David Pogue on the Curious Death of The Flip

post from Daring Fireball on 14 April 2011 11:04:50 PM. © Daring Fireball

Weird. Pogue reports that Flip sales remain strong, and they had a great new product ready to unveil yesterday:

That new Flip that the product manager showed me was astonishing.It was called FlipLive, and it added one powerful new feature tothe standard Flip: live broadcasting to the Internet. That is,when you?re in a Wi-Fi hot spot, the entire world can see whatyou?re filming. You can post a link to Twitter or Facebook, orsend an e-mail link to friends. Anyone who clicks the link cansee what you?re seeing, in real time — thousands of people atonce. […]
And the FlipLive was supposed to ship yesterday. April 13. The dayafter Cisco killed the Flip.

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http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/the-tragic-death-of-the-flip/

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It Gets Better: Apple Employees

post from Daring Fireball on 14 April 2011 08:04:56 PM. © Daring Fireball

“Life changes so much.” So good.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWYqsaJk_U8

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Photo Privacy for Mac Reaches Top 10 in Social
Networking Category

post from prMac on 14 April 2011 06:37:00 PM. © prMac

cocoaWithChurros has released Photo Privacy 1.0. Since its launch on the Mac App Store, Photo Privacy has helped many users to keep their personal information private. Photo Privacy is a Metadata removal tool for your Mac which you can use to remove all the private information from your photos. It creates safe copies of your pictures without that private information, which can be safely posted on the internet or emailed, being confident that your personal information is not revealed.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-24230.htm

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Math Testing Prep for 3rd through 7th Grade
Available for iOS Devices

post from prMac on 14 April 2011 04:29:00 PM. © prMac

965 Studios has announced the release of their Math Testing Prep Series. With hundreds of questions geared toward specific grade levels and the appropriate concepts learned at each level, these apps allow for practice to occur anywhere so that students are able to practice at their own pace. Great for classrooms or at home, the apps allow students to email their scores from a 50 question assessment test which can be used by teachers and parents to provide extra credit for mastery of the subject.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-24253.htm

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Spare Us the Email Yada-Yada

post from Daring Fireball on 14 April 2011 04:06:01 PM. © Daring Fireball

Those annoying “legal” disclaimers/directives some corporate-types have in their email signatures? Useless bullshit, says The Economist.

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http://www.economist.com/node/18529895

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RIM Co-CEO Calls a Halt to BBC Interview

post from Daring Fireball on 14 April 2011 04:06:01 PM. © Daring Fireball

Anyone else get the feeling that both of RIM’s CEOs are on the verge of a total breakdown?

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9456798.stm

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Apple Releases iOS 4.3.2, Verizon iPhones Get
4.2.7

post from Daring Fireball on 14 April 2011 04:06:01 PM. © Daring Fireball

Curious that the Verizon iPhone is still on its own branch.

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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/apple-releases-ios-432-verizon-iphones-get-427/99
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The Loop Business Expo - the Only Apple-Related
Business Expo

The Loop Business Expo is a national convention road tour for the Apple-Based business community. Attracting switchers that are looking to switch from Windows to Mac for their business needs. The expo is a day full of keynote speakers, seminars, round table discussions and an Exhibitor Technology Fair with over 50 vendors from the industry showcasing their latest business solutions for the Mac, iPhone and iPad. Exhibitors come from all vertical markets showcasing their Apple-based solutions.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-24339.htm

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Learn Your ABC's With an Apple Staff Favorite,
ABC's for Kids iPad Game

Denver based Third Chicken, Inc. today announces ABC's for Kid's 2.0 app for the iPad. ABC's for Kids is a beautifully hand drawn and painted game which will mesmerize kids while they learn their alphabet. The kids will giggle as they shake the board and watch the animal cards scatter. With a tap and drag feature, the children can reposition the animal buttons in alphabetical order on the board. Get it right, and the button will stick, but make a mistake and watch the letter tumble.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-24338.htm

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Productive Computing Releases the FM CreditCard
Plug-in for Filemaker

Productive Computing Inc., a Platinum member of the FileMaker Business Alliance, announced the release of the FM CreditCard Plug-in for FileMaker Pro. The FM CreditCard Plug-in allows you to securely and easily automate credit card processing within a FileMaker Pro database solution using nothing more than script steps. The plug-in returns the approval codes for each transaction giving you the satisfaction of knowing that they were successfully processed, declined or if they returned any errors.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-24229.htm

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