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Der Majordeal: Yahoos Tumblr-Kauf und die Prinzipien der Popkultur
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Since yesterday I own ALL movies of Jeremy Renner and all series available!!!!! Paper Dragons was the last to arrive …. I am happy now!
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Facebook und hohe Spritpreise - wenn Sie mich fragen, das sind gefühlt zwei der Hauptthemen in unserer Stadt.
Ja, gut, die Toilettenfrage am See, die leider unendliche Geschichte Schacht Konrad und Gartenlaubeninbrandsetzer sind mindestens genauso im Fokus. Aber mal angenommen, die jetzige Generation von Jugendlichen denkt in 20 Jahren an die derzeitige Gegenwart zurück.
Wäre es nicht toll, wenn sich eine Erinnerung dazumischen könnte? Während andere Städte wie Osnabrück erfolgreich Car-Sharing-Modelle eingeführt haben, fehlt dies bei uns. Warum?
“Bin mit meinem Stadtteilauto in Thiede losgefahren und habe es in Bad für jemand anderen abgestellt” - das wäre doch ökologisch ein Schritt in Salzgitters Zukunft, den man gern bei Facebook mitteilen würde.
Salzgitter Zeitung: 4. September 2012, Salzgitter Lokales
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„Du bist ein echter Salzgitteraner, wenn…“
…du zu einer neuen Facebook-Gruppe gehörst, die genauso heißt. Seit Montag bin ich dort Mitglied.
Der Name ist Programm: Was zeichnet einen echten Salzgitteraner aus?
Zum Beispiel, wenn er sich noch an ehemalige Kaufhäuser wie Hertie (samt Kleintierabteilung und Aquarien), Karstadt oder Schwager erinnern kann - oder an Discos und Kneipen, die es nicht mehr gibt.
Überhaupt zeichnet sich die Gruppe durch nostalgischen Zusammenhalt aus. Unikate, wie der einstige Blumentriften-Dirigent Erwin dürfen da natürlich nicht fehlen.
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Seit ihrer Gründung vergangene Woche zählt die Gruppe bereits gut 6300 Mitglieder (Stand: 29.08.2012 am frühen Nachmittag), mehr als das Vierfache gleicher Gruppen aus Braunschweig und Hannover zusammen.
Die wachsende Zahl beweist: An Lokalpatriotismus und Nostalgie fehlt es unserer Stadt und ihren Bewohnern nicht.
Mein Lieblingseintrag: “… du einen großen Teil dieses Tages damit verbracht hast hier alles zu lesen und das meiste davon richtig gut findest.”
Als echter Salzgitteraner habe ich genau das auch gemacht und war begeistert!
Salzgitter Zeitung: 30. August 2012, Salzgitter Lokales
Trotz der Debatte um Pseudonyme muss ich gestehen: Ich liebe Achim Achilles. Der Mann ist von Haus aus Journalist, läuft an jedem Ort der Welt und hat wie ich eine verständnisvolle Frau sowie ein lauffaules Kind. Obwohl, “lauffaul” ist womöglich politisch nicht ganz korrekt - sagen wir, meine Tochter ist mobil herausgefordert.
Wie auch immer. Hajo Schumacher, so heißt Achim Achilles mit Klarnamen, und seine Kolumne Achilles’ Verse” ist für Laufbegeisterte stets eine Fundgrube des Originellen und Skurrilen in der Running Szene. Das kann man auch in den köstlichen Videos des eigenen Youtube-Kanals AchillesTV sehen. Jüngst schrieb er über Trainings-Blind-Dates.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4AkV379uRU&feature=plcp
Wem alleine laufen zu langweilig ist oder er aufgrund einer Dienstreise in einer anderen Stadt keine Strecke kennt: Per Facebook verabreden, Treffpunkt vereinbaren und los geht’s, nach dem Motto: “Treffen in Röhrse, 6 Uhr - zeige Fuhsetal und Eixer See.”
Für den Mittelstrecken-Kenianer in uns eine willkommene Abwechslung. Das kann im Falle von Achim Achilles schon mal nach hinten losgehen: In Kassel jagte ihn der Dritte der hessischen Meisterschaften durch die Wilhelmshöhe, in Dortmund scheuchte ihn ein Rudel des örtlichen Laufsport-Händlers an den Rand der Lungentransplantation.
Wenn das kein Anreiz für die Läufer unserer Region ist, Bekanntschaft mit Achilles’ Versen zu machen…
Braunschweiger Zeitung, Peine: 18. August 2012, Lokalsport Peine
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Facebook has made its first move into online gambling in the UK, launching a virtual bingo machine that offers real cash prizes.
