When the iPhone started taking over the US in 2008, Nick Walter was in Japan doing Mormon missionary work without a smartphone. "When I got home, my dad was super nice and bought me an iPhone 4, and it was my first introduction to apps," the 25-year-old remembers. "I was like, 'T … | Continue reading
When the iPhone started taking over the US in 2008, Nick Walter was in Japan doing Mormon missionary work without a smartphone. "When I got home, my dad was super nice and bought me an iPhone 4, and it was my first introduction to apps," the 25-year-old remembers. "I was like, 'T … | Continue reading
Ben and James discuss Twitter and its strategic options, as well as YouTube’s new music service, Taylor Swift and Spotify, plus the special return of the garbage truck song. Links Twitter Sharpens Its Strategy to Win Over Investors – Wall Street Journal Ben Thompson: There are Tw … | Continue reading
Event discovery platform Vamos has marked a significant milestone by releasing a new Android app. The Berlin-based startup, which re-emerged in August with Version 3.0 and new investors, says that ...The post Vamos Launches New Android App as It Marks a Million Discovered Events … | Continue reading
Who says couponing is dead? After a turbulent history that has seen rapid growth, acquisition by Google, founder reacquisition and a paring back of operations, DailyDeal has finally, after more ...The post Coupon Comeback: The New Slimline DailyDeal Finally Breaks Even appeared f … | Continue reading
Identifier: ERC-2015-CoGPillar: Excellent ScienceOpening Date: Deadline: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014Latest information: The submission session is now available for: ERC-CoG-2015(ERC-COG) | Continue reading
This is the last in a three-part series by Parham Mirshahpanah looking at startup failures (read part one here and part two here). Parham lived in Berlin for nearly eight years before ...The post Top Tips: Learning From Your Startup Failures – Part 3, Validation appeared first on … | Continue reading
Disclaimer: I do not work for Docker nor for any company whose business is tied to Docker in any wayRecently there has been a lot of discussions about the future of Docker networking in various communication channels. It is due to hugely increased Docker usage over the past year. … | Continue reading
We need to design software to run in production. | Continue reading
The idea for Exponent was hatched when Ben and James were arguing about Ben’s article What Clayton Christensen Got Wrong a year ago. In this episode, we finally reach a resolution to the question about how Apple escapes disruption. Plus, whether or not Xiaomi is a threat to Apple … | Continue reading
As a software developer at some point in your career you will have come across active live and released projects which contain large sections of commented out source code. Why is that code still th… | Continue reading
From 4-7 November 2014 Lorenzo Porzi present the technology used in the panorARma VENTURI 3rd year AR demo Experience to augment pictures of mountainous landscapes with geo-referenced data at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras (ICDSC 2014) in Venice (I … | Continue reading
About a year ago, my friends found out that I had never played Pokemon Red or Blue. After some prodding, I agreed to play, filling a supposed void in my childhood. I was on my way to be the best there ever was. Thanks to OpenEMU, playing classic video games is easier than ever. A … | Continue reading
A Berlin-based startup has launched a new platform which it says will revolutionise how developers test their software – claiming it will make finding bugs a good thing. Previously specialising ...The post When Finding Software Bugs is a Good Thing: testCloud Launches New Platfor … | Continue reading
We encourage to propose papers related to the conference theme ‘Sensitive heritage – sensitive interpretation’. Please check the theme description on the conference homepage in th… | Continue reading
All things considered, it’s a bit of a trek out to Adlershof, a part of Berlin on the periphery of the city close to the (hopefully) soon-to-be-closed Schönefeld Airport. And ...The post Idea Challenge Finals: Showcasing the Smartest of Energy Solutions in Berlin appeared first o … | Continue reading
You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and...Categories: Ramblings San FranciscoTags: pumpkin(Read more...) | Continue reading
My credit card generator was recently on the front page of reddit. | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-Galileo-GSA-2014-2015Pillar: Industrial LeadershipOpening Date: Deadline: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014Latest information: The submission session is now available for: GALILEO-1-2015(IA), GALILEO-2-2015(IA), GAL … | Continue reading
The famous Silicon Allee monthly breakfast is back – it’s the best place in town for everyone in the tech scene to meet new people, catch up with old friends ...The post Join Us for the Silicon Allee Monthly Meet Up appeared first on Silicon Allee News. | Continue reading
In this week’s episode Ben and James discuss Apple Pay and its impact on retailers and banks. Links Glenn Fleishman: A Week of Apple Pay: Chips, PINs, and…signatures? – Six Colors Ben Thompson: The Problem with Payments – Stratechery Ben Thompson: Why Apple Pay was Blocked, Why A … | Continue reading
Bat tourism might sound creepy, but it may be the best way to help bat conservation around the world | Continue reading
metaio presented the VENTURI research project at its annual insideAR 2014 conference on augmented reality, which took place in Munich on the 29th and 30th October. A typical part of the conference is the presentation of funded research projects that Metaio is involved in. VENTURI … | Continue reading
