First, we are now in the Post-PC, Mobile era. In the PC era we would often ask: are you online or offline? In the Mobile era this is no longer the case. You are simply sleeping or awake.
(via Shawn Blanc)
This might piss off those who’ve received first-gen replacements.
Remember when podcasting was a big thing? Remember when Apple promoted the hell out of it, and it was a major bullet point on their iTunes page? Well, it’s still going strong. This is a good selection. I highly recommend (as I often do) The Smartest Man in the World. If you need a few introductory episodes, I thoroughly enjoyed Stations, Crackers and Beans:
I remember having a room service breakfast at the Groucho, which consisted of a sullen guy who kicked on your door and threw you a bowl of cereal. A bowl of cereal. Hot breakfast: unheard of in a place with a restaurant. Again, this is London, so don’t ask for a lot. “You want a whole room with a sink and everything?”
This is interesting. Google has their own browser which recently overtook Firefox in market share. Also of note is the confidentiality of this deal. It’s standard business practice, but both Mozilla and Google profess to being open and transparent.
Yajoe over at Hacker News analysed Mozilla’s 2010 audit and dug up some specifics on the deal, including this juicy nugget:
Mozilla’s burn rate was 62 million, which means Google paid for the entire Mozilla development effort in 2010.