Wednesday, April 28, 2010

28-Apr-2010 AM clippings

Enjoy:

Google's Android apps store passes 50,000 and looks set to hit 100,000 by the year's end:
http://www.gizmag.com/android-market-passes-50000-apps/14908/

Rumours circulate that Apple will lock down OSX 10.7 to only run applications approved by Apple. The official denial doesn't help:
http://rixstep.com/1/20100424,00.shtml http://www.macstories.net/news/steve-jobs-no-mac-app-store/

How releasing Open data saved the Canadian government C$3.2 billion:
http://eaves.ca/2010/04/14/case-study-open-data-and-the-public-purse/

A review of Microsot Office Web Apps and the inevitable comparison with Google Apps:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/27/office_2010_web_apps_review/

Sony to finally end sales of 3.5" floppy disks in March 2011:
http://www.examiner.com/x-16352-Japan-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m4d24-Sony-to-discontinue-35-inch-floppy-disk-in-Japan

Bluetooth 4.0 spec includes configurable range, and the ability to run in low power mode on button cells for months:
http://www.gizmag.com/bluetooth-v40-specification/14873/

And finally. A spinning ball of LEDs proves that LEDs are still cool:
http://www.youtube.com/v/sO2-tqoyGik

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