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Stardock CEO Brad Wardell will take a "sabbatical" after shipping Elemental:
War of Magic later this year. It's not unheard of to take some time off after shipping a
major product in the industry (horrible
example), but Wardell isn't traveling the world. No, instead he's having a full-on geek out:
he's goin' modding.
Wardell explained to Joystiq, "It's more than a vacation. For the past year I've been doing
multiple jobs at once -- running Stardock,
managing external game development, coding on Elemental, building a house, and writing
a book. I typically start work at around 8am EST and work until around 11pm and do this every
day -- seven days a week -- though recently I've been getting in some Starcraft 2 time. But it has averaged around 80
hours a week overall."
The executive explains that he wants to mod Elemental to make all kinds of other games and
get as much out of the Kumquat engine (the company's new game engine) and
Impulse Reactor as possible. Then take those lessons and show it to other developers. He also
plans to work on Civilization V mods,
which uses the same mod program as Elemental. Wardell expressed the time off "won't affect
Stardock's product scheduling at all," he'll still be working on stuff. A lot of that stuff just
happens to be modding.
Stardock CEO Brad Wardell will take a "sabbatical" after shipping Elemental:
War of Magic later this year. It's not unheard of to take some time off after shipping a
major product in the industry (horrible
example), but Wardell isn't traveling the world. No, instead he's having a full-on geek out:
he's goin' modding.
Wardell explained to Joystiq, "It's more than a vacation. For the past year I've been doing
multiple jobs at once -- running Stardock,
managing external game development, coding on Elemental, building a house, and writing
a book. I typically start work at around 8am EST and work until around 11pm and do this every
day -- seven days a week -- though recently I've been getting in some Starcraft 2 time. But it has averaged around 80
hours a week overall."
The executive explains that he wants to mod Elemental to make all kinds of other games and
get as much out of the Kumquat engine (the company's new game engine) and
Impulse Reactor as possible. Then take those lessons and show it to other developers. He also
plans to work on Civilization V mods,
which uses the same mod program as Elemental. Wardell expressed the time off "won't affect
Stardock's product scheduling at all," he'll still be working on stuff. A lot of that stuff just
happens to be modding.
GPGPU developers rejoice as Nvidia has made available a new version of its CUDA Toolkit, one that
provides support for its new Fermi architecture which will debut next week with the GeForce
GTX 480
& GTX 470. This release will help CUDA-ready apps be prepared to take advantage of
Fermi-based cards, no matter what brand they use - GeForce, Quadro or Tesla.
In addition to featuring Fermi support, the updated CUDA Tooklit includes:
- C++ support - delivering improved productivity with class and template inheritance
- GPGPU/Graphics interoperability - delivering Direct3D 9, 10 and 11 and OpenGL for both CUDA and
OpenCL
- Improved developer tools for Linux - including the new CUDA Memory Checker that reports
misalignment and out-of-bounds errors
- Tesla Compute Cluster (TCC) - improving performance and cluster management
To download the CUDA Toolkit 3.0, for Windows, Linux, or Mac OS, check out this page.
MediaLoot is compared by its creators with a “club” where people get a chance to
download as many graphic content as they want by merely paying a monthly fee. This graphic content
includes icons, print designs, textures, brushes, vectors... reading the full list would put you to
sleep. It suffices to say that if you are keen on getting any kind of graphical component or
element to use in any assignment, the likelihood of you getting exactly what you are after here is
very high.
[Every week, IndieGames.com: The
Weblog co-editor Tim W. will be summing up some of the top free-to-download and commercial
indie games from the last seven days on his sister 'state of indie' weblog.]
This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC
Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week.
The goodies in this edition include a 2D platformer with a clever copy and paste gimmick, a 2D
action game where you attack enemies by commiting suicide, a one-button effort about the
adventures of a fish with a human-like face, and an action RPG where the characters are depicted
as circular dots.
Here's the highlights from the last seven days:
Game Pick:
'Jump, Copy, Paste' (Arvi Teikari, freeware)
"Jump, Copy, Paste is a 2D platformer in which you overcome obstacles by copy and
pasting parts of a level to build new platforms or create a passage through a wall. Parts which
are greyed out cannot be affected by your copy and paste ability, so players need to work around
those areas as they collect all yellow pieces to unlock the exit door."
