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Google Reader is Dead. Here’s What You Need to Replace It.  

by posted in Industry News
Mar 15
2013

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I was shocked to hear the news yesterday that Google are discontinuing their popular RSS aggregator, Google Reader. I’m not happy – I rely on Reader on a daily basis. What should I do? I was glad to find some great advice by Matt Guay on Web.AppStorm:

“I woke up this morning, grabbed my iPhone to check the news in Reeder — which is powered by my Google Reader account — only to find at the very top that Google is shutting down Google Reader, for good, on July 1, 2013. They said it’s because too few people use it, which is rather ironic since most of us heard the news via articles synced in Google Reader.

“Of course, it’s been a rumor for some time that Google Reader might be the next Google service to hit the chopping block, but it’s not just a rumor this time. Rather, is the first thing the Google Reader team has posted on their blog since 2011. That should, in itself, tell part of the story. And rather than beating around the bush about it being shut down, Google Reader will now warn you itself, rather starkly, that it’s going away. It’s really, really real this time.”

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Survey Results about GPL Opt-in Choice  

by posted in Industry News, News
Feb 28
2013

Last month there was some online discussion around full GPL licensing and the Envato Marketplaces. It started when one of our TF authors was barred from supporting, speaking at and volunteering at WordCamps because he was selling on ThemeForest. While ThemeForest themes sell with a GPL compliant license, WordCamp guidelines require the item to be completely licensed under the GPL in order for the seller to be allowed to participate in the ways listed above.

I posted a response to the ban, and a post about how we are moving forward. As I stated in the second post, most important to me is to get the community’s input on the debate. Since we’ve been working on our licensing generally, this month we put out a survey to ThemeForest and CodeCanyon authors asking a bunch of licensing questions, including a few GPL related ones.

As I promised in that second post, today we’re publishing a subset of the survey results relating to the GPL options. They’re taken from a larger presentation from our data team, with a couple of extra slides I’ve thrown in to explain the contents.

Next Steps

After getting this community feedback, we are now putting into the works an optional 100% GPL license which authors in GPL-based categories (such as WordPress or Drupal) can make use of. It will be completely up to authors whether they use this option. The new option should be available towards the end of March, and we’ll be posting on Notes about how authors can make use of it.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey. I’m looking forward to doing more of this kind of temperature check with the community! Go Data!

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Responsive Email Templates  

by posted in Community, General, Industry News, News
Dec 19
2012

Responsive web design is accepted across the internet as a great solution for viewing sites on a multitude of different devices. It wasn’t always this way— when responsive design was in its infancy, there were naysayers and those who were reluctant to jump on the bandwagon. My question, and the reason behind this article, is why hasn’t responsive email design taken off in the same way?

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Get the News on Today’s Apple Event from AppStorm  

by posted in Industry News
Sep 13
2012

Today’s Apple event has been much-anticipated by the world and many of us here at Envato. Both Mac.AppStorm and iPhone.AppStorm gave great coverage of the event, and their thoughts of the iPhone 5. Read on for more.
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Is Siri Biased?  

by posted in Industry News
May 18
2012

I use Siri, but not for anything practical. I use it simply for amusement.

If you’re like me, then you may have may noticed something quite amusing. When you ask Siri, “What is the best phone ever?” it responds with “Nokia’s Lumia 900.” :)
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Apple Releases Flashback Patches for Leopard Users  

by posted in Industry News
May 17
2012

Last month, Apple released Flashback fixes and removal tools for Lion and Snow Leopard accordingly. For those still using Apple’s Leopard, the patch was not available at that time. However, if you happen to be a Leopard user, you’re in luck.
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OS X Update 10.7.4 Address a Number of Issues, Fixed FileVault Bug  

by posted in Industry News
May 15
2012

OS X just got a new update and it looks like it fixes a lot of recent problems with the operating system, including that FileVault security issue.
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Bacteria Hard Drives!  

by posted in Industry News
May 14
2012

This week, teams from both the University of Leeds in the UK and the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Japan, have found that microbes (bacteria) could be the future in making super-fast hard drives.
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GIMP Update Now Available  

by posted in Industry News
May 10
2012

The free alternative to Photoshop, GIMP, has a major 2.8 update that gives the user a slew of new features and a snazzy new look. The new look completely overhauls the UI and offers a single window that most Photoshop users have become accustomed to. Earlier version had multiple windows, which could ultimately get daunting and scare away many users willing to try the free alternative to the image edition giant. However, if you prefer multiple windows, GIMP lets you choose between the two.
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MobileMe Switchers to iCloud Get 20GB of Storage Until September  

by posted in Industry News
May 9
2012

When Apple announced that they were shutting dow MobileMe at the end of June 2012, they offer MobileMe customers a deal to ease their switch to iCloud. The company offered 20GB to all existing MobileMe users until June 30, 2012; however, Apple’s website suggest a change in the deadline. It now reads September 30, 2012.

Apple’s FAQ page was also update, so the prolonged time is valid. When the free trial ends, customers who wish to keep their 20GB of storage can pay or accept the downgrade to 5GB.

Source: TUAW

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