Having been to Paris, I can tell you that it’s a city you won’t be able to fully fathom in a week or a month — it takes a lifetime to see all the city has to offer. This was before, of course, this amazing 26-gigapixel panorama of Paris was created; it won’t replace actually visiting Paris, but with all of its amazing details, it gets pretty darn close. Paris 26 Gigapixels is a stitching of 2,346 photos, which add up to a high-resolution panoramic view of Paris. When we say high-resolutio..   show all text

Koristim Linux već skoro deceniju, a u poslednje vreme sve više ljudi oko mene istražuje razne distribucije, pa reših da kažem što šta na tu temu. Naime, danas među cyber populacijom vlada neka moda da se furaju Linuxi i to ovi fancy sa Compiz Fusion efektima, a polovina tih ljudi ne zna ni šta je Linux, ni kako radi. Da se razumemo, nemam ništa protiv fancy GUI-ja i ostalih eye-candy efekata, čak ih i ja koristim u velikoj meri, ali konzola je i dalje najmoćnija alatka u UNIX svetu. Pa da kre..   show all text

Does the popular video chat site lose its appeal if it loses its anonymity?

If you run an ecommerce business, chances are your customers – regardless of their age, gender or economic status – are active on social networks and social media sharing sites. Just consider the statistics from social media monitoring site Pingdom: Males and females almost equally use social sites (47% vs. 53%) 61% of Facebook users are middle aged or older, with the average age being 37 18- to 24-year-olds don’t dominate any particular social networking site; they’re spread out all over The..   show all text

With the opening of “Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present,” a long-building energy wave of performance art hits the Museum of Modern Art full force.

Fascinated by the cloud and what it means for the future of Web apps, social gaming, open-source and the after life? Then you have plenty to keep you busy if you are heading to SXSW this year. This is part of a series of ReadWriteWeb guides to SXSW Interactive 2010. If this guide isn't your cup of tea, be sure to check back for more information soon! Sponsor Can You Run a 'Serverless' Business? This discussion looks like one of the better cloud panels at SXSW. It features panelists such a..   show all text

What do you do when you first fire up your browser? Most probably, you log into various sites that require a username and password – Facebook, Gmail, Twitter and the like. For me, personally, it’s quite a chore, as I need to log into over 10 different services before I start doing anything. Now, Mozilla sets out to alleviate this issue with a new Firefox plugin called Account Manager. It currently doesn’t do much; it recognized that you’ve signed in into a website and displays an icon that..   show all text

Da li se IT-jevci mogu opustiti i družiti? Ima li prostora za prijateljsko ćaskanje ili se svi međusobno gledaju kao „ljuta“ konkurencija? Postavim sebi često ovo pitanje, a verujem da i mnogi razmišljaju o tome, bez obzira o kojoj branši je reč. Za one koji se bave informatičkom delatnošću uvreženo je mišljenje da su nekonvencionalni u pogledu dress code-a, retko pokazuju emocije (pogotovo sreće i zadovoljstva), uglavnom su „čudaci“ i slično. Sigurno ima istine u tome, ali čini mi se sve man..   show all text

Mogućnost istovremenog korištenja više aplikacija ili multitasking sposobnost je uobičajena kod apsolutno svih operacijskih sustava na planeti, bilo na računalima, bilo na mobitelima. Na žalost, Apple je korisnicima iPhonea uskratio ovu mogućnost, dozvoljavajući ograničeni multitasking na tek pokoju aplikaciju i to razvijenu u vlastitom aranžmanu. Kako navodi AppleInsider stvar će se promijeniti s dolaskom iPhone OS 4.0 verzije operacijskog sustava, koji bi svjetlo dana trebao ugledati ..   show all text

On November 19th, 2006, Nintendo launched its fifth home console to the world. The Nintendo Wii was both ridiculed and praised for its unique controller system — the Wiimote — which detects movements in three dimensions. Three and a half years later, the Wii has dominated the market, shattered sales records, and put its two main rivals, Microsoft and Sony, on the defensive. Both companies are responding with motion-based controllers of their own though. Microsoft has generated some big buz..   show all text

There are no shortage of location-based services launching this week at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Many of them allow you to “check-in” places to let others know you are there. So how do you differentiate between then and decide which to use? Well, here’s one good way. CauseWorld, is a free iPhone and Android app that lets you check-in places, but it has an added real-world bonus: big brands give money to charity when you do so. And this week at SXSW, CauseWorld is teaming up with TechCrunch to..   show all text

Reporters Without Borders released its annual report [PDF] on online access today. They call it Enemies of the Internet, and it shows a world where online censorship, intimidation and worse is increasing. It's not surprising that as access to the Internet expands, more and more dictators and tyrants will try to suppress it. But what's troubling about this year's report is the inclusion of two democratic countries: Australia and South Korea. Sponsor Both countries were included in the report..   show all text

Location based social networks - are you over it already? It feels like location is all we ever hear about anymore, especially this week leading up to SXSW. We're excited about location too; see our enthusiastic write-ups What Twitter's Geolocation API Makes Possible and The Era of Location as Platform Has Arrived. But it's getting a little ridiculous. We offer below a few thoughts to consider about all this location madness. Sponsor That Phrase: "Location, Location, Location" You're going ..   show all text

Apple fanatics will be able to place their iPad orders at 5:30 AM Pacific time (8:30 Eastern) tomorrow, Friday, March 12th. The pre-orders will be available through Apple.com, and are expected to ship in the United States next month — April 3rd to be precise. The Unofficial Apple Weblog learned about the pre-order time after it asked Apple for the information in an e-mail. Let’s assume you’re the sort of person who wants an iPad; if so, you can still wait for the launch date and pick up an..   show all text

If you’re a gamer, you might have heard about yesterday’s news about the PlayStation Move, Sony’s answer to the Wii Remote and Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal motion controller. In a demonstration yesterday, the company showed off the device, which utilizes remote-like controllers and the PlayStation Eye camera to capture your movements and turn them into actions on the screen. We’ve seen plenty of screenshots and heard a lot about the controller’s capabilities, but we wanted to find ou..   show all text

LivingSocial, once one of the top Facebook app developers but is now focused on online daily deals, has raised a warchest of $25 million from investors in a Series B funding round. LivingSocial, based out of Washington, D.C., is the creator of the Visual Bookshelf, Pick Your 5, and Polls Facebook applications, all of which were popular during the Facebook app development gold rush that occurred in 2007 and 2008. Since then though, the company has shifted its focus on the lucrative market o..   show all text

Povodom otvaranja web shopa prošli tjedan pokrenuli smo proljetno fotkanje na Facebooku i Twitteru! Kroz pet dana objavili smo teme po kojima ste fotografirali zanimljive, duhovite i često neobične slike. U tih nekoliko dana poslali ste nam preko 70 fotografija kojima su se bavili naši stručni suci, profesionalni fotografi. Bravo tviteraši! Kako bismo vam mogli poslati poklone za najbolje fotografije, kontaktirajte nas na Twitteru privatnom porukom sa svojim podacima. Poklone dobivate do kra..   show all text

Foursquare means business. The 1-year-old startup now has a huge brand — Starbucks — using its platform to test out an experimental customer rewards program. Starting today, frequent Starbucks visitors who check in at retail locations using Foursquare will earn customer rewards. Although there’s no financial incentive or free coffee to begin with, customers can unlock the “Barista badge” after five checkins. Of course that’s just the beginning; the coffee behemoth plans to use Foursquare a..   show all text