Game Pick:
'Siromaru' (Abaruzu, commercial indie - demo available)
"Shiromaru is a 2D action game in which you attack enemies by commiting suicide and
causing a chain of explosions. The longer the chain reaction, the more extra life items appear
for you to collect."
Game Pick:
'Tiny and Big' (Black Pants Studio, commercial indie - demo available)
"Tiny and Big tells the story of a thief who had stolen our hero's most valued
possession - a pair of underpants. The game basically is about him trying to chase after Mr. Big
who had escaped to the top of a tall mountain. Armed with a raygun and a grappling hook, you must
cut pillars and solid rock to build yourself platforms to stand or jump on."
Game Pick:
'Fish Face' (Beau Blyth, freeware)
"Fish Face is a one-button arcade game with three levels to play, each taking roughly
five to ten minutes to complete. Here you play as a fish that uses its buoyancy to move in and
out of the water, avoiding walls or enemies that will hurt our aquatic friend on impact."
Game Pick:
'Dragondot' (Nathan McCoy, browser)
"Dragondot is an action RPG in which you play as a dragon that can only claw at its
adversaries at first, but will gain new and improved abilities whenever it gains enough
experience to level up."
MyMoney 2.0.53My Money is a high quality personal financial software written from
ground up to work with online bank statements. Simply download your transactions from bank web site
and they are automatically entered into electronic register.
By bringing all of your important financial information together in one place, My Money helps you
more efficiently organize your financial data, simplify taxes and grow your net worth.
My Money:
Instantly organizes financial records. Eliminates errors.
Categorizes expenses automatically for business, taxes, budgeting.
Eliminates Manual bookwork, simply download and import your statements from a bank website
Reconciles your bank statement for you. Actually finds and fixes mistakes
Transfers your reports into PDF, OpenDocument or Microsoft Excel formats
Works with all US and Canadian Bank statements out of the box
Works with Microsoft Money files
Works with Quicken files
My Money users enjoy high level of privacy, data security and encryption. Data files are
stored locally in a SQL compatible database. SQL shell is shipped with the software.
WHAT'S NEWBuild 2.0.53:
Fixed Reconciliation workflow issues
Accounts Manager will show Account totals and running balance
New refactoring option: Copy Payee into Memo
Updated OFX Connection Settings for American Express
INVEST:
Fixed commision/fee logic on BUY transactions
Added manual price updates for securities
Added Quote normalizer for automatic pence->pound conversions
Positions could be moved between porfolios on the same account
Microsoft Money generated balances will be ignored on CSV-8 formats
Fixed QIF importing issues for Accrued Interest and Bond Payments
Fixed unit and unit price precision issues in dialogs
first time ever. Happened after I forgot and left a seed on for days. I dont get the point though,
Ive bought every season of house md on dvd, retail, from best buy. Anyways, I usually just download
direct, no bittorrent, but this time i decided to go that way after seeing the seeds, never
again.
Quote: Dear removed:
We recently received the attached notice from NBC Universal claiming that your Internet account may
have been used for copyright infringement. Specifically, NBC Universal claims that your account was
used to reproduce and/or distribute copyrighted content without authorization to other users of an
Internet-based file-sharing network. We are forwarding this notice at the request of NBC Universal
-- please see the enclosed document.
Content providers such as NBC Universal routinely monitor file-sharing networks to determine if
their copyrighted movies and music are being distributed illegally over the Internet. NBC Universal
identified your AT&T account by its numeric IP address, a string of numbers identifiable by any
site from which you upload or download files. When an Internet user connects to file-sharing
networks, the IP address assigned to the computer connected to the Internet becomes publicly
available to other members of the network. Consistent with our Customer Privacy Policy, AT&T
has not released your name or any other personal information to NBC Universal, but is forwarding
this notice to you so that this issue may be resolved without any further action.
