Aktuelles 10. Oktober 2012

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• Faster Markdown Editing with Nebulous Notes Macros
• HTTPS Everywhere plugin from EFF protects 1,500 more sites | Ars Technica
• Avoiding Facebook Fate Is Twitter CFO Goal on Way to IPO – Bloomberg Die Twitter-IPO-Geschichten gehen los.
• Twitter Buys Vine, a Video Clip Company That Never Launched – Peter Kafka and Mike Isaac – Mobile – AllThingsD
• Box Debuts HTML5 Embeddable Framework To Integrate Content With Third-Party Enterprise Software Apps | TechCrunch "Box, which now has 14 million users around the world, including 140,000 active businesses and 92 percent of the Fortune 500, is bringing pretty much all of its collaboration and document management features to outside applications including file preview, comments, tasks and search into partner and customer applications."
• 3D printing for fun and profit: a serious hobby grows up | The Verge "As for the desktop home printers, they’re getting more sophisticated too. "I don't think there's any plateauing going on," Andrew Pelkey, a spokesperson for MakerBot, said in an email. "Like, the slicing algorithm that we developed for our new software, MakerWare, generates a toolpath with only a fraction of the filament retractions [meaning] fewer stops and starts. This is tough to turn into a marketing point, but overall it makes for stronger and more consistent builds. There are little things like this going on in the background.""
• SoundCloud-Nutzer können Tracks über Getty lizenzieren
• Acer’s Iconia W510: a $499 Windows 8 tablet with optional dock — Mobile Technology News "Acer’s Iconia W510 tablet running Windows 8 hits retail shelves on Nov. 9 with a starting price equal to Apple’s iPad at $499. That cost includes a 32 GB flash memory drive for the 10.1-inch slate with 1366 x 768 screen says Acer, which made the announcement on Tuesday. Although Acer is typically known as a value brand, the Iconia W510 price could hint at even lower-cost Windows 8 RT tablets that run on smartphone chips."
• Best of: Juni bis September auf neumusik.com
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