Om Malik:
Infact I get so much unwanted email from the service and from people I don’t know and don’t want to know. Today, I got so frustrated with the whole email thing, that I shut down the account. Done! I will give them full credit for making it much easier than say Facebook to delete my account.
I must say this is similar to my experience with LinkedIn. I did use it when I left Macworld to show recommendations, but that’s about it.
CNET:
The Department of Justice “has a far better case against the publishers than Apple,” says Dominick Armentano, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Hartford and author of Antitrust and Monopoly who’s now affiliated with the Independent Institute in Oakland, Calif. “If the CEOs of the various publishers got together in hotel rooms to discuss prices, they are sunk” and might as well settle, he says.
The aim of this article is to find out why people still find it difficult to use CSS sprites. Also, we’ll come up with a couple of substantial improvements to current techniques.
I like, but don’t understand how to implement sprites. I’ll do it one day.
Here is my latest column for TechPinions where I look at iCloud:
iCloud is not just a syncing service — it’s a content delivery mechanism that will play an increasingly important roll in future products.
Part of a letter Axl Rose wrote to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
I strongly request that I not be inducted in absentia and please know that no one is authorized nor may anyone be permitted to accept any induction for me or speak on my behalf. Neither former members, label representatives nor the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame should imply whether directly, indirectly or by omission that I am included in any purported induction of “Guns N’ Roses”.
Sigh.
AppleInsider:
The Finnish handset maker had previously told investors it expected to break even on device sales during the quarter, but its operating margins proved to be around negative 3 percent. Nokia now expects its second quarter of 2012 to be similar to or below the first quarter.
If there’s anything better than unboxing a MacBook Air, it must be unpacking five of them.
Apple updated its Web site today highlighting a number of ways professional video editors are using Final Cut Pro X.
Jeff John Roberts:
Now, state governments are seeking their own pound of flesh. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has just announced that his state and 15 others have filed an antitrust lawsuit again Apple and five publishers in Texas.
The states say it’s cost consumers $100 million.
Shortly before his death last week, Jim Marshall, creator of the famous amplifier, gave his last interview to Alfred Hickling. He talked about his debt to Hendrix and Spinal Tap – and his final invention, the one-watt amp.
WSJ:
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, alleges Apple and the publishers reached an agreement where retail price competition would cease, retail e-books prices would increase significantly and Apple would be guarantee a 30% “commission” on each e-book sold.
Forget new gear, weapons, or sophisticated targeting systems. The newest tool coming to combat troops is low-tech: beards. In a report released yesterday, research think-tank Xegis Solutions noted that beards have a direct correlation to combat effectiveness.
Damn right!
[Via Scott Johnson]
A drop dead simple utility for any New Yorker. You tell the little robot, (we call him Metro for short) how much money you have on your metrocard, he spits back out you what you need to put on it to get an even fare.
A simple utility, but I can see how useful this would be.
More than 170 million people have upgraded to Google+, enjoying new ways to share in Search, Gmail, YouTube and lots of other places. It’s still early days, and there’s plenty left to do, but we’re more excited than ever to build a seamless social experience, all across Google.
Kyle Baxter on why he made Basil:
Simple: I love to cook, but couldn’t find the app I wanted, so I built it.
To me this is the perfect reason to build an app. You love to do something, but can’t find the perfect app to do it.
In response to Flashback malware that’s been in the news lately, Apple on Tuesday revealed that it is developing a tool to detect and remove it. […]
Remember back in the day (last week) when RIM’s Vice President of Developer Relations Alec Saunders said the company was removing sideloading from the PlayBook.
Surprise, no they’re not.
It will be Cook’s first appearance at D, as well as his first time being onstage at an event not run by Apple or for investors since he was named CEO last August.
Carrie Cousins:
Pay attention to alignment, contrast, type effects and color because these items can make or break your website design.
Solid advice. It’s the small things that often kill us.
My favorite rock bassist, Megadeth’s David Ellefson, released a new app for iPhone and iPad on Tuesday. […]
The Atlantic: Don Johnson won nearly $6 million playing blackjack in one night, single-handedly decimating the monthly revenue of Atlantic City’s Tropicana casino. Not long before that, he’d taken the Borgata for $5 million and Caesars for $4 million. Here’s … Continued
Developer Juan Leon put together this app.
Trevor Gilbert:
In light of this increase of attention, it’s apparent that the record needs correcting and that someone needs to show that while jingoistic posts may be enticing, they aren’t based in reality.
I have said this before and agree with Trevor.
I like this.
Facebook announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire Instagram, a fun, popular photo-sharing app for mobile devices.The total consideration for San Francisco-based Instagram is approximately $1 billion in a combination of cash and shares of Facebook. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close later this quarter.
Pixelmator – beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editing app for Mac OS X.
Imagine if I wrote all of the posts using this font.
Very sad.
I posted a video earlier this week about a Fender Strat being made. Here’s a tour of the factory from 1959. […]