January 2012
189 posts
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Apple's supply chain flap: It's really about us |... →
“Apple is under fire for its supply chain labor, but every tech item—and thing you own—goes through the same manufacturing paces.”
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As Goodreads Ends Sourcing From Amazon, Users Fear... →
“Specifically, Goodreads finds two requirements of Amazon’s API licensing agreement too restrictive. Amazon requires sites that use its API to link that content back to the Amazon site exclusively—so a book page on Goodreads would have to link only to its product page on Amazon, and not to any other source or retailer. Goodreads links to many online retailers. “Our goal is to be an open...
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Twitter isn't Censoring You. Your Government is. →
yep.
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YouTube - One Hour Per Second →
YouTube veranschaulicht das Hochladen von einer Stunde Videomaterial pro Sekunde.
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Neuer Music Manager erlaubt Downloads von Google... →
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Sina Weibo to Face the Tencent Empire in 2012 |... →
“According to CNNIC’s latest China’s internet development report, China’s microblog users have reached an estimated 250 million. However both Sina and Tencent has claimed that their registered user base exceeded 250 million early on in 2011.”
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A VC: Feature Friday: Techmeme →
Ja, Techmeme ist auch bei mir die Konstante über all die Jahre. “For tech news, I’ve tried pretty much everything new that comes along, and for the past four or five years now, nothing beats the duo of Techmeme and Hacker News for me.”
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Internet's Best Secrets: Portuguese Authors... →
“There’s no denying that some author might thing its a good idea… even though it might look suspicious that they could get only a hundred of them among their 25k+ registered members; and even though that roughly 20% of those 100 are the association board members; the really horrendous part is that we now found that some of those nomes were put there without any consent from the...
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“Dieser Tweet ist in deinem Land nicht verfügbar”... →
“Begründet wird die Filterung u.a. mit Regelungen in Deutschland und Frankreich, die “pro Nazi”-Inhalte verbieten würden, was so natürlich schon mal überhaupt nicht stimmt. Es trifft stattdessen vermutlich leider eher Jannis’ Einschätzung zu, dass es bei der Maßnahme eigentlich um Länder wie China geht, zu dessen Markt sich Twitter mit dieser Selbstunterwerfung der Zensur Zugang verschaffen...
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The year of the iPad for the second year in a row... →
“The new data shows that the iPad alone would be the largest PC vendor and Apple with iPad and Mac combined is selling 5 million more units (or 30%) than the top PC vendor.”
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Exciting Commerce: Exceed Impulse 2012: Make it... →
geplante Vorträge auf der Exceed-Konferenz u.a.:
“Andreas Bersch (Futurebiz/Berliner Brandung) zu Social Filtering (“Wie der Open Graph den Webshop befruchten kann”)
Leander Wattig zum Abo-Prinzip im Social Web
Marcel Weiß mit einem Disruption 101 für Startups”
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Die Stahlhelmfraktion im Urheberrecht » Engeln.de →
“Wer das politische Geschehen verfolgt, der konnte bereits feststellen, dass Günter Krings für den Bereich digitales Urheberrecht und Netzpolitik ungefähr die Stellung einnimmt, die Hans-Peter Uhl im Bereich liberaler Bürgerrechtspolitik einnimmt. Wie jener auch, so hat im Grunde genommen Günter Krings außer einer Meinung aus dem letzten Jahrhundert nichts beizusteuern zum Thema Urheberrecht...
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DDos-Attacken auf das EU-Parlament wegen #ACTA ›... →
“Einerseits kann ich die Wut über die Unterzeichnung und den ganzen intransparenten ACTA-Prozess nachvollziehen, andererseits sind DDos-Attacken gegen das EU-Parlament mehr als kontraproduktiv, während zahlreiche ACTA-Gegner versuchen, dort Mehrheiten gegen das Abkommen zu organisieren.”
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Techmeme has redesigned. Drudge Report is now... →
Das wird ein wenig Gewöhnung benötigen.
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Apple vs. PC Shipments: "PC" Decline Worse Than... →
“The originally reported dismal “PC” growth of -5.9% becomes an even more dismal -8.5% without Apple’s numbers propping it up. That -2.6% delta is not insignificant, it’s over 40% worse than what was reported.”
Interessant wird es, wenn Windows den Go-To-Faktor beim Mainstream verliert. So wie es aussieht, ist das nur noch eine Frage der Zeit.
