Archives for April 2011

April 28, 2011

Delicious Acquired by Avos

Yahoo announced tonight that Delicious is being acquired by Avos. Here’s the email announcement sent to all Delicious users.

Dear Delicious User,
Yahoo! is excited to announce that Delicious has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. As creators of the largest online video platform, Hurley and Chen have firsthand expertise enabling millions of consumers to share their experiences with the world. Delicious will become part of their new Internet company, AVOS.

To continue using Delicious, you must agree to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks to AVOS. After a transition period and after your bookmarks are transferred, you will be subject to the AVOS terms of service and privacy policy.

April 27, 2011

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Is Ready

If everything goes according to plan, Canonical is set to release Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal tomorrow, April 28. There will be some drastic changes to the desktop with Unity replacing Gnome 3 as the graphical environment. LibreOffice is also replacing OpenOffice for the Office productivity tools. In addition, Ubuntu is also set to release the Ubuntu Server, Xubuntu, Kubuntu among others.

It should be a fun day tomorrow. I will be downloading and installing 11.04 on a virtual machine. By the way, I have been using Unity on my Ubuntu 10.04 desktop system for several days now to get a head start with Unity. I can’t wait to get my hands on Natty Narwhal to see the latest and greatest from Ubuntu.

April 27, 2011

Angry Birds Owes iPhone

Rovio’s highly popular game Angry Birds has been downloaded 140 million times since its first release 16 months ago. Rovio can thank the iPhone for paving the way for its high popularity. Part of the appeal for the game is the game’s simplicity. It’s a simple idea of knocking down structures and solving a puzzle. It has enough challenge to make it interesting for kids and adults.

The other factor for its popularity is the price. The game is a mere $5 to download. It’s peanuts compared to highly-priced games available for the XBox 360 and PS2. The follow up Rio version sells for only a dollar. Rovio is also available for Android, Windows and Playstation. Where’s the love for Linux? In addition, Rovio is now pushing the game to China.

Rovio can thank the iPhone and its App Store partly for its success.