Sunday, August 14, 2011

Boot up: Apple's projector plans, angry birds maker ' seeks $ 1.2bn valuation ' and more

A quick burst 6 links you to chew over, as picked by the technology team

Nilay Patel: "there is a fundamental problem with patents in the United States.

"It is us.

"I think all of us: the companies and people who directly interact with the patent system, the media reports about interactions, analysts and experts who inform the media, and finally the big, active and vocal readership that we try and service with our reporting. As a group, we have accepted and let be the lazy conventional wisdom that the patent system is broken beyond repair, a relic from an earlier time, which has been replaced by the rapid pace of technical innovation, especially in the software, and that it should perhaps be scrapped entirely. "

Apple has "plans to integrate mini-or pico-projectors in similar future iOS devices at the same time introducing a likely Projector Accessories for led"

"Rovio entertainment Oy, Finnish creator of" Angry birds "mobile phone game, is in negotiations to receive funding, which would value the company at about $ 1.2 billion, two people with knowledge of the discussion said".

Zuckerberg calls a Chill feature "lame". Here is the response: "Chills so what will we do? We have already removed this feature. " Lame.

How Google + hope to beat Facebook: undercutting it. "launch of its Google + social gaming platform, Google has found a way to differentiate itself from Facebook. In the case of transactions in the game will Google only charging a 5 percent Commission for game developers instead of 30 percent to Facebook charges. "

"Today we are adding games to Google +. With Google + project, we want to bring nuance and richness of genuine sharing on the Internet. But sharing is about more than just conversations. The experience we have together is just as important for our relations. We want to play games online as fun, and just as meaningful as a player in real life. "

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