An interesting second attempt to add product purchasing to Facebook, this time replacing the nonsensical virtual items with physical products. Lots of hurdles to jump through to make this happen, including third-party participation and privacy concerns. I'll be curious to see how this works out.
If you are looking into various solutions to combat the degraded appearance of websites on your retina MacBook, you should start by reading the above A List Apart article before picking one solution over the other.
Good to know I am not alone. I have switched to Chrome for most of the day and open Safari only when needed right now. It would be nice if Apple acknowledged the issue.
Kickstarter is implimenting new rules designed to giver backers more information about the project they are giving money to. The rules, in summary, are to inform people that your are donating to a proposed project, not buying a product off a shelf.
World Wide Web Consortium plans to have the finished HTML5 standard by 2014, and a follow-up HTML 5.1 standard by 2016. Naturally, the question is when will the browsers catch up?
Adobe announces Source Code Pro, a very nice monospace font, for free. Weird, but generous. I've got it setup in Coda already and am considering moving to it for email composition.
Edit: I can't believe Wil didn't commment on this. Holy moly the Hobbit is looking better and better. My 8 year old daughter will be over the moon to see the new trailer. I predict that she will ask to skip soccer tonight to watch it over 90 times in a row - julian
NPR reports on the ups and downs of knowing everything there is to know about yourself, your health and the future. If it was affordable, I would be first in line.
Lots of new stuff available for Mobile Safari, for iOS 6 devices in general and for iPhone 5 devices specifcially. For instance, Mobile Safari allows image/media file uploads, finally! Web developers, you'll want to review this list...
Nice overview of what has changed in the publishing world since the advent of the internet. Time to start thinking about how we can keep the business model sustainable for the next 50 years without relying on ads. Maybe prove value in the content you create for starters?
The Verge is reporting that the iPhone 5 is blowing away all previous versions of the iPhone for pre-orders. I'm sure Apple is happy to let Android win if this is the kind of response that losing gets.
Globe And Mail report on a copyright claim from the Canadian Mint to folk musician Dave Gunning. Apparently, he was supposed to get permission from the Mint to use images of pennies on the cover of his album, No More Pennies. Originally, they were asking Gunning to pay a $1200 royalty.
On the subject of cellphones, Access Winnipeg reminds up that the new cellphone contract laws come into effect September 15. These are practices major Manitoba providers should be doing anyway... just so happens now its the law.
Don't bother hitting the software-update options just yet. Apple will be releasing iOS 6 to the public September 19th, and will be releasing the new version of iTunes in late October.
According to Michael Geist, the CRTC shifts its priorities. "The days of emphasizing Canadian content rules or legislative overhauls are over, replaced by a consumer-oriented focus on affordable access to both content and connectivity services."
Google releases it own stand-alone iOS Youtube app to replace the one Apple decided to dropped this year.. and, surprising no one, its supported by ads on the videos.
RetinaCapture is a free download for Mountain Lion users on Retina Display laptops. It simultaneously taking a 1x and 2x resolution screenshot, saving both to a single directory. And since the 1x screenshot is redrawn at the lower resolution rather than scaled, everything looks crisp. Handy.