Aktuelles 9. August 2012

Lesenswerte Analysen, Hintergrundberichte und interessante News:

• App.net is not vaporware by Dalton Caldwell
• A little while ago, I hacked together a “Stuff I… "I like this tiered system for Tumblr — High level: your own post. Medium level: a Reblog. Low level: a Like."
• Just One Month In, Crowdfunding Platform Seedrs Sees Three Startups Funded; More Juicy Numbers Shared
• Study estimates $2 million a month in Bitcoin drug sales
• Wenn die Lobby versagt: Das Ende der Lastschrift
• Podcast-Client ‘Downcast’ spannt Geo-Zäune
• Pandora Continues Rise: Listener Hours Up 76%
• Stellenausschreibung: iRights.info sucht einen Strategic Marketing Manager
• Valve to sell non-gaming software on Steam starting September 5th | The Verge
• Netflix Brings ‘Just For Kids’ User Interface To The Xbox 360 | TechCrunch
• iPad takes over 70% of China’s tablet PC sales|Science-Tech|chinadaily.com.cn
• LinkedIn Gives Developers More Clarity on Platform Policies – Liz Gannes – News – AllThingsD "Like Twitter, Facebook and others, LinkedIn tempts developers with the promise of distribution — in LinkedIn’s case, to 175 million professional members — as well as easier authentication with those people’s professional identities.
  Plus, approved partners will get higher-level access on a case-by-case basis to things like LinkedIn’s marketing campaigns, job postings and applications."
• Move over Amazon MP3 store, Spotify hits Kindle Fire — Mobile Technology News
• OUYA bekommt offiziellen XMBC-Client
• Cobook – the smart address book for Mac Hackfwd-finanziert: "Cobook is a free application that makes contact management enjoyable. Cobook was founded in 2011 by Kaspars Dancis and Janis Dancis, two engineers tired of mess in their address books."
• Samsung estimated to pay Microsoft $12-13 per Android handset for more than $600 million in revenue in Q2 | WMPoweruser
• Kultur-Flattrate – Kulturflattrate – Automatisiert über die sozialen Netze flattern "So konnte man (bis Apple dazwischengefunkt ist) mit Instacast durch das bloße Anhören von Podcasts diese flattern. Und seit kurzem gibt es gleich eine ganze Reihe von Diensten, die die eigenen Aktivitäten in den verschiedenen sozialen Netzwerken (wo man ja sowieso schon viel auf "Like" und "Plus" und "Teilen" drückt) in Flattern umsetzt. Das Nette an diesen Netzwerken ist es, daß es dem provisorischen Flattern mehr Sichtbarkeit verschafft, was dem Anbieter den Wunsch seiner "Kundschaft" klarer macht, daß das umständliche Eintragen der Dinge in den Katalog weitgehend wegfällt, und daß durch die jeweiligen API alles ganz ohne Zuarbeit der Netzwerkbetreiber erfolgen kann (die ja meistens kein Interesse an oder keine Zeit für das kleine schwedische Startup haben)."
• Die Zahnlücke der GEMA | Telepolis "Die Vorstellung, dass jemand wegen der schönen Musik zum Zahnarzt gehe, war den Richtern dann doch zu albern."
• The 10 German startups that pulled in multi-million deals in 2012
• wooga bleibt der deutsche Facebook-König – Megazebra überholt GameDuell :: deutsche-startups.de
• Why is Apple ditching the YouTube app from iOS 6?
• Amazon plans textbook rentals as cheaper option for students – GeekWire "The service will let students keep books for a semester, with free shipping for receiving and sending them back, and an option to buy the books during the rental term. Amazon plans to promote the textbook rentals in conjunction with its Amazon Student membership program, the support page indicates."
• Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter
• Apple: YouTube app will not be included in iOS 6, Google working on standalone version | The Verge Statement von Apple: "Our license to include the YouTube app in iOS has ended, customers can use YouTube in the Safari browser and Google is working on a new YouTube app to be on the App Store."
• Exorcising the Demon(oid): Ukrainians raid massive BitTorrent tracker | Ars Technica "The Ukrainian newspaper Kommersant reported (Google Translate) Monday that, according to an anonymous source within the Ukrainian Interior Ministry known only as “B,” the raid was timed with a particular political purpose in mind. First Vice Prime Minister Valeriy Khoroshkovsky recently visited the United States, where he met with United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk to discuss various free-trade issues, including copyright protection."
• QUOTE.fm Is Building the Next Read-Later Service That’s Actually Worth Using | PandoDaily

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