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Read/WriteWeb -
12 hours and 8 minutes ago
It's
SXSW weekend so you may be pretty burnt out on conferences - or just sick and tired of hearing
about them - but if you're in New York City this week, don't miss what's sure to be a profound
and fascinating A Historic
Conversation in NYC: Ai Weiwei, Jack Dorsey & Richard MacManus
On March 15,
at the prestigious Paley Center in New York City, a conversation
will take place between Chinese digital activist and artist Ai Weiwei,
Twitter co-founder and chairman Jack Dorsey, and ReadWriteWeb's Richard
MacManus, ReadWriteWeb founder and editor in chief. The moderator will be
Orville Schell, the director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia
Society in New York.
The topic of the event is the emergence of digital activism for fostering positive social change.
The onsite event is invitation only, but it will be live streamed exclusively on
ReadWriteWeb on Monday, March 15, at 6:30 PM EST (-5 GMT), from the Paley Center for
Media, New York City.
15 – 16 March 2010: London, England
2nd Annual Social Networking
World Forum — London
The 2nd Annual Social Networking World Forum takes place at the
Olympia Conference Centre in London. The two-day event features four dedicated conference
streams:
- Social Networking World Forum
- Enterprise social media
- Social TV World Forum
- Mobile Social Networking Forum
The event features key speakers from global brands, organizations, social networking publishers
and developers, pioneering social media leaders, top agencies, content producers, and more.
- Full workshop program within exhibition area
- Evening networking reception
- Pre-show online meeting planner for delegates
- Free pass for exhibition only
22 – 26 March 2010: New York City
Search Engine
Strategies New York Conference & Expo
Go beyond search at Search Engine
Strategies New York. Learn the newest trends, strategic action plans, and technology that
industry leaders are employing today. Our experts will trace the natural evolution of search
exploring topics such as: digital asset optimization, mobile application development, transition
from search to discovery and more.Book your pass today. Enter RWW15 to save 15% off the
registration. Sessions include:
- Digital Asset Optimization
- Deep Dive Into Analytics
- Augmented Reality: It's a Brave New World
- Bringing SEO In-House: The Pros and Cons
- Advanced B2B Search Marketing
- Duplicate Content & Multiple Site Issues
23 March 2010: San Francisco, California
S.F. Beta 4.0
After a long winter's hiatus, S.F. Beta is back, for its forth year straight! Join
hundreds of founders, investors, developers, and technologists for a lively evening of demos,
drinks, conversation, and new connections. Early bird
tickets are available, and they're going fast. Register now for discounted admission. As
always, we feature startup demos all night. This time around, the theme is Search &
Discovery. If you're building the next Google (or the next Google acquisition), we want you here!
Email cperry@sfbeta.com for more info.
26 March 2010: San Francisco, California
Freemium Summit
The first Freemium Summit is a one day
event focused on exploring what it takes to succeed under the freemium business model. Across all
segments of the media landscape, entrepreneurs and executives are pioneering models that combine
a free offering with a premium, paid offering. This hybrid business model is one of the most
exciting areas of business model innovation impacting the world of media and the Freemium Summit
will explore the most important topics on the minds of leading practitioners.
Confirmed Speakers: Toni Schneider, Automattic (WordPress); Matt Brezina, Xobni; Aaron Levie,
Box.net; Phil Libin, Evernote; Tom Conrad, Pandora; Drew Houston, Dropbox; Ranjith Kumaran,
YouSendIt; Ben Chestnut, Mailchimp; Lance Walley, Chargify; Isaac Hall, Recurly; and Lincoln
Murphy, Sixteen Ventures.
March 29, 2010: Portland, Oregon
Social Fresh Portland
The social media conference for marketers, Social Fresh is not about concept, but focused purely on
case studies from the front lines. Learn what social media can really do for business bottom
lines. Over the course of the day, you'll hear from 35 speakers from companies like Intel, Ford,
Comcast, Nike and many more, as well as keynote Peter Shankman. Register now and use coupon code RWW15 for 15% off.