Britons aged 18 and over will be able to stake real money on the new Facebook game, dubbed Bingo Friendzy. The US social network plans to introduce virtual slot machines in the coming weeks.
Facebook insists that its controls will prevent anyone aged under 18 from gambling, but the move is likely to provoke some concern from parents whose children spend vast amounts of time on the site.
Bingo Friendzy has been developed by the gambling giant Gamesys, which runs several big-name jackpot sites including the Sun Bingo and Caesars Casino.
When a user signs up to Bingo Friendzy, they are asked to enter their personal details and confirm their date of birth. They are then asked to enter bank account details and make a deposit of between £10 and £500 to begin playing.
The game will not be regulated by the UK gambling commission because Gamesys is based in Gibraltar. The government has said it plans to make any company offering gambling services in the UK comply with the country’s regulatory regime.
According to media regulator Ofcom, nearly two thirds of internet users in the UK are on Facebook. The average UK user spends six and a half hours a month on Facebook, which was the most popular internet destination behind Google search in March.
A spokeswoman for Facebook said: “Facebook is a place that allows people to connect and share. Real money gaming is a popular and well-regulated activity in the UK and we are allowing a partner to offer their games to adult users on the Facebook platform in a safe and controlled manner.”
Facebook said it had no immediate plans to expand the venture to other markets, but the site could partner with other companies to launch new games in the UK.
Many countries outside the UK have more burdensome regulatory regimes for online gambling. In the US, for example, online gambling is largely prohibited in all but some states.
The venture into online gambling had long been expected for Facebook, which generates a growing amount of its worldwide revenues from gaming.
In the three months to 30 June, £123m ($192m) out of Facebook’s £760m ($1.2bn) in revenues were generated from payments made in games such as Zynga’s Farmville and Mafia Wars.
Licensed UK gambling is forecast to reach £10.0bn by 2012, according to the market intelligence firm H2 Gambling Capital. European interactive gambling was worth €8.3bn (£6.6bn) in 2009 and is expected to reach €12.6bn (£10bn) by 2012.
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A quick burst of five links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
With Three Key Exits, Facebook’s Top Talent Departures Continue » AllThingsD
Ethan Beard, director of platform partnerships, and other top executives leave Facebook. This isn’t turning out to be a great year.
Dear Mark Zuckerberg by Dalton Caldwell » Dalton Caldwell
A developer whose competitor product Facebook attempted to hire goes public.
Mark, I know for a fact that my experience was not an isolated incident. Several other startup founders & Facebook employees have told me that what I experienced was part of a systematic M&A “formula”. Your team doesn’t seem to understand that being “good negotiators” vs implying that you will destroy someone’s business built on your “open platform” are not the same thing. I know all about intimidation-based negotiation tactics: I experienced them for years while dealing with the music industry. Bad-faith negotiations are inexcusable, and I didn’t want to believe your company would stoop this low. My mistake.
As Twitter Goes To War With Its Developers, Flipboard CEO Mike McCue Quits The Board » Business Insider
And this is where the cards have fallen today.
The Future of Twitter’s Platform Is All in the Cards » AllThingsD
Fascinating post by Mike Isaac:
The mandate to crack down on developers comes straight from Dick Costolo — no doubt feeling the pressure of being the company’s third CEO in almost as many years — who is charged with the task of making profitable a company backed by hundreds of millions in venture capital and valued near billion (see Googler Hunter Walk’s excellent post for more on this). Right now, Cards are the long-term bet in continuing to bolster monetization efforts.
Windows 8 has reached the RTM milestone » Windows Team Blog
There we go:
Today, I am excited to announce that Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing (RTM)! This means we’ve completed the product development and testing of the product and have started handing off the final code to our OEM partners. They can now begin preparing new Windows 8 PCs and devices they’ll introduce starting with General Availability. For more on RTM, I suggest reading this blog post from Steven Sinofsky on the Building Windows 8 blog.
Smartphones mix: » Twitter / asymco
Horace Dediu: Smartphones mix: Samsung now at 54%. Two years ago they were at 3%. Nokia now at 12%. Two years ago they were at 22%.
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A quick burst of 6 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
Facebook shares fall after social network posts modest results » guardian.co.uk
In case you missed it. Facebook revenues up slightly, to bn, in three months to 30 June. Net loss of m.
Facebook Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results » Facebook
Here’s the dope.
