Author of Steve Jobs’ biography turns to the Web to edit new book

Walter Isaacson, author of the Steve Jobs biography, is taking to the internet to edit a new book about the beginnings and development of today’s digital age. Isaacson has posted parts of his new book on online publishing platforms such as LiveJournal, Medium, and Scribd to have interested parties browse through the passages and state any corrections or notes.

"One of the things I learned is the original intention of the internet was to allow collaboration on projects, and we got away from that, especially with the World Wide Web," he said in an interview with Capital. "I'm trying to find a good service that will allow people to collaborate or to crowdsource some ideas."

Be a part of King Pong, a crowdsourced kickstarter app for the Apple TV

Many users believe that the AppleTV could be so much more than a streaming set-top box. It runs on Apple's iOS and has a pretty powerful A5 processor. App Different development studio wants to build a crowdsourced and kickstarter funded version of Pong that apparently allows iPhones and iPod Touches to server as controllers and the Apple TV as a console.

Users who back the project will pledge an amount of money and then have an opportunity to vote and decide on features and can have a direct connection to the development process. Interested backers can find out more here. 

Source: App Different