I love Facebook. I also hate it. And sometimes I’m indifferent, but not often.
As the big IPO day looms closer, lots of folks are taking a second look at this thing that started out as kind of a goofy diversion for college kids and has grown into the beast with 900 million heads.
Delaware courts have have called for delegates from HTC and Apple to meet on August 28 to talk about settling the patent dispute that has blocked the U.S. import of some HTC handsets.
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Government is up to its neck in tech. From IRS computers calculating taxes to computerized parking meter systems all the way to modern weapons systems, government at every level is utterly tangled up in computing.
Firewalls need to go away. I’m just saying what we all already know. Firewalls have always been problematic, and today there is almost no reason to have one.
Computer firewalls have been with us since the 1980s. Even early on it was pretty clear that they didn’t really work; if they did, we would have defeated malicious hackers and malware a long time ago. But at least back in the day there was a decent reason to need them.
Remember Mr. Zuckerberg, nothing gold can stay.
Do people still use it?
Sort of, it's apparently a social gaming site now.
Recent posts
A user named aRvIn-107904831 posted in a forum on Friday May 18th, 2012:
“:'( i like the old FS they reinvent this to a gaming site :::::::::::(((((((((((“
Do people still use it?
From the looks of it Livejournal still hosts a pretty decent amount of blogs, looking more like a straight blogging platform than the online diary set-up it used to sport.
Recent posts
The top post in terms of traffic right now on Livejournals ratings page is from a blog called Oh No They Didn't and an article of theirs about The CW's upcoming Sex And The City prequel called The Carrie Diaries.
Do people still use it?
Uh, from the looks of it not really, no.
Recent posts
When looking up my own high school, I found an account that was made in April of 2012, so apparently Facebook hasn't killed it just yet.
How does Google scan and digitize 20 million books? With a hidden army of workers. Andrew Norman Wilson's ScanOps aims to make them less hidden.
In 2007, Andrew Norman Wilson worked as a contractor producing video for Google, where he noticed a strange thing: In the building adjacent to his office, workers would stream out every morning, as he arrived. They had worked a long night shift. He also discovered that these workers had a different classification than other contract workers such as himself. They weren't allowed to touch any of the standard Google amenities that you hear about in every fawning business profile: the free food, bicycles, etc.
Wilson turned his video camera on the workers, who turned out to be Google Books digitizers. When Google found out, it fired Wilson and tried to destroy all of his footage. Despite fear of a lawsuit, Wilson put out a video (titled “Workers Leaving the Googleplex,” referencing early cinema’s “Workers Leaving the Factory” by the Lumiere Brothers) and it went viral.
The Chicago-based artist has continued to explore the mostly-unseen labor behind Google Books, the eight-year-old digitalization effort that has resulted in 20 million-plus scanned pieces of text. For his latest project, ScanOps, Wilson collected hundreds of examples of Google Books misfires, focusing on instances of scrambled up pages, the inevitable consequences of the fact that workers are photographing thousands of pages a day — and it's those mistakes that mark what they're doing as human labor.
Wilson does not want to simply collect examples of Google flubs. “I’m not really interested in putting this project online,” he told me, “I want to re-materialize them as prints and a book.” By that, he means taking the digital image and putting it on paper, with a frame, to be shown as a photograph. Besides adding colored frames, he has not altered the images. He is showing some of the prints in art galleries and his book, to be published this summer, will contain hundreds of misfires.
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
Fans of the Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences can appreciate similarly contrived dynamics in comparing Nokia and RIM (neither of which, contrary to the occasionally expressed opinion, has been murdered despite “Apple and Android” consisting of three words and 15 letters). Both companies are former smartphone market share leaders — RIM in North America, Nokia globally. Both have had success in developing economies with efficient operating systems that they plan to support indefinitely. Both developed reputations for high build quality and good antenna design, and both were initially dismissive of the iPhone as they continue to see Android as the path to commoditization. And after precipitous market share declines, both hired new CEOs. Nokia, a European company, hired a CEO raised in Canada. RIM, a Canadian company, hired a CEO raised in Europe. These men now struggle with keeping their companies part of a viable alternative to the two dominant marketplace offerings.
