Google Orphans
Schonfeld: “Google needs to free the orphans … a deal between authors and any book digitizer”; http://tr.im/k57n
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Gerrit Eicker
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FriendFeed Redesign
FriendFeed rolls out redesign, adds list-replacing eMail features; http://tr.im/k566
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Gerrit Eicker
TwtJobs
http://TwtJobs.com, a simple career manager Twitter app for job seekers and employers; http://tr.im/k557
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Gerrit Eicker
Newsfeed RSS
Facebook app Newsfeed RSS allows to pull Facebook newsfeeds into a regular RSS feed; http://tr.im/k54m
Gerrit Eicker
Apple Inside?
WSJ: Apple is building a significant capability to design its own computer chips; http://tr.im/k52c
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Gerrit Eicker
WSJ: “In one sign of the new focus, Apple recently hired Raja Koduri, who was formerly the chief technology officer of the graphics products group at chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Mr. Koduri started at Apple this week, following in the footsteps of Bob Drebin, who had held the same title at AMD and is also now working for Apple. … Apple’s strategy also marks a break from a long-term trend among most big electronics companies to outsource the development of chips and other components to external suppliers.”
VB: “So if there are big chip makers that could do this for Apple, why is it taking on the task itself? The reason is that Steve Jobs probably wants to make a clean break from those who are trying to clone the iPhone and the iPod. If he can design chips that no one else can use, it will be much harder to knock off his signature devices. – Apple is believed to have a license from ARM Ltd. to make low-power microprocessors based on the ARM architecture. In using ARM as the foundation, Apple’s engineers don’t have to reinvent a lot of chip design, testing and software creation tools. … If Apple pulls this off, it could declare independence from Intel, Samsung, and other chip makers in a way that no system vendor has been able to do in many years.”
CG: “In the cellphone world, a chip is a chip. Most of them are ARM-based but there are a few outliers. Most importantly, however, each has a similar power profile. Therefore, by controlling the entire chip themselves, Apple can handle its own graphics, video, and audio output as well optimize for power control – a huge concern with devices like the iPhone.”
Gerrit Eicker
IAB: Video Advertising Guidelines
IAB releases video advertising guidelines as an educational resource for UK digital industry; http://tr.im/k51e
Gerrit Eicker
LawnPartner setzt auf Gartentechnik.com
Die Motorgerätefachhändler der LawnPartner Gruppe setzen auf Gartentechnik.com für: http://LawnPartner.de
Gerrit Eicker
Home Office
Bitkom: 62% der deutschen Arbeitnehmer wünschen sich regelmäßige Arbeit im Home Office; http://tr.im/jZYj
Gerrit Eicker
Advertise Advertising!
The advertising industry needs to do a better job of advertising itself; http://tr.im/jZF9
Gerrit Eicker
Hulu: #3 in Web Video
ComScore: Hulu is now the #3 U.S. web video site, soon to be #2 – 5.5 hours video consumption/month; http://tr.im/jZDR
Gerrit Eicker 10:57 on 30. April 2009 Permalink |
TC: “This roll-out is potentially important for other social sites as well. The biggest is of course Facebook, which has stated its desire to make the site’s news feed streams update in real-time. Given the initial backlash FriendFeed saw against real-time, one can only imagine how bad it would have been received on Facebook. Especially considering that site has over 200 million users sending updates.”
VB: “FriendFeed by Email: You can post new items to your FriendFeed by emailing share@friendfeed.com. You can post to groups by emailing groupname@friendfeed.com, and you can direct message your friends by emailing username@friendfeed.com.”