4 April 2010: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
ConnectNow
TEDx CMU is an independently
organized TEDx event that will be held on April 4th, 2010 at Carnegie Mellon University and will
feature a full day of talks by prominent speakers as well as recorded videos from past TEDTalks.
Confirmed speakers include Jonathan Fields (author, blogger and entrepreneur), Stacey Monk
(founder of Epic Change, a startup nonprofit), Chase Jarvis (photographer, director and social
artist) and Nathan Martin (CEO of Deeplocal, an innovation studio in Pittsburgh).
The theme of the event is "Fearless", and we are inviting speakers from cross-disciplinary
backgrounds to talk about their experiences, and tell us a little about what inspires them to be
fearless in the pursuit of goals. We hope to spark discussions and foster connections between
participants, encouraging aspiring individuals to follow their dreams and make a difference. The
event is free to attend, and the application deadline is March 21, 2010.
For more information about the event, visit tedxcmu.com or email
info@tedxcmu.com. You can also find TEDx CMU on Facebook
or follow us on Twitter.
7 – 9 April 2010: Sydney, Australia
ConnectNow
ConnectNow brings together international
specialists and thought leaders in social media, emerging technologies and their intersection
with business. Learn how the realtime web, location based services, augmented reality, ubiquitous
computing and personalised services are changing marketing and communications. Understand the
importance of trust in relationship marketing and what is "social currency". For more info email
info@connectnow.net.au.
13 – 15 April 2010: Dallas, Texas
PubCon South
PubCon, the premier search
and social media conference, features the industry's biggest names and key players shaping the
future of the Web. PubCon South will include
cutting-edge panel sessions exploring tracks dedicated to search, social media and affiliate
marketing, an intensive professional search and social media training program, and some of the
world's top keynote speakers. PubCon South at Dallas will also hold a one-day, two-track slate of
intensive educational training programs led by some of the industry's most respected search
professionals. The event takes place at the Richardson Conference and Civic Center. Register
here.
16 April 2010: Mountain View, California
Under the Radar: Cloud
Under the Radar: Cloud is must-attend
event for dealmakers and heads of IT from large enterprises, SMBs, service providers, carriers
and media companies who are responsible for helping their companies leverage new technology and
innovation in the fast-evolving IT ecosystem. Join us for the 15th Under the Radar conference,
featuring a hand-picked selection of the world's most innovative cloud startups among 350 top
tech, media, telcom and finance executives. For ticket and more information, visit http://undertheradarblog.com.
16 – 17 April 2010: Royal Oak, Michigan
FutureMidwest
FutureMidwest is the region's largest technology and knowledge
conference. Founded by Adrian Pittman, Jordan Wolfe and Zach Lipson, FutureMidwest is the fusion
of two successful conferences held in Michigan in 2009 - the Module Midwest Digital Conference
and TechNow.
Both conferences highlighted how technology and digital tools have dramatically changed the way
we do business and the effect this transition has had on companies. FutureMidwest kicks things up
a notch with presentations, group breakout sessions, relationship-building opportunities and
influencers who are taking action to redefine business in the digital age. Register here.
April 19, 2010: St. Louis Missouri
Social Fresh St. Louis
The social media conference for marketers, Social Fresh is not about concept, but focused purely on
case studies from the front lines. Learn what social media can really do for business bottom
lines. Over the course of the day you'll hear from 35 speakers from companies like Ford, Best Buy,
Scottrade, Hardees, CMT and many more. Register now
and use coupon code RWW15 for 15% off.
19 – 21 April 2010: San Francisco, California
DrupalCon
DrupalCon is
the premier conference focused on Drupal, the award-winning open source content management
framework that is galvanizing social publishing and web development today. For a registration fee
of $195, attendees get three full days of sessions led by the best and brightest Drupal
experts.
