 5 Devices)  for $29.99. It is available as a physical package or as a digital download.

In the Games department, until March 20th, there is a 50% off sale on full versions of G5 games for the Kindle Fire and other android devices:

•  Dark Arcana: the Carnival (Full)
• Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden (Full)
• Paranormal Agency®
• Supermarket Mania® 2
• The Mystery of the Crystal Portal
• 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek (Full)
• Nightmares from the Deep: Davy Jones, Collector’s Edition (Full)
• Dream Catchers: The Beginning (Full)

There are also some in-app purchases for select G5 games available at 50% off.

NOOK Find of the Day is It’s Classified: A Novel by Nicolle Wallace for $1.99

Kobo does not have a Daily Deal listed today but does have a selection of children’s and YA books on sale.

Want to see the first film in the YA Divergent series?  Grab Divergent Digital for $4, #DivergentWatchParty on Twitter Tonight!

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.