Since embarking on their new operating system strategies, though, there have been many contrasts. While Nokia hired an outsider as a CEO, RIM hired an insider. Nokia decided to adopt a licensed OS; RIM decided to build its own (based largely on acquisitions). And now that both the 2012 Nokia World and BlackBerry World conferences have passed, there’s an opportunity to assess their comeback progress.
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Over the weekend a friend of mine, who’s an experienced Windows user and relatively new iPad fan, told me, “I would never buy a Windows phone or tablet.”
Never’s a long time, so I asked him why.
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What a week. After eight years, Mark Zuckerberg takes Facebook public at a $104 billion valuation. His longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan gets her medical degree from the UC San Francisco. He has his 28th birthday. And to top it all off, they get married today! Mazel tov.
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Ready for your latest tour through the dense and meandering wording of patent applications? Well, dig in, because it’s Microsoft’s turn to confuse lawyers the world over with this latest USPTO doc, submitted in November of 2010. The filing describes a computer-based program that would, essentially, analyze a primary device’s installed applications, cross-reference it with a different device and then either migrate that software batch or suggest similar apps to download on a secondary unit. Sounds a lot like a potential Windows Phone Marketplace recommendation / app transfer engine to us, but what exactly Redmond intends to use this pending patent for is anyone’s guess. As always, if you care to sacrifice a few minutes of your life to mind-numbing legal jargon, then by all means hit up the source link below.
Microsoft patent application outlines system to recommend and transfer apps across devices originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 22:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Six years ago Facebook was just a “social utility” — you couldn't even share. Now, well, here we are.
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Six years ago Facebook was just a “social utility” — you couldn't even share. Now, well, here we are.
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At the end of Facebook’s first day of public trading, its shares were selling for around 9.5 percent less than their opening price.
By the time the closing bell rang, the stock ticker symbol FB sat at $38.37, according to …
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Cisco Systems has surveyed more than 1,300 IT professionals to determine the top priorities and challenges they face when migrating applications and information to the cloud. Guess what? It’s harder, and it takes longer than many thought.
Duh.
Remember Mr. Zuckerberg, nothing gold can stay.
Do people still use it?
Sort of, it's apparently a social gaming site now.
Recent posts
A user named aRvIn-107904831 posted in a forum on Friday May 18th, 2012:
“:'( i like the old FS they reinvent this to a gaming site :::::::::::(((((((((((“
Do people still use it?
From the looks of it Livejournal still hosts a pretty decent amount of blogs, looking more like a straight blogging platform than the online diary set-up it used to sport.
Recent posts
The top post in terms of traffic right now on Livejournals ratings page is from a blog called Oh No They Didn't and an article of theirs about The CW's upcoming Sex And The City prequel called The Carrie Diaries.
Do people still use it?
Uh, from the looks of it not really, no.
Recent posts
When looking up my own high school, I found an account that was made in April of 2012, so apparently Facebook hasn't killed it just yet.
Students. PCs. Free Xbox 360. The Redmond team’s at it yet again. Similar to last year’s deal, Microsoft’s hooking students up with a 4GB Xbox 360 if they drop some cash on one of its Windows machines. It’s simple: shell out over $699 on a PC, or $599 if you’re in Canada, and you’ll be walking out with a shiny new console free of charge — naturally, you’ll have to do so at participating shops such as Best Buy, Fry’s, Newegg, Staples, The Source and, of course, Microsoft’s own stores. The promo is set to kick off here in the States on May 20th, while those living in the True North can take advantage of it starting today. And before you ask — yes, you will need to show your scholar credentials to get in on the bargain.
Microsoft encourages students to buy a PC, gives them a free Xbox 360 in return originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 13:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Scientists in China have transmitted quantum bits, or qubits, over a record distance of 97 km, or roughly 60 miles. This is more than six times the distance of the previous record of 16 km, set by another team of Chinese researchers in May of 2010, as reported in Nature.com.
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You know what they say about a rising tide lifting all the boats. Well, the same goes for a waning tide, apparently.
