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You can not delete stuff from the internet
Public reminder: when something is public, a copy of what you posted (multiple copies actually) remains somewhere. So you can’t just delete a customer’s comment and pretend it never existed. If his cares enough (like +Thomas Hawk here), the situation will be made even worse for you. Think again Walmart… Embedded Link Thomas Hawk Digital Connection » [Continue reading]
YouTube Ad Context-Matching Fail
Dear #YouTube, just because I am watching a video with Japanese words in it’s title, it doesn’t mean I should watch an ad in Japanese. I’m a Greek watching this from Greece for God’s sake. And the video contains people talking in English. After this, I don’t understand how people worry that "Google knows so [Continue reading]
Nature as art
Awesome data #visualization by +NASA You don’t need to look much further for inspiration, just look around you :)
You are the product even if you pay for the product
Shameful tactics by CISCO… Reshared post from +Jan Moren Don’t buy a Cisco router. Don’t buy a Linksys router either; they’re the same company. Why? Because they now lock you out of your own bought-for router unless you join their online service. A service that gives them the right to use your data, shut down [Continue reading]
3, 2, 1, Launch!
Just click play Outstanding video from NASA…(via +michael interbartolo) Google+: Reshared 2 times
The Singing Paper
Sounds like magic but new advances in printing using special inks can create electrical circuits, converting a piece of paper to something interactive. Uniform has some ideas… http://bit.ly/zrO13R
It's an upside down world
I know you like maps on signs so I put a QR code on your sign to open up a map… Someone please explain the rationale for placing a huge QR code on a sign on the space where you would normally put a map, and then having the QR code be a link to [Continue reading]
Apple: the ultimate troll, the first error
One hour and a half of presentation and they still haven’t announced the name! :D In the initial version of this post, i thought #Apple was trolling the internet. Minutes before the end of the iPad event and after the endless rumours on the name – #iPad3 , iPad HD, iPad RD? – and there [Continue reading]
This is why people pirate
Awesome Oatmeal comic about trying something as simple as watching your favorite show online http://bit.ly/Aeok0T To quote Valve’s Gabe Newell: "We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable [Continue reading]
Microsoft: Google.com is malware site
Mark this as #fail of the week: Google.com was marked as a #malware distributing site by Microsoft Security Essentials program due to a buggy update. #Google was labeled as a “severe” threat due to being infected with the Blackhole Exploit Kit – a nasty sounding exploit developed in Russia that allows hackers to target Windows [Continue reading]
Piracy??
What’s the point of the music industry continuing their arguments on piracy and losing revenues (or worse, regular people "stealing" revenues) when you can legally have pretty much any music video stream to your computer? The ease of listening to any music anywhere has gotten to the ridiculous point where you can have a continuous [Continue reading]
This is completely wrong, but it doesn't really matter
Finally, a computer for your mom’s living room? Which magically turns to an iPad?Price not set yet. If you really want to know more, click here http://bit.ly/xxa2h3And yes, there is also an iPhone version…. On a more serious note: this started as a #Kickstarter project, where 37 people funded the product with an average of [Continue reading]
Amazing: killing MegaUpload didn't stop sharing
Sharing sites like rapidshare, uploaded.to and hotfile.com should be sending chocolate gifts to the FBI. Since the closing of #MegaUpload they have seen as much as 3 times the traffic they usually have. Job well done feds :) More at TorrentFreak http://bit.ly/wyCOtK
JPEGmini: Less bytes, same quality on your photos
Here is a way for making your website faster: #JPEGmini http://bit.ly/zb7QdM is a new service that compresses a JPEG file without any change in the quality. I tried some random tests with pretty good results. a) Flower photo by +Thomas Hawk : 2048x2048px at 964KB turned to 721KB (1.3x compression)b) "Bird" photo by +Elena Kalis [Continue reading]
25 Universities and Colleges Offering Free Courses Online
See also http://opencontent.org/ocwfinder/If you have trouble accessing the link below here it is http://freevideolectures.com/blog/2012/01/universities-colleges-offering-free-courses-online/ Reshared post from +Michelle Marie 25 Universities and Colleges Offering Free Courses Online Open courseware offered by top universities allow self-learners to access high quality educational materials for no cost. Whether expanding your knowledge on a variety of topics or sampling [Continue reading]
Escaping Flickr
