text: GamesBeat More than half of PlayStation 4 owners subscribe to PS Plus February 10, 2014 10:15 AM Jeff Grubb Sony Computer Entertainment's premium subscription service is bringing in the dough. PlayStation Plus is growing thanks to the PlayStation 4, which launched in November last year. Sony boss Kaz Hirai revealed that a huge number of PS4 owners are picking up subscriptions to the PS Plus service, which is a special membership that gets players access to deals on games and online multiplayer on the console. "More than half of the people that have now gotten their hands [on] the PS4 have actually signed up for PS Plus service, which bodes very well for us as well," Hirai said on a conference call with investors (according to a transcript from financial website Seeking Alpha). "And we'll obviously be sharing more details as the months go on." Sony sold more than 4.2 million PS4s before the end of 2013, which means PS Plus has added more than 2 million users since November. Sony did not provide the exact number of members the pay service currently has, but it did note that PS Plus is helping it to generate more cash. "PlayStation Network has accounts of about 150 million," Sony chief financial officer Masaru Kato said. "Now, with the introduction of PS4, that number is growing. What is very encouraging is that a lot of the gamers are signing up for our PS Plus services." PS Plus is best known for giving members access to full retail games at no extra charge as part of a program Sony calls its "Instant Game Collection." For example, PlayStation 3 Plus members can get Metro: Last Light, Payday 2, and Remember Me right now at no additional cost. As long as gamers maintain their Plus subscription (and download those titles during the month of February), they will always have access to those titles. Sony is continuing the Instant Game Collection on PS4. Survival-horror game Outlast is free to PS Plus subscribers on PS4 this month, but the company also decided to require the premium service for online multiplayer. That is similar to Xbox Live, and it is likely another big reason why so many PS4 owners are picking up the service. "What is important is that, with the very good takeoff of the PS4 globally, it [has been] very successful in broadening our revenue stream," said Kato. "Not just from our target sales. Not just from downloads and sales of our games, music, and video, but with paid subscription services and other new types of revenues. This is what is very promising for us, and I think that is what the success of the PS4 is for us going forward." Related articles December 2013 NPD: Xbox One outsells a supply-constrained PlayStation 4 The DeanBeat: The Xbox One cost $471 to make. The PS4 costs $381. And why this matters in the long run Sony CEO plays down 'media hub' and says PlayStation 4 is for gamers Despite strong PS 4 launch, Sony's credit rating cut to "junk" status What's inside Sony's PlayStation 4: Upgradeable hard drive, 16GB fast memory, internal power Mobile developer or publisher? VentureBeat is studying mobile marketing automation. Fill out our 5-minute survey, and we'll share the data with you.


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HO-HO-HOME electronics!
It's Christmas Day, and you know what that means. All the good little boys and girls woke up this morning to find digital cameras, DVD burners and BlackBerries under the tree.
And all the bad little boys and girls got spam.
But enough about consumers. You've probably heard quite enough about them this season already -- how much they're buying, what they're buying, how many are buying online.
What about the people at the other end of all those transactions? What did the technology industry's designers, manufacturers and vendors find under their corporate trees this morning? That's the much more delicious scene to ponder.
If only you could break through Santa's firewall and hack into his list. What would it say?
Probably something like this.
NAUGHTY -- RealAudio -- the world's most mercenary, obnoxious, relentlessly tacky software. At this moment, its icon is blinking in my system tray, popping up to say: ''YOUR PLAYER IS OUT OF DATE. UPDATE NOW FREE.''
Free? Sure, who doesn't like free?
But when you click the notice, it takes you to a Web site where you're asked to pay $10 a month for a subscription version.
What part of ''free'' don't they understand?
NICE -- Shareware authors. They're out there writing free or cheap programs that fill in the gaps, pave over the potholes and add turbo to the charge of computers and palmtops. They're the spice of high-tech life.
NAUGHTY -- Palm and any other company that packages products in hard, clear vacuum-formed plastic designed to hang on hooks in retail stores. You can't tear the stuff, you can't cut it, you can't stab it. In fact, nothing short of a chain saw will open these things, but you don't find that out until you've ruined two pairs of scissors and bent your best steak knife. It's shrink-wrap for Superman.
NICE -- Apple, which seems to put as much effort into designing the packaging as it does designing what's inside of it.
NAUGHTY -- Cellphone companies. For rounding calls up to the nearest minute, for billing each call from the instant you press Send, for not giving automatic credit for calls dropped because of bad reception, for resetting the two-year contract when you try to adjust your billing plan, for collecting an F.C.C. line charge that does not in fact go to the F.C.C. and -- most suspicious of all -- for sneaking in a contract clause that says you agree never to join a class-action lawsuit.
NICE -- Vonage, the best-known purveyor of phone-calls-over-the-Internet software. This mighty mite of a company has inspired the megalithic ''real'' phone companies to jostle for room on the voice-over-Internet bandwagon. Competition is good. Change is good. Saving money is good.
NAUGHTY -- Talking E-Mail System for Dummies and any other hardware-software kits that require you to type in a serial number during installation.
Note to manufacturer: If your product includes a hardware piece, you can pretty much skip the copy protection. Last time I checked, file-swapping Web sites like Kazaa weren't teeming with illegally uploaded pieces of equipment.
NICE -- Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia and anyone else whose type-in-the-serial-number routine at least saves you the effort of having to click inside each little box before typing the next clump of numbers. When you fill up the first box, the insertion point jumps automatically to the next one, ready for the next digits.
NAUGHTY -- Rebate scammers. Lured by the promise of a hefty rebate, you buy a high-tech product. You set up shop like an after-school arts-and-crafts class, clipping bar codes, carefully taping the receipt, filling out the form.
You resign yourself to the fact that you can't give this item as a gift. (''Hey honey, how come there's a little square cut out of the box?'') You accept that you won't be able to return anything else you bought in that store, because you've just mailed away your original copy of the receipt.
Months pass. You never get anything in return except high blood pressure.
NICE -- Circuit City and its no-hassle return policy. You don't even need your receipt. And why should you? The store's computer remembers what you bought, just as it should.
NAUGHTY -- The Recording Industry Association of America, for suing 12-year-old honor students, 86-year-old grandmothers and other improbable music-sharing suspects. The association certainly has a point: it's not fair to download music without paying for it. But it has a lot to learn in the public relations department. It is conducting its campaign with all the grace of the Hulk before coffee.
NICE -- Steve Jobs, who solely on the force of personality, persuasion and logic somehow talked the record companies into permitting him to build a $1-a-song, no-subscription music-downloading service.
Of course, it was wildly successful. Of course, it's now the standard format for legal download sites. Of course, everyone from Dell to Wal-Mart is now scrambling to copy the idea.
NAUGHTY -- Hollywood, for pressuring the Federal Communications Commission to take away consumers' right to record high-definition TV broadcasts.


