Yostivanich

“Dorsey’s new ven­ture is called the Square iPhone Pay­ment Sys­tem, his new com­pany is Self Edge NYC, and the service’s site will likely be located at SquareUp.com. The ser­vice pro­vides a white don­gle for your iPhone or iPod Touch that lets you pay with­out a credit card.” Pretty awe­some idea.

“One par­tic­u­lar area of inter­est to me was the HTML5 <video> tag. The aim of this tag was to pro­vide native video sup­port using a sin­gle codec across all browsers with­out the need for third party plu­g­ins like Flash. While the dream of a uni­ver­sal codec appears unlikely, one clever project has sur­faced that uses the <video> tag for browsers that sup­port it and falls back on tra­di­tional video options for those that don’t.” Using the HTML5 video tag in emails.

“n its assaults on a Demo­c­ra­tic health care over­haul bill, the insur­ance indus­try uses facts selec­tively and mixes accu­rate asser­tions with mis­lead­ing spin and an embrace of worst-case scenarios.”

“Lying in the wheel­bar­row is the body of Dorothy, a chim­panzee who died sud­denly of nat­ural causes; the peo­ple in the scene are prepar­ing to bury her. Behind the fence is a quiet gath­er­ing of her friends.” Chimps mourn­ing in much the main sense as we humans.

“West African states have imposed an arms embargo on Guinea over the mass shoot­ing of oppo­si­tion sup­port­ers.” Some­thing I guess.

“The win­ners of a quiz organ­ised by Somali Islamists have been given weapons and ammu­ni­tion as prizes. Prizes included AK-47 assault rifles, hand grenades and an anti-tank mine.”