Flickr, Vimeo integration likely baked into iOS 7
9to5mac.comNice scoop by Mark Gurman. Makes sense to me. I was always surprised that Apple didn’t move to integrate Flickr into iOS when they already did so on OS X with iPhoto. Let’s just hope this helps alleviate the photo management nightmare.
The art of the deal, by Steve Jobs
qz.comJames,
Our proposal does set the upper limit for ebook retail pricing based on the hardcover price of each book. The reason we are doing this is that, with our experience selling a lot of content online, we simply don’t think the ebook market can be successful with pricing higher than $12.99 or $14.99. Heck, Amazon is selling these books at $9.99, and who knows, maybe they are right and we will fail even at $12.99. But we’re willing to try at the prices we’ve proposed. We are not willing to try at higher prices because we are pretty sure we’ll all fail.
As I see it, HC has the following choices:
1. Throw in with Apple and see if we can all make a go of this to create a real mainstream ebooks market at $12.99 and $14.99.
2. Keep going with Amazon at $9.99. You will make a bit more money in the short term, but in the medium term Amazon will tell you they will be paying you 70% of $9.99. They have shareholders too.
3. Hold back your books from Amazon. Without a way for customers to buy your ebooks, they will steal them. This will be the start of piracy and once started there will be no stopping it. Trust me, I’ve seen this happen with my own eyes.
Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see any other alternatives. Do you?
Regards,
Steve
Gif's inventor says ignore dictionaries and say 'Jif'
bbc.co.ukThe BBC has spoken. It is settled. Official.
XboxOne explodes across Twitter
Microsoft yesterday launched the Xbox One: a console the firm promises will provide all-in-one entertainment for users.
Accompanying the launch, the #xboxone hashtag was trending for long periods, which helped it to attract the attention of non-gamers too.
In this analysis we’ve taken a quick look at where in the US most people were discussing the launch.
California dominated, generating more than a fifth of mentions, despite only accounting for 12% of the population.
New York also exceeded its share of the US population (approximately 7%), with a 13% share of discussion.
In contrast, although Texas and Florida generated the fourth and fifth largest volume of discussion respectively, it was on a par with their share of the population.
Perhaps not surprisingly, males dominated the conversation, accounting for 86% of all mentions of the #XboxOne hashtag.
“Pizza is an obvious candidate for 3D printing because it can be printed in distinct layers, so it only requires the print head to extrude one substance at a time. Contractor’s “pizza printer” is still at the conceptual stage, and he will begin building it within two weeks. It works by first “printing” a layer of dough, which is baked at the same time it’s printed, by a heated plate at the bottom of the printer. Then it lays down a tomato base, “which is also stored in a powdered form, and then mixed with water and oil,” says Contractor. Finally, the pizza is topped with the delicious-sounding “protein layer,” which could come from any source, including animals, milk or plants.”
—The audacious plan to end hunger with 3-D printed food
GigaOm's 5 Takeaways from our New Report on Teens, Social Media and Privacy
Giga Om: Report — One in Four Online Teens Now Use Twitter
Here are the five most important trends you should know about teens and social media:
1. Teens are outpacing the grown-ups on Twitter
2. Public is the new private on Twitter
3. Teens are tired of Facebook, but they’re still using it
4. Tumblr numbers still aren’t very high
5. The subtweet goes mainstream
Check out our full report here.
The weird and wonderful world of 3D printing
bbc.comDIY printers promise endless possibilities – from boats to moon bases to bones – that test our technical limits. Some are testing moral and legal limits too.
