SparkRiver Releases Innovative App that Creates
Infographics for Resumes

post from prMac on 26 September 2011 09:25:00 PM. © prMac

As Washington struggles to find a solution to the massive unemployment problem currently plaguing our nation, job seekers are getting a unique new tool to help them stand out in a highly competitive job market. Job Lander is a new app from SparkRiver that creates personalized infographics for job-seekers to place into their resume. Job Lander can transform a resume from a basic text document to a much more dynamic and informative instrument.

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Thats a Load of Crap

post from Daring Fireball on 26 September 2011 09:03:31 PM. © Daring Fireball

That’s Ben Brooks, regarding Mike Elgan’s contention that:

Apple isn?t so much a consumer electronics company as it is a media platform.

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Speaking of Facebook

post from Daring Fireball on 26 September 2011 09:03:31 PM. © Daring Fireball

Nik Cubrilovic:

Facebook are front-and-center in the new privacy debate just asMicrosoft were with security issues a decade ago.

Will there be a cottage industry of privacy-protection software for Facebook users? That seems hard to believe.

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Can You Sign Up for Spotify Without Facebook

post from Daring Fireball on 26 September 2011 08:04:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Not any more.

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App for iPhone Helps the Harried Remember Their
Many Tasks

post from prMac on 26 September 2011 07:20:00 PM. © prMac

Knowledge Quest introduces Jog My Memory 1.0, a reminder app for iOS devices. Setting out to help parents and teachers remember all of their many important tasks that need to be accomplished in a day. In these modern times, parents are leading busier and busier lives, juggling careers, carpooling, errands, appointments.Sometimes balls get dropped in the great juggle of life. Send important reminders at the scheduled times on a device that few people forget to keep close at hand.

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Amazon to Relaunch California Associate Accounts

post from Daring Fireball on 26 September 2011 04:04:12 PM. © Daring Fireball

Mark Booth has good news from Amazon.

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Touch Sensitive

post from Daring Fireball on 26 September 2011 03:03:59 PM. © Daring Fireball

iPad-exclusive comic by the absurdly-talented Chris Ware, available as a 99-cent in-app purchase in the McSweeney’s app. So great.

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[Sponsor] VMware Fusion 4

post from Daring Fireball on 26 September 2011 03:03:59 PM. © Daring Fireball

VMware Fusion 4 makes it a breeze to run Windows and Mac applications side by side with incredible speed and unparalleled reliability. In addition to running Windows, VMware Fusion supports running over 200 operating systems on your Mac including OS X Lion! And for the really adventurous, Windows 8 developer preview works too!

With more than 90 new features, it?s never been easier to do more with your Mac.

Key new features include:

Drag and drop install and even more mac-like user interface
Integrate your favorite Windows apps to Launchpad and view them in Mission Control
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Buy VMware Fusion 4 today for an introductory promotional price of $49.99.

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Whats Really Behind the Netflix/Qwikster Split

Doug Mataconis makes the case that the Netflix/Qwikster split was caused by our outdated copyright system:

This is the point where Netflix tried to argue that you shouldonly count users that actually connect digitally and actuallywatch a film. While they originally offered digital streamingbundled with DVD rental, many of the rural customers likely neveractually ?connect? to the digital product. This argument mayhave worked for a while, but eventually Hollywood said, ?No way.Here is how it is going to work. You will pay us a $/user/monthfor anyone that has the ?right? to connect to our content —regardless of whether they view it or not.? This was the termthat changed Netflix pricing.

With the discs-by-mail business, they never needed permission from the movie studios. With streaming, they do.

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Its the Content Providers

The Angry Drunk:

While the Netflix changes are certainly annoying, and themessaging was less than stellar, we need to make sure to rememberwhere the blame ultimately lies? — ?with the contentproviders. Until they decide to get with the program contentdistributors like Netflix and Apple will always be at their mercyand customers will continue to suffer.

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