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Pecan Streusel Coffee Cake By Frozen Wings 06/11/14 18:11 I have missed a couple of bakes since my last post here with The Home Bakers ( THB ), a group which we are all currently baking from the book, Coffee Cakes by Lou Seibert Pappas. This is our 35th bake, a recipe chosen by Mich of Piece of Cake. It is a simple... Add to my recipe book
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Special Diets: Restaurants, Shops & Local Products
- dinaofdoom Jun 29, 2014 08:08 PM
Starting this thread for those of us who can't eat everything any more.
Low carb, low sodium, allergies, gluten sensitivity, you name it.
Let's talk about accommodating restaurants, and where to find speciality items (especially if it's locally made).
To start, I have a gluten allergy and I've been low carb for about 18 months now.
One helps with the other, but they're not interchangeable, so I have to be careful.
Here's some of my go-tos:
1. P. Terry's wrapped in lettuce
--The fries are GF, since they don't have any breaded items that go into the fryer. Yummmm.
2. Soto
--The chefs make a GF sushi & sashimi kawasaki lunch for me, which is amazing.
3. Beanitos
--GF & low carb, and seriously delicious.
re: dinaofdoom
thanks for the heads up about the beanitos. I'll have to give them a shot. which flavors have you tried?
As a type 2 diabetic who is required to do low carb I love this thread!
If you have any other good grocery items please let us know.
re: chrisdds98
ok, i'm so glad i just looked because... they're coming out with new products!
these taste really good. not exactly like doritos, but the beans make them "heftier" if that makes any sense? low glycemic and tasty? yes, please.
better cheddar, nacho cheese & restaurant style are my favorite. usually i prefer black beans in their whole form but white and pinto seem to work better for the chips.
HEB frequently has them on sale with the yellow coupons, such as buy 2 and get $2 off, etc.
Dinaofdoom, I've low carb-ed for about 14 years and now for me it's old hat. however, I don't yet have to worry about gluten (knock on wood).
1. The medium rare fillet with a double side of sautéed garlic spinach at ALC is probably GF and certainly hardly any carbs.
2. The sausage omelet topped with cheddar cheese at Mi Madres (not on the menu, the sausage is a fine grain and homemade and very black peppered, very good). I usually get a side of beans and rice and give most of that away to my lady.
2.5 Mi Madres also has a "low carb" plate with scrambled egg, fajita meat, and avocado if I recall correctly. can be boring but it works.
3. sashimi at soto and DK (closer to my hood).
4. oysters with the green sauce (when not milky) and tom yum soup at Deckhand.
5. double lobster with black peppercorn sauce and any of their cruciferate veggies (cabbage, bok choy, chinese broccoli, etc.) at Sea Dragon. If you want to cheat on carbs, I bet any of their fried rice stick dishes (veggie, meat, combo meat / seafood) are GF and they are heavenly in my book.
6. Ma Po Tofu at Asia Cafe. Spicy fish isn't high carb but certainly has breading. Jade (asparagus) chicken I think is thickened with starch not flour. It's a mild dish but we like it.
7. I read elsewhere (yelp I guess) that Miguel will make up a GF sonora hot dog and burrito on I think corn tortillas. Not low carb but not as bad as flour. corn tortillas are lower glycemic index compared to flour.
more to come…..gotta go work.
re: slowcoooked
thank you so much for the post! asian food is challenging for GF, since a lot of it uses soy sauce. sometimes they are able to sub tamari, which is why it's so easy to eat GF at sushi joints, but much harder at chinese places, where a lot of the sauces and stuff are already made.
re: slowcoooked
oh yes, she's a gem & her posts are very informative!
re: dinaofdoom
nice call dinaofdoom, that spinach sounds great.
re: slowcoooked
it really is tasty and leftovers reheat well!
I've become allergic to formaldehyde and propylene glycol.
Ingesting either causes the skin on the palms of my hands and soles of feet to char, thicken, crack, and bleed, and itch like crazy. This caused 9 trips to the dermatologist 5 years ago. The constant pain, itching, and stinging actually made me fantasize about how I could convince a surgeon to amputate my hands and feet.
It was diagnosed as several different maladies. Nothing seemed to help. Finally I (yes, me, not the MD) suggested, "how about an allergy test?" Turns out that's all it was. Within 24 hours of eliminating formaldehyde and propylene glycol from my life, I felt the "fire" in my hands and feet go out.
Given that I haven't done a frog dissection since 8th grade, I thought formaldehyde shouldn't be a problem. However, I also had to stop reading physical newpaper(s). Apparently it's in the print.
Given that I don't drink antifreeze, I'd think that propylene glycol would be easy to avoid. However it's in a ton of skin and hair products instead. It's not allowed in baby products because it's a known irritant.
How does this relate to local products I can't eat? Shockingly...
1) HEB's store-made desserts.
Once a month I crave a blueberry muffin. However, HEB adds propylene glycol to their muffins and some store-made desserts. It's right there, plain as day, on the too-long label of ingredients.
I said the F word out loud when I saw it. I've seen dog food commercials advertise they no longer add propylene glycol into their dog food for heavens sake.
2) Beer on tap, bottle, can, local, whatever that doesn't list its ingredients.
Propylene glycol makes beer foam foamier.
I don't know for sure who uses it, but when I drink the 55 calorie light beer, I feel the changes in my feet skin start to happen.
So I've stopped drinking beer unless
- they list their ingredients, which almost none do. The beer lobbyists defeat legislation requiring that every time.
- it's German beer that abides by that 1815 purity law called the Reinheitsgebot
The Spec's beer guy can pronounce it with ease.. "YES we have Reinheitsgebot beer!"
re: sweet100s
Wow - thank god you got that allergy test. Maybe I should check labels, too. If I use deodorant with propylene glycol, my underarms turn beet red after a few hours. Very painful, like an itchy sunburn. Why in the heck would one need propylene glycol in a muffin?
re: rudeboy
formaldehyde is a known poison / carcinogen - probably good to be allergic and therefore alerted to being exposed to it. as for PG, the new "environmentally friendly" antifreeze, I too would prefer to avoid it, but it's toxicity is considered low compared to the well known analog ethylene glycol (the compound in most traditional anti-freeze varieties) that will kill humans and pets (they like the sweet taste) and fry the kidneys. A female MD anderson doctor was charged with poisoning her MD anderson doctor friend by putting EG in his coffee. he wound up in the hospital 4 hr later with kidney failure and a lethal level of EG. he survived. not sure what happened to that lady.
re: rudeboy
Propylene glycol, like many food additives, is used to help extend shelf life. In breads it helps maintain a perception of freshness (doesn't evaporate like water). It's also used in popsicles and other frozen ice products for its antifreeze properties. Also as a solvent for suspending artificial and natural flavors.
re: sweet100s
some of the people on the special diets board here have developed allergies or sensitivities to some things i had to look up.
as trendy as gluten free is getting, my hope is that it changes labeling so that everyone knows what they are putting into and onto their bodies.
re: TroyTempest
interesting. GF pizza and pasta, yum!
and, the pizza is only $2 more, which is pretty reasonable.
re: dinaofdoom
Yeah, haven't tried the pizza, but did have a bite of one of the pastas, which was pretty good.
last time I was at black star coop on lamar / airport they had a very good low carb AND gluten free beer. can't recall the name, but it was refreshing. not sure if it has PG in it though.
mY friend is celiac and theses are where I take her for successful stress free eating ( to her meaning she can order off the menu and not feel like a freak)
Boldin Creek cafe
Bufflo Bobs CHulupa Wagon ( i know it sounds crazy but she loves it)
Waltons Fancy and staple ( who doesn't love it)
Casa Del Lus
re: girloftheworld
celiac disease makes eating out challenging, because of the risk for cross-contamination.
and i totally had to look up the chalupa place!
