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- James Cameron Plans to Shoot “Avatar” Sequel 6.8 Miles Underwater
- Apple Approves Another Google Voice App for iPhone
- Social Good: Charity and Technology in the Online Universe [INFOGRAPHIC]
- 5 Tips for Aspiring Web App Developers
- 4chan Users Crash MPAA Website in Pro-Piracy Protest
- Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
- Search Faceoff: Google Instant vs. Regular Google
| James Cameron Plans to Shoot “Avatar” Sequel 6.8 Miles Underwater Posted: 18 Sep 2010 07:52 PM PDT      Did you think Avatar was as technically ambitious a production as a director can imagine? Well, think again. James Cameron wants to travel 6.8 miles beneath the surface of the ocean to shoot footage for the Avatar sequel and win a $10 million X-Prize at the same time. The X-Prize is an award given to pioneers in privately funded science and exploration. It was previously given to the first team to build a privately funded, manned spacecraft and launch it out of Earth’s atmosphere. Now it’s going to the first private crew to make two manned dives to Challenger Deep, the deepest surveyed point in all of Earth’s oceans. Winning the X-Prize will just be a bonus for Cameron in his quest to the bottom of the sea; The Daily Mail reports that the sequel to Avatar will be set in the oceans of Pandora, the planet portrayed in the first film, and Cameron will shoot some scenes with the submarine he’s building — in 3D of course. Few filmmakers can pitch something like that to their financiers with a straight face, but Avatar was the most successful film ever, raking in nearly two billion dollars at the box office, so Cameron is among those filmmakers. He might even be the only member of that club. Cameron is no stranger to deep sea exploration. He shot the deep sea acclaimed documentaries Ghosts of the Abyss and Aliens of the Deep. No one has visited Challenger Deep since explorers Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh made the journey half a century ago. The X-Prize was announced to commemorate their voyage. Reviews: Pandora More About: 3D, avatar, avatar 2, challenger deep, exploration, Film, james cameron, Movies, ocean, submarine, trending, trieste, x-prize For more Entertainment coverage:
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| Apple Approves Another Google Voice App for iPhone Posted: 18 Sep 2010 05:49 PM PDT   The developer of another Google Voice app for iPhone — “GV Mobile +” — said that Apple approved his app today. Yesterday, GV Connect appeared on the App Store, marking another reversal of Apple’s policy. Apple initially allowed Google Voice apps, but then banned them from the App Store because they “duplicated” existing iPhone features. Anyone familiar with Google Voice knows that’s not a fair assessment. The apps provided a completely different spin on said features (the phone dialer, text messaging and others) through the Google Voice service, which allows you to create and use a virtual phone number of your choosing, chock full of unusual extras not currently possible on most cell phones or land lines. Those features include the ability to listen in on voicemails as they’re being recorded, digital transcription of voicemails and calls, and assigning different rules or voice greetings to different contacts. Sean Kovacs, developer of GV Mobile + [iTunes link] assured everyone on Twitter that the app is coming (it hasn’t appeared just yet), and promised to make it free for the night if it starts trending. Like GV Connect, GV Mobile + is priced at $2.99 and supports transcription and playback of voicemails, call initiation using your Google Voice number and most other features features you’re looking for or have been using for a while if you have a jailbroken iPhone or an Android device. If Apple has really changed its policy on this, don’t be surprised if you see a lot more of these coming. [Via The Boy Genius Report] Reviews: Android, Google Voice, Twitter More About: app approval, app store, apple, apple app store, apps, Google, Google Voice, iphone, voice over ip, voip For more Apple coverage:
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| Social Good: Charity and Technology in the Online Universe [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 18 Sep 2010 04:34 PM PDT Shane Snow is a writer and entrepreneur in New York City, and founder of the online printing site PrintingChoice.com. A graduate in digital media at Columbia Journalism School, he’s fascinated with all things geeky, particularly social media and shiny gadgets he’ll never afford. He blogs at TelevisionSky.org and tweets at @shanesnow. Social good is one of those terms people use in a vacuum; it’s a concept, an idea, a satellite around the established norms of traditional fundraising and charitable giving. But social good and online giving are two quickly growing fields producing some very real results. The infographic below tries to put social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline (although no-less-chartiable) counterparts. Read on for a glimpse at how social good fits into the online universe.   More Social Good Resources from Mashable:
More About: charitable giving, disaster relief, fundraising, haiti, infographic, online giving, philanthropy, social good, social media, trending For more Social Media coverage:
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| 5 Tips for Aspiring Web App Developers Posted: 18 Sep 2010 03:05 PM PDT