You should be aware that copyright infringement is a violation of U.S. law, and potentially
punishable by fines and other criminal penalties. It also is a violation of the AT&T Acceptable
Use Policy, which governs your use of AT&T Internet services. If infringing activity persists,
NBC Universal may choose to seek a court order requiring AT&T to provide it with your name and
address so it can pursue legal action against you.
By forwarding this complaint, AT&T is not making any accusation of wrongdoing. Rather, we are
bringing NBC Universal's notice to your attention so that you can take prompt and appropriate steps
to prevent any further activity of this nature from occurring over your Internet account. Steps you
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1. Ceasing any sharing of copyrighted content that might be occurring via file sharing software,
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connection to download or distribute illegal content;
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not aware of;
4. Using virus and spyware protection software to protect against security threats and ensure your
Internet connection is not being used in ways that you have not authorized;
5. Learning how federal copyright law applies to online activities by visiting the U.S. Copyright
Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/.
Violations of the Acceptable Use Policy can result in termination of your AT&T service. We
encourage you to review the AT&T Acceptable Use Policy online at http://www.corp.att.com/aup/ and the AT&T
Customer Privacy Policy at http://www.att.com/privacy.
AT&T is committed to protecting your personal information and ensuring the best possible online
experience for all customers. Please review the attached letter for information regarding the
alleged copyright infringement. If you have any questions regarding your AT&T Internet account
or AT&T policies, please call us at 1-866-618-7991
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email us at complaintresponse@abuse-att.net.
Notice of Copyright Infringement
Re: Infringement of NBC Universal Properties
Notice ID: removed
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Dear Sir/Madam:
I am contacting you on behalf of NBC Universal, Inc. and its affiliated companies ("NBC Universal")
regarding certain activity on your Internet account. NBC Universal owns intellectual property
rights, including exclusive rights protected under copyright law, in many motion pictures,
television programs and other audiovisual works ("NBC Universal Properties"). Based on our data, we
believe that your Internet account was recently used to reproduce and/or distribute unauthorized
copies of one or more NBC Universal Properties in violation of NBC Universal's rights. We have set
forth below the details concerning this infringement, including the title(s) in question, the IP
address of the account at the time of the infringement, and the date and time of the
infringement.
Your Internet service provider (ISP) has agreed to forward this notice to you in order to provide
you an opportunity to remedy this situation. Your ISP has not provided your personal information to
us, but NBC Universal reserves the right to obtain that information through legal process in
appropriate circumstances.
Unauthorized copying or distribution of copyrighted works may give rise to significant liability
for copyright infringement, including statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringed work for
willful infringement. Such action may also constitute a violation of your Internet provider's Terms
of Use and may result in suspension or termination of your Internet service account. Accordingly,
we request that you immediately: (1) cease from any further unlawful copying or distribution of NBC
Universal Properties; and (2) delete any unauthorized copies of NBC Universal from your
computer.
We encourage you to learn the facts about Internet piracy, including the economic harm that piracy
causes to creative industries in the United States and the danger of exposure to viruses, worms,
hacking and identity theft as a result of using peer-to-peer file sharing networks. Information
regarding Internet piracy may be found on the web site http://www.mpaa.org/piracy.asp, which is maintained by the Motion Picture
Association of America for the purpose of educating consumers.
A true and correct list of the titles of the NBC Universal Properties which NBC Universal believes
in good faith have been illegally offered for downloading using your Internet account is noted
below.
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Notice ID in the subject line of any correspondence.
The undersigned has a good faith belief that use of the NBC Universal Property or Properties in the
manner described herein is not authorized by NBC Universal, its agent(s) or the law. The
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this matter, or of NBC Universal's positions, rights or remedies, legal or equitable, all of which
are specifically reserved.
Very truly yours,
Mark Ishikawa
CEO, BayTSP inc.
c/o NBC Universal Anti-Piracy Technical Operations
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
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So what are you cats using to get music these days.
I've tried itunes when I had my iphone:nag: awful.
I'm not in the mood to pay 14.99 or w/e to M$ for a zune pass. I'm looking for a pay as you go
situation similar to what amazon has going on. But amazon seems way overpriced. You'd think if
everyone else is getting unlimited downloads of music for $15, I could find a full album under
$8.99.
