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Tweet Apple has recently been criticized for its closed nature and lack of transparency when it comes to basic research. The company now seems to be addressing some of those issues. Read more… Neowin

Tweet At the Publishing Hackathon at BookExpo America on Friday afternoon, six book discovery startups will pitch their ideas to a panel of six judges, including Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, Silver Lake Capital director Stephen Evans and Perseus Books Group CEO David Steinberger. The winner will get $ 10,000 and a meeting with William Morris Endeavor cofounder Ari Emanuel. The Hackathon caps off three days of digital publishing events at…

Tweet Personalized reading app Zite is updating its iOS app Wednesday with a few Google Reader-inspired features and some algorithm changes designed to surface more obscure content. Zite also announced seven new publishing partners — including GigaOM — bringing the total number of publishers it works with to 24. Zite outlined the changes in a blog post. CEO Mark Johnson has been pretty vocal about how he doesn’t think Zite…

Tweet The Publishing Hackathon, held this past weekend at coworking space The Alley in New York, gave 30 teams a little over a day to come up with an idea for a book discovery startup, build a demo and pitch it to a panel of judges. Six finalists were chosen Sunday by a panel of judges including Perseus CMO Rick Joyce and NYC Seed managing director Owen Thomas. The winning…