As a budding or beginning web app developer, you’ve got a difficult but rewarding path ahead of you. You have to master (or at least attempt to master) the intricacies of OOP and scripting languages, learn to build web apps the hard way (practice, practice, practice), and network your way into a few job opportunities. You must also decide whether you’d like to work as a solo/consultant/freelancer, a startup employee or founder, or a rank-and-file developer at an established company. Here are a few tips and words of advice that might make your individual path a bit easier and hopefully a bit shorter. We’ve also compiled a gallery of 140-character tips from veterans at the end of this post. If you’ve already found success as a front-end web dev, we welcome your suggestions in the comments, as well. 1. Go Open SourceBy far the most oft-repeated words of advice we heard from masters of the web dev trade were these: Put in some time on open-source projects. The hands-on experience will challenge you, educate you and help you build your body of work. Aside from code for code’s sake, open source projects are a good way to meet other devs and do some networking. You’ll have the opportunity to work with people who are much more skilled and experienced than you are yet; take full advantage of this situation and be a sponge. SourceForge and GitHub and good places to start looking for open source projects that appeal to you; also, as you follow various blogs around the web and see what projects might need a few extra hands. Sites like Code for America and organizations such as the Mozilla Foundation are always looking for good developers with free time. Finally, when working on open source apps, not only will you get great practice and be able to learn from some really excellent engineers; you’ll also be giving back to the community. As some would say, creating and sharing free and open-source software is one of the best things you can do to help your neighbors as a developer. 2. Expand Your Web-Browsing Repertoire “Fish where the fish are” is an old advertising axiom. Its meaning is fairly obvious: If you’re aiming to meet, influence or otherwise “catch” a particular group of people, you have to be seen and heard in the places (real or digital) where they congregate. If you’re “fishing” for other developers — the people who will teach you, help you, and with any luck, hire you — you’ll need to add a new set of websites to your browsing and bookmarking repertoire. Hacker News, while it occasionally deviates toward social media/Silicon Valley in-jokes and gossip, can be a wonderful resource for meeting other developers, getting advice and learning about the ecosystem, particularly where startups are concerned. The site is an offshoot of Y Combinator, the well-known startup incubator. GitHub’s Gist, Forrst, UseTheSource and CodeSnipp.it are four places on the web where you can go to see and post brief code examples. Be open to critique, and don’t be a show off. For UseTheSource, we recommend lurking until you’re ready to post your most stellar hacks, as the site is intended to be a repository for beautiful code. Other sites to check out include SourceForge, Stack Overflow, Google Code and Google Groups. There are literally hundreds of solid online resources for web app developers; which sites you follow and which communities you join really depends on your desired areas of expertise and spheres of professional interest. Once you’re ready to move into the work force as a web dev, our readers have recommended Dice, ODesk, and even Craigslist as good spots for job-hunting, particularly for freelance work. 3. Network Your Socks OffOf course, along with all this new web-browsing activity, you’ll be seeing a horde of new and friendly faces: The developers and designers that make up the web app-building community. Blogger, entrepreneur and developer Jesse Stay says, “Network, network, network! Find your future boss on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter,” and his advice rings true. If you can locate and befriend a few like-minded, highly skilled professional web devs, they might be able to guide and help you in your career as you broaden and deepen your skill set. We recommend joining a few Facebook groups and checking out developer-oriented Twitter lists from Twitter users you already follow and respect. Once you’ve located the people you’d like to emulate, go back to Tip 1 and see how you can offer your time and skills to any open source projects those people might be involved in. The golden rules of networking still apply: Give as much as you’d like to receive, and be a good resource and connector for others, not just a parasite. 4. Show Your Code Once you’re practicing, networking, reading, working and generating piles of beautifully functional code, you’re going to want to show it off to the world. After all, as one reader said, “GitHub is the new résumé.” Use a robust, accessible code repository such as GitHub or SourceForge, release your code into the wild. And don’t stop there; be sure to blog about any clever hacks or efficient new ways of doing things that you may discover along the way. Make sure your code samples show good architecture, documentation and versatility. Showing others your code is equal parts giving back (by open-sourcing it) and self-promotion (if the code is good, that is). If the code you’re posting is worthy, then sharing it is a win-win scenario. 