Vimeo Goes Mobile and Adds HTML5 and 1080p
High-quality video site Vimeo has made a few upgrades that show they’re keeping an eye on changes in the web. They’ve added support for mobile phones and also optional support for 1080p. More interesting is their beta support for HTML5, which could result in us no longer needing Flash to view streaming video.
Read MoreMicrosoft-Yahoo Search Deal Gets Greenlit
Regulators in Washington and Europe have given word to Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. allowing them to proceed with a search partnership. After the jump find out why Google should be scared.
Read More#28DaysofDiversity: @MarcusWhitney CTO of @moontoast
As someone in the technology/web/social space, I often travel and attend various events in the industry and notice a huge lack of diversity, and when it comes to getting attention from mainstream media/tech blogs it’s almost impossible. I would like to introduce to some and present to others:
Read MoreOpen Letter: “Together We Can Close the Digital Divide and Maintain An Open Internet”
The following guest post is written but Commissioner Robert Steele, President of the National Association of Black County Officials, an organization representing thousands of African American county and local elected and appointed officials nationwide. He drafted the following open letter in response to Malkia A. Cyril’s recent post on Huffington Post, A New Civil Rights Mandate: Champion Open Networks To Close the Digital Divide.
Read MoreSeparate but Equal Hits the Open Source Community
I wrote a blog post a while back about location based profiling on the web. Many websites do it, particularly television and movie sites and financially sensitive websites. The reasoning I can often gather from looking at the terms of service and other language is that these sites are simply trying to ‘protect’ their users [...]
Read MoreVolvo Uses Radar to Keep Pedestrians Safe
Texting while driving has become a serious problem, so much so that Oprah has joined in the crusade to curb the practice. But even if we’re not multitasking behind the wheel, tragedy can still strike. There are no real words to describe the paralyzing fear a driver experiences when a child darts in front of [...]
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