Dime Aleksovski

How Google beat the feds

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:54:26 +0100

Compelling stuff from Tony Romm for Politico:

To start, Google quickly hired 12 lobbying firms, a decision that contributed to the estimated $25 million the company, along with its purchased subsidiary, Motorola Mobility, accumulated to influence Washington decision makers over the life of the FTC’s probe.

I know this may come as a shock to some of you, but I’m mainly on Google’s side here and I think the FTC was right not to go down the antitrust road — at least not yet. Google wins search because it’s the best at it. I think companies like Yelp have some legitimate gripes. But others like Microsoft, which has its own search engine, should compete by making a better product, not by hoping the government goes after Google.

Also, this is hardly the last we’re going to hear of this. Just because the FTC isn’t pursuing antitrust action against Google right now, it doesn’t mean they can’t in six months or a year or two years. This will all be looked into again and again and again. And it should be, as Google keeps getting into more and more businesses. Their search monopoly is legit, but it shouldn’t be allowed to unnaturally bolster other products that aren’t worthy — cough Google+ cough.

NHL season saved after 16-hour negotiation

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:41:04 +0100

breakingnews:

Associated Press: Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.

With the season on the line, the NHL and the players’ association agreed on a tentative pact to end a 113-day lockout and save what was left of a fractured schedule.

Gallery Of Every Apple Storefront Ever

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:34:20 +0100

Gallery Of Every Apple Storefront Ever:

parislemon:

Title says it all.

Notice: not one looks like shit.

I wonder how many I’ve been to? I’d guess about a dozen.

"In 1980, American CEOs earned 42 times more than the average employee. Today, that figure has..."

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:33:34 +0100

“In 1980, American CEOs earned 42 times more than the average employee. Today, that figure has skyrocketed to more than 300 times. Last year, 25 of the country’s highest-paid CEOs earned more than their companies paid in taxes.”

- The Second Gilded Age: Has America Become an Oligarchy? - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International (via mediafuturist)

thenextweb: Google’s Think Insights (formerly in beta) is a...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:32:41 +0100

thenextweb:

Google’s Think Insights (formerly in beta) is a one-stop shop for consumer trends, marketing insights and industry research. The site includes statistics, a research library including videos and infographics, planning tools, and a section for emerging digital trends. (via Google launches “Think Insights”- The Next Web)

staceythinx: These amazing photos were all taken by Fedor...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:32:22 +0100

staceythinx:

These amazing photos were all taken by Fedor Yurchikhin, a Russian astronaut who has spent 163 days on the International Space Station over the span of 3 separate trips. To see many more of his fantastic photos click here

weandthecolor: Stunning black and white Iceland...

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:51:08 +0200

weandthecolor:

Stunning black and white Iceland photography

Landscape photography by Peter Zeglis. More of the series here.

More photography inspiration.

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Great music.

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:49:18 +0200

Great music.

giant robots smashing into other giant robots: This week in open source

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:58:53 +0200

giant robots smashing into other giant robots: This week in open source:

thoughtbot:

kumade

The big changes to kumade this week: the rake task automatically works, and is properly tested too; the Less::More packager is gone; and the cucumber tests are more extensive and reusable. This is all in the 0.8.0 release of kumade.

All commits this week were from Gabe Berke-Williams (

moneyisnotimportant: How to Return Nearly Anything Without a...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:06:57 +0200

moneyisnotimportant:

How to Return Nearly Anything Without a Receipt

Whether you’ve gotten a gift you really don’t like or you’re just prone to losing receipts, returning items without a receipt can sometimes be a minefield. Here are some tips and techniques to make sure you get your money back.

buzzfeed: [Pictures From The Best Internet Party Of The Year:...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:59:11 +0200

buzzfeed:

[Pictures From The Best Internet Party Of The Year: Hallowmeme]

Badass JavaScript: Nokia Maps 3D WebGL brings Google Earth to the browser

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:49:23 +0200

Badass JavaScript: Nokia Maps 3D WebGL brings Google Earth to the browser:

badassjs:

Following close on the heels of Google Maps releasing their WebGL based mapping engine, Nokia has taken it to the next level bringing 3D Google Earth style maps to WebGL as well, and boy is is smooth! Not only can you spin the Earth around, and fly to places in 3D, but many of the…

breakingnews: Mother and child are reunited after surviving the...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:49:11 +0200

breakingnews:

