Lesenswerte Artikel 11. August 2010

Lesenswerte Analysen, Hintergrundberichte und interessante News:

• Google/Verizon vs. Google Streetview: 1000:1
  „Streetview in den Hauptnachrichten, Netzneutralität bzw. Google/Verizon nur irgendwo in den Online-Medien. Und wir wundern uns, daß Deutschland bei Internet-Themen immer weiter ins Hintertreffen gerät.“
• Whence
  „…one of the diagrams in Apple’s patent application for a travel app is a direct copy, down to the text and the positions of the icons, of an existing third-party app that’s been available on the App Store for years.“
• Open Source Projects that Changed the World
  „Here are seven projects that have, quite literally, changed the world.“
• Take.fm Pushes Movie Torrents To The Next Level
  Beeindruckend, wie schnell sich Torrentsites weiterentwickeln.
• Document startup Box.net upgrades its iPad and iPhone apps
  „As part of that offline functionality, Box says it will notify users when an online document is updated, so that they can synchronize the version on their mobile device and make sure it’s up-to-date.“ Box.net ist gut, wird aber oft übersehen.
• Recommended Listening: 10 Cloud Computing Podcasts
  „There are actually a number of podcasts devoted to the subject of cloud computing. We've gathered a list for you below, along with a few individual episodes from other technology podcasts that address cloud and virtualization issues.“
• Promiscuous Adoption: A tale of two companies
  „I’ve been asking around and both startups and big companies are telling me they are noticing the same thing. iPhone and iPad users are installing a lot more apps and are installing new things at a far greater rate than people who have Windows or Macintosh machines.“
• Disqus Rolls Out Improved Global Profiles, Community Box, And More
  „Online comment platform Disqus, which lets you use a single profile across some 500,000 sites across the web, is launching some key new social features today.“
• Casual Gaming is Dead! Long Live the Social Game.
  
• Facebook Letting Users Unsubscribe From Feed Story Notifications
  „Tired of getting updates every time someone comments on your popular friend’s status update because you were the first to comment? Worry no longer! Facebook has begun testing a feature which lets users opt-out of those notifications.“
• Das Leistungsschutzrecht, die Lobbyisten und die freien Journalisten: Chronologie eines Ausverkaufs
  Chronologie der bisherigen Leistungsschutztragödie.
• Das Teilen im Internet entspricht einem über Jahrzehntausende erfolgserprobten Verhalten
  
• Internet, schminternet
  „So ol, grandpa internet may chug along giving us YouTube videos of flaming cats, but you want to get that while you’re out of your house? Well, that’s the nonnet. I can hear the customer “service” rep explaining this to us:

  “Oh, no, sir. That’s not offered on the internet. That’s on the schminternet.”

  You want something new? Anything created after 2010?

  “Schminternet, sir.”“

• Olle Geschichten & journalistische Reflexe
  
• Seesmic Desktop 2 Beta – with Twitter User Streams
  „Seesmic Desktop 2 will be a cross platform app for both Mac and Windows. This beta version is currently available for Windows, and we are finalizing the Mac version and will have it available very soon.“

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