Just a few weeks ago, I set up a Synology DS412+ Network Attached Storage with four Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB drives.
Using Synology Hybrid Raid, total storage available is about 11 Terabyte spanned across the four hard drives.
Amazon to Acquire Twitch
From Amazon.com Press Release (August 25, 2014):
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 25, 2014– Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Twitch Interactive, Inc., the leading live video platform for gamers. In July, more than 55 million unique visitors viewed more than 15 billion minutes of content on Twitch produced by more than 1 million broadcasters, including individual gamers, pro players, publishers, developers, media outlets, conventions and stadium-filling esports organizations.
According to TechCrunch, Amazon acquired Twitch Interactive for $970 Millions in cash.
From Twitch CEO, Emmet Shear’s letter:
Today, I’m pleased to announce we’ve been acquired by Amazon. We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster. We’re keeping most everything the same: our office, our employees, our brand, and most importantly our independence. But with Amazon’s support we’ll have the resources to bring you an even better Twitch.
Congratulations to Twitch on getting acquired.
Now, let’s get to the serious part of this news. Back in May, 2014 there were rumors of Google’s intent to buy Twitch. Remember that it is a rumor of an acquisition. On July 24, 2014, VentureBeat ran a story with headline: “Google’s $1B purchase of Twitch confirmed — joins YouTube for new video empire” – link to the Internet Archive version.
“Confirmed”
No other news site reported this, just VentureBeat. One would think that Google would leak this news to Kara Swisher than VentureBeat. I did not buy it at all.
Every time someone cited @VentureBeat, I rolled my eyes. That’s because Venture Beat is less reliable than Supermarket Tabloid.
For the next two weeks, many speculations abound. On August 6, 2014 I tweeted this:
Wonder why no one else is calling bullshit on @VentureBeat 2014-07-24 story about @Google’s $1 Billion purchase of @Twitch?
Confirmed???????
Comes August 25, 2014, it is apparent that VentureBeat is an example of bad journalism.
Firefox 32.0 Beta 9
Firefox 32.0 Beta 9 is now available for download.
The latest build of Adobe Flash Player 15 Beta from August 20, 2014 is also available.
Tips: Sync Your Web Browsers Settings
Just a few years ago, setting up a new computer for either yourself or others was a chore. It is still a chore, but easier. Thanks to sync services provided by Apple, Google and Mozilla; moving browsers’ settings and bookmarks are no longer difficult.
Apple has iCloud, Google has Chrome Sync and Mozilla has Firefox Sync. You get to move your Bookmarks and Passwords with ease.
OS X Yosemite: Dark Menu Bar Icons
Two applications that I have floating on the Menu Bar are Dropbox and Twitter. At this point in time both Dropbox and Twitter icons on the Menu Bar do not look good in OS X Yosemite dark mode.
OS X Yosemite is still in Beta/Developer Preview. For sure a lot of applications will be updated to support the dark mode.
Google Domains Invitation
I requested an invite to Google Domains back on June 25, 2014. Just earlier today I received the invite code.
The first thing I would do is transferring a domain name that I procured through Google Apps some years ago. It was registered through Godaddy, as it was the only available option.
OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 6
Apple seeds OS X Yosemite Developer Preview 6 Build 14A329f to developers.
Most of the known bugs from the previous builds have been addressed. It has been stable enough to be used as the main OS on my MacBook Pro.