Remains of the Day: Augmented Reality App Shows You the Nearest Subway Edition [For What It's Worth]
Find the nearest New York subway station with a new augmented reality app for iPhone 3GS (whoa), download a book about free digital media for free, and throw a couple coins in the bucket of your favorite Firefox extension developer.
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This yet-to-be-approved augmented reality iPhone 3GS application shows you where you can find the nearest subway stop in New York. Check out the video above. Oh the possibilities. - Firefox Add-ons Contributions Pilot
Want to reward the creator of that Firefox extension you just can’t live without? Now Mozilla lets you make PayPal donations to your favorite add-on developer should they request it. [Mozilla Add-ons Blog] - Chris Anderson’s Free Is Now Available For Free On The Kindle
Wired’s editor-in-chief’s new book about the future of digital media is available as a free download on your Kindle. We see what you did there! [TechCrunch] - Green shoots in the music industry?
Two things we find hard to believe: “that illegal downloading amongst young music fans has actually gone into a decline, and that the CD is still the most popular format, even amongst teenagers, and is not ready to be sent to the digital graveyard just yet.” [BBC] - Financial Times editor says most news websites will charge within a year
But will anyone pay for it? [Guardian] - Bing! Microsoft to Open Retail Stores This Fall
Should be interesting. [Mashable] - Would Apple and AT&T Cripple a Google Voice iPhone App?
Wired worries that Google Voice for iPhone might be crippled because of its totally awesome feature set. [Wired] - Apple demanded Microsoft to stop its Laptop Hunters ads
Apple is not a fan of Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters ads, especially that Lauren! [Ars Technica] - Flash Has Finally Arrived on Google Chrome for Mac
It doesn’t sound like it’s all that solid, but Flash playback appears to be working in the latest developer build of Chrome for Mac. [TechSutra]
Original post by Adam Pash
