Daily Archives: July 26, 2011

Top Trends of 2011: HTML5

July 26, 2011
Top Trends of 2011: HTML5

Microsoft Supports HTML5 2011 has been the year that Microsoft started to throw its weight around in support of HTML5. In March, Microsoft ran a contest for developers working on games and music applications in HTML5. Wrote Microsoft’s Carter Rabasa at the time: “We believe that HTML5 and related technologies, in conjunction with faster...

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Developer relies on Bitcoin to fund U.S. trip, Customs sends him home

July 26, 2011

A Bitcoin developer was sent back to China last week after arriving at a U.S. airport with $600 in cash because customs and border patrol agents did not believe he could fund his visit with Bitcoin, GeekWire reports. “Doctor Nefario” is the developer’s alias. He founded the Global Bitcoin Stock Exchange and had gone...

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Blekko Gets An Infographic

July 26, 2011
Blekko Gets An Infographic

Since I am our resident steward of infographics I figured I might as well highlight the creation of the very first ever Blekko infographic (below), brought to you by our friends over at Cognitive SEO. Related: Am I a huge dork because I can correctly complete this multiple choice “Identify The Blekko Founders!” quiz?...

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The Good: Chrome Gets OS X Lion Two-Finger Gestures! The Bad: They’re Backwards.

July 26, 2011
The Good: Chrome Gets OS X Lion Two-Finger Gestures! The Bad: They’re Backwards.

Considering that it hasn’t even been out a week yet, it shouldn’t be too surprising that many users and developers are still getting used to OS X Lion. This includes Google, makers of the popular Chrome web browser. While we previously noted that a version specifically tailored for Lion was in the works, Google...

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Ray Lane: Kleiner is not moving away from greentech

July 26, 2011
Ray Lane: Kleiner is not moving away from greentech

Kleiner Perkins Partner Ray Lane will be driving the 5 miles home from work tonight in a brand new, shiny, silver $100,000 electric Fisker Karma. Lane showed off the second production Karma (rumor has it #1 when to Leonardo DiCaprio) at an event outside of Kleiner’s offices on Tuesday. But the Karma is not...

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Typekit starts serving PostScript fonts to work around Windows rendering problems

July 26, 2011
Typekit starts serving PostScript fonts to work around Windows rendering problems

Typekit has announced that it is now serving PostScript versions of certain fonts in order to work around a problem with Windows rendering. Those who haven’t upgraded to the DirectWrite type rendering that comes with Internet Explorer 9 and is an option in Firefox 4 are still using the GDI rendering engine, which has...

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Want to watch Glee online? Then subscribe, or wait

July 26, 2011

Updated. Wait, or pay up for a subscription: That’s the choice that fans of Fox shows like Glee and Family Guy will be facing beginning next month, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The broadcaster will limit access to catch-up episodes of current shows to viewers that have subscribed to either...

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Nice timing: Facebook debuts “Facebook for Business”

July 26, 2011
Nice timing: Facebook debuts “Facebook for Business”

Facebook on Tuesday debuted a step-by-step online guide aimed at helping small businesses use the social networking site. The company is billing the new webpage, found at Facebook.com/business, as an “online education center” that gives directions on such things as how to set up a profile page, create targeted ads and deals, and interact...

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Apple’s Mac OS X violates S3 Graphics patents but iOS does not, ruling says

July 26, 2011

Apple has violated S3 Graphics Co. patents in its Mac OS X operating system, but not in the iOS platform, a July 1st ruling that has just now been made available says. The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that OS X infringes on two S3 patents related to graphics chips, Bloomberg says. The commission...

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Amazon Sales up 51% But No Word on a Tablet

July 26, 2011
Amazon Sales up 51% But No Word on a Tablet

Amazon posted its financial results for the second quarter of 2011 today. The big news was that sales hit $9.91 billion, a 51% increase from the same period last year. But there were few details about Kindle or e-book sales, although the company did note, unsurprisingly, that Kindle sales were up compared to first...

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