Drupal has been downloaded over 2 million times since its inception, and project growth has
doubled annually for several years. Drupal is used to deliver a wide variety of application types
including blogs, wikis, community networks, digital media portals, and web content publishing and
management.
26 April 2010: San Francisco, California
Future of Money and Technology Summit
The Future of Money & Technology
Summit will bring together the best and brightest thinkers around money, including
visionaries, entrepreneurial business people, developers, press, investors, authors,
solution/service providers, and organizations who work where cash and commerce collide. We meet
to discuss the evolving ecosystem around money in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking
environment. Featured speakers include Jolie O'Dell from ReadWriteWeb, as well as representatives
from Wells Fargo Bank, Kiva, SharesPost, Jambool, Founders Fund, Outright.com, SoftTech VC, and
many more.
Use discount code "rww" to get 10% off registration.
7 May 2010: Mountain View, California
ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit
2010
The ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit 2010
will be an exploration of the latest Mobile development trends - both the technology and the
emerging business applications. Get ready to explore, think and create the future of Mobile with
the brightest in the industry, your peers! As in our last Summit, The Real-Time Web, the
ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit is an unconference.
An unconference is a participant driven conference where the agenda is created
on the day, in real-time and discussions are lead by conference participants. Read about the history of unconferences.
We will have two main tracks at this Summit - Development and Business - so the Summit will be of
interest to managers, marketers, developers, innovators, entrepreneurs and thought leaders alike.
Here's a sample of some of the topics we'll explore in both of these tracks.
Click here to register now, or to become a sponsor, or to help shape the
conference.
11 May 2010: San Francisco, California
FinovateSpring
FinovateSpring 2010 will again showcase the most cutting-edge
financial and banking technology innovations to Silicon Valley and the world. With Finovate's
signature mix of short, fast-paced onstage demos (no slides are allowed) from handpicked
companies and intimate networking time with their executives, this conference packs a ton of
unique value into a single day.
Come see the cutting edge of banking and financial technology and network with hundreds of the
leading financial executives, venture capitalists, press, industry analysts, bloggers and fintech
entrepreneurs. Early bird registration
rates are available.
May 17 2010: San Francisco, California
SF MusicTech Summit
The SF MusicTech Summit
will bring together 700-plus visionaries in the music/technology space - the best and brightest
entrepreneurs, developers, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations
who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. We meet to discuss the evolving
music, business and technology ecosystem in a proactive, conducive-to-dealmaking environment.
Enter the discount code "rww" to get 10% off.
25 – 27 May 2010: Denver, Colorado
Glue
Glue is the only conference devoted
solely to exploring the problem-sets facing architects, developers and IT professionals in a
"post-cloud" world. Glue focuses on the APIs and protocols (Twitter, Facebook, Websockets,
PubSubHubBub, XMPP), formats and standards (RDF/Linked Data, JSON, Microformats, HTML5),
platforms and providers (Amazon, Rackspace, Google App Engine, Salesforce.com, Eucalyptus),
Identity Protocols (OAuth/WRAP, SAML, OpenID, SPML) emerging NoSQL data models (Cassandra,
CouchDB, MongoDB, Riak, HBase), and other mechanisms that are building the post-cloud world.
ReadWriteCloud will be blogging live from Gluecon and CloudCamp, and ReadWriteWeb's Alex Williams
will be moderating the "Managing Complexity in the Cloud" session. Please join us May 25-27 in
Denver, Colorado. ReadWriteWeb readers can receive 10% off of
registration by using the code "RWW12".
15 – 16 June 2010: New York City
Corporate Social Media Summit
The Corporate Social Media Summit is a
two day conference focused exclusively on how big businesses can take advantage of social media
to enhance their marketing/comms strategy. Featuring:
- Practical and relevant insights from peers who have already used social media successfully
- 20-plus corporate speakers (including
PepsiCo, Whole Foods, Dell, McDonald's, General Motors, Citi, Johnson & Johnson),
- Best practice, benchmarks and practical next steps you can use to take advantage of social
media in your business
- A tightly-focused agenda with 14 in-depth,
practical workshops giving you knowledge on only the most critical business issues surrounding
corporate use of social media
Save $400 if you quote RWW400 when booking. Book here.