Mother and child are reunited after surviving the earthquake in Turkey. The two-week old baby girl, Azra, was pulled from the rubble two days after the quake. (Photo by Ali Uzun, Turkish Ministry of Health via Reuters)

newsflick: A double rainbow is seen over central London on...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:23:50 +0200

newsflick:

A double rainbow is seen over central London on October 26, 2011. (AFP)

emergentfutures: Why Did Amazon Profits Take A Hit? It Is...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:23:09 +0200

emergentfutures:

Why Did Amazon Profits Take A Hit? It Is Investing In The Future

Amazon is ramping up investments in the backend infrastructure to support all the digital media it expects people will want to consume on their Kindles, especially their Kindle Fires. It is spending a lot of money on both technology and content. Amazon spent $769 million on “technology and content” in the quarter, up 74 percent from a year ago. And it invested nearly $1.6 billion on “fixed assets, including internal use software and website development,” which is double the amount it spent a year ago, according to one of its investor slides.

Paul Higgins: I think that the battle of the big innovative companies like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook is going to be fascinating over the next couple of years. Big bets are being made.

Full Story: TechCrunch

thedailyfeed: This giant 8-foot-tall Lego man mysteriously...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:22:20 +0200

thedailyfeed:

This giant 8-foot-tall Lego man mysteriously washed up on the beach in Siesta Key Village, Fla., yesterday, and apparently he wants to learn the ways of “our world.”

On the chest of the larger-than-life toy are the enigmatic words: “No real than you are.” According to his Dutch website, the Lego man is named “Ego Leonard,” he is from the “virtual world” and is “curious about your way of life.”

Similar Lego men also washed up on the shores of Holland in 2007 and England in 2008.

emergentfutures: Kinect’s 3D Ball Game is Like Something From...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:47:14 +0200

emergentfutures:

Kinect’s 3D Ball Game is Like Something From the Future

This clip from Microsoft’s research wing shows a user gently fondling and cupping some balls in a 3D space. Even though he’s looking through a 2D screen and his hands aren’t really touching anything outside of a coffee mug and a piece of paper.

Full Story: Kotaku

Badass JavaScript: glfx.js: Core Image Style Filters in the Browser with WebGL

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:18:28 +0200

Badass JavaScript: glfx.js: Core Image Style Filters in the Browser with WebGL:

badassjs:

If you’re at all familiar with Apple’s Core Image framework on the Mac and iOS, you’ll know that it is both very powerful, and extremely fast since it runs on the GPU. It is possible to chain multiple filters together and update their parameters in real time without any lag at all.

Obviously, if…

newsflick: Dramatic rescue of two-week-old baby girl from...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:01:15 +0200

newsflick:

Dramatic rescue of two-week-old baby girl from rubble in Turkey

Rescue workers carry a baby from a collapsed building in Ercis, October 25, 2011. A 14-day-old baby was rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Tuesday, 46 hours after an earthquake struck southeast Turkey. We’re just hearing now that they were able to also rescue the baby’s mother and grandmother who was trapped under the debris as death toll climbs above 400. (Source)

Edit: Read the Guardians full story here.

Windows Phone ќе биде најбрзо растечкиот мобилен ОС во 2012

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:42:06 +0200

Компанијата за истражување на технолошките пазари, Strategy Analytics, објави извештај според кој оперативниот систем на Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, ќе зафаќа 12,3 отсто од пазарот на паметни телефони во Западна Европа во 2012 година. Овој пораст ќе се должи пред сè на партнерството на Microsoft со финската компанија Nokia, која ќе го користи Windows Phone во сите свои паметни телефони, но исто така и на партнерството со HTC и Samsung.

Според извештајот, во 2012 година се предвидува дека во Западна Европа ќе се продадат 117 милиони паметни телефони, од нив се очекува Microsoft да продаде над 14 милиони паметни телефони кои ќе работат на Windows Phone 7.

Strategy Analytics сметаат дека пазарот на паметни телефони во наредната година ќе порасне за 12 отсто, од 105 милиони парчиња на 117 милиони парчиња, a Windows Phone ќе биде најбрзо растечкиот оперативен систем. Се очекува Windows Phone да биде третиот по застапеност мобилен оперативен систем во Западна Европа, веднаш зад iOS на Apple, и Android на Google.

Извор: http://www.it.com.mk/windows-phone-ke-bide-najbrzo-rastechkiot-mobilen-os-vo-2012/