EDIT: how strange, everything with hummus is not listed as gluten free, but hummus is naturally GF.
re: dinaofdoom
Looks like just the "Texas Hummus" isn't gluten free.
re: sqwertz
very strange. apparently the texas style means extra gluten!
re: dinaofdoom
Wonder what they put in that has gluten. Does seem strange
re: TroyTempest
perhaps some kind of seasoning with soy or malt vinegar? those are the usual culprits, when you can't figure out where the gluten is otherwise.
re: sqwertz
i think it served with flour tortillas.. not sure though


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(Recipe edited Sept 2011). Sosaties are not just any old kebabs. They're lamb meat on skewers, but they are marinated in a distinctive aromatic Malay-style sauce. Because lean leg of lamb is the meat of choice, we prefer to also thread a few fattier pork strips on the skewers. Our S A lamb has no smell, or sometimes just a delicious, faint herb aroma from the bushes they graze on. This is also one of our heirloom pioneer dishes, because the sosaties in this sauce can last for days without refrigeration. (We don't do that these days!) Absolutely meant for grilling -- but do not let it dry out! Five minutes, then switch the grid, and 5 minutes more over fairly hot coals should do it. Ideal picnic or camping food.
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MobileFamilyTree for iPhone and iPad 7.3 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Updated for iOS 8 (improved user interface, better performance).
• Handoff added: Seamlessly continue your work started on your iPhone or iPad on your Mac and vice versa.
28 August 2014
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• Fixed a problem from 7.0.25 that gave a blank screen with OK button if starting BK7 for the first time.
• Made the name search work faster for a very large database.
Genealone 1.3 (Web Publishing - Windows, Mac, Linux - Purchase)
• New: Sources and citations including list of sources for repetitive use.
• New: Page with event details including citations from sources.
• New: Editing and merging sources in Administration interface.
• New: Built-it event types: residence, occupation, confirmation, immigration, emigration, naturalization.
• New: Unmarried partners have been added, same sex partners are allowed.
• New: Religion field in person edit form.
• Some improvements.
HuMo-gen 5.0.6 (Web Publishing - Windows - Freeware)
• Added RTF export of ancestor and descendant reports.
• Dates below the year 100 and dates BC can also be entered.
• Improved layout and functionality.
iScrapbook 4.1.3 (Family Pictures - Mac - Purchase)
• Updated the way gradients are displayed to use latest Apple API's.
• Fixed problem that caused background color/image/placeholder to be reset when opening an older document.
MacFamilyTree 7.2.4 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Fixes for OS X Yosemite.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent successful creation of a backup.
• Localization issues fixed.
MobileFamilyTree 7.2.4 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Localization issues fixed.
• Minor report issue fixed.
The Complete Genealogy Builder 2014 build 140826 (Full Featured - Windows - Shareware)
• Fixed: Source Notes being incorrectly reported by the Reporter module following a project rebuild.
• Fixed: The "Enter" key will now add a new line in the Text item of a Source form instead being handled as "OK" and exiting the form.
The Complete Genealogy Reporter 2014 build 140826 (Family Books - Windows - Shareware)
• Fixed: Unnecessary period being added to some texts which already end with a period.
• Fixed: Formatting errors that could occur when sections are reordered via Section Control.
• Fixed: Notes assigned to Sources being referenced with a hyperlink to a non-existent Notes section entry instead of showing the text of the Note in the Sources section.
Transcript 2.4.1 build 101 beta (Transcriptions & Indexes - Windows - Freeware)
• Spanish translation added.
• Fix: The accented characters fix in the previous beta caused multiple spaces not to be detected (when that setting is active).
• Change: Catch exception when saving and file is in use by another program.
• Change: Refactor saving code and catch failure to make a backup.
• Change/Fix: Improve position of text in Pdf progress dialog.
• Fix: Several fixes reading certain uncommon image sub formats.
17 July 2014
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• A change that was made in Gedcom Import in the 08-Jul-2014 version affected importing of Address lines. This versions fixes that problem.
• When the import of a gedcom file is done, it will automatically start the indexing of the files, unless it needs to ask if you want to view the ged.lst file.
• The Utility to Compare Two Databases would sometimes have an error if you where moving a spouse from right to left and the person on the left already had 2 or more spouses.
DNAMatch4iPad 1.2 (Mobile - Purchase)
• The various search buttons on the Comparison grid view have been incorporated into a single search button on the bottom toolbar which was becoming cluttered with buttons.
• DNAMatch now supports the new aggregated results CSV file that 23andMe now produces on request from the Family Inheritance Advance tool.
• You can now search for matches based upon the Start and End points of a match in the Matches Grid View.
• A new settable parameter, maxCM has been added to the Query Parameter View.
• A popup has been added to the Matches Grid view to display the profile information of the two persons participating in a match.
• The Surname Tool views have been enhanced.
• And much more...
iScrapbook 4.1.2 (Family Pictures - Mac - Purchase)
• Fixed problem with gaps in linen background when running under Mavericks.
• Fixed a problem where an image would be offset from its correct position when printing/exporting if effects were applied and the image's proportions were changed.
• Fixed problem that occurred when control-clicking the canvas with no graphics selected.
MacFamilyTree 7.2.3 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Preparation for FamilySearch Private Spaces.
MobileFamilyTree 7.2.3 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Preparation for FamilySearch Private Spaces.
10 July 2014
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• When adding new names on Edit, it sometimes said Error 5 when making a list of matching names. Fixes.
• Fixed a problem with Split Database if including Witnesses (if the witness was not in the selected group.) Fixes.
• Fixed a problem when searching for matching names including Alternate names when adding new people. Fixes.
• If excluding data for living people, do not put 'Living' in the RTF name index at the end. Fixes.
GEDexplorer 1.7 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Added support for name suffix (the part after the surname).
• Fixed two bugs that caused crashes.
MacFamilyTree 7.2.2 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Fixed upload issues to FamilySearch.
• Person context option in the edit section works correctly now.
• Issues exporting PDF files fixed.
• Several smaller issues generating reports fixed.
MobileFamilyTree 7.2.2 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Fixed upload issues to FamilySearch.
• Issues exporting PDF files fixed.
• Several smaller issues generating reports fixed.