29 – 30 June 2010: London
Cloud Computing World Forum
The 2nd annual Cloud Computing World Forum is
the perfect event to learn and discuss the development, integration, adoption and(...)

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Mashable! -
12 hours and 39 minutes ago
Hooray for Hollywood! — the big winner this week in
our roundup of the top 10 Twitter trends. From
the Oscars to Alice in Wonderland (and of course, Justin Bieber), celebrity — whether
be it music or film — dominated the Twitterverse.
The latest data, which comes from our friends at What the Trend, gives us a
snapshot of what topics dominated Twitter. Given the topical nature of the list, hashtag memes
and games have been excluded.
Tween-favorite Justin Bieber lost his spot at #1 to the Big Show — AKA the Oscars. The 82nd
Academy Awards dominated Twitter on Sunday night and was the most discussed topic of the week as
a whole. Don’t feel bad for Bieber though: he’s still number two on the list.
Now, who’s hot who not/Tell me who rock who sell out in the stores. Well, that
would be B.I.G P-O, P-P-A, also know as the Notorious B.I.G. The legendary Brooklyn
rapper, who was murdered 13 years ago this week, was #5 on this week’s list of trends. More
than a decade after his tragic death, Biggie continues to be a larger than life figure.
Music continues to be a big topic of discussion on Twitter, with artists like Lady Gaga, Bieber
and the Jonas Brothers all appearing on the list. We expect to see Lady Gaga next week too, given
the camp-infused epic music
video for “Telephone” that was released at the end of the week.
Looking forward, we predict Justin Bieber, the iPad and Twilight: Eclipse to all appear
on the chart next week.
You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section as well as read more
about this past week’s trends on What The Trend.
Top Twitter Trends for 3/7 – 3/13 RankTopicTop
Index This WeekChangeDescription#1Oscars 11The Academy
Awards, or Oscars, are film awards given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences in Los Angeles, California. The 82nd annual show aired in the USA on 3/7/2010. (Subtrends:
Oscars, Sandra Bullock, Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker, Avatar, James Cameron, Academy Awards,
Kathy Ireland, Red Carpet, Precious, Crazy Heart, Tyler Perry, Best Picture, Jeff Bridges, District
9, Molly Ringwald, Zac Efron, SJP, Best Supporting, Food Inc, Robert Downey Jr, Kristen Stewart,
Farrah Fawcett, Mo’Nique, Best Director, George Clooney, Fisher Stevens, Amanda Seyfried,
Meryl Streep, Barbara Walters, ABC, Sandy Powell, Tom Ford, Christoph Waltz, Best Documentary,
Sarah Jessica Parker, Colin Firth, Penelope Cruz, Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, An Education, Matt Damon,
James Taylor, Hattie McDaniel, Chris Pine, Cablevision, NPH, Ryan Bingham, Steve Martin, Congrats
Monique, Frog, Sigourney Weaver, Miley’s, Best Animated, Anna Kendrick, Art Direction)
#2Justin Bieber
1Justin Bieber’s new album My World 2.0 comes out on March 23rd & his fans are excited.
(Subtrends: Justin Bieber, My World 2, #weadorejustin, #BieberHasMyHeart, QVC, #KingstonFollows,
#bieberismyidol, #ripmary, #InLoveWithBieber, Big News, AXns5tC-dgk, Eenie Meenie,
#Biebershirtless, RICK, BBC1, Cmon, Let’s Dance, #OMJDByeah, #omgbiebertrue, NcvLuIHIo10)
#3Follow Friday
1Follow Friday is a tradition where people tweet people they believe are fun/interesting to follow
(on Fridays).