Granted some are cheaper on amazon, but most are pretty expensive. Two albums will equal a whole
month of downloads, it just doesn't equal out.
The problem is I don't download very much music. I want to grab a few albums here and there, and I
end up listening to them for a couple months.
I need another effing monthly payment like i need hole in my head.:p
It’s
fairly easy to find exactly when most Americans started to get fat. All you have to do is go back
to the 1950’s. Some would say this is due to our fast food lifestyle, people spending too
much time in front of the TV instead of running from animals, or even possibly a plot by Colonel
Sanders. I think it’s directly related to the invention of the remote control. Now,
there’s even less reason to get up off the couch thanks to the latest invention: The
Clicker.
The Clicker is a 9-function learning remote with one important difference. It has a built in
bottle opener. Now, after you train your dog to go and get you a beer out of the fridge, you no
longer have to fumble in your pocket, or on the side table for an opener. You’ll know
exactly where it is. Unfortunately you can’t be lazy if you want to order one though, as
the website doesn’t have an electronic store. There
isn’t even a price listed, just a phone number. You can download the instructions on how to
program your new remote/bottle opener though.
Got a great idea
for a hat or weapon for Team Fortress
2? Valve wants to hear about it -- better yet, Valve wants you to make it. The TF2 blog
reports that Valve has already
seen plenty of solid submissions -- items you can get a hold of in today's update. If you're the
creator of one of these items, you'll find a special version waiting for you in your backpack.
Hooray for bragging rights!
And for you budding designers out there, don't just think of it as a way to get some experience
under your belt, but think of it as a service for these guys. Heavy above always had an image
problem (thanks, male pattern baldness!), but now he's feeling good and going out on dates like
every night!
Got a great idea
for a hat or weapon for Team Fortress
2? Valve wants to hear about it -- better yet, Valve wants you to make it. The TF2 blog
reports that Valve has already
seen plenty of solid submissions -- items you can get a hold of in today's update. If you're the
creator of one of these items, you'll find a special version waiting for you in your backpack.
Hooray for bragging rights!
And for you budding designers out there, don't just think of it as a way to get some experience
under your belt, but think of it as a service for these guys. Heavy above always had an image
problem (thanks, male pattern baldness!), but now he's feeling good and going out on dates like
every night!
I spoke to Brian Alvey, co-founder of Weblogs, Inc. and the guy who built Blogsmith -- the same
engine Download Squad, TUAW, Engadget and our other blogs use) about his newest creation: Crowd Fusion. There are quite a few CMS products to choose from
out there, but Crowd Fusion is built to perform at scale while boasting an impressive feature set.
That's because Brian knows a thing or two about scale! Having had the experience of watching
Engadget and TUAW cover Steve Jobs keynotes and CES and Detroit Auto Show (Autoblog also uses
Blogsmith), not to mention Brian's early gigs building industry-grade sites, the team at Crowd
Fusion has experience when it comes to building rock-solid CMS tools that enable content
programmers to do just about anything they can imagine. If it sounds like I'm gushing it's not
because I used to work (somewhat indirectly) for Brian -- it's because I've seen what Crowd Fusion can do. You can see it too on this demo from TC50 last September. You can
also join the open source beta program to test Crowd
Fusion out for yourself. Share
Click above to view the video
after the jump
The 57th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring is set to begin tomorrow at 10:30 AM, and with Audi out and Peugeot already dominating the LMP class in the
qualifying sessions, the attention turns to the ALMS GT cars - specially the Porsche and Corvette teams.
After the jump you'll find a video documenting the Lizard's practice session yesterday,
including Hans Herrman - the winner of the 1960 race - taking a lap around Sebring in a immaculate
Porsche RS 60 Spyder. If you're planning to tune in tomorrow, you can download Andy Blackmore's stellar spotter's guide in all its
high-res glory here and read our breakdown of this
year's season here.
Erez
dove into Lifeyo recently, so I won't duplicate his efforts here. But I should say that
Lifeyo makes building snazzy websites exceptionally easy and it
does it for free. If you want your own domain name on your site, it's just $30 a year. That's a
great bargain considering the quality of the pages it creates and the ease with which it creates
them. Try them out yourself and see.
