Google park the self-driving car and fix FeedBurner

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I can appreciate why Google is working on all kinds of new technologies like the self-driving car, but I think it’s time to fix some of the things it’s been ignoring for a long time. The big one for Web publishers is Feedburner.

Adjusting volume

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For people with mild OCD we’re always trying to make sure the volume level is set at an even number – say 14 or 28. Some people need it to feel even “more even” at 10 or 20.

It’s amazing how many times we do this — set the volume based on a number instead of how it sounds. But what happens when your new car doesn’t show you the volume level?

iOS 6

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Rene Ritchie wrote a very in-depth piece on some of the things Apple could improve on with iOS 6. He didn’t just look at elements of the current OS, but also what Apple could learn from Android, webOS and Windows.

Quotebook for iPhone and iPad

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Quotebook is a notebook for your quotes.

The app syncs quotes between the iPhone and iPad using iCloud, which I love. For me this app would be used just as much for capturing song ideas and lyrics as it would for quotes.

Pre-paid iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 coming June 22

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“Our customers want the best products available and we are excited to bring iPhone to our pre-paid consumers with an industry leading $55 per-month service plan,” said Doug Hutcheson, president and chief executive officer, Leap Wireless International, Inc. “Launching iPhone is a major milestone for us and we are proud to offer iPhone customers attractive nationwide coverage, a robust 3G data network and a value-packed, no-contract plan.”

Apple denies e-book price fixing

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Tuesday’s filing saw Apple categorically dismiss accusations from the class, which now includes 31 states, stating several times that the evidence will “speak for itself.” The response breaks down the complaint paragraph by paragraph, challenging the charges by either citing a lack of “sufficient evidence and belief” or denying them outright.

The need for ‘Like’ and ‘Tweet’ buttons

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Shawn Blanc:

When I redesigned this site I considered every element and asked myself why it was there and what purpose it served.

I did the same thing when I redesigned The Loop last September, but I kept the Tweet and Google+ buttons because I thought readers used them. If nobody is using the buttons on the page, I’d gladly get rid of them.

Skype’s future isn’t too bright

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However, its position at the top isn’t cemented. There are dozens of upstarts who want to eat into Skype’s future growth.

I don’t think there was ever a time when I liked Skype. It’s necessary sometimes, but I’d gladly use a startup that knew how to build software.

Tim Cook: In his own words

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The folks at Macworld have a great story summarizing Tim Cook’s conversation at D10 last night. Cook talked about Steve Jobs, the Apple TV, Macs, iPad, and a number of other topics.

Tim Cook at D10

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Mac Rumors is providing a live update of Tim Cook’s interview at the D10 Conference. The talk started at 9:00 ET.

Ads in your face

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Brent Simmons looks at the way Web sites display ads and how it relates to Facebook.

RIM is in the shitter

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The on-going competitive environment is impacting our business in the form of lower volumes and highly competitive pricing dynamics in the marketplace, and we expect our Q1 results to reflect this, and likely result in an operating loss for the quarter. We are continuing to be aggressive as we compete for our customers’ business – both enterprise and consumer – around the world, and our teams are working hard to provide cost-competitive, feature-rich solutions to our global customer base.

Translation: We’re fucked.

Apple rejects Flattr

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The folks at Flattr describe what happened and why apps including the functionality are being rejected from the App Store.

Facebook fool’s gold

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Facebook is no better at advertising than ValueClick or any other online ad network. They just happen to be able to correlate their customers slightly better than everyone else. That’s not the formula for a $100 billion business, just click through rates closer to 1%.

Daylite 4 offers a major redesign

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Weldon Dodd has a look at Marketcircle’s new Daylite 4 for Mac and iOS. Marketcircle is one of those companies that I really like — they care about their products and customers.

WWDC keynote to be held on June 11

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Apple today invited media to a keynote kicking off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The keynote will be held at 10:00 am on Monday June 11 at Moscone West. […]

Tim Cook visits Washington

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Cook wants key players in Washington to know they now have an open line to the chief executive in Cupertino.That was the message aides briefed on the meetings said Cook conveyed in sit-downs with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Cook didn’t connect with the top House Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, who hails from neighboring San Francisco, because she was traveling back from an official trip to Afghanistan when he made his rounds.

iStorage 2 [Sponsor]

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Ultimate file manager for iOS. Connect, browse and edit your files in the cloud.

Decoding share prices

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Jean-Louis Gassée takes a look at Apple, Amazon and Facebook and the things that affect their share prices.

CSS3 best practices

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But if you don’t have a lot of experience with CSS, then you’re probably trying to figure out what is the best way to handle some of the challenges that arise from using multiple vendor prefixes, dealing with older versions of Internet Explorer, and other CSS3-specific dilemmas.

Facebook’s smartphone

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The company has already hired more than half a dozen former Apple software and hardware engineers who worked on the iPhone, and one who worked on the iPad, the employees and those briefed on the plans said.

I think Facebook could build a good smartphone — certainly better than many that are on the market now.

Creating a Lightbox with CSS3 and JavaScript

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There have been many imitations – Fancybox and Thickbox to name just two – but Lightbox still remains as the favoured way to present images to a user. This, primarily, is due to its 3d animation and background dimming which allows the user to view the image without any distraction. It’s a useful, timeless technique.

iCloud push email

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I received an email from a reader today about push email being broken on iCloud. I was sure he was wrong, but when I sent myself an email to my Cloud address, it arrived immediately on my Mac, but didn’t arrive on my iPhone until I opened the Mail app. Weird 1.

It’s not a new issue though. People have had intermittent problems from at least last October.

  1. I have no idea when this started for me. ↩