I previously http://bit.ly/x0KSf0 wrote about my troubles with Flickr: my Pro account expired (Flickr cared so much about keeping me as a client that it sent me a total 1 (one) mail about it) and according to Flickr policy I could only access only the 200 most recents og my photos. The solution (according to [Continue reading]
I'm a Flickr hostage
I had seen the notification by #Flickr that my Pro account was expiring. The single mail of notification linked to a FAQ page http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/#73 mentioned that photos above the 200 free limit would be hidden. I made the mistake to believe that that meant that the extra photos would simply be hidden from public view. [Continue reading]
If Google bans Google
[Update]In an excellent move of fairness, the Google Chrome page no longer appears on the organic results for "browser". Here is a screenshot (G+ doesn’t allow me to add another photo on this post any more)http://giannopoulos.net/2012/01/03/if-google-bans-google/google-chrome-demoted/Here is Matt Cutt’s post on the matterhttps://plus.google.com/109412257237874861202/posts/NAWunDzJSHCIt would be nice if they also stopped the paid ad for Google [Continue reading]
Introducing… the MacPhone in 1984
Follow the link to see concept work done by Hartmut Esslinger, designer of the Apple IIc. Among them, a design for a future (for 1984) phone in co-operation with AT&T. http://fudder.de/artikel/2007/07/17/origin-of-the-iphone/artikel/ [Update] see also: Appledesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Grouphttp://www.amazon.com/Appledesign-Apple-Industrial-Design-Group/dp/1888001259(thanks +Charis Tsevis)[Update] the book mentioned above is rare to find (Amazon sells [Continue reading]
Wikipedia, point taken
The internet told you to stop putting Jimmy Wales’ face on the donation banners so now you show us the alternatives. Ok, point taken. I made a small donation, please bring Jimmy back! :) That said, here’s the donation link in case you’ve missed it https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
Excellent #HTML5 work!
This really pushes the boundaries of what we consider can be done with HTML :) Reshared post from +Marcin Wichary We open sourced the code behind Stanisław Lem doodle and I wrote an article describing it. Hope you enjoy! http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/doodles/lem/http://code.google.com/p/stanislaw-lem-google-doodle/ Embedded Link HTML5 Rocks – Case Study: Building the Stanisław Lem Google doodle Google+: Reshared [Continue reading]
This will hurt
Hackers claiming to be the group Anonymous said they had obtained around 4,000 credit card details, passwords and home addresses on Stratfor’s private client list, which was posted on information-sharing website Pastebin. The question now is: can an "intelligence" company like Stratfor survive such a disaster? http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/26/us-stratfor-hacking-idUSTRE7BO0GM20111226
An Apple Christmas tale
How Apple beat IBM in Steve Jobs’ first retail warhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/25/charles_eicher_christmas_1984/
Very nice round-up of all possible choices for publishing on ebook on the big stores…
Very nice round-up of all possible choices for publishing on ebook on the big stores (Amazon, Apple, Nook, etc) Reshared post from +Guy Kawasaki (Wed01) Good guide to publishing an ebook: http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/291424/how-to-self-publish-an-ebook/1
He only read the top of the email, not the email chain below
Lesson 1: When in trouble you can always do better than the "who has time to read emails?" defence! :) Murdoch said: "I am confident that I did not review the full email chain at the time or afterwards," in part because Myler’s note had been sent to him at the weekend.Lesson 2: don’t read [Continue reading]
Apparently if you have a DSLR you take more time taking photos
So only compact cameras allowed in the London Transport Museum Embedded Link "Tight schedule" forced ban on DSLRs, says London Transport Museum [update] – British Journal of Photography advertisement. advertisement. Go to BJP homepage. AOP Awards Logo. Search. Mobile; Facebook; Twitter; Rss; Store Finder; Newsletter; Subscribe. Home; News; Gear; Daily; Features; Blogs; BJP TV; Jobs; [Continue reading]
It is said that the most ingenius ideas are the most simple in design
The Wheel. The Toaster oven. And, yes, now the ultimate Snow Man. :) Embedded Link Apparatus for facilitating the construction of a snow man/woman – Asperas, Ignacio Marc A building component for facilitating a construction of a snow man/woman. A spherically-shaped body is provided that has an outer surface and an interior, the interior substantially [Continue reading]
I really don't get why "monkey" is #6 :)
I really don’t get why "monkey" is #6 :) Embedded Link Network Security | ’Password’ Tops the List of Common Passwords | Control Design Despite Efforts to Make Networks More Secure, the Most Common Passwords Are Still Easy-to-Hack Entries Like ’Password’ and ’123456’ Google+: Reshared 1 times