This is music made by four postal workers as they cancel postage! When I listen carefully, I think
I can actually hear the spring mechanisms as the stamps hit the ink. I love it as an example of
music turning what is normally seen as a boring, repetitive task into something this joyful. The
song was originally recorded in 1975 at the University of Ghana by James Koetting and appeared on a
cd accompanying the book Worlds of Music, but you can download the whole clip here. Thanks to
Bernie Krause and Anthropologist Steven Feld for helping me track this one down....
Magazine Accepting Music Submissions for its 2010 Awards Online
Music Artists residing in Toronto and other Canadian cities, USA, Germany, Australia, Sweden,
Italy, Africa, UK and other countries. We are accepting submissions for the 4th Annual 2010
Magazine Awards Online. Every music awards winner receive a prize package from our sponsor Noisy
Planet http://noisyplanet.net We have a new category for Dancers. Each year music winners and
nominees are excited to find out that they are recognized by Toronto Exclusive Magazine for their
hard work and investment making their hot original songs. You'll also have a chance to be selected
for writeups, coverage, play events and more. Many winners or nominees tell us they have benefited
from various industry opportunities like publishing. You only need to submit your web site. We'll
screen you first to make sure you've got the right stuff and then ask you to download the entry
form. No music with profanity please. If you've released an album and (or) single songs and videos
between 2008 and 2010, and it hasn't been entered before, you are eligible. See winners, nominees
and testimonials here from last year's 2009 Awards http://www.torontoexclusive.com/awards/2009.html
. See the 2010 Awards page here http://www.torontoexclusive.com/awards/2010.html . Also see our
next event http://www.temfest.org
RaeMote is a N900 desktop widget that turns your N900 into an Apple Remote that can control your
Mac Mini, MacBooks and iPod docks via IR. RaeMote has been developed by Thomas Perl and is available for download in the extras
testing repository. The widget works as expected and has surprisingly good range.
I was able to control my Macbook from around 5-6 meters away without having to align the device
and this worked from wide angles as well. Here is a video of the application in action. If you
haven’t enabled extras-testing, here’s how to do it.
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-Term
Support) Desktop, Server, and Netbook editions and of Ubuntu 10.04 Server for Ubuntu Enterprise
Cloud (UEC) and Amazon’s EC2. Codenamed "Lucid Lynx", 10.04 LTS continues Ubuntu’s
proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a
high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop and Netbook Editions continue the trend of ever-faster boot speeds, with
improved startup times and a streamlined, smoother boot experience.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition provides even better integration of the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud,
with its install-time cloud setup.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server for UEC and EC2 brings the power and stability of the Ubuntu Server
Edition to cloud computing, whether you’re using Amazon EC2 or your own Ubuntu Enterprise
Cloud.
The Ubuntu 10.04 family of variants, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Mythbuntu,
also reach beta status today.
Desktop features
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Social from the start: We now feature built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, and
other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel.
New Design: Cleaner and faster boot, new notification area, new themes, new icons, and new
wallpaper bring a dramatically updated look and feel to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu One: Choose any folder in your home directory to sync, choose from millions of songs for
purchase in the Ubuntu One Music store.
Cloud computing: The Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud installer has been vastly improved in order to
support alternative installation topologies. UEC components are now automatically discovered and
registered, even with complex topologies. Finally, UEC is now powered by Eucalyptus 1.6.2
codebase.
UEC and EC2: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS continues the tradition of official Ubuntu Server image releases
for UEC and for Amazon’s EC2, giving you everything you need for rapid deployment of Ubuntu
instances in a cloud computing environment. UEC images, and information on running Ubuntu 10.04
on EC2, are available at:
Stability and security: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS brings many improvements over Ubuntu 8.04 LTS to keep
your servers safe and secure for the next five years, including AppArmor profiles for many key
services, kernel hardening, and an easy-to-configure firewall.
Ubuntu Netbook features
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Ubuntu Netbook Edition is optimised to run on Intel atom based netbooks. It includes a new
consumer-friendly interface that allows users to quickly and easily get on-line and use their
favourite applications. This interface is optimised for a retail sales environment.
