Corbis buys Veer. Please don’t screw Veer up. I love getting type, images and schwag from them.
Author: Chris Harrison
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Drought Portal Unveiled
Drought Portal Unveiled. Of course Augusta is one of the “Persist” regions. We’ve been dealing with water shortage issues since before I moved here in 1997.
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Amazing Trinity Play
Trinity University vs. Millsaps. It’s amazing, really.
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Google’s OpenSocial
Google’s OpenSocial is definitely a shot across the bow of Facebook. Google’s idea is to create a common API that can be accessed by any social network to exchange data with them. Out of the gate, Google’s already gotten support from Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart (Vox, LiveJournal, TypePad), Tianji, Viadeo, and XING. This is big news that will no doubt impact the social web for the next several years.What’s the next step for Google? A: World domination.
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NBC Chief: Apple Destroying Video Biz
NBC Chief: Apple Destroying Video Biz Yep, Apple’s the bad guy here. They provided the first viable means of buying and downloading music and video off the net and now NBC claims they’re destroying the industry. That makes senses. Why not just admit that you didn’t care for Apple having the upper hand in discussions, and quit with the name-calling. BTW, I still haven’t bought anything from you since pulling your shows off of iTunes. Good luck with Hulu, ass.
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Apple Sends 3rd Grader a Cease and Desist Letter.
Apple Sends 3rd Grader a Cease and Desist Letter. On the surface, this seems like a cold and heartless thing to do on Apple’s behalf, but if you think about it… if Apple were to take her ideas or anyone else’s for that matter, Apple would be opening itself up to lawsuits for "stealing" their ideas.
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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider God-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, wrongly believing that he has the Gods on his side. –Aristotle, Politica bk v (ca. 340 BCE) (via)