#4 Alice In Wonderland
22Tim Burton’s eagerly anticipated movie, Alice in Wonderland, opened in cinemas worldwide
March 5th and stars Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway. (Subtrends: Alice, Alice
in Wonderland)
#5Notorious B.I.G.
1NEWThis week marks the 13th year of the death of the The Notorious B.I.G. The legendary rapper
from Brooklyn, NY was murdered tragically 13 years ago on March 9th. (Subtrends: #ripbig, Biggie,
Name Ya Top 5 Biggie, Happy BIG Day, Juicy, Christopher Wallace, #Biggie)
#6Lady GaGa
31
Lady Gaga’s new music video with Beyoncé, Telephone, premiered this week. (Subtrends:
Lady GaGa, Telephone, Beyonce, #telephonevideo, GQ95z6ywcBY, #TelephoneThursday, Jonathan Ross,
GaGa)
#7Jonas Brothers
1
NEW
The Jonas Brother announce a tour with Demi Lovato, discussed sweater colors, joked about the
paparrazi, and Nick Jonas continues to act as a spokesman for diabetes. (Subtrends: #JonasAreBack,
#JoeEatsFood, #YoureANileyFan, #itsagreysweater, Houston, #NickJonasDay, #WelcomeKevinJ,
Everybody)
#8Chuck Norris
2
NEW
Chuck Norris turned 70 years old this week, March 10. As a result, people are tweeting Chuck Norris
facts. (Subtrends: Chuck Norris, #iheardchucknorris, #chucknorris)
#9Happy Women’s Day
1
NEW
International day to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women. It is
celebrated in many different countries around the world on March 8th.
#10Corey Haim
1
NEW
Canadian actor Corey Haim, best remembered for roles in films ‘The Lost Boys’,
‘Lucas’, and ‘License To Drive’, was found dead March 10. It appears to
have been a drug overdose. (Subtrends: Actor Corey Haim, Lost Boys, RIP Corey Haim, #RIPCoreyHaim,
LAPD, Goonies, North Hollywood, Corey Haim, KNBC, Frank Albarren, Lucas)
Tags: top twitter trends, twitter, What The Trend


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MacUpdate - Mac OS X -
12 hours and 45 minutes ago
RGB MusicLab 32 RGB MusicLab converts RGB (Red, Green and Blue) value of an image
to Chromatic scale music. The program reads RGB value of pixels from the top left to the bottom
right of an image. One pixel makes a harmony of three note of RGB value, and the length of note is
decided by brightness of the pixel. RGB value 120 or 121 is the center C, and RGB value 122 or 123
is added a half steps of the scale that is C#.
Probably the file which is made by RGB MusicLab is not a final format of your music. You may put
it into another software, and modify. Most of all time I use it a basic material for Apple
GarageBand. Use this program freely.
WHAT'S NEWVersion 32:
- Added paint and type tools.
- A Letter to Duchamp. How you can make a music letter.
- If RGB value 0 contains in pixels, MIDI file to mosaic image collapses.
REQUIREMENTSMac OS X 10.4 or later.
PRICEFree
DEVELOPER kenjikojima.com
DOWNLOADS9693
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Blu-ray.com - Blu-ray Disc news -
12 hours and 50 minutes ago
Next Tuesday is the Blu-ray release date for the White Stripes documentary, The White Stripes:
Under Great White Northern Lights, shortly after its US premiere in Austin, TX, as part of the
South By South West Music Conference (its world premiere was at last year's Toronto International
Film Festival). In the meantime, you can listen to the audio album in its entirety until March 16
on NPR....
Read full article at Blu-ray.com
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MacUpdate - Mac OS X -
13 hours and 35 minutes ago
UltraMixer Pro 2.4
UltraMixer Pro is a professional DJ mixing software which enables you to mix
digital music in various formats such as MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV or CDs in real time. All you need is
a sound card. The DJ's turntables are replaced by two digital SoundPlayers, the "vinyls" are
available within seconds through the integrated FileArchive.