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Flatrate für Hörbücher & Hörspiele →
“Audiobooks.com bietet für 24,95 Dollar im Monat unbegrenzten Hörspaß – gestreamt wird auf PC oder Smartphone.”
“Don’t yell and scream about how you’re losing business to piracy when your stuff...”
– Jonathan Coulton (via wpbasti)
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Techdirt: State Of The Union Address Highlights... →
“One thing that anyone just becoming aware of these fights needs to know: the entertainment industry lobby is very, very good at what they do, and they never put all their eggs in one basket. While they love pushing for ever more draconian federal laws, they’re always working multiple angles, including international trade agreements, laws in foreign countries and… state laws...
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Europe’s ‘Right to Be Forgotten’: Privacy as... →
“Thus, for a “right to be forgotten” to work, a more formal and robust information control regime will need to be devised to censor the Net and make it “forget”about the digital footprints we left online. Will the DMCA’s “notice and takedown” model be applied? Beyond the chilling effect associated with dragnet takedowns of online information, it’s unlikely that approach will really work....
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New Rules for the New Economy →
“Technology is no panacea. It will never solve the ills or injustices of society. Technology can do only one thing for us—but it is an astonishing thing: Technology brings us an increase in opportunities.”
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SPD will Cookies strenger regulieren | heise... →
“Die SPD-Bundestagsfraktion möchte das Setzen von Cookies in der Regel nur noch nach Einwilligung des Nutzers erlauben.”
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Timehop, A Time Machine For Your Social Media... →
ich mag meine tägliche Email.
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Exciting Travel: Google Hotel Finder: "Welches... →
Praktisch.
Warum Social Media so reizvoll ist, das verrät uns... →
“Der Bundestag braucht kein Handbuch – er braucht ein Social Network im Intranet.”
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live.hackr : Wundermichkit →
“ich fürchte auch, dass das wunderkit auf den ersten blick ganz nett ausschaut, aber nicht wirklich gut skaliert und schnell eine fürchterliche mess wird. was wiederum benutzungstechnische selbstdisziplin erfordert, da natürlich niemand hat. ich vermute also stark, dass die wunderlist ihr grosser hit bleiben wird.”
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Neue Broschüre: Wie das Internet funktioniert |... →
Super Sache: “Unser Plan ist: Wir wollen die Broschüre drucken und an PolitikerInnen und EntscheidungsträgerInnen verteilen. Damit das klappt, freuen wir uns über finanzielle Unterstützung in Form einer Spende. Auf jeden Fall wollen wir jedem der 620 Bundestags- und 99 deutschen Europaabgeordneten eine Broschüre zukommen lassen. Der Druck und die Verteilung an diese ist nicht so aufwändig,...
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Starting Over | Get Real | Jason Fried | Inc.com →
37signals bauen Basecamp nochmal neu: “The problem is that we cannot make these kinds of changes in the existing product. Over time, software builds up legacy. The old technology is baked in, and the roots of the product are so knotted that simply unwinding them becomes a massive undertaking. Think about trying to uproot a 250-year-old oak tree versus a two-year-old one.”
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Daring Fireball Linked List: Cook on iCloud →
Yep: “iCloud is as central to Apple’s next 10 years as the digital hub strategy was to the previous 10 years — and financial analysts are likely to ignore it, just like they did Apple’s digital hub strategy. I think Steve Jobs had his fingers in as many projects as he could manage in his final year, but it’s no coincidence that his last product announcement was iCloud. Put another way, I...
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Takeaways from Apple’s (Q4) 2011 - Matt Richman →
“In 2009, Apple sold more iPhones than it did in 2007 and 2008 combined. In 2010, Apple sold more iPhones than it did in 2007, 2008, and 2009 combined. Last year, Apple sold 93.1 million iPhones, slightly more than it did in in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 combined. The pattern continued.” (via daring fireball)
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What is Acta and why should you be worried about... →
“Acta hangs on a vote from the European Parliament, which could take place as soon as 26 January. The treaty will still need to be ratified by the European Parliament and member states individually. If Acta is not ratified there it will get rejected in its entirety.”
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Sterbende Produkte neu verpackt – iPhoneBlog.de →
Die Mobilfunkanbieter-App, die die SMS (und ihre Einkünfte) bei den Anbietern ersetzen soll, ist schon länger geplant: “Nur gut, das Apple keinem Mobilfunkanbieter erlaubt, Unfug im Adressbuch zu treiben. Und erwähnte ich, dass der Dienst bereits für letztes Jahr angekündigt war und uns seit 2008 als große Neuerung versprochen wird? Nee? Der Focus-Artikel nämlich auch nicht.”