Second Site 5.3 Build 0 (Web Publishing - Windows - Purchase)
• Added the Multiple Relationships Chart User Item.
• Added the List of People User Item.
• Added the Block Panel option to Tag Groups.
• Added the following options as Data Content Choices for Table Panel Tag Groups: Subject, People, Other People.
3 July 2014
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• Show chris/buried on Family View if no birth/death dates.
• Support front camera for adding photos.
• Fix exception when attempting to add photo to Legacy 6 file.
• Fix exception following Marriage View with no previous marriage record.
• Fix exception if invalid character in lat/long.
• Fix exception after changing location sort order.
• Fix exception when searching for master sources.
GEDexplorer 1.6 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Added support for dates for occupation and title.
• Corrected the reading of the date intervals "FROM ..." and "TO ...".
• Improved the handling of dates that do not conform to the GEDCOM standard.
HuMo-gen 5.0.5 (Web Publishing - Windows - Freeware)
• Improved layout and functionality.
MacFamilyTree 7.2.1 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Fixed issue preventing login to MacFamilyTree.com for some users.
MobileFamilyTree 7.2.1 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Layout issues in some reports corrected.
RootsMapper 2 (Mapmaking - Windows, Mac, Linux, Mobile - Freeware)
• Redesigned user interface.
• Added static URLs for browser bookmarking.
• Added export to KML.
• Added interactive Pedigree browser.
• Added country of origin statistics.
25 June 2014
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• Bug fixes - issues with Find a Grave not returning results.
Brother's Keeper 7.0.20 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)
• If you are adding a Source and you select an existing source, then you change something that is not the Abbreviation and click Close and pick 'Change only for one person' it was giving error 'duplicate master source'. This has been fixed.
GedView 3.4.2 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Support CEME fact.
• iOS 7 support.
• Trees now make use of file system encryption to better protect your data.
• Updated map view.
• Fixes failed searches for place names.
Genealone 1.2.1 (Web Publishing - Windows, Mac, Linux - Purchase)
• Several bugs have been fixed.
• Genealone can download GEDCOM file from the web, now,
• Genealone can import huge GEDCOM files with tens of thousands persons, now.
• Data import has been improved.
• Few design improvements.
• Swedish translation.
GRAMPS 4.1.0 (Full Featured - Linux - Freeware/Open Source)
• New Tags support on Event, Place, Repository, Source, and Citation.
• Source/Citation Data becomes Attributes.
• New place hierarchies model.
• By default, you can choose navigator modes with a drop down.
• New Place editor.
HuMo-gen 5.0.4 (Web Publishing - Windows - Freeware)
• New: Person, places and sources indexes: renewed lay-out. Index in table with a new headline for sort options.
• New: For Pro-gen: birth and decease witnesses are read and shown.
• New: Person index: it's now possible to search for profession, zip-code, living place, witnesses and text by person (in extended search).
• New: Replaced "Elegant green" theme by the new theme "Green Field".
• Many improvements and fixes.
MacFamilyTree 7.2 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Completely rewritten Reports.
• Improved Interactive Tree.
• Improved FamilySearch integration.
• Refined user interface.
• Improved search function in the person list sidebar.
• New startup window.
• Major performance enhancements in all edit sections.
• Better scrolling behaviour when using a third-party mouse.
MobileFamilyTree 7.2 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Same changes as in MacFamilyTree.
24 April 2014
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• Several fixes and improvements handling databases.
MobileFamilyTree 7.1.2 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Several fixes and improvements handling databases.
Soundex Calculator 1.0 (Mobile - Freeware) NEW!
• Soundex Calculator is a utility designed to calculate the Soundex code for a given family name.
The Family Tree of Family for Android 1.9.2 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Update entry forms.
13 March 2014
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• (changed) Added 'legal name change' to: Utilities, global event sort.
• (fixed) Fixed some problems when jumping from Family Edit back to Edit.
• (changed) Custom Lists will make default BK number column width 7 if database is over 1 million names.
• (fixed) Custom Lists were only printing 30 characters for Ref Number even if it was longer.
• (new items or items fixed by 6.6.14 are below).
• (fixed) Descendant report, when printing 'children of' it now will remove [ ] from names.
• (fixed) Gedcom import would sometimes give error 'input past end of file' reading some FTM gedcom files.
LiveHistory 1.2 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Enhanced Person Index search: name, year-of-interest, max age, min age, gender (m/f/u).
• Selectable Index views: by name, by birth/naming date, by birthday (month & day).
• Visual updates, iOS 7 enhancements.
LTools 1.3.40 (Other Tools - Windows - Freeware)
• Get estimated birth date from children in 'Advanced Set Living++'. Fixed. • Error in 'View Legacy Tables'. Fixed. • LTools tries to open last used database when in 'reminder' mode. Fixed.
MacFamilyTree 7.1.5 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Fixed an issue where MacFamilyTree appeared to be hanging while creating an automatic backup.
20 February 2014
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
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• Import from GEDCOM.
• Edit and Build genealogy projects from scratch or import.
• Touch support for tree view (Pinch and Zoom).
• Touch support for editing.
• Integrated Windows 8 Search.
• Export as Backup.
• Import Backup (can be used to edit the same project on multiple machines).
MacFamilyTree 7.1.4 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Now FamilySearch TreeShare Certified.
• Much enhanced FamilySearch person compare view.
• FamilySearch source management added.
• FamilySearch performance greatly enhanced.
• Previously added persons can now be removed from FamilySearch.
• Duplicate family events can now be removed from FamilySearch.
• Better duplicate discovery on FamilySearch.
• Improved FamilySearch change log.
• Improved FamilySearch discussions.
TreeView 0.0.13 (Mobile - Freeware)
• Bug Fixes.
• Fixed Blank Screen issue on devices with Android 4.0.
15 January 2014
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• Support Legacy Family Tree 8.0.
Genota 220.127.116.11 (Organization - Research - Windows - Purchase)
• The issue causing the Research, Correspondence, Documents and People only being recorded when REPORTS > ALL NOTES is selected has been resolved.
MacFamilyTree 7.1.3 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Sharing reports using OS X Share Sheets improved.
• Date reformatting issues fixed.
• Crash issue fixed using search in the to do or sources edit section.
• Problem adding associated persons fixed.
• Problem displaying reports on OS X Mavericks 10.9.1 fixed.
The Family Tree of Family for Android 1.9.0 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Updated to Android 4.4.2.
World Family Tree 1.1.0 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Support iOS 7.
20 November 2013
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• Sources: On the Review/Sync Family screen, you can now see all sources for couples from both Family Tree and your local file. You can also exchange these sources between your personal file and the couple records of Family Tree.
• Change History: A new link on the Review/Sync Individual screen allows you to see all changes that have been made to a person record in Family Tree. Also, if you are examining the details of any fact, you will be able to see the changes made to just that fact, and have an option to restore older facts.
