September 2011
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iOS 5.0 Killer Feature is ARC
Apple finally realized that the masses of newbie iOS programmers out there, most coming from the Java world, really don’t get it.
iOS memory management is just too difficult for most of these developers that have never coded in C, C++ or Objective-C, beyond maybe a college introductory course.
According to Apple:
Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) for Objective-C makes memory ...
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UBS Problem: Access to Data?
This is crazy. The latest news is that the CEO resigned over the weekend and the CIO takes over as interim CEO.
The straw that broke the camels back? The $2.3 billion loss last week by rogue trader.
I don’t have all the inner details of what went on here, but there is one common theme I’ve seen over the years of working with IT for financial firms. The real issue is that many of...
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Tumblr Rocks, but $800m Valuation?
I use Tumblr all the time, in fact this blog runs on Tumblr. WSJ reported an $85 million investment from a series of investors including Sir Richard Branson. According to insiders, this puts the value of the company around $800 million.
Apparently there are 30 million blogs on Tumblr now, an impressive number. No wonder my blog slows down at times during the day, especially in the evening.
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General Assembly, Good Stuff!
I just attended my first General Assembly presentation tonight in NYC and I was truly impressed. If all of the presentations are this good, I’ll be attending more in the future.
Tonight, the topic was “The Business of Big Data” by Brad Gillespie, Ben Siscovick (IA Ventures). How do companies harness and leverage the massive amounts of data being produced via the Internet and...
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Our Latest App. Finster, A Social Check-In App for...
This project was a lot more work than we had originally anticipated, especially on a part-time basis. Many thanks to all to all that participated!
Check out the quick 2 minute video below.
So why a check-in app for stocks? I believe the concept of sharing stock picks and market ideas with followers via a social network is very cool.
Using Finster you can quickly express your views on a...