One aspect of the Chrome Web Store and Chrome OS that has been understated so far is that it will likely make it more difficult - perhaps much more difficult - to view source.

Being able to copy and paste browser-side code is both one of the best and worst things about the web. To compete on a level playing field with iOS, web apps will need to not only be sandboxed and standardized but also protected from being plundered.

It’s not unimaginable that we’ll find ourselves having to “jailbreak” our browsers to use a fully functional web inspector. In fact, the Chrome inspector already does not follow Firebug’s lead in allowing you to easily download a file in a new tab. The absence of this feature makes it considerably more difficult to download embedded songs and videos, and this is likely the reason it has been left out.
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“Recently, based on internal feedback from our team and our founders, we have decided to change a key term around change of control in our seed investments. The specific language for this is usually tucked into a longish paragraph about Protective Provisions which states that a change of control cannot occur without the consent of a majority of the Preferred stockholders.”

» Removing the Change of Control Provision from our Seed Deals

Sawickipedia: This is great news for entrepreneurs especially if more funds follow suit.  Now that being said, entrepreneurs need to understand that change of control and followon financing approvals are likely one of the most important things not to give away to investors.

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Rafer sez:
Hawtness. We’ll see who follows them.

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audible algorithms.
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dwineman: It’s pretty easy to argue that software patents are bad for the software industry. Regardless of where you stand on that issue, however, it must at least give you pause when Apple, who not only exercises final approval over what may be sold on the world’s largest mobile software distribution platform, but also has exclusive pre-publication access (by way of that approval process) to every app sold or attempted to be sold there, quietly starts patenting app ideas. But even if you’re fine with that, how about this: one of the diagrams in Apple’s patent application for a travel app is a direct copy, down to the text and the positions of the icons, of an existing third-party app that’s been available on the App Store for years. I can’t see how this is even close to OK.

dwineman:

It’s pretty easy to argue that software patents are bad for the software industry.

Regardless of where you stand on that issue, however, it must at least give you pause when Apple, who not only exercises final approval over what may be sold on the world’s largest mobile software distribution platform, but also has exclusive pre-publication access (by way of that approval process) to every app sold or attempted to be sold there, quietly starts patenting app ideas.

But even if you’re fine with that, how about this: one of the diagrams in Apple’s patent application for a travel app is a direct copy, down to the text and the positions of the icons, of an existing third-party app that’s been available on the App Store for years.

I can’t see how this is even close to OK.
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Farmville Meets Mint.com

Unlike other games (educational and otherwise) that use virtual currency, Zindagi will use real money. “The concept is really simple - instead of trying to make games more life-like, Zindagi makes use of the fact that real-life is already one big game.” As kids master concepts like budgeting and saving, they accrue financial rewards themselves. The ultimate goal of the game will be to help kids start their own businesses.

— via RWW

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“Having two OSes is confusing. You need coherence.” Steve Ballmer, criticizing Google’s Android and Chrome OSes. Balmer is the man behind Windows Starter, Windows Home Basic, Windows Home Premium, Windows Professional, Windows Enterprise, Windows Ultimate, Windows N Editions, Window Mobile Classic, Windows Mobile Standard, Windows Mobile Professional, Windows Embedded CE, Windows Server Standard, Windows Server Enterprise, Windows Server Datacenter, Windows HPC Server, Windows Web Server, Windows Storage Server, Windows Small Business Server, Windows Essential Business Server, Windows Server Itanium, Windows Server Foundation and whatever the hell they have running on the Kin.  (via ericmortensen)
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For your health

Last week, in what may be the biggest medical breakthrough of its kind in years, a group of scientists published results in The Lancet describing a completely new type of anti-viral treatment that appears to cure Ebola. They report a 100% success rate, although admittedly the test group was very small, just 4 rhesus monkeys.
This is a breakthrough not only because it may give us a cure for an uncurable, incredibly nasty virus, but also because the same method might work for other viruses, and because we have woefully few effective antiviral treatments.
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