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"Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) launched TED Live Wednesday, offering a year-long membership package and \"virtual seats\" to TED and TED Global conferences. Individuals, schools and small businesses can now get remote access to the 18-minutes-or-less TED talks on big ideas, technology and design. \nIn addition to live webcast of the conferences, the package includes access to the TED Live online community, exclusive chat rooms and content coverage during each conference, access to a private Facebook group and TED.com messaging. \n\"TEDsters have asked us for a convenient and affordable way to enjoy TED all year long,\" Tom Rielly, TED's community director, said in a statement.\nMuch of the TED Live membership perks are closely tied to Amazon's Kindle Fire, which is included in the package. You also get a TED Books subscription, offering two short ebooks, delivered automatically each month. TED Books, written by speakers and fellows, expand on the topics of their talks. You can also watch the TED Talks on your Kindle Fire. TED previously released apps for the iPhone and iPad. \nThe membership will have tiered prices depending on the institution. It costs $995 a year for individuals and primary or secondary schools and $2,500 for colleges, universities and small businesses. Up to 10 people can watch the talks with the individual membership and 50 people can watch with the business package. \nDoes this sound like a gift worth giving or a membership you'd enjoy? Let us know in the comments.\nPhoto courtesy of James Duncan Davidson/TED"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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