Posted by Dimitrios Matsoulis on February 1, 2008
It was about time we heard something definite. Microsoft is making the decisive move to formally offer $44.6 billion for Yahoo. After all the endless rumours it is now officially confirmed that the two giants have been in talks for a pretty long time. So what were they waiting for? From what they say, for Google to get larger and more threatening…
Yahoo! keeps fighting on and has in its collection some great aps. Flickr is a super example with wide popularity and Yahoo mail is among the best out there. Unfortunately, it has not been easy to pull all the fragments together to create the all critical buzz a web company needs. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dimitrios Matsoulis on February 1, 2008
Exhibitions like PMA are essential for the imaging industry. Manufacturers of all things photographic have a great venue to release and display their products, while customers and other professionals can get a taste of all the new goodies. However, the real deal with photography is to get out and take pictures. In fact, with digital cameras in almost everyone’s pocket and integrated in mobile telephones and video cameras, we take more pictures than ever before. I will not dare estimate the number but it is definitely huge. Of course, all these files have to be saved and stored somewhere.
This responsibility currently lies with each one of us, as in the times of film. It is just that the technology is different and better. So has anything changed? I have come across an article that states that things should be different and at least in the US there should be a move towards a central storage of the Library of Congress. I am not American but this could be proposed for any country in the world. And before I torture you I will say that it is one of the worst ideas I have ever heard. Read the rest of this entry »
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