It includes the same faster boot times and improved boot experience as Ubuntu desktop.
Kubuntu features
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Kubuntu 10.04 LTS will be the first LTS to feature KDE 4 Platform and Applications. KDE 4 has
come a long way since its early releases and is now suitable for the high demands of LTS users.
Being an LTS we have focused on bug fixing and stability for this release, but we did find time
to add features such as touchpad configuration, Firefox KDE integration, Kubuntu notification
improvements, and cross-desktop systray menu standardisation. Kubuntu features the Plasma Desktop
while Kubuntu Netbook Remix comes out of preview status with the Plasma Netbook workspace.
Edubuntu in Lucid features a more complete live environment containing more software from
universe and all existing language packs as well as our usual educational software in their
current version. For Lucid the text installer has been removed and so is LTSP for the time being.
We expect to have LTSP back on the DVD for the next beta. The DVD is then much smaller than it
used to be but will still provide a complete education environment based on Ubuntu Lucid.
Also included on the Edubuntu DVD is a small repository containing the required packages to
transform the regular Edubuntu desktop into a LTSP server or install the Netbook edition
interface.
Mythbuntu features
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Mythbuntu 10.04 introduces MythTV 0.23. This new version is significantly faster and should feel
more responsive and stable than older versions. It also integrates better into the OS with better
support for things like ConsoleKit and Upstart.
Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and
easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications
is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.
Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other
companies around the world. For more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support
To Get Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 1
———————————————
To upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 1 from Ubuntu 9.10 or Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, follow these
instructions:
Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help turn this Beta into the best
release of Ubuntu ever. Please note that, where possible, we prefer that bugs be reported using
the tools provided, rather than by visiting Launchpad directly. Instructions can be found at
If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but are not sure, first try
asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on FreeNode, on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu
forums:
Kevin Nakao is VP of Mobile & Business Search for
WhitePages, a Top 40 Web and Mobile
Publisher. You can find him on Twitter,
and on the Whitepages
Blog where he writes about mobile, local, and social media.
While last year’s SXSW seemed to serve as the
“coming out” party for location-based services (LBS), maybe this year’s
conference signifies the migration of these platforms into mainstream culture. And perhaps the
only real “new” concept to emerge this year is the idea that there is finally a real
opportunity to make money via “location.”
Here are five things that companies should consider as they look to utilize location-based
services (LBS) as part their mobile strategy.
1. Location Shouldn’t be the Only Goal
From finding the nearest ski slope on REI’s Ski and Snow Report to a nearby movie on Flixter, there are
plenty of Top iPhone applications that have incorporated a “lead with the offer, not the
capability” philosophy into their mobile product offering to provide a better service.
Build the best service first, then add the bells and whistles.
With all the hoopla surrounding location, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that
location’s real appeal to advertisers is the fact that with this functionality, you can
reach the on-the-go user, who is ready to buy and consume. Just because Twitter and Facebook offer location doesn’t make
that valuable or new to advertisers. Location-targeting via IP address has been around a while.
For the same reason radio is a great advertising channel for retailers, LBS advertising is also
valuable: because it can reach the consumer near the point of sale.
However, if you apply any city’s share of the total U.S. population, the results show some
pretty low estimates of Foursquare users in individual localities. What emerges is a very
“long tail” — a steep, narrow graph — of local user adoption. This shows
why it is important to achieve scale if you hope to see return on investment in the location
marketing space.
For example, using these rough estimates of a city’s proportional share of the U.S. population, if a
local pet supply store wanted to target people in San Francisco, the estimated reach would be
1,310 Foursquare users. Even if you double this audience estimate, the number is fairly small for
even a local marketer. We had to hit around 4 million downloads of the Whitepages iPhone app to
achieve the minimum scale needed for advertiser geo-targeting. Today, 80% of our campaigns from
major brands are geo-targeted.
Editor’s Note: It’s important to remember that these are just rough estimates.
Because Foursquare was initially only available in a handful of major metro areas, the geographic
distribution of users may not precisely follow the geographic distribution of the
population.