Facebook Is Said to Work With HTC on Mobile Phone for Mid-2013 » Bloomberg
Bloomberg reports:
The companies had intended to release the device as early as the end of this year, and pushed back the timetable to give HTC more time to work on other products, said some of the people, who requested anonymity because the plans aren’t public. Facebook is also developing a modified operating system for the device and has assembled a team of former Apple Inc. (AAPL) programmers to improve its iPhone application, people said.
Zuckerberg: It Wouldn’t Make Sense For Us To Make A Phone » Business Insider
He also said this last year (or 2010) in a rare interview with Michael Arrington at TechCrunch. So, what’s changed?
Facebook Careers » Facebook
Facebook is hiring six engineers based in London.
The companies had intended to release the device as early as the end of this year, and pushed back the timetable to give HTC more time to work on other products, said some of the people, who requested anonymity because the plans aren’t public. Facebook is also developing a modified operating system for the device and has assembled a team of former Apple Inc. (AAPL) programmers to improve its iPhone application, people said.
The Apple-Samsung Trial: What Samsung Will Attempt to Prove » WSJ
From Samsung’s legal document:
Contrary to the image it has cultivated in the popular press, Apple has admitted in internal documents that its strength is not in developing new technologies first, but in successfully commercializing them… . Also contrary to Apple’s accusations, Samsung does not need or want to copy; rather, it strives to best the competition by developing multiple, unique products.
Apple Claims Google Warned Samsung Against Copying iPhone, iPad » AllThingsD
From Apple’s legal document:
“Samsung’s documents show the similarity of Samsung’s products is no accident or, as Samsung would have it, a ‘natural evolution. Rather, it results from Samsung’s deliberate plan to free-ride on the iPhone’s and iPad’s extraordinary success by copying their iconic designs and intuitive user interface. Apple will rely on Samsung’s own documents, which tell an unambiguous story.”
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20 Jahre - so lange ist es her, seit ich mein Abi in Salzgitter am GaF baute.
Vier Jahre länger ist es her, seit ich die Emil-Langen-Realschule verlassen habe. 25-jähriges Jubiläum feiert Bürgermeister Stefan Klein bereits.
Wohl Grund genug für ihn, bei Facebook eine Gruppe zu gründen: “Ehemalige Emil Langen Realschule, Salzgitter”. Erst Anfang Juli gegründet, zählt sie bereits 340 Mitglieder. Obwohl sich schon etliche Jahrgänge versammelt haben, rief der Gründer nun zur Komplettierung auf: “In den 2000ern fehlen noch ein paar Jahrgänge.”
Für ein mögliches, jahrgang-übergreifendes Treffen dürfen sich gerne noch mehr Ehemalige der Gruppe anschließen, auch zur Planung.
Übles Nachtreten gegenüber Lehrkräften wird übrigens nicht toleriert. Anekdoten über die Pauker aber schon, wie “richtiges” Tafelputzen à la Birkedahl geht (schön nass).
Ich bin gespannt, wie es weitergeht: Ein Treffen zu meinem Silberjubiläum? Ich bin dabei. Und ich hoffe, viele Emil-Ehemalige auch.
Salzgitter Zeitung: 26. Juli 2012, Salzgitter Lokales
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A (delayed; apologies) quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
Should your child play in Habbo Hotel? » Channel 4 News
Exclusive: a Channel 4 News investigation uncovers shocking lapses in the moderation of a hugely popular online game used by young teenagers, including interactions of an explicit sexual nature.
Google Street View case brought employee denials » NYTimes.com
Google releases nine sworn declarations by employees that they were not aware of the data collection.
Apple Will Discontinue Ping in Next iTunes Update » AllThingsD
John Paczkowski:
Sources close to the company say that Ping, which still exists today in iTunes 10.6.3 and the iOS 6 beta — where it doesn’t work, will be gone with the software’s next major release, likely scheduled for this fall. And at that point Apple’s social networking offerings will shift to Twitter and new partner Facebook entirely.
It was as late to the game as late can be.
ICO letter to Google over Street View » ICO [PDF]
Read the full ICO letter to Google, including its seven detailed questions.
Google to be investigated over data cover-up claims » The Guardian
The UK data watchdog has written to Google demanding answers after it emerged that the search engine firm knew its Street View cars could harvest personal information as they photographed homes across the globe.
