Apple seeded the first preview of OS X 10.7 Lion to its developer community yesterday. This is the first time developers get to play with the next version of Apple’s operating system, even though the company already gave us a first glimpse at Lion during an event in
netflix
Want to know which Netflix movies currently feature subtitles? There is now a page for that. According to Netflix’s chief product officer Neil Hunt, the company currently offers subtitles for about 30% of its catalog and the plan is to bring this feature to “80% of viewing coverage” by
international calling
No matter what phone you have and whether you have a data plan or not, Skype now lets you make international calls with just a few clicks and from any phone (after a quick setup). For quite a while now, Skype has been offering Skype to Go as an easy
algorithm
Google today made a major change to its search algorithm that will affect almost 12% of all queries. According to a blog post written by the company’s Amit Singhal and Matt Cutts, this change is meant to highlight high-quality sites and push down “sites which are low-value add for
Whether you’re an accomplished home cook or just want to put something more imaginative on the table than pasta with canned sauce, chances are you’ve used a search engine to find new recipes. Starting today, Google is making it easier to find just the right thing to cook
Bing
All the major search engines are now working on integrating signals from your own personal network on sites like Facebook and Twitter to enhance their search results. Google launched its latest initiative last week and today Bing is launching the next step in its program to bring more “liked results”
eyebeam
The Internet is full of great data, but much of it is stuck in spreadsheet-like columns and simply hard to parse. Google and Eyebeam, a non-profit and technology center, want to raise the bar and just announced the launch of its Data Viz Challenge that will award a total of
apple
While Apple’s penchant for secrecy contributes to its mystique, it is also responsible for a kind of 21st century Kremlinology where every one of Steve Jobs’ words is carefully analyzed for hidden meanings. At times, Jobs will bypass the regular PR channels and respond to email himself. Generally, these
airlines
Virtually every major airline has a presence on Twitter today. But how active are these businesses on Twitter? Well, compared to the millions of people who get on planes every day, the activity on most airline Twitter accounts is rather low. Delta Airline’s @deltaassist is currently the most active
For the last week or so, I’ve been testing Yobongo, a new app that creates ad-hoc chat rooms based on your location and interests. Launched by former Justin.tv employees Caleb Elston and David Kasper, the service’s iPhone app, which is still in private beta testing, is already
germany
Germany’s minister of defense Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg plagiarized large parts of his Ph.D. thesis. This scandal would likely have rocked Germany’s political scene even before the Internet, but the massive extend of his academic fraud only became public thanks to a massive crowdsourced effort and the smart
blogging
Going from writing for one of the biggest tech blogs in the world to writing my own blog again is obviously quite a change. Not only do I have to manage all the gritty details of my server setup, but not having a few extra sets of eyes around to