Taken with Instagram at Eetcafe De Rosmolen
I just installed then new Linkedin app for iPad. I didn’t try out all that much yet. Nevertheless there are two very very obvious and important things about it:
The bad thing is that it’s sharing options are totaly restricted to Linkedin itself. Which is actually stupid because it cripples the app.
The good thing though is the way they present their news-feed. They call it “upadtes” and it’s presented like a magazine. It’s quite good and it’s Linkedin’s take on Flipboard’s approach for content consumption. I think that’s more or less how Facecbook should be presenting their news-feed in Facebook’s iPad app (any why not follow a similar concept also on facebook.com itself).
…is a descent official and native app for tumblr.
…a real alternative for posting on tumblr from the iPad.
If you are in Luxembourg, don’t buy an Orange connection. Here is why…
“The only instagr.am worth a billion dollars would be an app that instantly gets you a gram [of uncut Colombian black coffee]” — Jon Stewart
I guess the next move would be to buy Flipboard too?
Cool stuff! New Fujifilm X-Pro1 -
I know you know that Fujifilm announced a new auto-focus rangefinder camera with interchangeable lens at CES 2012. Poor man’s Leica M9-P? Definitely! But that’s a good thing! I want one!
Credit rating agencies go after euro -
In 2004, PM Karamanlis clearly had a choice before he went on discrediting Greece right after assuming office. Clearly he shouldn’t have done that as nothing good came out of it.
Nevertheless, the death blow was dealt by PM Papandreou in 2009 while unveiling the catastrophic results of the polices of his predecessor effectively discrediting the country once more. I’m not sure if he had a choice at this point or not.
One thing is clear: in 2004 Greece was at its best shape ever and looking at a better future. It had also just elected a new government that claimed to “re-institute the state” and make extensive reforms. It took just one incompetent PM and five senseless years of inaction, corruption and populism to bring the country to its knees by 2009.
On second thoughts, I don’t like the “App Store” model.
I didn’t like it since it started actually, but by now I’ve had it. Here is why: The “App Store” is a Trojan horse. It’s a way of hijacking the web. It’s a man in the middle attack. It’s evil. Who needs it?
It is supposed to help apps surface; it’s supposed to foster development of new apps; right? 300.000 apps in iTunes AppStore? You can’t surface in that pile; so it’s useless for that.
I’m not only referring to the Apple App Store. I’m referring to the “App Store” concept, be it Apple’s, Google’s, Microsoft’s or anyone’s.
Unless they make “App Stores” useful at least for the end user, I think we should try to stop them. I really wonder why Microsoft tries to ride the same wagon as Apple and Google. Windows Phone Marketplace should become optional. Period.