T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Posts Open
Letter About the iPhone

post from Daring Fireball on 27 September 2011 07:04:10 PM. © Daring Fireball

One-word translation: Sigh.

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http://blog.t-mobile.com/2011/09/26/about-the-iphone-a-letter-to-t-mobile-custome
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PlayStation Web App

post from Daring Fireball on 27 September 2011 07:04:10 PM. © Daring Fireball

Charles Ying:

This is the new PlayStation Video Unlimited service. ThisPlayStation app runs at a full 60 frames per second (when you seeit on a PS3), has tons of 3D graphics effects, full-speed 1080pvideo playback, and a fluid, hardware accelerated, animated userexperience. What you may not know is that this is a web app.

Looks great.

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http://www.satine.org/archives/2011/09/27/playstation-web-app/

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Andy Rooney to Retire From 60 Minutes

post from Daring Fireball on 27 September 2011 06:04:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

What a great career.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/27/60minutes/main20112444.shtml

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Volkswagens New Beetle Page

post from Daring Fireball on 27 September 2011 05:03:28 PM. © Daring Fireball

Now scroll.

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http://www.beetle.de/full/

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Instagram 2.0 Filters

post from Daring Fireball on 27 September 2011 05:03:28 PM. © Daring Fireball

Owen Billcliffe has a comprehensive look at the filters in Instagram 2.0:

Across the board distinctive elements of each filter have beencompromised. Filters that were washed out are now more contrasty.Filters that were contrasty are now more washed out. They?ve alldrifted towards the same look.

I agree with his conclusions. Live previewing of filters and larger image sizes are nice ideas, but they’ve yanked the carpet out on the old filters. Say what you want about the whole idea of applying gimmicky retro-style filters to camera photos, but at least previously, Instagram’s assortment of filters was distinctive. With these new ones, most of them are indistinguishable from one another. I find it way harder to choose one because the differences are so subtle, and that makes the app less fun to use.

That’s the bottom line: they made Instagram less fun.

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http://www.myglasseye.net/news/2011/09/instagram-2-0-review-insta-grumble/

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Joe Hewitt: Web Technologies Need an Owner

post from Daring Fireball on 27 September 2011 04:03:29 PM. © Daring Fireball

Joe Hewitt:

Many people seem to assume that the Web will one day become theone and only client computing platform on Earth, therefore itmust not be controlled by anyone. This is a dangerous assumption.The HTML, CSS, and JavaScript triumvirate are just anotherplatform, like Windows and Android and iOS, except that unlikethose platforms, they do not have an owner to take responsibilityfor them.

It’s nearly impossible to make radical change through consensus. Be sure to read his follow-up too:

So, my definition of the Web then is resources loaded over theInternet using HTTP and then displayed in a hyperlink-capableclient. This definition is liberating. It helps me see a futurebeyond HTML which is still the Web.

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http://joehewitt.com/post/web-technologies-need-an-owner/

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Be Careful What You Wish For

post from Daring Fireball on 27 September 2011 04:03:29 PM. © Daring Fireball

May 2007 Reuters story:

Nokia Oyj hopes Apple Inc.’s highly anticipated iPhone will boostconsumer appetite for pricier mobile phones with features such asmusic and video, Nokia’s Chief Financial Officer said on Monday.
So-called smart phones allow users to surf the Web, take photos,enjoy music and video and sometimes games, in addition to makingcalls. Many are priced above $400, before subsidies by mobilecarriers.

He was right.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/05/14/us-summit-nokia-iphone-idUSN14332093200
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September Collapse of Red Sox Could Be Worst Ever

Nate Silver crunches the numbers.

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http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/september-collapse-of-red-sox
-could-be-worst-ever/

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John Calhouns Mac Classic Glider Coming to iOS

Blake Patterson, writing for Touch Arcade:

Calhoun told me that, from the view of an old-school designer,he absolutely loves iOS as a game platform. He got out of gamewriting way back when largely because the “big guys” came in andbasically stole the show from indie developers like himself. Hesees iOS as an excellent opportunity for indies to get theirwork out there and embraced by gamers, and it’s a notion backedup by so many one-man home runs we’ve seen since the App Storewent live.

In a way, the old Mac gaming era was reminiscent of today’s iOS — lots of creativity from small indies. The difference is the size of the audience, tiny then, humongous now.

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http://toucharcade.com/2011/09/26/john-calhouns-mac-classic-glider-coming-to-ios/

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Alibi App is the 4Square Alternative with Fake
Check-Ins...Its 4Squared

The greatest Social Networking App for all Facebook and 4Square Users - A Must-Must-Must-Have App. Alibi App is the 4Square Alternative with Fake Check-Ins. Its 4Squared and that equals 16! Whether you need to make up an Alibi, post a location update, plot all your friends locations on a map around the world, or find a witty or funny status update, this app is a one of a kind social networking tool. Simply log into your Facebook account and this app automatically plots your location.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-31531.htm

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