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Netflix paying Comcast for smoother streaming⇢

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Comcast:

Working collaboratively over many months, the companies have established a more direct connection between Netflix and Comcast, similar to other networks, that’s already delivering an even better user experience to consumers, while also allowing for future growth in Netflix traffic. Netflix receives no preferential network treatment under the multi-year agreement, terms of which are not being disclosed.

According to The Wall Street Journal, those terms include Netflix paying the ISP a big sack of money.

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Mactracker⇢

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It seems that I’m always looking up details about Macs. If it’s minimal OS for a certain generation of Mac mini or the clock speed of the second generation PowerMac G3, I always end up opening Mactracker.

The newest version adds a ton of pre-Macintosh hardware, which is awesome. If you’re an Apple nerd and don’t have this app downloaded, shame on you.

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RSS Sponsor: Campaign Monitor⇢

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Designing emails that look beautiful, render perfectly and drive strong response is increasingly difficult. That’s why Campaign Monitor compiled the top 100 emails of 2013 into a free eBook, alongside tips on design and content. The Top 100 Email Marketing Campaigns eBook features brands like Fitbit, SmugMug, Panic and includes:

  • High performing newsletters with open rates of more than 50%.

  • Examples of great layouts & responsive designs.

  • Emails that go against best practices and still drive top results.

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On the birth of Graphing Calculator⇢

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While listening to the third episode of Chris Parrish & Brent Simmons’ podcast the record, in which the pair interviews Greg Robbins the Mac OS Drag Manager and Objective-C library for Google Data APIs, I noticed this in the show notes:

Greg Robbins is Graphing Calculator co-author ( a story you should already know about, that we don’t go over again)…

Turns out, I hadn’t read or even heard of the story behind Graphic Calculator. Turns out, it is a crazy one:

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Google offers Do’s and Don’ts to Glass Users⇢

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Google:

Since the program started, our Explorers have gotten a lot of attention when they wear Glass out and about. Reactions range from the curious – “Wow! Are those the ‘Google glasses’? How do they work?” – to the suspect – “Goodness gracious do those things see into my soul?!” Luckily as the Explorer Community grows, so does their collective wisdom. We asked some long-time Explorers for their advice, and here it is.

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The best iOS Pinboard app⇢

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Chris Gonzales, over on The Sweet Setup:

After buying and testing far more Pinboard apps than any sane person should, I’ve concluded that Pushpin is by far the best of the bunch. At $10, Pushpin is also the most expensive, but it’s worth the cost.

Agreed.

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Mozilla planning to sell ads within Firefox⇢

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Reuters:

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox Internet browser, will start selling ads as it tries to grab a larger slice of the fast-expanding online advertising market.

The company said in a blog posting on Tuesday that it has reached out to potential corporate sponsors about its fledgling “Directory Tiles” program, targeted at first-time users.

When I read the news (via Daring Fireball), I was very surprised. Mozilla helped lead the charge on changing how online advertisers can track users, and is seen by parts of the online community as a sort of refuge from Google, which makes a majority of its income from online ads.

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Kickstarter experiences security breach⇢

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Kickstarter:

On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of our customers’ data. Upon learning this, we immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system.

I have a lot of questions as to what occurred resulting in the company being alerted of an issue within their own system by an outside law enforcement agency.

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