Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer.
On April 2nd, Roger Ebert announced that he’d be taking “a leave of presence” from what he loved doing for the last 46 years.
So long.
Blink and Servo
It is a back to back news on web browsers.
First, Mozilla and Samsung are working together on new Servo web browser engine for Android and ARM. Servo itself is written in Rust, a programming language developed by Mozilla.
Should Samsung ever want to fork Android, they would have their own web browser.
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Second, Google announces Blink, a new open source rendering engine based on WebKit.
In a sense that Google is in a disagreement on what direction Webkit should go.
Bring on all the different web browsers, as long as they adhere to one HTML standard.
About the next iOS and iPhone
After reading John Gruber’s The Latest Apple Scuttlebutt, I would like to add a few cents into the open discussion.
- Since Jony Ive took over the Human Interface division back in October 2012, Apple designers and engineers have been steadily working on the upcoming and presumably named iOS 7. According to firstname@apple.com, a lot them have been putting extra hours working on the next iOS.
- Key Apple employees have not been home longer than they had before; overseeing production of presumably new Apple products. The angry spouses don’t even know what they are working on.
I’d really would like to emphasize the “angry spouses” part.
Flash Player 11.7 Beta April 2, 2013.
New Flash Player 11.7 Beta is out today (April 2, 2013).
By the way, do people still need Flash Player? I use ClickToFlash to stop Flash Player from automatically loading.
WordPress 3.5.2 for iOS
WordPress 3.5.2 for iOS is now available.
What’s New in Version 3.5.2
- Disabled autosaves until they are more stable
- Fixed bug where the editor would stay on portrait when using iOS5
- Fixed credential issues for WordPress.com blogs with custom domains
- Fixed previews when email was used to log in
- Improved Jetpack setup process
- Improved Notification settings
- Multiple crashes fixed
Google Glass in 2010
This is what Google Glass look like back in 2010.
Screenshots are from Futurama “Attack of the Killer App” – iTunes | Amazon
By the way, Bender will be back this summer 2013; Futurama will be back too.
April Fools’ Day is canceled
Starting April 1, 2013 any online April Fools’ prank will be reported to the Internet Police. New law is taking effect on this April Fools’ Day as it is now banned.