• Review/Sync Individual Screen: Several buttons were moved from the bottom of the screen to a menu bar near the top of the screen to improve readability of this screen. Also, the "Select Family Tree" button was renamed to be an "Import from nFS" link to better reflect its current use.
• Notes: You can now view notes from Family Tree on the Review/Sync Individual screen, and a Notes button allows you to exchange notes between your personal records and the records of Family Tree.
Arlington National Cemetery Explorer 18.104.22.168 (Applications pour mobiles - Mobile - Freeware)
• Updated search capability and bug fixes.
Brother's Keeper 6.6.11 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)
• New: The Indented Book report will print the parents of the starting person.
• Changed: For Group Sheet HTML output, make more space for pictures of child.
• Fixed a problem on the Descendant Marriage Record report if the spouse had [ ] in the name.
• Also fixed some problems when finding Carriage Returns in source Title, Author, Abbreviation, or Page fields for gedcom export.
Family Get-To-Gether 18.104.22.168 (Applications pour mobiles - Mobile - Purchase)
• Miscellaneous quality enhancements.
Legacy Family Tree 220.127.116.118 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)
• FamilySearch - Added Merging.
• FamilySearch - Added Discussions.
• FamilySearch - Working on Sources still and once this is done we will have full FamilySearch Tree Share+ Certification.
MacFamilyTree 7.1.2 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Custom background images for several website themes.
• Choose from different fonts in many website themes.
• Browser compatibility improved when exporting websites.
• FTP upload speed greatly improved.
• New options for global search & replace added.
• And much more.
MobileFamilyTree 7.0.14 (Applications pour mobiles - Mobile - Purchase)
• FamilySearch issue displaying parents in the comparison view fixed.
6 November 2013
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• Optimized for iOS 7.
• Bug fixes.
MacFamilyTree 7.1.1 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• New website themes added.
• Bugfixes exporting websites.
• Localization issues fixed in German, Swedish and French.
My Family Tree 22.214.171.124 (Full Featured - Windows - Freeware)
• Added a small number of style improvements.
• Enhanced date and time input to support using the arrow keys or mouse wheel to quickly scroll through dates and times.
RootsMagic 22.214.171.124 (Full Featured - Windows - Purchase)
• New: When selecting ancestors, you can now select the number of generations of ancestors, as well as the number of generations of descendants coming back.
• New: When doing drag and drop you can now select the number of generations of ancestors, as well as the number of generations of descendants coming back.
• Fixed: Some issues when selecting people by genetic lines (mtDNA).
• Fixed: The direct descendant list would sometimes show extraneous people when there were cross cousin marriages in the line.
• Fixed: Occasional Access Violation (A/V) errors when copying a fact from RootsMagic to FamilySearch Family Tree.
RootsMapper 1.1 (Mapmaking - Windows, Mac, Linux, Mobile - Freeware)
• Switched from Google Geocoding Service to FamilySearch Place Authority for significant speed increase.
• Added photos to person cards (hover the icon to view larger size).
• Added delete button to leaf nodes.
• Made lines clickable.
• Made buttons invisible when printing.
• Added 8 generation option.
Transcript 2.4.1 build 97 beta (Transcriptions & Indexes - Windows - Freeware)
• Fix: Crash when canceling scanning an image.
• Fix: Uncommon crash when main window is not active and checking whether we need to resume an paused timer.
• Fix: Detect pdf files where the pdf extension is not all lowercase.
• Improved detection of jpeg files with tiff extension.
• Several bugfixes and a few extra safety checks in the image loading code and also recognize more types of tiff images.
23 October 2013
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• Sources: If you attached an object other than a picture to a citation (such as a document, audio clip, web page), the path/URL of this object will now be displayed where the thumbnail.
• Web Page Creation: If the image to a source is located on the Internet rather than on your system, the link to the image was not created properly. Fixed.
Billion Graves 3.3 (Applications pour mobiles - Mobile - Freeware)
• Updates for iOS 7.
• Bug fixes.
Family Get-To-Gether 1.1.3 (Applications pour mobiles - Mobile - Purchase)
• German & Dutch languages are added.
• Press 'Options' button and select 'Language' option to change the app language.
• New separate date & place fields for birth and death information.
• Miscellaneous quality enhancements.
MacFamilyTree 7.1 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Completely new Web Site Export.
• Configureable Themes.
• Live preview.
• Direct FTP upload (secure connections supported).
• Includes Videos, PDFs and Audio Media.
• Improved user interface .
• And much more.
16 October 2013
Genealogy Software Updates of the Week
• Added compatibility for iOS7.
GedTreeFree 0.9.13 (Mobile - Freeware)
• Marriages are now shown in the long-click popup.
• The number of generations shown is now configurable.
• Different codecs supported (utf-8, ascii, latin_1, ansel).
• .GED files can now be opened with the internal file browser too.
Genota 5 (Organization - Research - Windows - Purchase)
• Genota 5 is nearing completion and is expected to be released early November 2013.
• It will include: a new, simpler to use interface, a new Transcriber module, a new mapping facility, an updated locations module with geolocation, a simple date calculator, the ability to add Notes, Sources, Categories, Locations and Contacts from the main menu without accessing the individual modules.
Legacy Mobile 1.1.1 (Mobile - Freeware)
• Changes to handle modifications from FamilySearch.
MacFamilyTree 7.0.14 (Full Featured - Mac - Purchase)
• Crash issue when editing families or persons fixed.
• FamilySearch issue fixed handling burial events.
• Date parsing improved.
MobileFamilyTree 7.0.13 (Mobile - Purchase)
• Downloading marriage events from FamilySearch fixed.
• Hourglass chart now displays correct kinships with grandchildren-in-law.
• Error interpreting multiple spouses on FamilySearch fixed.
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A Very Long Engagement movie trailer - starring Audrey Tautou, Dominique Pinon, Clovis Cornillac, Gaspard Ulliel, Chantal Neuwirth, Jerome Kircher. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Theatrical Release Date: 11/26/2004
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
As World War I draws to an end, a young French woman's greatest fight is about to begin. Mathilde has received word that her fiance Manech is one of five wounded soldiers who have been court-martialed and pushed out into the no-man's land between the French and German armies... and almost certain death.
Unwilling to accept that her beloved Manech is lost to her forever, Mathilde embarks on an extraordinary journey to discover the fate of her lover. At each turn, she receives a different heartbreaking variation on how Manech must have spent those last days, those last moments. Still, she never gets discouraged.
If Manech were dead, Mathilde would know.
With a steadfast faith, strengthened by hope and stubbornly cheerful disposition, Mathilde follows her investigation to its conclusion, convincing those who might help her and ignoring those who will not. As she draws closer to the truth about the five unfortunate soldiers and their brutal punishment, she is drawn deeper into the horrors of war and the indelible marks it leaves on those whose lives it had touched.
