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VLC 2.1.0
Legal | Report Trademark Abuse VideoLAN, VLC, VLC media player and x264 are trademarks internationally registered by the VideoLAN non-profit organization. VideoLAN software is licensed under various open-source licenses: use and distribution are defined by each software license.
What happened to Google Alerts?
Does Google Alerts return fewer results each year? A statistical investigation
What to do if a bubble is starting
Maybe now we’re actually in the early stages of a startup bubble. Valuations are trending up again. And no one is talking about a bubble anymore, so it could be happening. Many companies still...
Stop using Digital Ocean Now For the greater good
Serdar Doğruyol, creator of Kemal, the iyi programming language, and gcry. Crystal Core Team member writing about Crystal, Ruby, and open source.
How we tripled our revenue by adding one button
Or the secret of the “Unlock All” button
Google to Encrypt All Keyword Searches
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Apple Updates iMac
The official source for news about Apple, from Apple. Read press releases, get updates, watch video and download images.
How to Hire
After startups raise money, their next biggest problem becomes hiring. It turns out it’s both really hard and really important to hire good people; in fact, it’s probably the most important thing...
RSA warns developers not to use RSA products
In today’s news of the weird, RSA (a division of EMC) has recommended that developers desist from using the (allegedly) ‘backdoored’ Dual_EC_DRBG random number generator — w…
Why didn't we patent the spreadsheet? Were we stupid? (1999)
We didn't patent VisiCalc at Software Arts because you really couldn't patent software prior to 1981, and VisiCalc was shown to the public in 1979.
The Secret of iOS 7
The iPhone 5S, iOS 7, and whatever follows make logical desktop replacements. They, and phones like them, will be the death of the PC.
Robot Turtles Kickstarter midmortem at $250k
Robot Turtles has been an amazing ride. From a goofy idea in the shower, to some clipart, to a print on demand game for my family… to a $250,000 wild ride that doesn’t seem to be done yet! As of this writing I’ve just crossed the halfway point (12 days down, 11 to go) and wanted to catch my breath and write up some…
The Dribbblisation of Design
Articles and Podcasts on Customer Service, AI and Automation, Product, and more.
Introducing Trello Gold
Research, expert perspectives, and product announcements from Atlassian on how teams can work smarter with AI. Subscribe for monthly insights on the future of teamwork.
Upsource: A Platform
Last week at JetBrains Day we talked a little bit about Upsource, a new platform we have been working on. In this post, we’d like to give you a bit of a deeper dive into it.For the past year or mo
The iPhone 5S and 5C
My review of Apple’s new iPhones.
Apiary: Beautiful API docs, raises seed round, adds premium features
We've raised seed funding; are excited about what comes next — Apiary Blog
How to Raise Money
September 2013 Most startups that raise money do it more than once. A typical trajectory might be (1) to get started with a few tens of thousands from something like Y Combinator or individual angels, then (2) raise a few hundred thousand to a few million to build the company, and then (3) once the company is clearly…
If It's Important, Don't Hack It
Articles and Podcasts on Customer Service, AI and Automation, Product, and more.