No matter whether you want to use UltraMixer for a professional gig or at a private party or as
virtual jukebox in restaurants, hair studios or medical surgeries - it will prove the right
choice!
UltraMixer is the first DJ software in the world that is available for the most popular operating
systems: Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows.
There are three versions of UltraMixer available: the Free-Edition and the Basic-Edition for
private users and the Advanced-Edition for high demands and commerical use. All versions are
integrated in one program, and can be activated through the appropriate licence keys. This
enables the user to switch to a more advanced version without any problems.
WHAT'S NEWVersion 2.4:
- new: [FileArchive] adjustable display of the ID3-Tags "Track"
- new: [FileArchive] Storage of the BPM-Data in the ID3-Tags of WMA-Files
- new: [FileArchive] Cover-Support for WMA-Files
- new: [GUI] Display of an music-importdialogue when starting with an empty FileArchiv
- new: [Settings] Possibility sending logfiles to the UltraMixer-Support
- new: [Settings] Enable or disable Ticker in displays
- new: [MIDI]: Numark TotalControl sync function to equalize the speed (bpm)
- new: [MIDI] Hercules DJ Control Steel support with customization options
- changed: [MIDI] Denon HC4500: archive tree is too far intendet when choosing a group
- changed: [GUI] non-blocking update-check
- changed: [GUI] Linux: ALSA not possible in UlltraMixer Free/Home/Basic
- changed: [GUI] Display of the false shortcut at "Delete all Tracks"(ALT+A)
- changed: [MIDI] Denon HC4500: suport of a non-linear pitching
- fixed: [Settings] when using chinese language UltraMixer doesn't start
- fixed: [FileArchive] removing files from hard disc does not work on Mac OS X
- fixed: [FileArchive] after removing a track from filearchive and hard disc the focus is lost
in the table
- fixed: [FileArchive] ID3-Tags of WMA-Data are not recognized sometimes
- fixed: [MIDI] Denon HC4500 does't shows special characters in the display
- fixed: [MIDI] (Denon HC4500): time mode LED is always off after startup
- fixed: [MIDI] Sync-Button of Numark Total doesn`t work
- fixed: [MIDI] no 'Umlaute' (special german characters) in display of Denon HC4500
- fixed: [FileArchive] it's not possible to load tracks which are located in directories
containing "file" in their name
- fixed: [AutoDJ] AutoDJ and next button are disabled when loading a new track in a playing
player and canceling the confirmation
REQUIREMENTSMac OS X 10.4 or later, Java 1.5 or later.
PRICEFree
DEVELOPER UltraMixer
Digital Audio Solutions
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Ubergizmo -
13 hours and 37 minutes ago
Can’t think of an interesting project to kill your weekend with? Well, the guys from
SignalToNoise came up with a rather interesting project, the Analogue Tape Glove. Basically
it’s a mash of a couple of old tape decks, an amplifier, some glue, and a nearby wall. When
it’s all set in place, you’ll be able to play the music that’s on the old
magnetic tapes by dragging the fingertips of the modified glove across the surface of the tape.
Of course, the sounds will vary and it’ll probably sound just strange, but then again,
it’s a strange concept to begin with. At least you’ll have something to do with those
old cassette tapes lying around in your attic, right? Video of the setup in action after the
jump.
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Boing Boing -
15 hours and 45 minutes ago
I could go on all weekend about Son House, one of the top and longest-lasting country bluesman, but
I'll be kind to you and get to the music quickly. His original recordings are messages from a
foreign land, his sessions and concerts after rediscovery rival Skip James' (hear an interview with
John Fahey and the future Dr. Demento from that period), and both his lyrical and guitar styles are
slashing and unforgettable. "Death Letter" is as deep as country blues gets. National resonator
guitar!...

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