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MENLO PARK, CA and LARCHMONT, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/13 -- Bessemer Venture Partners, a top venture capital firm backing great entrepreneurs leading transformative startups and other high-growth companies, today announced several new partners joining its ranks. In addition to the promotions of Kent Bennett, Brian Feinstein, Ethan Kurzweil and Trevor Oelschig to partner, the firm is bringing BVP alum Alex Ferrara on board as partner, while Jeff Epstein moves to an operating partner role. With these promotions, BVP's focus on identifying investment opportunities in start-ups in Bessemer Roadmaps is now driven by 15 investing partners.
Key Roadmaps include: Cloud Computing, Infrastructure 2.0, Mobile, Online Retail and Trusted Internet sectors.
Kent Bennett
Based in Cambridge, MA, Kent Bennett joined the company in 2008. Kent focuses on investments in the big data, data-infrastructure and communications sectors. At BVP, Kent has been involved in investments in data-management companies such as Endeca (acquired by Oracle) Streambase, Vertica (acquired by HP), Hadapt and InsightSquared; mobile-communications companies BroadSoft (IPO), Millennial Media (IPO) and Enforta; as well as Goal.com (acquired by Perform Group), the world's largest soccer portal. Kent began his career with Bain & Co., and later was a creative executive for an entertainment-production company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and a B.S. degree, summa cum laude, in systems engineering from the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Scholar. Find Kent on Twitter: @kentbennett
Brian Feinstein
Brian Feinstein focuses on Internet, software and financial services opportunities and leads BVP's investment practice in Brazil and Russia. Brian has been involved in the firm's investments in Playdom (acquired by Disney), Zoosk, Mindbody, United Capital, Knewton and KupiVIP. Before joining BVP, he worked at Blackstone, where he focused on the TMT technology, financial services, and energy and was involved in the firm's Emdeon and Geosouthern transactions sectors. Before that, he co-founded Opera New Media, an online advertising agency. Brian holds a B.A. in government from Harvard University. Follow Brian on Twitter: @brianfeinstein
Ethan Kurzweil
Ethan Kurzweil joined BVP's Menlo Park office four years ago where he focuses on investments in cloud computing, consumer web and mobile technologies and drives Bessemer's roadmap on developer platforms. Ethan has co-led BVP's investments in the consumer/social web (Playdom, Zoosk, Twitch, Piazza, Life360 and Reputation.com), developer and marketing platforms (Twilio, SendGrid, Simply Measured and Crowdflower), advertising technology (adap.tv), and Skybox Imaging and serves on the Board of Directors of Simply Measured, Twitch, Piazza, Crowdflower and Sweet Labs. Prior to BVP, Ethan worked at Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life, and at Dow Jones & Co. on new business ventures. Ethan graduated from Stanford University with distinction, where he co-founded SSB-Bart Group and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. Find Ethan on Twitter: @ethankurz
Trevor Oelschig
Trevor Oelschig focuses primarily on investments in software and the consumer web. Trevor is involved with BVP's investments in and serves on the boards of Shopify and Zopa. He co-leads BVP's activities in online learning and its investments in 2U, Knewton and Clever. His historical investments include Hunch (acquired by eBay), Smilebox (acquired by Perion Network) and Pure Networks (acquired by Cisco). Prior to joining BVP, Trevor was with JPMorgan Partners, where he was involved with Tidal Software (acquired by Cisco), Sierra Logic (acquired by Emulex), Aristos Logic (acquired by Adaptec) and Vyatta (acquired by Brocade). Previously, he worked for Comcast Ventures and McKinsey & Co. in Asia. Trevor holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Berkeley, an M.S. in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School. Follow Trevor on Twitter: @toelschig
Alex Ferrara
Alex Ferrara joined Bessemer in 2005 and rejoined the firm in 2013 as a partner in its New York office. He specializes in software and Internet companies and the intersection of financial services and technology. Alex has been involved with a wide variety of innovative companies over the last decade, including board service with Yodle, Shopify, OMGPop (acquired by Zynga), SelectMinds (acquired by Oracle), Wix, Quadriserv and Access 360 Media. Alex was also involved in BVP's investments in Pure Networks (acquired by Cisco), Skype (acquired by Ebay), SiteAdvisor (acquired by McAfee), Goal.com (acquired by Perform Group), Activ Financial, TeamViewer, Gerson Lehrman Group, HootSuite and Alibaba Group. Earlier in his career, Alex worked at Goldman Sachs in technology investment banking. Alex started his career as a software engineer at Salomon Brothers and later worked as a derivatives trader on the New York Board of Trade. Alex holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, and a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Find Alex on Twitter: @alexferrara
Jeff Epstein
BVP also announced that Entrepreneur-in-Residence Jeff Epstein will move into an operating partner role. In his expanded role, Jeff will advise Bessemer companies in his areas of expertise: cloud computing and enterprise software, advertising technology, consumer Internet and marketplaces. Jeff is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle. Prior to Oracle, Epstein served as CFO of several public and private companies, including DoubleClick (sold to Google), King World Productions (sold to CBS) and Nielsen's Media Measurement and Information Group. Earlier, he was an investment banker at The First Boston Corporation. He serves on the Boards of Directors of publicly held Priceline.com and Shutterstock, the Board of the Bessemer portfolio company Zoosk, the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Stanford University Hospital, and the Management Board of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Jeff will continue in his role as a Senior Advisor at Oak Hill Capital's technology group. Jeff holds an MBA from the Stanford University, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and a BA from Yale College, where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Follow Jeff on Twitter: @JeffEpstein
BVP also announced that marketing veteran Tiffany Spencer has joined as VP of Marketing and Communications. In this role, Tiffany will serve as a resource to BVP's portfolio companies, drawing on nearly twenty years of brand building experience and her passion for early stage companies. Find Tiffany on Twitter: @TiffanyLSpencer
BVP's track record is exceptional for its longevity, success and breadth across multiple partners in a mix of sectors, stages and geographies. BVP's investments range from $100K angel investments to $50 million hyper-growth deals, across 15 countries from six global offices. 2012 was an exceptional year for the firm, with more than 20 exits for the year. The tally includes five IPOS -- earning BVP a spot among the top three VCs for total IPOs in 2012 (according to the National Venture Capital Association) and several major M&A exits including OMGPop, Traffix Systems and Stromedix. Known for investing early in innovators such as Yelp, LinkedIn and Pinterest, the partnership also made 17 new investments. In 2012, industry recognition of the firm included five partners named to Forbes Magazine's prestigious Midas List of Top 100 Tech Investors.
About Bessemer Venture Partners
With $4.0 billion under management, Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) is a global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, Cambridge, Mass., New York, Mumbai, Bangalore and Herzliya, Israel. BVP delivers a broad platform in venture capital spanning industries, geographies, and stages of company growth. From Staples to Skype, VeriSign to Yelp, LinkedIn to Pinterest, BVP has helped incubate and support companies that have anchored significant shifts in the economy. More than 100 BVP-funded companies have gone public on exchanges in North America, Europe and Asia. See www.bvp.com or follow BVP on Twitter: @bessemervp
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
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The Internet of Things is tied together with a thin strand that is known as time. Coincidentally, at the core of nearly all data analytics is a timestamp. When working with time series data there are a few core principles that everyone should consider, especially across datasets where time is the common boundary. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Scott, Director of Enterprise Strategy & Architecture at MapR Technologies, discussed single-value, geo-spatial, and log time series data. By focusing on enterprise applications and the data center, he will use OpenTSDB as an example t...
