http://techcrunch.com – Educational publisher Elsevier is diving deeper into the world of open and social educational data: it has bought Mendeley, the London/New York-based provider of a platform for academics and organizations to share research and collaborate with others via a social network. The terms of the deal have not been publicly disclosed but we understand it is for a sum between $69 million and $100 million. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://news.softpedia.com – Git, a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency, is now at version 1.8.2.1. Every Git version released so far has a hefty changelog and introduced a huge number of improvements. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Google has stepped up its efforts to remove spammy or otherwise non-compliant applications from its mobile application marketplace, Google Play, in recent weeks. App deletions hit a record high in February, with 60,000 apps removed during the course of the month – the largest round of app deletions to date. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://ubuntuforums.org – Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 311 for the week April 1 - 7, 2013. Links to UWN Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue311 In This Issue Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta 2 releasedWelcome New Members and DevelopersUbuntu StatsUbuntu Global Jam - An Early Call for Events!Showcase the diversity of the Ubuntu community!Call for nominations to the (Hardware)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Sometimes, the business you should be building is hidden beneath the one you already are. Back in early 2012, four friends set out to build TapIn.TV. As one of many competitors in the crowded live mobile video broadcasting space, TapIn.TV focused almost entirely on video. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://crunchbang.org – Sorry if this has already been posted, but I've searched around and can't find anything to fix it.Just installed Waldorf recently. Audio skips for a moment every minute or two. Not a deal-breaker, Crunchbang still the best OS I've found, but still pretty annoying. (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Here’s the thing about simplicity. It’s all relative. A developer’s idea of simplicity is different from a finance chief or a customer service agent. I run across a variety of startups in my daily work at TechCrunch. But few have that innate sense of elegance or the capability to abstract complexity to such an extent that anything else seems antiquated in comparison. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Facebook had its big coming-out party for mobile on Wednesday, and its Home launcher will soon start shipping exclusively on an HTC device. This is the social network’s first crack at being the default experience on any device. Until now, using Facebook has been a completely optional and background experience, meaning you’d have to visit its website or download one of its apps. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.makeuseof.com – No matter whether it was your fault or not, things can happen to the data stored on your devices. Hard drives, solid state drives, and removable media can all potentially “lose” files because of numerous different causes. (General)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Editor’s note: Derek Andersen is the founder of Startup Grind, a 40-city community bringing the global startup world together while educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs. There are few people whose impact on entrepreneurs and business in general you hear about as frequently as Clayton Christensen. (IT news)
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