As Facebook stock dips lower and lower in early trading, at times as low as its $38 initial …
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Hot off the heels of the One X and EVO 4G LTE spending some prolonged time at customs, now another member of HTC’s sensational family appears to be feeling the rigorous effects of the ITC. According to a recent email acquired by TmoNews, it looks as if the Magenta carrier is delaying shipments of the HTC Amaze 4G in the US, saying it’s facing “an unforeseen issue with receiving the product from the manufacturer,” and that it doesn’t know when the handset will be up for grabs again. What’s also interesting here, however, is T-Mobile going as far as recommending Sammy’s Galaxy S Blaze 4G as a substitute — which, let’s face it, can’t be good news for HTC. Here’s to hoping this all gets sorted out relatively soon. In the meantime, you can check out the aforementioned email in its entirety at the source below.
T-Mo delays HTC Amaze 4G online orders due to ‘unforeseen issue,’ has other recommendations originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 May 2012 08:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Amazon is reportedly pitching Kindle Fire welcome-screen ads. If they can pull it off, it could lead to an even cheaper Kindle Fire.
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Apple has reportedly sent out a shiny brochure to their new neighbors, detailing aspects of the futuristic campus they’re planning to build on the old HP lot.
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Like millions of others, I made a point of staying home a few nights in February 2011 to watch a computer challenge the world’s best “Jeopardy” players. IBM’s Watson won, of course. End of story? Just a stunt? Not at all. After about five years of development and millions in R&D spending, IBM is taking its first steps to bring Watson out of the lab (and TV studio) and make money from it.
Google is extensively updating its search function with the rollout of a new Knowledge Graph. The heart of the Knowledge Graph is a database Google has compiled, via its own research and through its acquisition of MetaWeb Technologies, of 500 million people, places, things and points of history.
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Apple has reportedly sent out a shiny brochure to their new neighbors, detailing aspects of the futuristic campus they’re planning to build on the old HP lot.
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With the expected unveiling of new MacBook Pros just weeks away, rumor mongers have begun to solidify their predictions about the new notebooks. Most Apple prognosticators seem to agree that the MacBook Pros will be thinner, run Intel’s new Ivy Bridge chip, and sport an eye-popping Retina Display.
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Remember Mr. Zuckerberg, nothing gold can stay.
Do people still use it?
Sort of, it's apparently a social gaming site now.
Recent posts
A user named aRvIn-107904831 posted in a forum on Friday May 18th, 2012:
“:'( i like the old FS they reinvent this to a gaming site :::::::::::(((((((((((“
Do people still use it?
From the looks of it Livejournal still hosts a pretty decent amount of blogs, looking more like a straight blogging platform than the online diary set-up it used to sport.
Recent posts
The top post in terms of traffic right now on Livejournals ratings page is from a blog called Oh No They Didn't and an article of theirs about The CW's upcoming Sex And The City prequel called The Carrie Diaries.
Do people still use it?
Uh, from the looks of it not really, no.
Recent posts
When looking up my own high school, I found an account that was made in April of 2012, so apparently Facebook hasn't killed it just yet.
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For today only, the iMore Store has the iSkin Aura for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 on sale for only $23.95! That’s a whopping 40% off! Get yours before they’re gone! Get the iSkin Aura for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 now!
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It was bound to happen eventually, every other gadget does it. After debuting in a serious black sheen, the PS Vita is now getting a stylish white shell as well. Sadly, the shiny new pale version will only be available in Hong Kong at first, starting June 28th. There’s no price premium for grabbing the lighter shade of handheld, though, if you want the matching white accessory pack, you’ll have to pre-order. On the plus side, if you pledge now, they’ll toss in the Trooper Pack, Armor Game case, 4GB memory card and (perhaps most importantly) a lint free cloth for free. Check out the PR after the break.
Crystal White PS Vita landing in Hong Kong June 28th, overpriced import shops two days later originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 11:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Pre-orders for Samsung’s next flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III, have already reached 9 million just two weeks after it was announced. In comparison, the last Galaxy phone took several months to reach 3 million pre-orders.
The early orders …
Industry research firm Gartner just released its latest data on mobile phone sales for the first quarter of 2012. There are some interesting points to be pulled out of this report that I wanted to address.
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When Steve Jobs came back to run Apple in summer 1997, he famously told Apple’s Mac fans “we need to get away from this notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose.” He then announced a $150 million investment in the then-struggling Apple by Microsoft — with Bill Gates joining the Macworld Expo announcement via satellite — and a commitment by Microsoft to keep Office for Mac on the market and at parity with the Windows version.
