Finding some of the best apps on the Apple App Store can be rather difficult. This is why Apple acquired Chomp. Apple has also launched a new section called for iTunes and the Mac App Store called “Editors’ Choice.” The current Editors’ Choice on the iTunes is Cobook, Facebook Camera, Extreme Skater, Air Mail, and Sketchbook Ink. As part of the “app of the week” series, Apple has made Cut The Rope: Experiments free. The Amazon Appstore is known for offering apps for free at a heavy discount, promotional discounts for iOS and the Mac App Store are up to the developer. To my understanding, if a developer significantly reduces their price as requested by Apple, they would be given 100% of the revenue rather than the typical 70-30 split.
Apple Adds Editors’ Choice and App Of The Week To Mac App Store and iTunes
Categories Apple App Store, Apple iTunes, iTunes
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45+ jQuery Calendar Plugins and Tutorials
A lot of our jQuery tutorial and plugin lists have been popular lately, but one Pulse2 reader asked us if we could put together a list of useful jQuery calendar plugins and tutorials. jQuery calendars can come in handy when designing admin panels and reservation systems. There are tons of other nifty projects you can create with the help of jQuery calendars. Below is a list of over 45 jQuery calendar plugins and tutorials.
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Categories jQuery, Lists
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Bazaarvoice Acquiring PowerReviews For $151 Million
Bazaarvoice is a customer review platform that is acquiring PowerReviews for $151 million. The agreement is for $31 million in cash plus stock. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of July. The companies are planning to combine their technology, content, and data. Both will offer social commerce products for retailers. PowerReviews’ self-service products allows Bazaarvoice to expand into the small- and medium-sized market. Bazaarvoice has been focused on larger companies up until now. The combined company will serve 1,800 clients globally including half of the Internet Retailer 500. PowerReviews had raised $37 million in funding from Menlo Ventures, Draper Richards, Lehman Brothers, Tenaya Capital, Four Rivers Group, and several other companies.
Categories Bazaarvoice, PowerReviews
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How Eric Simons Squatted At AOL Palo Alto Headquarters For Two Months
When Eric Simons was 19 years old, he was able to squat at the AOL’s Palo Alto headquarters for two months. He did not have a home at the time, but he had a vision. Simons would hide out at night on couches, eat the company food, and exercise and shower in the gym. When Simons was in high school, he had little interest in education. One day his chemistry teacher confronted him and demanded to know what she could do to make him interested. Simons was stumped because she didn’t ask him to try harder or to stay after school for help — she wanted to find out his interests. Eventually he said that computers were his main interest.
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Categories AOL, ClassConnect, Clint Korver, Eric Simons, Imagine K12, Paul Sherer, Ulu Ventures
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Google Announces In-App Subscriptions For Google Play
When Google launched In-app Billing last year on Google Play, developers were able to find more ways to sell and engage users over the lifetime of their apps. In-app Billing now accounts for 23 of the 24 top-grossing apps in Google Play by allowing users to buy virtual goods and upgrades. The total revenue generated from in-app purchases now exceeds revenue from traditional app purchases. Now Google is allowing app developers to set up subscriptions with In-app Billing. This includes monthly or annual subscriptions from inside the apps. All subscriptions are auto-renewing. Developers can set the price and billing interval. After the transaction, Google Play manages the recurring billing and keeps the users informed about their charges by sending them an e-mail at each renewal. Google introduced an HTTP-based publisher API through enterprise-scale backend servers to validate or cancel subscriptions. Glu Mobile is one of the first games to utilize Google Play subscriptions for their Android title Frontline Commando.
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Dell Windows 8 Tablet Details Leak
Neowin.net has received a leaked photo with the specifications of the upcoming Dell Windows 8 tablet. The Dell Latitude 10 has a 10.1″ HD (1366×768) capacitive multi-touch screen with an optional stylus. The processor is an Intel Clover Trail Atom Dual Core. It has 2GB of DDR2 800 MHz memory and up to 128GB SSD hard drive. The standard security of the tablet is TPM/lock slot with optional integrated fingerprint/smart card reader. Other specs include WLAN+Bluetooth, mobile broadband, speakers, stereo headphones/microphone combo, 2 megapixel front camera, and 8 megapixel rear camera. The battery is removable with a smaller battery being able to get 6-8 hours of life and a larger battery at 10-12 hours.
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NBC Talking With Microsoft To Acquire Full Stake In MSNBC.com
NBCUniversal is currently in talks with Microsoft Corporation to acquire the full stake in MSNBC.com. NBC News spokeswoman Amy Lynn confirmed that conversations are taking place between both companies. Microsoft and NBC started MSNBC in 1996 to create a 24-hour news channel and website. NBC acquired the news channel in 2005, but the website remained a joint venture. Comcast acquired NBC Universal in January 2011.
Categories Comcast, Comcast Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, MSNBC, NBC Universal
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Microsoft To Get Rid Of Free Development Tools For Non-Metro Windows 8 Desktop Apps
Microsoft Corporation has decided to make a huge change with Visual Studio 11 Express. Visual Studio 11 Express will prevent developers from building apps that are not Metro. Metro is a user interface that is seen in the Windows Phone operating system and it involves using screen tiles for navigation. After Visual Studio 11 Express is rolled out, either developers will be stuck with Metro or they can spend $500 to buy Visual Studio 11 Professional to get around having to develop Metro apps. Previously developers were able to build desktop applications on Visual C++ 2010 Express and Visual C# 2010 Express. Microsoft will be removing the compiler toolchain from the Windows SDK for Windows 8 to prevent backdoor coding.
Apple Removes Airfoil Speakers Touch From App Store
Airfoil Speakers Touch is an app that was released in 2009 and it was created to send audio from your Mac or Windows computer directly to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad using Airfoil’s software. Last month Airfoil Speakers Touch parent company Rogue Amoeba released Airfoil Speakers Touch 3, which added the ability to receive audio directly from other iOS devices and iTunes. However Apple has removed Airfoil Speakers Touch from the Apple App Store. Apple has not yet given the company a clear answer on why their app has been removed. Below is what Rogue Amoeba had to say about the approval process:
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Categories Airfoil Speakers Touch, Apple App Store, Rogue Amoeba
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Google Hires Several Of HP’s webOS Enyo Employees
Following the news of HP laying off 27,000 employees, Google has hired employees from them. Several members of the HP team that was responsible for building Enyo, an HTML5-based application framework that was integrated into the HP TouchPad is joining Google. Enyo is an essential part of HP’s open source strategy for webOS. It is likely that the poached Enyo employees will find themselves working on Android or on Chrome. One of the key employees that Google hired from Enyo is Matt McNulty, whom was responsible for heading up Enyo. Below is a statement from HP that was sent to The Verge:
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Categories Enyo, Google, Hewlett Packard, HP
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