Daily Archives: September 13, 2011

How Tumblr is Changing Journalism

September 13, 2011
How Tumblr is Changing Journalism

The concept behind ShortFormBlog is very simple: to publish really short posts throughout the day. Smith told us in an interview that the site aims “to tell stories using visual storytelling, inspired in part by newspaper design.” The site publishes over 200 posts per week, an average of about 30 per day (higher on...

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Apple revises iPhone replacement policy in South Korea under pressure from regulators

September 13, 2011

After being sued by a 13-year-old in South Korea in October last year, Apple sent a representative from its Cupertino HQ to meet with the country’s lawmaking officials and has now revised its replacement policy for iPhones in South Korea, according to a report by Bloomberg. Customers in the southeast Asian country had expressed...

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Build 2011: What Is WinRT, and Is Silverlight Dead?

September 13, 2011
Build 2011: What Is WinRT, and Is Silverlight Dead?

Microsoft’s last Web application platform – or its current one, depending on which side of the Build 2011 doors you stand on this week – was Silverlight. Its purpose has been to serve as a subset of the .NET Framework, one that can be redistributable to other platforms. On Windows, Silverlight enables an app...

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Amazon Launches in Spain

September 13, 2011
Amazon Launches in Spain

Amazon has just launched Amazon.es, its Spanish store, one day earlier than expected. The store only sells physical goods – books, music, DVDs and electronics – but the company intends its full range of products to be available by the end of 2011, including its popular Kindle e-reader and associated e-books. Shipping costs are...

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Read it Later gets a hot looking new web app with sorting, filtering, tags and more

September 13, 2011
Read it Later gets a hot looking new web app with sorting, filtering, tags and more

Popular link digest service Read it Later just got a new web app that is rolling out in live preview to all users right now. The new web app looks absolutely fantastic, with a clean new theme and big, easy to browse thumbnails. The new app features a revamped look and feel that is...

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Big Question (Answered): "Happy Programmers Day! How Are You Celebrating?"

September 13, 2011
Big Question (Answered): "Happy Programmers Day! How Are You Celebrating?"

Today was a day to celebrate the folks who write the beautiful code that makes our little world go beep beep. If you are a programmer/engineer/hacker or my favorite, code artist, we hope that your day was simply terrific. For the rest of you, please go find a programmer to hug right now (or...

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Windows 8 Developer Preview is now available for all to download

September 13, 2011

In the interest of generating as much excitement as possible for its new Windows 8 operating system, Microsoft has mad the Developer Preview of the new OS available for all to download on its site. The DP is available in three different versions. A package with developer tools, just the developer preview alone and...

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JiffPad Creates Personalized Medical Diagrams Via iPad

September 13, 2011
JiffPad Creates Personalized Medical Diagrams Via iPad

Attempting to “reinvent healthcare communication,”Jiffpad is an app that lets doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical professionals communicate with patients via the iPad. Allowing users to select from already provided medical diagrams or upload pictures of their own, the app creates a “JiffTalk,” digitizing the communication between a doctor and a patient and creating...

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Walmart Acquires Mobile And Social Ad Targeting Startup OneRiot

September 13, 2011
Walmart Acquires Mobile And Social Ad Targeting Startup OneRiot

Walmart has acquired OneRiot, a mobile and social ad targeting startup. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, and OneRiot will be joining Walmart Labs. As we’ve written in the past, OneRiot recently switched its business model; shutting down its realtime search portal and focusing exclusively on monetizing via its realtime advertising network....

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How will we design products for the Internet of things?

September 13, 2011
How will we design products for the Internet of things?

As revolutionary as the mobile ecosystem is, it’s the interactions of more intelligent connected devices with people outside of the context of phones or computers that will drive more innovation, says Mark Rolston, chief creative officer at Frog Design. Rolston, speaking at the Mobile Future Forward conference Monday in Seattle described a future where...

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