Making his first appearance on the Engadget Mobile Podcast since Episode 86, Chris Ziegler has returned to dive into the week’s wireless news. Joining him will be the wacky duo of Myriam Joire and Brad Molen, so head past the break and hop into our chat at 5PM ET, won’t you?
Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET with special guest Chris Ziegler! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 15:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you thought that VMworld was the only place to find out information about what VMware is doing, you thought wrong. VMworld is definitely the place to be to learn about “anything and everything” VMware in one fell swoop, but local and regional VMware user group meetings (VMUGs) can provide interesting tidbits of information as well.
You know what they say about a rising tide lifting all the boats. Well, the same goes for a waning tide, apparently.
As Facebook stock dips lower and lower in early trading, at times as low as its $38 initial …
Dell this week revealed Project Sputnik, a six-month-long pilot program to develop an Ubuntu laptop designed specifically for developers and <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/devops-gets-developers-and-admins-t
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There are a lot of iPhone accessories out there, but only a few of them are time tested and have an actual chance of making your iPhone photos look better. Here are the best, chosen by The Wirecutter.
If Apple changes to a 4-inch screen in the next iPhone (iPhone 5,1), how could they do it while minimizing impact on users and developers? Assuming everyone wants a bigger screen, how does Apple implement it without breaking existing applications, causing backwards compatibility problems, and otherwise fragmenting the platform and frustrating stakeholders? Let’s try to figure that out.
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Georgia, Seth, and Rene discuss all the latest Apple rumors, including the 7-inch iPad, 4-inch iPhone, iOS 6 Maps, and Apple wanting to hurt Google in the wallet. Also, free iPad games, Sparrow push, Chrome for iOS, and the pro stylus shootout!
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Groupon is being investigated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority after the company’s stock made a sharp, upward turn Monday, before earnings beating expectations were delivered at the close of business that same day.
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Dell this week revealed Project Sputnik, a six-month-long pilot program to develop an Ubuntu laptop designed specifically for developers and <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/devops-gets-developers-and-admins-t
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If you have trouble finding where you parked, there’s an app – and a dongle – for that. The Find My Car Smarter device and an iPhone app (for iPhone 4S only) can mark where you parked your car and help you get back there. The Find My Car Smarter Bluetooth Smart device ($25, or [...]
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The ColorTouch from Venstar looks like the ultimate gadgeteer’s thermostat. First of all, it is compatible with Apple iPhone, iTouch, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Mac and PC devices, which allows you to easily change settings remotely. Who knew that the ability to customize your home thermostat was important to people. It must be because the ColorTouch has interchangeable [...]
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Should Apple decide to increase the display size of the next version of its bestselling iPhone, it could present developers with new sets of both challenges and opportunities. Speculation about Apple boosting the screen found on the next edition of its smartphone isn’t new, but it was renewed this week with a report predicting the new iPhone would have a display of at least four inches.
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I love offering opinions that generate comment after comment about how dumb I am, as my post “Why you don’t need a firewall” has achieved. Little do these detractors know that my family and classmates said much meaner things as I was growing up, so it’s like water sliding off a duck’s back. I appreciate most of the comments — because many were valid.
Some commenters, for example, guessed that I might have been exaggerating the tone of the article for effect. Mea culpa!
If you’ve ever struggled through a skiing lesson, you know exactly what the expression “too far over your skis” means: You’re headed in the right direction, but you’re leaning so far forward you’re going to take a tumble. And that’s what’s going to happen to my colleague Galen Gruman, who along with other pundits is falling all over himself to bury Intel under the oncoming ARM tsunami.
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Leading memory upgrade company Crucial.com is holding a contest where one lucky person will win a trip to California to have dinner with lovable geek hero Steve Wozniak at one of his favorite restaurants. To enter, go to http://www.crucial.com/mac2012 between now and June 15, 2012 and answer a few simple questions about your Mac computer usage. In [...]
It’s likely overkill for those interested only in some basic tablet modding, but the folks from Liquidware (no strangers to the DIY scene) have a new bit of kit that should please those looking to take on a more ambitious project. Dubbed simply Amber, the kit is described as “80 percent of the way to a tablet” — you’ll get a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, a 7-inch capacitive display and a customized version of Android 2.3, but no pesky casing to get in the way of any other additions you see fit to add. That convenience comes at a bit of a cost, though. The Amber will set you back anywhere from $983 to $1,674 depending on the kit you choose. Head on past the break for a quick look at it on video.