3. Mobile Battery Life is Key
Battery life is the single biggest threat to location. With GPS on, the phone is asking the
network where it is, and this chatter can drain battery life — anyone with an iPhone knows what I am referring to. Thus, phone
manufacturers will play a critical role in the future of LBS. RIM, the manufacturer of BlackBerry devices, faced this problem early on with
the energy-tax of e-mail polling, and as a result, their devices now have some of the best
battery life.
Foursquare has helped us move forward here as well. “Check-ins” help to address the
issue as they offer efficient geo-triggers without having to keep battery-draining GPS features
on at all times.
4. Location Will Be the Battleground of the Mobile OS
Looking forward, I predict the mobile platform wars will be fought with location and maps. This
is an important feature that a platform can use as a point of differentiation for consumers and
developers.
In anticipation of that battle, Apple purchased mapping company Placebase, and Google is starting to provide unique
mapping features like turn-by-turn navigation on
its Android devices. The only hope I see for
Windows Mobile is if they do something
completely revolutionary on the mobile location front. A development like this was alluded to at
the recent TED conference with its augmented reality
layering of geo-tagged Flickr photos and real-time
video integration.
5. Location Pays
At WhitePages, we monetize our mobile services through a mix of premium, national display, and
sponsored links for local business. Our effective CPM (revenue per thousand ad impressions) for
sponsored local links is $30-$50 — double the effective CPM (eCPM) rate we see for premium
display ad campaigns from national brands. The eCPM multiple of local targeted ads over ad
network rates is a staggering 10x.
Location-based inventory will also become scarce as Apple recently
announced that iPhone apps will not be permitted to access GPS capabilities for advertising
alone. There now needs to be some consumer benefit and functionality in order to access a
user’s location. Geo-targeted inventory on mobile will continue to be at a high premium
with no excess supply or ad networks to drive it down.
Conclusion
It is my hope that by this time next year, SXSW –- the festival of
“emerging” music and technology –- will have finally moved on from
location. It’s clearly happening now, and if integrated wisely, location will be making
companies too much money to be called the “cool kid on the block” any longer
If you're
someone who has to take a lot of meetings, you've undoubtedly run into scheduling issues at some
point and had to reschedule one . Google Calendar just added a new feature that you can enable in
Labs to make the process a lot easier (if your company uses Google Calendar). Smart
Rescheduler looks at other Google Calendars that have been shared with you and creates a ranked
list of the best times to reschedule.
It's a great idea in theory -- it even deals with room conflicts! -- but what works for the Google
Calendar team might not work for everyone. As you might expect, they all use Google
Calendar. However, if the people you're meeting with are on some other calendar software, Smart
Rescheduler won't have enough data to do its job. I really like the concept, though, and it adds to
a growing stack of reasons to get on board with Google Calendar.
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mdm42 writes "OpenSSO is one of the best open source web Single Sign On projects out there. Sun
Microsystems made OpenSSO open source in 2008, so it's sad to see how, after absorbing Sun, Oracle
is shutting down this amazing project, labelling it 'not strategic' and dismembering the few parts
they think are worthwhile for their own SSO effort. They started by freezing the next express
release, and during the last few weeks they have been removing all the open source downloads from
the OpenSSO website and removing content from the wiki. Fortunately, a Norwegian company called
ForgeRock has stepped up to the plate in an attempt to salvage the project under the new name
OpenAM."
mdm42 writes "OpenSSO is one of the best open source web Single Sign On projects out there. Sun
Microsystems made OpenSSO open source in 2008, so it's sad to see how, after absorbing Sun, Oracle
is shutting down this amazing project, labelling it 'not strategic' and dismembering the few parts
they think are worthwhile for their own SSO effort. They started by freezing the next express
release, and during the last few weeks they have been removing all the open source downloads from
the OpenSSO website and removing content from the wiki. Fortunately, a Norwegian company called
ForgeRock has stepped up to the plate in an attempt to salvage the project under the new name
OpenAM."
We've returned with our post-Episode Zero, pre-PAX, post-operative episode. We've got
emails, voice mails, a liberal application of GDC news and PlayStation Move talk plus a chance to
win Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition on Xbox 360. Also, there are at least two voyages to the
Bone Zone.
Thanks to Nathan Foster for his Moving photoshop.
