Current cash is worth more than Nokia, RIM and Motorola Mobility’s market caps, put together. Apple’s cash is worth half of Google’s enterprise value. via If Cash is King, Apple’s is an Emperor [Updated] | asymco.

Jeff Bezos, in his annual letter to Amazon shareholders: State management is the heart of any system that needs to grow to very large size. Many years ago, Amazon’s requirements reached a point where many of our systems could no longer be served by any commercial solution: our key data services store many petabytes of [...]

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, [...]

Masonry is a layout plugin for jQuery. Think of it as the flip side of CSS floats. Whereas floating arranges elements horizontally then vertically, Masonry arranges elements vertically then horizontally according to a grid. The result minimizes vertical gaps between elements of varying height, just like a mason fitting stones in a wall. via jQuery [...]

See how Emmanuel Guibert created the art for his graphic novel ALAN’S WAR. via YouTube – Drawing With Water: Making the Art for ALAN’S WAR.

John Oliver helps Ali Suleiman Aujali repair Libya’s image with a more appealing name and a less threatening flag. via Rebranding Libya – Ali Suleiman Aujali – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – 03/31/11 – Video Clip | Comedy Central.

TBWA London: “Easter eggs are a symbol for rebirth and the start of a new life. Over the coming months and years, Japan has to rebuild – Not just a country but homes, families and lives. By buying an Eastern Egg, we’ll donate the proceeds to the Red Cross – Japan Tsunami Appeal.” Eastern Eggs [...]

“Ever since iOS 4 arrived, your device has been storing a long list of locations and time stamps. We’re not sure why Apple is gathering this data, but it’s clearly intentional, as the database is being restored across backups, and even device migrations.” “Although mobile networks already record phones’ locations, it is only available to [...]

This striking Radiolab video made by Everynone was inspired by Radiolab’s Desperately Seeking Symmetry episode. Filmmakers Will Hoffman, Daniel Mercadante, and Julius Metoyer III play with our yearning for balance, and reveal how beautiful imperfect matches can be. More info here: http://www.radiolab.org http://everynone.com via YouTube – Radiolab Presents Symmetry.

“The announcement that they are able to decrypt the files on behalf of the government contradicts their prior public statements. They claim that Dropbox employees aren’t able to access user files. This announcement means that Dropbox never had any mechanism to prevent employees from accessing your files, and it means that Dropbox never had the [...]

“Why Apple won’t make a cell phone” via Saying Apple Will Never Do Something: Always Dangerous.

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World’s Biggest PAC-MAN.

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Kingdom Tower will make the Burj Khalifa look short, reach one mile up | DVICE.