Continue reading Liquidware debuts Amber, a customizable Android development tablet
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Industry research firm Gartner just released its latest data on mobile phone sales for the first quarter of 2012. There are some interesting points to be pulled out of this report that I wanted to address.
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On the whole, teacher compensation in the U.S. is embarrassing. To pick on marketers, some might see the fact that the average marketing manager makes twice the average salary of just about every type of teacher as just a wee bit backwards. Luckily, there are a number of startups that are starting to change that, thanks to the Web and the growing popularity of open, online educational platforms. For example, Udemy, a web platform that allows anyone to host and take online classes, this morning announced that its top ten instructors earned a combined $1.6 million over the last 12 months.
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Facebook for iPhone and iPad has a slew of problems, but now poor Pages management can be crossed off that list with the introduction of Facebook Pages Manager for iPhone. It’s very similar to the normal Facebook app with the addition of being able to view insights about your page and manage admins.
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We’ve heard reports that Samsung has shifted focus at some of its camera manufacturing facilities away from point-and-shoot cameras with the objective of ramping up production of its compact mirrorless models. And while this move implies that the company’s pocketable compacts could be doomed, that’s simply not the case. We spoke with Reid Sullivan, Samsung’s Senior Vice President of Mobile Entertainment, who reinforced the company’s continuing commitment to developing and manufacturing point-and-shoot models — in short, pocketable cameras remain a focus for the company, which simply made manufacturing adjustments to accommodate an anticipated increase in demand for recently-launched NX20, NX210 and NX1000. Point-and-shoots, for better or worse, are here to stay, and Sullivan explained that while we’re unlikely to see new sub-$100 cameras make their debut, there’s plenty in the works on the SMART front, with new launches in store for upcoming events like Photokina and CES. Whether there will continue to be demand for point-and-shoots remains to be seen, and while consumers are clearly turning to smartphones for casual shooting, Samsung appears to be in no hurry to abandon the point-and-shoot form-factor.
Samsung clarifies camera production shift, confirms commitment to point-and-shoot models originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 May 2012 13:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Last February, Apple came clean about its efforts to clean up the environment, detailing intentions to make its Maiden, NC data facility a greener place. That site, already home to one solar farm, is now set to host a second 20 megawatt photovoltaic array spanning 100 acres, a one-two power punch that’ll jointly generate 84 million kWh annually. Combined with the company’s in-development biofuel cell plant, scheduled for opening later this year, that theoretic yield should hit the 124 million kWh mark — an amount sufficient to power nearly 11,000 households — providing 60 percent of the center’s electric demands. Still, that’s not enough to adequately keep operations afloat, so for that very necessary, leftover 40 percent, the house that Jobs built plans to purchase similar clean energy from outside local sources. When all is finally up and running smoothly, the southern facility will earn the distinction of “most environmentally sound data center ever built.” Or, at least until another well-heeled competitor comes along to contest that title. Now that’s a friendly competition we can get behind.
Apple breaks ground on second solar farm for North Carolina data center originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 May 2012 17:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It's not your imagination, Netflix really is looking spiffier than ever.
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The Netflix interface has never been beautiful. It's not the point. The point is to get you to a movie as fast as possible, at which point “Netflix” disappears, and you're just looking at whatever you're watching.
But the old, ugly Netflix has been slowly morphing into something that actually resembles a service from a modern internet company that's hired a designer or two. The page and the lines are cleaner. There's more space in the right places. The colors more uniform and subtle (and that gross beige is gone).
Now they've redesigned the video player too, into something that feels genuinely modern. There's less stuff and more detail. When you pause a movie, it fades out slightly, showing the title, summary and length. The clutter around the video progress bar is gone, leaving something sharper, richer and easier to use with better thumbnail previews and more precise navigation. And there are animations and transitions for just about every action.
The new video player's fantastic, and I suspect (hope) that whoever decided to start sweeping around the Netflix design department is just getting started. (via)
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In support of its upcoming Android 5.0 operating system release, code-named Jelly Bean, Google will deploy the OS on not a single Nexus smartphone, per Android tradition, but perhaps as many as five Nexus phones this fall — so says a Tuesday report by Wall Street Journal.
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