I tweeted earlier, comparing DuckDuckGo to Google when searching for the term “Go 1.4 beta”, and how the first 50 results (I got bored scrolling and didn’t go further, no pun intended) on DuckDuckGo didn’t even have one mention of the language. Gabriel Weinberg being the good fou … | Continue reading
The rise and rise of carsharing is a relatively easy trend to explain: For people who live in densely-populated urban areas, owning a car is a royal pain in the ...The post Carsharing City: Audi Shared Fleet Targets Company Car Market appeared first on Silicon Allee News. | Continue reading
This is a guest post by Błażej Hadzik of netguru. Peer code review is not about criticising individual mistakes. It’s about making progress on a project as a team and keeping ...The post Top Tips: A Guide to Peer Code Review and Why You Should Do It appeared first on Silicon Alle … | Continue reading
Now with all the excitement surrounding SWIFT as a new language, aimed at specifically developing IOS and OS X applications, starting to die down a little we can start to get all excited about a to… | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015Pillar: Excellent ScienceOpening Date: Deadline: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014Latest information: Subject to signature and conclusion of an Agreement associating Switzerland to parts of Horizon 2 … | Continue reading
Introducing concept of Streams, aiming to fix most of email-as-a-medium flaws | Continue reading
In this week’s episode Ben and James discuss Ben’s article “Peak Google” and the future of advertising. Links Ben Thompson: Peak Google – Stratechery Benedict Evans: The Irrelevance of Microsoft – Ben-Evans.com Peter Kriss: The Value of Customer Experience, Quantified – Harvard B … | Continue reading
The annual IT-Gipfel – or IT Summit – is organised by Germany’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, and is the country’s leading event for top political and industry players ...The post Meeting the Top Dogs from German Politics and IT: An Entrepreneur’s View of the IT-Gipfel … | Continue reading
Data Analyst / Digital Media – The Metropolitan Museum of ArtSoftware Developer / Digital Media – The Metropolitan Museum of ArtManager of Collection Information/Digital Media at The Me… | Continue reading
I originally posted this on Quora, but I thought it would be good to archive it more permanently here. For some background on Quip's technology stack, see What technologies were used to build Quip? and How is Quip's web client implemented? The formula engine for spreadsheets is i … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-EeB-2014-2015Pillar: Industrial LeadershipOpening Date: Deadline: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014Latest information: The submission session is now available for: EeB-05-2015(IA), EeB-06-2015(RIA), EeB-07-2015(IA) … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-SPIRE-2014-2015Pillar: Industrial LeadershipOpening Date: Deadline: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014Latest information: The submission session is now available for: SPIRE-05-2015(RIA), SPIRE-06-2015(RIA), SPIRE-07 … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-FoF-2014-2015Pillar: Industrial LeadershipOpening Date: Deadline: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014Latest information: The submission session is now available for: FoF-08-2015(RIA-CSA), FoF-09-2015(IA-CSA), FoF-10- … | Continue reading
When you're building a web application there's probably some shared functionality that you want to run for many (or even all) HTTP requests. You might want to log every request, gzip every response, or check a cache before doing some expensive processing. One way of organising th … | Continue reading
In this week’s episode Ben and James discuss why Ben thinks the Internet is totally overreacting to HBO’s announcement that they will sell subscriptions directly to customers, and then delve into what might be the underlying motivations behind Gamergate. Links Ben Thompson: The C … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-EUB-2015Pillar: Industrial LeadershipOpening Date: Deadline: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014Latest information: The submission session is now available for: EUB-1-2015(RIA-CSA), EUB-2-2015(RIA), EUB-3-2015(RIA) | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-ICT-2015Pillar: Industrial LeadershipOpening Date: Deadline: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014Latest information: The submission session is now available for: ICT-04-2015(IA-CSA-RIA), ICT-08-2015(COFUND-PCP-COFUND … | Continue reading
In celebration for Ada Lovelace Day, Thoughtworks hosted a meetup featuring talks from many prominent local women. I had the pleasure of speaking myself, in which I confessed publically:I am totally faking it.I’m not a “real” coder The tl;dr of my path in life is that I am not a … | Continue reading
In celebration for Ada Lovelace Day, Thoughtworks hosted a meetup featuring talks from many prominent local women. I had the pleasure of speaking myself, in which I confessed publically:I am totally faking it.I’m not a “real” coder The tl;dr of my path in life is that I am not a … | Continue reading
The Beach - 10 Months Later Anthony Bouch Mon, 10/13/2014 - 09:53 The Beach - 10 Months Later Placeholder for Submitted Info Share Placeholder for Feature Image or Video A short video showing my 60cm aquascape 10 months on... Tank: 60cm x 30cm x 36cm tank (17 gallons, 60 liters). … | Continue reading