Since AirPlay’s release, everyone’s been looking for ways to add functionality to Apple’s feature-limited video streaming technology. Rounding out what may be the last of the missing features, AirFlick streams video from your Mac to your Apple TV.
via AirFlick Streams Your Mac’s Videos to Your Apple TV – Lifehacker.
Wes and Roman Coppola have co-directed a 60s inspired ad for the indie-film targeting beer Stella Artois.
via Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola’s ad for Stella Artois | The Rushmore Academy.
Before:
Dropbox employees aren’t able to access user files, and when troubleshooting an account, they only have access to file metadata (filenames, file sizes, etc. not the file contents).
Now:
Dropbox employees are prohibited from viewing the content of files you store in your Dropboxaccount, and are only permitted to view file metadata (e.g., file names and locations).
via Daring Fireball Linked List: Dropbox Changes Description of How Files Are Encrypted.
One of the reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant did suffer a nuclear meltdown, Japanese officials admitted for the first time today, describing a pool of molten fuel at the bottom of the reactors containment vessel.
Just days after reports that Google and Facebook were interested in partnering with, and possibly buying VoIP company Skype, comes a claim from the Wall Street Journal that Microsoft is planning to buy the company for $7 billion, in a deal worth closer to $8 billion after Skype’s debts are considered. This mirrors an earlier rumor of a Microsoft-Skype deal published by GigaOm. An annoucement could be made as early as Tuesday.
Update: It’s now being confirmed by AllThingsD; a deal valued at around $8.5 billion, with a press release expected at 5 AM Pacific time.
via WSJ: Microsoft to buy Skype for $7bn. Rest of world: for real?.
Similar to WikiLeaks, SafeHouse allows whistleblowers to confidentially upload documents to the site. A senior Wall Street Journal editor will manage the standalone site, which is based on secure servers.
Robert Thomson, tech editor-in-chief of Dow Jones and managing editor of the Journal, said in a statement on Thursday: "The Wall Street Journal is the world’s most trusted source of news, and SafeHouse will enable the collection of information and documents that could be used in the generation of trustworthy news stories."
via Wall Street Journal launches WikiLeaks-style site | Media | guardian.co.uk.