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Battle.net:

We’re pleased to announce the Diablo III open beta weekend, which offers open access to all players with a valid Battle.net account! Beginning this Friday everyone is invited to log in and help us put the game and servers through their paces in this three day stress test as we march toward the game’s release on May 15. You can begin downloading the Diablo III client right now!

From Friday, April 20 at 12:01 p.m. PDT (noon), until Monday, April 23 at 10:00 a.m. PDT you’ll be able to log in, team up with friends, and play each of the five heroic classes to level 13 as you fight to save the world from the impending demonic invasion.

Wowowowowowowow. I’m on the road on the weekend, so I am not able to play, but I’m really looking forward to Diablo III. We’ve all waited long enough.

Yesterday with the publication of the „The Next Web“ article about QUOTE.fm I had two realisations. First of all, time differences suck and second, different languages are bullshit. They lead to unnecessary barriers. If everybody would speak one language things would be a whole lot easier.

I thought about switching to english a lot the last few weeks or maybe months. I link a lot to english writing blogs and post recommendations with english comments on QUOTE.fm. Not once anyone complained. The analytics numbers also didn’t drop, so I guess my readers are cool with that.
The majority of articles I read are written in english, I listen to english speaking podcasts and often my thinking happens in english phrases, which is kind of crazy. So it seems pretty clear which way to go.

From today on going forward I will switch to english for one month[1. There will be one interview in german, which I’m currently putting together.]. Let’s see how it goes. Maybe it sucks, maybe not. I hope my english skills will get better over time. Thinking about it will definitely not help anyone. So I’ll just give it a try and after the month I’ll decide if I want to stay with english or switch back to german.

500px:

• Retina Graphics: Updated for the new iPad

• Download HD Photos: Tap the Download button on a full-sized photo that is for sale in our Market

• Photo Location Support: See where geotagged photos were taken

• Improved Navigation: You can now find your photos, your favorite photos, and friends‘ photos by tapping „You“ in the sidebar

• Improved Search: use tags or photo names to explore 500px

• Improved NSFW filter

500px ist eine sehr schöne App mit der es echt Spaß macht Fotos zu durch stöbern. Jetzt gibt’s auch endlich Retina Unterstützung.

Hamburg, März 2012, Canon EOS 5D

Noch ein weitere coole Möglichkeit responsive Designs zu testen.

The Next Web:

Sophos, the IT security and data protection company has a new warning on its Naked Security blog today that a fake Instagram app is infecting Android devices with malware.

This goes to show how fast the creators of dirty software can move as Instagram launched for Android users a few weeks ago hitting one million downloads in just 24 hours.

According to Sophos, malware authors are distributing their programs with applications cunningly disguised as the popular photo application

Total toll so eine offene Plattform.

WSJ:

Mr. Zuckerberg owns 28% of Facebook’s stock, and controls 57% of its voting rights, giving him the freedom to act independently if he wants. Mr. Systrom, similarly, owns about 45% of his company. That control means investors must accept the fact that the CEOs can move quickly.

Genius.

Hamburg, 16. April 2012, Fuji X100

Leica Rumors:

The upcoming Leica Monochrome digital rangefinder (with a black and white only sensor) will have a M9-like body. We are not going to see a new M10 camera on May 10 – a completely new M10 will probably be announced in September during Photokina.

Ich freue mich auf den 10. Mai – auch wenn ich mir sicher keine mehrere Tausend Euro teure Kamera kaufen werde, die nur schwarzweiß Fotos machen kann, auch wenn diese wahrscheinlich großartig aussehen werden.