Bitcoin
P2P virtual currency: Bitcoin transactions offer direct payments, cut out banks, any other middle man; http://eicker.at/Bitcoin
Apple FaceTime did not launch as a killer app, but it may end up as one, providing a halo effect; http://eicker.at/FaceTime
Guide to most common (Web) fonts on Windows, Mac, Linux: serif, sans-serif; http://eicker.at/WebFonts (via Design Tagebuch)
Microsoft: We are the leading OS, cloud, webmail, office, server, CRM supplier, making most money; http://j.mp/9PtWLh
Skype opens its VoIP platform with the SkypeKit SDK and a robust set of APIs; http://j.mp/aMH1jZ
Fallen in love on Twitter? @CocaCola and @Pepsi; http://tr.im/qQe2 and even @Linux and @Microsoft; http://tr.im/qQey
Skype: “Now, we are taking Skype into new directions by empowering consumer electronic and desktop software innovators to embed Skype into their products through the availability of our new software development kit (SDK) called SkypeKit. … SkypeKit will not only include a robust set of APIs for a variety of popular Skype features, including voice and video calling and instant messaging, it will also deliver Skype’s signature super wideband audio, based on the SILK codec. In addition, developers who use SkypeKit will be able to describe them as plugged into Skype.”
RWW: “Previously, Skype’s API allowed accessories like headsets and webcams to communicate better with Skype, but those applications required Skype to run in the background. With this new SDK, apps can be built that run independently of Skype, much like the popular multi-platform chat clients available today. … It seems likely that Skype will make its SDK available on Web and mobile platforms eventually, since the company’s idea is ‘that every connected device can become a communications device, with the addition of SkypeKit.’ For now, desktop developers and hardware manufacturers have the chance to create some interesting Skype integrations with the new SDK.”