Sebastian Delmont – Good bye, Google Maps… thanks for all the fish

Sebastian from streeeteasy.com explains and analyses why and how they migrated their site from using Google maps. Very valuable insight and research is paramount in his article. He explains that Google maps has started charging 4$ per CPM (1000) views after a daily free limit of 25000 views. Also he explains other drawbacks from not controlling your own maps. Sebastian then points to several technologies that his company used to replace Google maps. read more at: Sebastian Delmont – Google+ – Good bye, Google Maps… thanks for all the fish TL;DR: We….

20 Great Web Applications Alternatives to Usual Desktop Software

Graphic and Web Design Blog provides a well thought out list of online services that replace commonly used desktop software. Having used some of these tools I still discovered some very good new ones.

via 20 Great Web Applications Alternatives to Usual Desktop Software.

Google Code Blog: WindowBuilder becomes new open source project with major code contribution to Eclipse Foundation

Google has decided to open source and donate WindowBuilder to the Eclipse Foundation.

WindowBuilder is regarded as the leading GUI builder in the Java community (winning the award for Best Commercial Eclipse Tool in 2009). It includes powerful functionality for creating user interfaces based on the popular Swing, SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit), GWT (Google Web Toolkit), RCP and XWT UI frameworks.”

via Google Code Blog: WindowBuilder becomes new open source project with major code contribution to Eclipse Foundation.

Small Businesses Less Prepared for Data Leakage, Study Says | PCMag.com

“Viruses and Trojans top the list when it comes to U.S. small business end users’ security fears. The biggest perceived threat among large business end users, however—data leakage—is barely on the radar of small businesses. Data leakage, defined as the intentional or unintentional sending of sensitive information outside the corporate network, is so low on their list that most are nearly as worried about phishing attacks, according to a recently released survey from Trend Micro.”

Read the full artice at Small Businesses Less Prepared for Data Leakage, Study Says | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.

Tara Brabazon: Information Obesity – MDX Play

Tara Brabazon offers a striking look at information obesity. An analogy she uses with great insight and accuracy to demonstrate the state of academic information intake. I think the same applies to business and even the public information consumption.

Source: Middlsex University Play (MDX Play): Tara Brabazon final – MDX Play.