Daily Dispatch: Amazon adds Kindle features; Ocean waves power Scotland

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Amazon Boosts Kindle Features (Information Week)

The market-leading e-book reader is getting PDF support and longer battery life.

Wave energy generator pumps power to Scotland (Cnet)

...The device is a hydraulic pump operated by a "hinged flap," where a large metal piece moves back and forth from the motion of the waves. The movement moves a hydraulic piston that pumps water underground to a hydro-electric turbine that drives a generator to make electricity.

Time Inc.'s Squires Assembles Team of Rivals to Harness Digital Media (The New York Observer)

...The company will prepare magazines that can work across multiple digital platforms, whether the iPhone, the BlackBerry or countless other digital devices. The company will not develop an e-book, but create something that people familiar with the plans compare to iTunes—a store where you can buy new and distinct iterations of The New Yorker or Time. Print magazines will also be for sale.

Yahoo's Search Box Gets Smarter (Search Engine Land)

...Perhaps the main innovation here is the inclusion of content and information right inside the Search Assist dropdown. For example, do a search for a company's stock symbol, and Yahoo will show real-time stock prices and a couple related links before you even execute the search.

Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos (CBC News)

...She said her insurance agent described several pictures Blanchard posted on the popular social networking site, including ones showing her having a good time at a Chippendales bar show, at her birthday party and on a sun holiday — evidence that she is no longer depressed, Manulife said.

Digg For Bargains: Deals.Woot Is Now Open To The Public (TechCrunch)

...The new site features a list of top deals, as voted on by the community and chosen by the Deals.Woot algorithm. This will be going head to head against other deal sites like SlickDeals and FatWallet, which have well established communities. Woot already has plenty of fans, but it may take some time to build out a base of deal hunters.

iFixIt Announces Answers: Do Not Return Product to Store (CrunchGear)

...You ask a question on Answers and then can follow as folks help out and answer your questions. This also creates a database of answers for multiple devices including MacBooks, iPods, and Sony laptops. It's a good idea because Kyle has a great following of DIYers and most of them aren't out to troll the forums with dumb questions or answers.

Indian Eye Hospital Uses iPhone for Remote Diagnostics (PCWorld)

An Indian eye hospital is piloting software that will push to doctors' iPhones retinal images collected from patients in remote locations.

Lighter side: Pomplamoose produces "video songs", a new video/music medium where "what you see is what your hear" and "if you hear it, at some point you see it". Check out their cover of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" which has been viewed over 2 million times since it was posted 2 months ago.