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GR8K··on Apple Developer Website Update
Manage your Apple ID/password/security questions here: https://appleid.apple.com
GR8K··on Apple Developer Website Update
It's also posted here: http://devimages.apple.com/maintenance/

screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/9BicjeE.jpg

GR8K··on Nokia Lumia 1020 packs 41-megapixel camera whopper
Lumia 1020 sample images: http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/07/11/nokia-lumia-1020-p...
GR8K··on Starbucks acquires Teavana for $620 Million
wow, they got a lot of locations!

http://www.teavana.com/retail/united-states

http://www.teavana.com/retail/canada

GR8K··on Review: Google Nexus 4 Android Smartphone by LG
The article suggests because Nexus 4 doesn't have LTE, it costs so little. Is that true? Why does the unlocked Samsung SIII run $800?
GR8K··on Economics of Google Fiber and what it means for U.S. broadband
Google Fiber Privacy Notice

http://fiber.google.com/legal/privacy.html

The Google Privacy Policy applies to all of the services offered by Google Inc. and its affiliates, including Google Fiber Internet and Google Fiber TV, which are provided by Google Fiber, Inc.

This Google Fiber Privacy Notice explains some important additional things we’d like you to know about information we collect when you visit Fiber websites or regarding use of Google Fiber TV and Google Fiber Internet (we call these together “Fiber”), and how that information is used.

Additional information we collect

To sign up for Fiber, users will be asked to provide an existing Google Account or to create a new one. You may be asked to provide additional personal information, such as billing address, service address or location, or bank account information when you sign up for Fiber.

We may also obtain and use information about our Fiber users from outside sources for marketing purposes (such as commercially available demographic, geographic, or interest information).

We may have a record of whether third party permission was required to install Fiber equipment for a Fiber user, as well as the third party’s name and contact information. In order to carry out a request to watch a pay-per-view program or other on-demand content, we may collect certain personal information, such as account or billing information and information about the product or service purchased.

During the initial provisioning or installation of Fiber services, and during any subsequent changes, updates or attempts to resolve issues you bring to our attention, we may access, and collect technical information from or about, televisions, set-top boxes, computer and network hardware and software, modems, or other systems or devices used in connection with Fiber.

How we use information we collect

The Google Privacy Policy explains how we use information we collect.

All information we collect about the use of Google Fiber TV (including use of programs and applications available through Google Fiber TV) may be associated with the Google Account being used for Google Fiber TV.

Technical information collected from the use of Google Fiber Internet for network management, security or maintenance may be associated with the Google Account you use for Fiber, but such information associated with the Google Account you use for Fiber will not be used by other Google properties without your consent. Other information from the use of Google Fiber Internet (such as URLs of websites visited or content of communications) will not be associated with the Google Account you use for Fiber, except with your consent or to meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request.

This notice does not apply to the collection and use of information from other Google services (such as Gmail or Google Search) used while connected to Google Fiber Internet -- such information will be treated in accordance with applicable Google policies and terms of service.

Information we share

We do not share personal information with companies, organizations and individuals outside of Google except in the circumstances (such as with your consent, with domain administrators, for external processing and for legal reasons) as more fully set out in the Google Privacy Policy.

We may share non-personally identifiable information publicly and with our partners – like content providers, publishers, advertisers or connected sites.

GR8K··on MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge
Belkin & Matrox are coming out with Thunderbolt docks:

Belkin http://www.belkin.com/thunderbolt/

Matrox http://www.matrox.com/docking_station/en/ds1/

GR8K··on Video Brewery Crowdsources Explainer Videos for Startups
What percentage does videobrewery get & what percentage the artists get?
GR8K··on "Adobe has released Adobe Photoshop CS6, which addresses these vulnerabilities"
They also announced the same thing with Illustrator CS5.5 & Flash CS5.5 same day. Critical vulnerabilities. No free patches. Gotta buy CS6 versions.

Illustrator CS5.5 http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-10.ht...

Flash Pro CS5.5 http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-12.ht...

GR8K··on Ask HN: Gmail is down. Or is just me?
yep, same here. Error:93

http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!c...

GR8K··on Foxconn workers complain after Apple cuts hours
"We are here to work and not to play, so our income is very important," said Chen Yamei, 25, a Foxconn worker from Hunan who said she had worked at the factory for four years.

"We have just been told that we can only work a maximum of 36 hours a month of overtime. I tell you, a lot of us are unhappy with this. We think that 60 hours of overtime a month would be reasonable and that 36 hours would be too little," she added. Chen said she now earned a bit over 4,000 yuan a month ($634).

GR8K··on 'Deep' layoffs expected at Yahoo
original article: http://allthingsd.com/20120305/yahoos-new-ceo-preps-major-re...
GR8K··on Google Streetview stop motion (video)
Peugeot currently has a site (Peugeot car promo) that does this: http://www.rczview.com/

Any other sites?