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How do APIs and IoT relate? The answer is not as simple as merely adding an API on top of a dumb device, but rather about understanding the architectural patterns for implementing an IoT fabric. There are typically two or three trends: Exposing the device to a management framework Exposing that management framework to a business centric logic Exposing that business layer and data to end users. This last trend is the IoT stack, which involves a new shift in the separation of what stuff happens, where data lives and where the interface lies. For instance, it's a mix of architectural styles ...
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
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The Internet of Things will greatly expand the opportunities for data collection and new business models driven off of that data. In her session at @ThingsExpo, Esmeralda Swartz, CMO of MetraTech, discussed how for this to be effective you not only need to have infrastructure and operational models capable of utilizing this new phenomenon, but increasingly service providers will need to convince a skeptical public to participate. Get ready to show them the money!
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The Internet of Things will put IT to its ultimate test by creating infinite new opportunities to digitize products and services, generate and analyze new data to improve customer satisfaction, and discover new ways to gain a competitive advantage across nearly every industry. In order to help corporate business units to capitalize on the rapidly evolving IoT opportunities, IT must stand up to a new set of challenges. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies, will examine why IT must finally fulfill its role in support of its SBUs or face a new round of...
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One of the biggest challenges when developing connected devices is identifying user value and delivering it through successful user experiences. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Mike Kuniavsky, Principal Scientist, Innovation Services at PARC, described an IoT-specific approach to user experience design that combines approaches from interaction design, industrial design and service design to create experiences that go beyond simple connected gadgets to create lasting, multi-device experiences grounded in people's real needs and desires.
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Enthusiasm for the Internet of Things has reached an all-time high. In 2013 alone, venture capitalists spent more than $1 billion dollars investing in the IoT space. With "smart" appliances and devices, IoT covers wearable smart devices, cloud services to hardware companies. Nest, a Google company, detects temperatures inside homes and automatically adjusts it by tracking its user's habit. These technologies are quickly developing and with it come challenges such as bridging infrastructure gaps, abiding by privacy concerns and making the concept a reality. These challenges can't be addressed w...
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The Domain Name Service (DNS) is one of the most important components in networking infrastructure, enabling users and services to access applications by translating URLs (names) into IP addresses (numbers). Because every icon and URL and all embedded content on a website requires a DNS lookup loading complex sites necessitates hundreds of DNS queries. In addition, as more internet-enabled 'Things' get connected, people will rely on DNS to name and find their fridges, toasters and toilets. According to a recent IDG Research Services Survey this rate of traffic will only grow. What's driving t...
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Connected devices and the Internet of Things are getting significant momentum in 2014. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist & Technology Evangelist at Greenwave Systems, examined three key elements that together will drive mass adoption of the IoT before the end of 2015. The first element is the recent advent of robust open source protocols (like AllJoyn and WebRTC) that facilitate M2M communication. The second is broad availability of flexible, cost-effective storage designed to handle the massive surge in back-end data in a world where timely analytics is e...
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Scott Jenson leads a project called The Physical Web within the Chrome team at Google. Project members are working to take the scalability and openness of the web and use it to talk to the exponentially exploding range of smart devices. Nearly every company today working on the IoT comes up with the same basic solution: use my server and you'll be fine. But if we really believe there will be trillions of these devices, that just can't scale. We need a system that is open a scalable and by using the URL as a basic building block, we open this up and get the same resilience that the web enjoys.
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We are reaching the end of the beginning with WebRTC, and real systems using this technology have begun to appear. One challenge that faces every WebRTC deployment (in some form or another) is identity management. For example, if you have an existing service – possibly built on a variety of different PaaS/SaaS offerings – and you want to add real-time communications you are faced with a challenge relating to user management, authentication, authorization, and validation. Service providers will want to use their existing identities, but these will have credentials already that are (hopefully) i...
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"Matrix is an ambitious open standard and implementation that's set up to break down the fragmentation problems that exist in IP messaging and VoIP communication," explained John Woolf, Technical Evangelist at Matrix, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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P2P RTC will impact the landscape of communications, shifting from traditional telephony style communications models to OTT (Over-The-Top) cloud assisted & PaaS (Platform as a Service) communication services. The P2P shift will impact many areas of our lives, from mobile communication, human interactive web services, RTC and telephony infrastructure, user federation, security and privacy implications, business costs, and scalability. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robin Raymond, Chief Architect at Hookflash, will walk through the shifting landscape of traditional telephone and voice services ...
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Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
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Bit6 today issued a challenge to the technology community implementing Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC). To leap beyond WebRTC's significant limitations and fully leverage its underlying value to accelerate innovation, application developers need to consider the entire communications ecosystem.
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world.
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Having a mobile strategy in place is important to restaurant operators who are looking for new ways to connect with their guests.
Knowing the ins and outs of mobile technologies is crucial as consumers become more tethered to their smartphones. Cisco predicts there will be 788 million smartphone-only Web browsers by 2015.
"Your customers are looking for something that is better, easier, faster and reliable – a mobile strategy that enhances their guest experience," said Sarah McCrary, director at Heartland. She was one of three panelists in a session titled "Why Mobile Matters" at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago last week, along with Mike Handy, president of GoWaiter.com, Chris Demery, VP-IT of OSI Restaurants.
The digital approach should be robust – entailing loyalty/rewards, online ordering, order tracking, easy menu management, order history, payment history and more, according to Handy.
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Demery's perspective on mobile/online initiatives is different, since OSI Restaurants' portfolio includes casual and fine dining brands such as Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, Fleming's and Roy's.
The company has multiple mobile pilots taking place right now, including having customers sign in when they arrive and then texting them when their tables are ready, as opposed to using a paging device.
"We also have an initiative underway for mobile at the tables that is centered on customer privacy, where the server takes the order and the customer can swipe their card on a Skypad device, which is like an iPad. This method has helped increase tips and table turns, and has been a very successful pilot for us," Demery said.
He added that mobile is very much about the user experience. The big concern at his company is making sure each restaurant's POS system is compatible and PCI compliant.
Other concerns include making sure servers know how to use the devices, and having a solid plan in place for necessary maintenance or upgrades.
"Restaurateurs are typically not techie people, nor do they have time to be, so they need to make sure they have an immediate plan in place if something happens," Demery said.
Another test some brands are playing with right now is having customers give waiters their phones for the 4 to 6 minutes it takes to make the payment transaction. This is a tricky proposal, however.
"Customers don't want to give up their smartphones to waiters. We have to figure out that piece when we talk about giving them a true mobile experience," Demery said.
McCrary added that QR code technology may be the solution since consumers' smartphones wouldn't have to leave their sight.
