Thorsten Overgaards Leica M9 Pages

post from Daring Fireball on 16 March 2011 09:04:28 PM. © Daring Fireball

12-page “review” of the Leica M9, written over a long stretch of time of actual field use. Effectively, an ongoing journal as camera review. Splendid photos, too.

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http://www.overgaard.dk/leica-M9-digital-rangefinder-camera.html

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Val Gardena Official Travel App for iPhone
Released

post from prMac on 16 March 2011 06:07:00 PM. © prMac

Netycom announced the release of Val Gardena, the official app for iOS. The App offers the user concrete and up to date information about accommodation, events, weather forecasts and facilities for one of Dolomitesm, UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, most enchanting valleys. The app includes information such as images from 6 different webcams located in the valley, a 7 day weather forecast for the region, an updated listing of schedule events and the latest news from valgardena.it.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-23084.htm

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AssistiveWare and LVI Low Vision International
Join Forces on Mac OS X

post from prMac on 16 March 2011 05:47:00 PM. © prMac

Amsterdam based AssistiveWare today announces that it has partnered with LVI Low Vision International to deliver enhanced access to Mac OS X for people with vision impairments. The result of this collaboration is MagniLink iMax, a magnification and screen reader for Mac OS X. MagniLink iMax provides a perfect companion to LVI's MagniLink Student portable video magnifier. MagniLink iMax is a program with many useful functions for people with visual impairments.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-23083.htm

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Wind Geo 1.0 Shows Custom World-Wide Temp and
Wind Data on iDevices

post from prMac on 16 March 2011 05:36:00 PM. © prMac

Cleveland based Code Stork, LLC has released Wind Geo 1.0 for iOS. Wind Geo enables you to easily find accurate, real time temperature and wind data for any location in the world. Check out the app images below to see just how easy it is! Just open the app and Wind Geo will start by using the phones GPS to show actual wind direction and speed from NOAA and the GFS. State of the art mapping detail and NOAA and international weather information make this a truly multi-functional tool.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-22909.htm

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Wi-Fi-Only iPads Get GPS When Tethered to iPhone

post from Daring Fireball on 16 March 2011 04:04:41 PM. © Daring Fireball

As Zachery Bir says, yet another reason to consider a Wi-Fi-only iPad. See also: Kyle Carmitchel at Tablet Monsters.

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http://blog.urbanape.com/post/3798485232/show-me-the-way

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Why Twitter Should Think Twice About Bulldozing
the Ecosystem

post from Daring Fireball on 16 March 2011 04:04:41 PM. © Daring Fireball

Mathew Ingram:

Without the help of third-party apps like Tweetie and Tweetdeck,the company likely would not have been nearly as successful atbuilding the network (and a ready-made client like Tweetiecertainly wouldn?t have been sitting there waiting to beacquired). But the ecosystem didn?t just build demand for thenetwork ? it also helped build and distribute the behavior thatnow makes Twitter so valuable: the @ mentions, the directmessages, re-Tweets and so on, none of which were Twitter?s ideaoriginally. That created a huge amount of goodwill, and led to the(apparently mistaken) idea of an ecosystem.

Great piece, and I share Ingram’s sentiments. It’s not that I think Twitter is wrong in any moral sense to do whatever they want with their own API — it’s that I think they’d be foolish to do anything that dampens the diverse ecosystem of client software that has evolved around Twitter. They’re acting against their own self-interest, but apparently don’t realize it.

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http://gigaom.com/2011/03/12/why-twitter-should-think-twice-about-bulldozing-the-
ecosystem/

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Netflix to Enter Original Programming

post from Daring Fireball on 16 March 2011 04:04:41 PM. © Daring Fireball

Nellie Andreeva, for Deadline Hollywood:

In what is probably the biggest gamble in its 14-year history, Ihear Netflix has outbid several major cable networks, includingHBO and AMC, for Media Rights Capital’s drama series House ofCards, executive produced and directed by David Fincher and execproduced by and starring Kevin Spacey.

Genius move, if they can pull it off.

And, if they do, when does Apple start doing the same thing? Imagine a hit show that’s only available through iTunes.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/business/media/16netflix.html?_r=1&ref=technolo
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Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi Edition Due on March 27 for
$599

That’s a much more competitive starting price.

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http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/03/16/motorola-xoom-wi-fi-edition-due-on-march-27
-for-599/

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Heres Why Developers Are Scaring Twitter

Another great story at GigaOm — this one by Ryan Kim — regarding Twitter’s threats to client developers:

The saga over Twitter?s new hardline stance against developersjust got more interesting. While Twitter officials downplaythe company?s crusade against new third-party Twitterclients, with claims 90 percent of active Twitter members useofficial Twitter apps on a monthly basis, fresh analysis suggeststhird-party Twitter apps account for much more traffic: 42percent, according Sysomos, a social media analytics company.

This makes sense. Casual users are more likely to use Twitter’s official clients and the twitter.com website, but active users are more likely to use third-party clients.

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http://gigaom.com/2011/03/15/heres-why-developers-are-scaring-twitter/

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