Monthly Archives: October 2009

links for 2009-10-20

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

YouTube’s Bandwidth Bill Is Zero. Welcome to the New Net | Epicenter | Wired.com Another way to put it: Unless you own massive infrastructure, you will *never* be able to compete with Google. Welcome to the new net, indeed. Meet … Continue reading →

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3′s Spotify/Android deal could be a game-changer

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase Quick heads up on this, and I’ll probably write more later, but 3 is apparently going to do a bundle of the HTC Hero Android phone (widely-regarded as the best of the current crop) with a premium … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-10-15

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Integrate Google Wave into your OS X system with Fluid « Devthought (tags: google googlewave apple mac)

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Idiot of the day

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

And it’s from the normally-reliable Mr Gruber: “(There seems to be widespread consensus that Windows 7 has to be a hit because Microsoft needs it to be a hit. I wonder how much this assumption has colored the reviews.)” Sure … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-10-10

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Dennis trials mobile apps with paid-for iPhone app for Monkey e-zine | News | New Media Age (tags: publishing iphone dennispublishing)

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When is an asset not an asset? When it’s YouTube

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Alan Patrick succinctly points out why referring to YouTube as an asset for Googleis wide of the mark: “A small quibble, if I may – words like Asset, and Value, get badly diluted in Newspeak 2.0. These words’ original meanings … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-10-06

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

HTC Hero Review — “It’s Super” Is the HTC Hero the first Android phone to measure up to the iPhone? (tags: android phones) Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #162 Karmic Koala is Koming soon. (tags: ubuntu ubuntu9.10) Flash 10.1 coming to just … Continue reading →

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Apple and the “openness” of iTunes

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Tom Insam responds to Craig Hunter’s post on why Palm should stop hacking around with iTunes for music syncing on the Pre: “I can find no documentation of the iTunes music library format. It’s mentioned in a KB article, yes, … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-10-01

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

UK Music Biz Backs Govt. On Suspending Pirates' Internet File under "no shit, Sherlock". (tags: music) Guardian.co.uk Planning Paid-For iPhone App If it's good, I'll buy it and subscribe. (tags: publishing journalism iphone)

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