The story behind that nasty Microsoft dance routine » GeekWire
As he explains in the post, Balkan is particularly attuned to issues of sexism in the tech industry. When he was given a preview of the song during preparations for the conference, he wasn’t listening closely to the lyrics, but vaguely heard a reference to “blah blah my penis.” He pointed out that the reference was sexist, something that the representative from Microsoft Norway apparently hadn’t thought about.
Not grasping the context, Balkan suggested they at least add the words “or vagina” to make it more inclusive.
Oh man. Or woman, obviously.
Verizon declares war on moderate data and text users » Forbes
Both Verizon and AT+T have been mulling over radically new pricing plans - and today Verizon took a bold plunge. The minimum monthly smartphone plan will cease to exist. The minimum price will soar to in one giddy leap. The chance to buy relatively modest texting and voice plans goes up in smoke. You have to opt into an expensive smorgasbord that offers unlimited voice minutes and texting - whether you want that or not.
Of course, the new plan is better value for heavy users. But it’s a slap in the face for consumers who count their minutes and texts and try to keep their monthly bill as low as possible.
Suddenly, UK carriers look a lot more reasonable. Also: most people are moderate users. It’s only a tiny percentage who are immoderate enough to get value out of this. ( = at present rates.)
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Facebook has launched an app store, similar to that for the Apple iPhone, in a bid to turn the social network into a key entertainment platform online.
The network announced its “App Centre” in a blogpost late on Thursday, confirming its first major move into a booming market of gaming, lifestyle and productivity applications.
The app store will be available only to US users from Friday, opening to each of Facebook’s 901 million users in the coming weeks. It will feature 600 apps, including the popular Draw Something and Pinterest, and new games such as Jetpack Joyride and Ghosts of Mistwood.
“The App Centre gives you personalised recommendations, and lets you browse the apps your friends use,” said Facebook’s Matt Wyndowe in the blogpost.
“It only lists high-quality apps, based on feedback from people who use the app.”
The move is designed to keep Facebook users on the social network for longer, giving them less reason to leave the site for a rival platform.
However, the focus on mobile apps is likely to attract criticism from those who see them as harmful to the future of the open web. Facebook has already faced criticism from internet rivals such as Google for its so-called “walled garden” approach to what can and cannot be released on its platform.
The app store will be available on Facebook’s iOS and Android apps, as well as on the main website. Users can send an app on the website to be downloaded onto their mobile device.
Apps have quickly become a part of daily life for smartphone owners across the globe. Ushered in by Apple’s iPhone and, later, by Google’s Android and other mobile operating systems, an estimated 31bn apps were downloaded to mobile devices last year, according to industry analyst Juniper Research.
Although most apps are free to download, the still-nascent medium is delivering significant revenues for hugely popular games such as Angry Birds. Juniper Research predicts that by 2016 mobile apps will generate bn of revenues – 75% from smartphones and 25% from tablets.
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Ich höre schon die Frage: Hast du auch Facebook-Aktien gekauft? Ich kann Sie in mehrfacher Hinsicht beruhigen: Obschon ich viel darüber berichte und dort aktiv bin - die Wertpapiere des Zuckerberg-Unternehmens scheinen mir wenig solide.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLkVCK58kuI
Obgleich es verlockend wäre, zu sehen, was ein Unternehmen acht Jahre nach seiner Gründung mit dem erfolgreichsten Börsengang aller Zeiten wohl mit all dem eingespülten Geld macht.
Bono etwa, Frontmann der weltbekannten und erfolgreichen U2, wird durch seine Anteile soviel Geld einnehmen, wie er in seiner gesamten Musikerkarriere nicht erspielt hat.
Die FAZ hat ausgerechnet, wie 104 Milliarden Euro, soviel soll der Börsengang einbringen, verbraten werden könnten: Etwa eine Milliarde an Hunger leidenden Menschen könnte man mit einer 2-Euro-Mahlzeit 50 Tage lang ernähren. Oder man könnte BMW, Deutsche Bank und Adidas auf einen Schlag aufkaufen. Die Griechen wären mit dem Geld ratzfatz ein Viertel ihrer Schulden los.
Vermutlich könnte unsere Stadt jedem Ortsteil davon ein bis drei Mobilitätsmuseen bauen, wäre schuldenfrei und könnte sich eine aufwändige Innen-Skihalle leisten oder einen Hüttenfreizeitpark mit Magnetschwebebahn (samt Anbindung zu den Mobilitätsmuseen).
Aber die Träume bleiben wie Facebook: virtuell.
Salzgitter Zeitung: 22. Mai 2012, Salzgitter Lokales
