Engadget Prints Purported Memo From Nokia CEO
Stephen Elop

post from Daring Fireball on 08 February 2011 08:03:27 PM. © Daring Fireball

Stephen Elop, in a purported company-wide memo:

The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don’t have aproduct that is close to their experience. Android came on thescene just over 2 years ago, and this week they took ourleadership position in smartphone volumes. Unbelievable. […]
How did we get to this point? Why did we fall behind when theworld around us evolved?
This is what I have been trying to understand. I believe at leastsome of it has been due to our attitude inside Nokia. We pouredgasoline on our own burning platform. I believe we have lackedaccountability and leadership to align and direct the companythrough these disruptive times. We had a series of misses. Wehaven’t been delivering innovation fast enough. We’re notcollaborating internally.

No word on what his solution is, but at least he’s diagnosed the problem.

?

Read The Full Article:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/nokia-ceo-stephen-elop-rallies-troops-in-bruta
lly-honest-burnin/

Digg this

Support Grows for Tiered Screening at Airports

post from Daring Fireball on 08 February 2011 04:03:23 PM. © Daring Fireball

Susan Stellin, reporting for the NYT:

One reason airport security measures frustrate travelers is thatscreening procedures tend to treat all passengers the same: aspotential terrorists.
But in the wake of the furor last fall over pat-downs and bodyscanners, several industry organizations are working on proposalsto overhaul security checkpoints to provide more or less scrutinybased on the risk profile of each traveler.

Sanity prevails? (Via Glenn Fleishman.)

?

Read The Full Article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/business/08security.html

Digg this

T-Mobiles Two-Day Free Phone Giveaway

post from Daring Fireball on 08 February 2011 03:04:13 PM. © Daring Fireball

T-Mobile:

On Friday, February 11 and Saturday, February 12, all T-Mobilephones, even the fastest 4G smartphones running on America?slargest 4G network, will be offered for free at T-Mobile retailstores with qualifying plan on two-year contract.

Translation: Christ do we wish we had the iPhone.

?

Read The Full Article:
http://press.t-mobile.com/articles/T-Mobile-Announces-Phones-Free-Valentines-Prom
otion-4G-Smartphones

Digg this

Redesigning the Netflix API

post from Daring Fireball on 08 February 2011 03:04:13 PM. © Daring Fireball

Daniel Jacobson, Netflix:

Growing the API by about 37× in 13 months indicates a few thingsto us. First, it demonstrates the tremendous success of the APIand the fact that it has become a critical system within Netflix.Moreover, it suggests that, because it is so critical, we have toget it right. When reviewing the founding assumptions of the APIfrom 2008, it is now clear to us that the API needs to beredesigned to carry us into the future.

That’s some serious growth. Seems to have spiked in October 2010 — coincident with the release of the new Apple TV.

?

Read The Full Article:
http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/02/redesigning-netflix-api.html

Digg this

Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Design Process for
the New Gawker Sites

post from Daring Fireball on 08 February 2011 03:04:13 PM. © Daring Fireball

Exclusive photo from Gawker headquarters, testing the new design.

?

Read The Full Article:
http://daringfireball.net/misc/2011/02/gawkerocracy.jpg

Digg this

Stanley Kubricks Cardboard Box

post from Daring Fireball on 08 February 2011 02:04:51 PM. © Daring Fireball

?

Read The Full Article:
http://www.fantasticman.com/recommendations/stanley-kubricks-cardboard-box/

Digg this

Man Killed by Cock

post from Daring Fireball on 08 February 2011 02:04:51 PM. © Daring Fireball

The San Francisco Chronicle:

A California man attending a cockfight has died after beingstabbed in the leg by a bird that had a knife attached toits limb.

?

Read The Full Article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/08/BAQ91HK19F.DTL&feed=r
ss.bayarea

Digg this

CFI Tools Takeoff & Landing Calculator App Adds
Cessna Models

The latest version of the CFI Tools Takeoff & Landing App continues CFI Tools' expansion in the iPod/iPhone/iPad aviation App industry. The T&L App allows pilots to enter the weight and weather variables for their flight and get the expected takeoff and landing distances for the flight. To make this process easier the App will download the current weather conditions from the National Weather Service (NWS) to make the calculations.

Read The Full Article:
http://prmac.com/release-id-21596.htm

Digg this

WWDC 2011, iPhone 5 Scheduled on June 5

Here you go with the very first rumor of WWDC 2011, CultOfMac pointed a suspicious booking at the official website of the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Moscone Center is booked for a 4 day corporate meeting during 5th June to 9th June. Taking into[...]

Read The Full Article:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ihackintoshfeed/~3/hAxzWmLzLGs/

Digg this

Cut Notes for iPad provides note-taking solution
for film and TV

California based Digital Rebellion LLC today announces Cut Notes 1.0.1 for iPad, a tool for taking timecode notes on set or during a screening. With a single tap of a Note Key, your notes can be a short as one word or an entire phrase, all added instantly at the current timecode. Cut Notes frees you from looking at what you're writing and allows you to focus on what's important: the cut. If you are a Producer, Director or Editor that still hand-writes timecode during a screening, say Hello to Cut Notes.

Read The Full Article:
http://prmac.com/release-id-21588.htm

Digg this