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For all of those who demonize Apple as closed, remember this and WebKit. The code is available under an Apache license. The Apple Lossless Audio Codec project contains the sources for the ALAC encoder and decoder.  Also included is an example command line utility, called alacconvert, to read and write audio data to/from Core Audio Format (CAF) and WAVE files.  A description of a... 

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Dilbert is still funny  

Foursquare users are faced with a dilemma every time they check in. Do I share this with my Foursquare friends, my Twitter followers and/or my Facebook friends? The psychology is interesting. Because let’s face it, a big part of Foursquare is bragging about the cool stuff you do. When I’m in the coffeeshop in my building, I don’t share it on Facebook and Twitter. But when I checked... 

via focus.com This infographic contains some very useful data on social web engagement including cost estimates that seem reasonable based on the assumptions made. Each case will likely differ based on already existing resources and components. What is clear, is that social media campaigns are not free if planned and prepared well and sustained over an expanded period of time, which is essential... 

  Today’s announcement about the conditional approval by the U.S. Department of Justice of the acquisition by Google of ITA Software  is sending some shock waves through the travel industry. But at the end of the day what does this really mean? Here are some of  my initial  thoughts: General search becomes meta-search – There are very valid reasons why sites such as Kayak felt... 

For the past 16 years I have lived and worked in the gap between emerging technologies and the travel industry. A consistent pattern has developed. A new technology emerges; consumer behavior changes and the travel industry tries to catch up. This was true with the birth of the Web in mid 1990s where travel companies first thought of the platform as a way to deliver electronic brochures. At that time... 

As originally reported by Tnooz.com, Jet2 have axed their Twitter account. That’s right, not suspended, but euthanized. According to Jet2, keeping the account running was taking up too much of their time and resources. It was considered easier just to cut the services altogether rather than continue to keep the account up to date. To my knowledge, this is the first time we’ve seen something like... 

Wishing everyone a wonderful, peaceful Holiday Season with family and friends. Joe Posted via email from JEBstream