Aktuelles 2. Mai 2012

Lesenswerte Analysen, Hintergrundberichte und interessante News:

• Attributed sharing from Flickr to Pinterest « Flickr Blog
• Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying a VPN | TorrentFreak „The study reveals that 700,000 Swedes now make themselves anonymous online with paid VPN services such as The Pirate Bay’s iPredator.A similar study carried out in 2009 revealed that 500,000 Swedes were taking steps to anonymize their connections. Today’s results therefore reveal a 40% increase in privacy service uptake in roughly 2.5 years.“
• Digitale Lebenswelt: Am Tag nach der Arbeit – SPIEGEL ONLINE
• parislemon • „Silicon Valley’s math is getting fuzzy again.“ Bubble? „It wasn’t in 2004. It wasn’t in 2005. It wasn’t in 2006. It wasn’t in 2007. It wasn’t in 2008. It wasn’t in 2009. It wasn’t in 2010. It wasn’t in 2011. And it’s not now.“
• Groupon Now hits 1.5 million deals, outpacing original Groupon | Internet & Media – CNET News
• Angry Birds Space hits 50M downloads in 35 days | VentureBeat
• Visa digital wallet V.me launching in UK, Spain, and France this fall | The Verge
• Just-Eat Just Raised Another $64M From Vitruvian, Index, Greylock For Online Food Ordering | TechCrunch
• Gastro POS Firm orderbird Closes €2.7m Round | Silicon Allee „Berlin-based startup orderbird has closed its second round of funding worth more than €2.7 million. Investment firm ALSTIN took part in the round for the restaurant payment service, which will eventually allow users to order food and drink directly from their smartphones.“
• Google Drive API: It’s Kind of a Big Deal „The catch, for now, is that only web apps can use the Google Drive API, and those apps must be installed from the Chrome Web Store. (Google does offer a Drive Android app, and says they’re “working hard” on an iOS app.) The Drive API documentation notes that “[a]uthorization alone is not sufficient to give your app access to users’ files — app installation is also required. Apps will not have any API access to files unless users have first installed the app in Chrome Web Store.” However, this doesn’t limit users to the Chrome browser; it’s simply a means to authenticate users and authorize access.“
• Microsoft enters the e-book wars | Felix Salmon
• De:Bug Musik » “Real Music Comes From Real People” „Eine Alternative könnte die ungewöhnliche Aktion des House-Duos Spieltrieb bieten, die zu einer Fan-Sourced Single aufgerufen haben. Seit einigen Tagen ist die Soundcloud-Dropbox der Londoner offen für alle, die ihre eigenen Sounds zum nächsten Spieltrieb-Track beisteuern wollen.“
• Verhandlungen zwischen Öffentlich-Rechtlichen und Verlegern gescheitert › netzpolitik.org
• MacBook-Air-Design wurde patentiert crap.
• Techdirt: Even Harvard Can’t Afford Subscriptions To Academic Journals; Pushes For Open Access
• Relaunch von Jamendo enttäuscht Musiker
• Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Subsidiary To Battle With Amazon And Apple In E-books | TechCrunch Interessante Entwicklung.
• Digitaler Serienroman : Einfach nur lesen reicht nicht – Medien – Tagesspiegel
• Why solar will thrive in India: coal is a mess — Cleantech News and Analysis
• Filesharing: Honorar für Porno-Abmahnung höher als für Porno-Mitwirkung | Telepolis
• Self-Publishing-Dienstleister Lulu bietet Ein-Klick-Publikation von Google-Drive-Dokumenten | Leander Wattig

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