Finally, the panel discounted worries about diminished customer service with the increased use of mobile/tablets at restaurants.
"Even if most of the orders and payments are done by the customers themselves, there will still be occasions where the server will assist them. The server will also come out and upsell throughout the meal," Demery said. "Mobile isn't about the elimination of customer service, but rather the optimization."
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So Wil Wheaton has a YouTube show about boardgames, and it's awesome. It's called TableTop, and it's a long-form (about a half hour per episode) look at various good boardgames, including a basic explanation of how to play each -- plus an actual play session so you can actually get it. Whether you're a boardgame nerd or a "normal" person looking for a fun diversion for your next party, this is for you. I've collected five starter episodes for your enjoyment. The TableTop YouTube channel has tons of... READ ON
In this two-minute clip from The Muppet Show, two Whatnots sing a semi-tuneless ode to happiness. In a dusty room filled with cobwebs. Covered, themselves, with cobwebs. It's a pretty grim situation. They're pretty happy guys.
So does this song make you happy or sad? It makes me ridiculously happy.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation had a habit of ending on a positive note, particularly in the first season before those pesky Borg showed up in Season 2. No matter what troubles the crew had seen during their adventure, the episodes generally ended with Picard specifying a new course and then saying "Engage" as music swelled. I recommend this practice the next time you take a road trip: strap everybody in, set a course for Isis III, then say "Engage!"
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Jay Cheel's friends play Settlers of Catan. Soda is poured, chips prepared, the board laid out, and then...a ruckus ensues. In this documentary, Cheel reveals the fractured relationships within one group of friends who play, fight, and eat snacks.
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The Beach Boys recorded "Wouldn't It Be Nice" as the opening track on their landmark album "Pet Sounds." It's my favorite Beach Boys song, but I never knew how insanely complex Brian Wilson's arrangement was: the recording includes two accordionists, two drummers, three bassists, three guitarists, four horn players, two pianists, and at least four singers. The main riff of the song is formed by the twin accordions (working together with a lovely walking bassline), though I would've been hard-pressed to... READ ON
Christoph Adami makes "artificial life," effectively self-replicating computer programs. If you've heard of Tierra*, that's the kind of thing Adami does. In this TED Talk, Adami discusses his work, including a brief discussion of how we define life on Earth -- which is lots of fun, as he describes a real-world organism that does not die. And no, we haven't been overrun by this monster (yet).
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Today we learned that we had lost Ray Bradbury. Tonight, let's listen to the author speak about his life and career. If you watch nothing else in this list, scroll down and pick one of the short clips from 1968 -- they're all terrific.
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In the second installment of the "We Stopped Dreaming" series, Neil deGrasse Tyson puts forth a simple argument: that NASA's missions to the moon and beyond caused humans to focus attention on the Earth. He runs through the list of accomplishments in environmental policy that occurred while the Apollo missions were underway, and it is a compelling argument. Representative quote: "We found time to start thinking about Earth. That is space operating on our culture, and you cannot even put a price on... READ ON
In the first 30 seconds, this video takes us from Pong through a series of 1970s and early 1980s arcade games, then into NES versions of The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. In the remaining two and a half minutes, we're treated to a wild ride of bleeping, blooping, and spastic visuals, as the video's creators mash up popular console and arcade games from the past forty years.
While this isn't a complete history of video games (or even console games), it's insanely nostalgic for gamers of a... READ ON
I've grown up hearing Glenn Gould's two performances of Bach's Goldberg Variations. Gould's first landmark performance was released in 1955, and it was passionate, fast, and popular -- with a runtime of just over 38 minutes, Gould's first performance left out many of the repeats within the variations, plus he kept the tempo up. That 1955 recording was a blockbuster hit (as classical recordings go), and helped to put the Goldberg Variations on the cultural map; prior to that performance the Variations... READ ON
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No New Gasoline-Only Car Sales in Norway by 2015: Finance Minister Proposes
Norway's Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen has proposed that from 2015 sales of new gasoline powered cars would be banned in the country, Reuters
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What is Blue Energy Anyway? Two Takes on Osmotic Power
Here's one more way to harness the power of water to create energy: It's been dubbed Blue Energy by Ode Magazine in a recent article and involves harnessing the energy released from the process of osmosis. All you need for
TH!NK Electric Car Maker Wants to Move to Sweden (or the U.K.)
Norway's electric vehicle manufacturer TH!NK has a long and troubled history - gone bankrupt twice, changed hands a couple of times (including a short stormy marriage with Ford) and stopped its production line late last year when the economic crisis
American Musicians (and Others) Save Norwegian Wolves
You have more than likely heard a bit about the Gray Wolves being placed on (and taken off) the Endangered Species List by the Bush Administration. You may not know that American wolves are not the only
Berlin Box Packs A Lot in Seventy Square Feet
How much space do you really need? Norwegian architects Bredeland and Kristoffersen designed this 7 square meter (~70 square feet) cabin for an exhibition in Berlin a few years ago.
Crazy Norwegians Review THINK! Electric Car (Video)
Pushing the THINK! EV to its Limits Speed, sex, and crazy Norwegians on an icy drag racing track - what more could you want from a review of an electric car? Maybe a challenge to the reign of the auto-journalistic giants at Top Gear? No worries - the
Norwegian Electric Car Maker THINK Stays Alive! Receives Interim Funding
Back in December, Mike wrote about how Norwegian electric car manufacturer THINK had the rug pulled out from under them when the government wouldn't guarantee several million dollars in loans that the company hoped would pull it through
Frosty Receptions: Snow Palaces and Ice Hotels Around the World
From 1888 in Montreal, Quebec to 2009 in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, buildings made of ice have been the rage. We take a slideshow tour of some of the most interesting ones at Frosty Receptions: Snow Palaces and Ice Hotels Around the
Norway's TH!NK Is Thinking Bankruptcy or State Bailout
Last week, electric car manufacturer TH!NK asked the Norwegian government for $40 million U.S. dollars in lines of credit to continue operations. The company
Norway Electric Car Sales Set Records: High Gas Prices Anyone?
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Terrific Toilets by Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmson
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Arrr, Thar Be Oil Under Them Icebergs!
With the melting of the polar ice caps, countries around the world are finding that new shipping lanes are now opening up, and with that, areas that were previously off limits to exploration and drilling are now accessible.
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Image credit: Balsamia on Flickr Norwegian Lemmings Suffer from "Wrong Type of Snow" Earlier today Michael reported that climate change is reaking havoc on the axolotl (aka the "Mexican walking fish"). But the freaky looking fish isn't the only
Norwegian "Topi" Footstool Recycles Trashed Textiles
Norwegian designer Elisabeth Nossen based her Topi Footstool upon a Salvation Army thrift shop purchase. Nossen's stool is a "50's style" reclaimed from a thrift store and redecorated by the designer with wool roses. Nossen is considered one of
Carbon Capture Make Renewables Look Better, Suggests Swedish Report
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