5. Market YourselfFor some devs, bragging is second nature. For others, self-promotion is an uncomfortable stretch. No matter which camp you fit into (and even if you’re somewhere in between), you’ll need to learn how to gracefully and effectively promote yourself as a web applications developer. It goes without saying that you’ll want to put the full force of your coding skills into building an elegant website. We don’t mean elegant in the general sense of the term; we mean “elegant” as in “the intersection of simplicity and functionality” in form and function. And it goes without saying that the source code for your site should be immaculate, as well. Focus on creating a good portfolio that shows a breadth of work on a variety of projects. Your apps could be entirely open-source; you could also include client work, if you’ve had the opportunity to develop web apps for others. Make sure this experience is attractively highlighted on your résumé, along with any languages or frameworks you know and your proficiency in each. Once you have a great website that showcases your skills, make sure you and others link to it frequently in your email signature and from your other online profiles, and don’t be afraid to show your Twitter and Facebook friends when you add a new item to your portfolio or update a section of your website. Whether you use physical or digital business cards, make sure your website is the most prominent link the receiver will see. Bonus Round: Little Things Mean a Lot
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| 4chan Users Crash MPAA Website in Pro-Piracy Protest Posted: 18 Sep 2010 01:49 PM PDT   The 4chan user group “Anonymous” executed attacks this morning that crashed the websites run by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and Indian tech firm Aiplex Software. The attacks were made in response to anti-piracy measures taken by both organizations. 4chan users (particularly Anonymous) have been responsible for several attacks against other sites in the past, including Gawker, YouTube and Twitter. This time around, they used Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which overwhelm websites with a flurry of requests that would be harmless if they were coming in reasonable numbers or from just one source. The attacks were made by at least hundreds (and possibly thousands) or users at once, most of them using a simple application called Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) — if that doesn’t tell you how geeky this crowd is, we’re not sure what will. Aiplex was the first target. The managing director admitted a couple of weeks ago that the company uses DDoS attacks of its own on piracy websites such as BitTorrent search engines and trackers when they don’t comply with takedown notices from content owners. Aiplex’s website went down almost immediately after Anonymous began its attacks, so a new, more ambitious target was selected: the MPAA. That too fell to the wrath of the web forum geeks. Internet piracy, particularly that conducted over the BitTorrent protocol on sites like The Pirate Bay, has been an issue of concern for the MPAA, the RIAA and other organizations for years now, but while they’ve won small victories along the way, they obviously haven’t quelled the rebellion just yet. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Zeffss1 Reviews: Internet, Twitter, YouTube, iStockphoto More About: 4chan, aiplex, anon, anonymous, attack, bittorrent, ddos, distributed denial of service, Film, hack, motion picture association of america, mpaa, piracy For more Entertainment coverage:
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| Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART] Posted: 18 Sep 2010 11:04 AM PDT   MTV’s Video Music Awards show is a big deal on Twitter, likely because it’s chock-full of celebrity antics and live-tweetable moments. The broadcast took home the prize for top tweeted topic this past week. Sports continue to dominate the trends, with the NFL coming through at number two and bumping the long-trending topic of soccer (football) down to the number nine spot. Other notable topics include the remembrance of September 11, 2001 (where many users shared their stories through the #WhereWereYou hashtag), and the term “Twitter” itself after the company announced the planned roll-out of a new homepage that will dynamically integrate shared media. Check out the complete chart below, compiled by our friends over at What The Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart. You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section as well as read more about this past week's trends on What The Trend. Top Twitter Trends This Week: 9/11 – 9/17
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| Search Faceoff: Google Instant vs. Regular Google Posted: 18 Sep 2010 08:56 AM PDT   Google Search has been instantized; will it fundamentally change the way we search, or do users prefer Google without the search predictions? Google Instant rolled out last week to users across the U.S. (and in several other countries) with great fanfare. Google describes it as the next evolution of search; it not only delivers search results as you type, it actually predicts what you’re going to type and provides results based on those predictions. The result, according to Google, will be hundreds of thousands of hours saved by searchers across the world. Not everyone’s a fan of Google Instant, though. We’ve heard of many people that hate Google Instant and have disabled the feature. Others have complained about its filtering of naughty words. Last week we asked for your opinion of Google Instant. Now that some time has passed, we want to know exactly what you think of the product. This week’s Web Faceoff pits Google Instant against the “classic” version of Google. Our query is simple: which one do you prefer? Cast your vote in today’s poll down below by Monday, September 20 at 12:01 AM ET. Don’t forget to make your voice heard in the comments. Reviews: Google More About: Google, Google Instant, google search, poll, Search, web faceoff For more Battles coverage:
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