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Discover New Music For Free With The New &... →
“Spotify Radio can be used in many different ways:-
As a radio station creator, as the name suggests: Make a selection, press ‘Play‘, and you’ll have music blasting until you press ‘Stop‘.
As a tool for discovering new music: You love a particular band but have listened to them to death, then Spotify Radio will help you find artists of a similar style or mood.
As a means of discovering...
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Pseudonyms on Google Plus? Wrong. | ZDNet →
“Google Plus is now only supporting “nicknames” and names in another script in addition to the “real name” users are require to register with the service.
Users’ birth names (or names on ID) are still rooted to the account and displayed with the added name.”
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Megaupload Indictment Shows That Google Does... →
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I’d Rather Watch Instagram Than A Movie |... →
“Hollywood just can’t compete with that.”
Eine neue Form der Unterhaltung, deren Nutzung uns noch gar nicht richtig bewusst geworden ist.
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Vimeo redesign offers cleaner interface, bigger... →
“Similar to Tumblr’s Dashboard, the new feed lets you play embedded videos without having to jump to the video’s page. The site’s navigation has been cleaned up and organized around Me, Videos, Explore, Tools, Help, and Upload. Loading any video page, then, offers a much wider default video experience — it spans the entire page — and only loads basic title and description...
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The Megaupload case starts to smell →
Ja, das erscheint nicht alles so eindeutig, wie man auf den ersten Blick vermuten würde.
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Kino1.to: Cleverer Name für eine zeitgemäße... →
“Zwei Studenten aus Potsdam haben mit Kino1.to eine moderne Suchmaschine für legale, deutschsprachige TV-Inhalte entwickelt.”
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XING and Samsung Launch Next Generation of Mobile... →
Xing wird in diesem Unternehmensleben nicht mehr nachhaltiges Productdevelopment von Internetunternehmen lernen.
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White Paper: Aufbau & Erstellung von Facebook Open... →
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Cyberlocker Ecosystem Shocked As Big Players Take... →
“In the wake of last week’s Megaupload shutdown, some of the biggest names in the market are taking drastic action. During the last 48 hours many sites have completely withdrawn their systems for paying uploaders when their files are shared with others, but one of the most dramatic moves came first from Filesonic and today Fileserve. Both services now forbid people from downloading any files...
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Tablet and E-book reader Ownership Nearly Double... →
“The share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early January and the same surge in growth also applied to e-book readers, which also jumped from 10% to 19% over the same time period.
The number of Americans owning at least one of these digital reading devices jumped from 18% in December to 29% in January.”
“No excuses for phone hacking. No argument. No excuses either for copyright...”
– Rupert Murdoch on Twitter has to be a fucking liability for somebody (via nostrich)
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The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A... →
Robert Scoble über Plancasts vergebene Chancen: “6. You never really got to the business model. That should have set off red flags for me. Yet no one else knew about my travels. I’m in Europe right now, which meant I spent more than $4,000 on travel and you couldn’t monetize that at all? Nope. Why? Because you never made deals with AirBNB or Kayak or Hipmunk or other travel...
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SoundCloud hat jetzt 10 Millionen Mitglieder →
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Soundcloud turns Instagram pics into retro... →
Storywheel.cc allows Instagram users to import their favorite photos and then simply record an audio narrative via Flash in their browser while clicking through their slides. The mashup is the newest product out of Soundcloud Labs, and was produced by two Soundcloud employees at a hackathon last year. Ljung told me via telephone that the company may add support for other image hosters down the...
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The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A... →
Gute Analyse von Mark Hendrickson: “Social networks (by my general definition and among which I count Plancast) are essentially systems for distributing content among people who care about each other, and the frequency at which its users can share that content on a particular network is critical to how much value it’ll provide them on an ongoing basis.”
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Jonathan Coulton →
Lesenswerter Text von Musiker Jonathan Coulton. “I believe in copyright. I benefit from it. I don’t want it to go away. I love that we have laws and people to enforce them. But if I had to give up one thing, if I had to choose between copyright and the wild west, semi-lawless, innovation-fest that is the internet? I’ll take the internet every time.”