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We've returned with our post-Episode Zero, pre-PAX, post-operative episode. We've got
emails, voice mails, a liberal application of GDC news and PlayStation Move talk plus a chance to
win Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition on Xbox 360. Also, there are at least two voyages to the
Bone Zone.
Thanks to Nathan Foster for his Moving photoshop.
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A new torrent has been uploaded to U2Torrents.com.
Torrent: 5759
Title: 2001-10-10 * Joyce Center * University of Notre Dame * South Bend, IN * JEMS archive
masters DVD
Size: 7.66 GB
Category: Elevation
Uploaded by: JEMSHQ
Description
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U2
Joyce Center
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
October 10, 2001
JEMS masters
Video Source: live satellite feed > satellite receiver > forgotten professional format
video tape (likely Betacam) > Digital 8 tapes
Audio Source: live satellite feed > satellite receiver > Casio DAR-100 DAT
Master Digital 8 tapes and DAT tape > Vegas edit, sync and author > Dual Layer DVD-R >
VIDEO_TS
Data Size: 7.66 GB
Video Info:
Authored with menu
NTSC
MPEG-2
720 × 480 (4:3)
29.97 fps
8.00 Mbps
Audio Info:
PCM stereo, 48 kHz, 1.54 Mbps
01 Beautiful Day
02 Until the End of the World > Two Tribes
03 New Year's Day
04 When Will I See You Again
05 Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
06 What's Going On
07 New York
08 Pride (In the Name of Love)
09 Sunday Bloody Sunday
10 Kite
11 Angel of Harlem
12 Staring at the Sun
13 Bad > Molly Malone
14 Psalm 116 > Where the Streets Have No Name
15 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
16 With Or Without You > Shine Like Stars
17 Elevation > Creep
18 Mysterious Ways > Sexual Healing
19 One
20 Peace on Earth (tiny glitch on both audio and video masters)
21 Walk On
So…some of you know that JEMS recorded the 2001 Notre Dame webcast
direct from the satellite feed. I posted that audio a couple years ago and the response seemed to
be positive in that it was considered the best version yet to circulate (oddly, a webcast-sourced
version was posted to U2T a few months ago that some preferred even as the capture, by its very
nature, should be inferior. Not throwing stones, I just don't understand how a direct capture
from a satellite receiver could be inferior to a webcast downstream of the same source given the
state of broadband in 2001).
While we were not able to capture live video ourselves, live video was recorded from the
satellite though not of the multi-camera feed. From what I was told, this was because the feeds
were coming through in PAL as that was the video system U2 employed on the road, but the
so-called Bono-cam was NTSC and that feed was recorded. Now I honestly don't recall to what tape
format the Booncam was captured (it was most likely Betacam), but well after the fact, JEMS was
able to borrow and dub those pro tapes to what was the best format we could put our hands onto on
short notice, Digital 8.
This DVD is the first time those Digital 8 tapes (three of them) have been transferred and
circulated. Our good friend KS did the authoring and the syncing to the DAT audio source. He has
done great work in the past and this one is no exception. He felt the quality was strong enough
to author as a dual-layer DVD which will annoy some of you but at this point dual-layer burners
are pretty common. This will be the only version.
Now, the real question is, is this better than what's circulating? I know at least one other
satellite capture was made of the Bono-cam and it has always been my presumption that it was the
source for all the copies in circulation. I have compared ours to the screen grabs at Achtung
Bootlegs and it does appear to be an upgrade. The colors aren't as washed out (look at the green
of Bono's guitar). The picture edges are more defined (read the word "Security" on the jackets
near b-stage), and the audio should be an improvement. I have attached screen grabs of the menus
and a few other frames to help guide you.
Sorry about the upload speed. This is going to take awhile and it will probably be turned off a
few times over the weekend.
Live U2
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only: It looks like the folks carrying on Quicksilver's legacy aren't just messing
around—they've released yet another update to the formerly abandoned app launcher. The B58
build focuses on stability, especially concerning issues for those running Snow Leopard, as well as
making sure older plugins are compatible. There are also a few UI tweaks and bugfixes, as well as
increased performance.
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