Of course this model isn’t new either, we typically just call it a “paywall”. But a paywall in its basic form is ineffectual for what I want, because then it becomes a massive hurdle to gain new readers (since all my content would be hidden out of the public eye) — I don’t want that.
This is a bold move by Ben. It will be very interesting to see how it works out for him.
“We’re taking this issue very seriously,” he said. “I wish we had more to share at this time but I’ll be sure to share what comes down the line from the engineers relating to solutions or any workarounds they can find.”
Good for them for acknowledging the issue.
In your face!
We’re happy to announce a major update to the Facebook SDK for iOS that makes it easier and faster to develop Facebook-integrated iOS apps. We’ve also introduced a new iOS Dev Center so you can quickly access the tools and resources you need to build great social apps for iOS.
There are lots of changes and goodies in here, including iOS 6 integration.
This time with some ZZ Top. […]
Then, at last, psychologists came to the music lover’s aid. They declared that he had a full-blown disability in the form of a psychological dependence on Black Sabbath.
Rock on brother!
Tapbots released a public alpha today.
It would have been better if it was a Heineken commercial, but there’s no denying the brilliance of this one. […]
Mat Honan:
Microsoft’s biggest consumer success over the past decade has been Xbox. It needs to replicate that success, and the only way it can be assured of doing that, at least in the short term, is to screw its hardware partners.
I couldn’t agree more. For better or worse, Microsoft needs to go for it.
Scoople surveys its users with questions in its iPhone app. The latest questions, about the app approval process, had some interesting results including almost half think malware will be a significant issue. I don’t think it will myself.
Anthony Kay:
As an independent writer or blogger, credibility and trust are everything. Without these, you have nothing.
I couldn’t agree more. Anthony has a fascinating story of how some blogs lost credibility for him because of recommendations they made.
Apple on Tuesday responded to concerns that it asked to have its products removed from EPEAT, the U.S. government’s list of environmentally friendly products. […]
After months of keeping this very exciting project top secret, we are very happy to finally tell you about the new children’s voices for Proloquo2Go. As a first in the industry, AssistiveWare and Acapela Group have developed two authentic British children’s voices: Harry and Rosie.Up until now, children with communication difficulties could only speak with an adult Text to Speech (TTS) voice or artificially emulated children’s TTS voices that sounded robotic and not genuine.
I met with the CEO of AssistiveWare in San Francisco when I was there in June and saw the app in action. It was truly amazing to see what this company is doing to help people communicate more efficiently using their app and an iPad.
They’ve posted a few videos of the children’s voices for the U.K. on their Web site. Children’s voices for the U.S. market are in the works too.
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Meshin Recall is available for both iOS and Android. Stay tuned for more exciting apps from Meshin, a PARC company.
Not the best recommendation letter I’ve read, but what can you expect.
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), which has lost 95 percent of its market value since 2008, is selling one of its two business jets under a plan to save $1 billion in operating costs, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Wait a minute. You’re telling me that while thousands of employees lost their jobs, market share tanked and the stock price plummeted, executives kept a corporate jet? Yep, everything is just fine at RIM.
“But we are not going to let any piece of this [go uncontested to Apple],” shouted Ballmer. “Not the consumer cloud. Not hardware software innovation. We are not leaving any of that to Apple by itself. Not going to happen. Not on our watch.”
But that already happened on your watch.
Erica Ogg:
Just days after news hit that Apple no longer wants its computers and monitors evaluated for EPEAT certification, the first public agency has said it will no longer be allowed to buy Macs as a result.
Instead of looking at a certificate, why not visit Apple’s environmental Web site and see what the company is actually doing with its products to help the environment.
Kyle Baxter:
…naturally I’ve also been thinking through how syncing should work. This seems like an easy question to answer: iCloud. If only. I wish it were that easy, but it’s not.
As a user, I want iCloud implemented in everything I use. However, for developers, there are reasons why iCloud doesn’t make sense yet.
Craziness.
There are just too many little nuggets of Gruber-goodness in this article to pick out one or two.
As you might or might not know, Spotify terms and conditions don’t allow developers to make money from app sales or advertising. That means I need your support to make this a reality.
Jerry Hildenbrand, Android Central:
The Nexus 7 doesn’t bring a compelling reason to “go Google” when considering a tablet purchase like we were hoping.
Wes Ball goes through his workflow during the production of his short film, RUIN.
Incredible video, but if you go to about 1:30 he talks about using the iPad to create the trees for the project (Yes, I said create). […]
Joel Mathis, Macworld:
It wasn’t so long ago that Chris Grant would regularly take a whole laboratory’s worth of equipment with him into the wilderness. These days, he just takes an iPad.
This must be wrong. The iPad is only for consumption.
An interesting look at being busy from Rob Pegoraro.
“They’re going to get sued and they should get sued because I think a closer look at the record is likely to unearth knowing and willful misrepresentation,” said Jean-Louis Gassée, the former president of Apple’s products division and the founder of the software maker Be, who is now a venture capitalist and blogger in Palo Alto, Calif. “When the C.E.O. says there’s nothing wrong with the company as it is, it’s not cautious, it doesn’t make sense.”
GigaOm went on a road trip to investigate North Carolina’s big data centers.
Federico Viticci:
While most of our emails bounced, we heard back from one of the site owners (who asked to remain anonymous), who confirmed his hosting provider took down the site after a complaint for copyright infringement by Apple.
This is a good thing. You’re not allowed to sell access to the beta, so they should be shutdown. Here’s the thing — these OS updates are betas and most people don’t realize the damage they can do to their phones if something goes wrong. As a developer, I have full access to the beta, but I still don’t have it on my phone.
Samsung Electronics defeated Apple in the latest spat in the rivals’ patent wars when a British judge ruled Samsung’s Galaxy tablets did not infringe the U.S. company’s designs for the iPad because they were “not as cool”.
I laughed. Hard.