GR8K··on Canon announces EOS-1D X: full-frame 18MP, 14 fps, 204,800 top ISO, $6,800
These guys did a iPhone 4S / Canon 5d MKII side by side comparison. http://vimeo.com/30606785
GR8K··on Canon announces EOS-1D X: full-frame 18MP, 14 fps, 204,800 top ISO, $6,800
It says they now have 2 video compression formats but doesn't mention the data rate or format. Anyone know?
GR8K··on Photoshop 'unblur' leaves MAX audience gasping for air
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Here are the actual research papers for this video:

http://people.csail.mit.edu/sparis/#publi2011

- Blur kernel estimation using the Radon Transform http://people.csail.mit.edu/sparis/publi/2011/cvpr_radon/Cho...

- Modeling and Removing Spatially-Varying Optical Blur http://people.csail.mit.edu/sparis/publi/2011/iccp_blur/Kee_...

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GR8K··on Wozniak remembers Steve Jobs
Also available on AP's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK_XEGrzHUo
GR8K··on IPhone 4 + Gyroscope + Gaming = All Kinds Of Awesome [video]
kewwl!!! seems pretty accurate.
GR8K··on HP CEO says he didn't buy Palm for smartphones
"We have tens of millions of HP small form factor web-connected devices"

Is he referring to the iPaq? I thought those things run winmobile OS. hmm...so they'll have iPaq webOS devices?

There is more here about their other plans: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/hp-ceo-mark-hurd-talks-datacen...

GR8K··on 500MB download? Why didn't Wired Magazine use HTML5 for their iPad app?
Wired iPad App Sells 24,000 Copies in First 24 Hours

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/wired-ipad-app-sells-...

GR8K··on 500MB download? Why didn't Wired Magazine use HTML5 for their iPad app?
The company that did the Time Magazine app for iPad: http://www.woodwing.com/en

inDesign extension/tool that will do iPad/AIR/HTML5 packaging:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1IZ-16FVs4

I think they also did the Sports Illustrated HTML5 magazine with thewondefactory.com

GR8K··on 500MB download? Why didn't Wired Magazine use HTML5 for their iPad app?
He should have mentioned Sports Illustrated at I/O 2010 for their magazine demo built in HTML5 to make his point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3j7mM_JBNw
GR8K··on Android Tablet Crashes during Flash Demo
Those look like Tegra reference boards, not a product prototype.

more pics & video on Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/05/an-eyeful-of-adobes-andro...

GR8K··on Dubai in 45 gigapixels
A supercar parked up there! http://gigapan.org/gigapans/48492/snapshots/137629/
GR8K··on Nokia N8 Captures Amazing Videos
WOW, the 12 megapixel photos are amazing! http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/04/27/first-12-megapixel...
GR8K··on Adobe slips mobile Flash Player 10.1 to second half of 2010
Missing out of what?? There are thousands of great apps written for iPhone & Android without Flash.
GR8K··on Adobe slips mobile Flash Player 10.1 to second half of 2010
How would the performance of this mobile Flash browser plug-in be on a cellular connection? That's what people use their mobile phones on. I'm sure websites would crawl. All Adobe demos are on WiFi. Flash banner ads are 3-5 times bigger. Sometimes 200x larger if there is an autoplaying Flash video banner(20K static banner vs 2-3MB video banner).

Flash/Ad blockers are the most popular add-ons for FF & Chrome so whenever they ship it, we'll see how many people actually install Flash mobile! Besides the Farmville junkies! :)

Yes, you do have to optimize the content for it & do a whole lot of other things: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/mobile/flashplatform_optimiz...

Reading that document makes me think badly written Flash apps could have bad performance & drain the battery quick.

GR8K··on CS5 Countdown is on
Here is a walk-through video of how it works:

http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play?id=116

GR8K··on CS5 Countdown is on
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"So, what's all the fuss about the Apple proposed revised SDK license?

Yesterday Apple released some proposed changes to their SDK license restricting the technologies that developers can use, including Adobe software and others such as Unity and Titanium.

First of all, the ability to package an application for the iPhone or iPad is one feature in one product in Creative Suite. CS5 consists of 15 industry-leading applications, which contain hundreds of new capabilities and a ton of innovation. We intend to still deliver this capability in CS5 and it is up to Apple whether they choose to allow or disallow applications as their rules shift over time.

Secondly, multiscreen is growing beyond Apple's devices. This year we will see a wide range of excellent smartphones, tablets, smartbooks, televisions and more coming to market and we are continuing to work with partners across this whole range to enable your content and applications to be viewed, interacted with and purchased."

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GR8K··on Apple wants developers to take 1/8th of your phone
Only free apps have ads. Paid apps don't have ads. Nothing to worry about.
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