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Apple bans CCC video app from their tvOS: https://twitter.com/timpritlove/status/660486135341301760

 

"Native is the only way to deliver a great app experience", "the Web Platform is shit for apps", "I don't know what I'm talking about".

 

We now host 30+ apps for that client on 5apps Deploy and sync customer app data via 5apps Storage (using a private API for @remotestorage_).

 

The same code base drives the respective web apps (with different templates for desktop). Ratings on Play are the same. <3 Ember.

 

Our two biggest Cordova apps are standing at 4.5 stars (across all versions) on the App Store. And that's not even the upcoming redesign.

 

Check out this cool BTC-to-MPesa-via-Messenger hack my friend @Bumi made (incl. Nairobi vids): https://twitter.com/Bumi/status/657846081221500928

 
 

German politics in one paragraph: http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=a8d63255

 
 

Got invitations for two birthday dinners plus a house party in Berlin, all on the same Saturday night that we're at an offsite out town. :(

 
 

Bitcoin's first production sidechain goes live: https://blockstream.com/2015/10/12/introducing-liquid/

 

Totally didn't see Clockwork Orange scenes coming in an Astérix movie. Well played.

 

Germany's health system is so excellent, that even in its largest city, you can't find a doctor who will talk to you on a Friday after 1pm.

 

"We are currently witnessing the gentrification of hacker culture." http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/how-yuppies-hacked-the-original-hacker-ethos/

 

"A hack stripped of anti-conventional intent is not a hack at all. It’s just a piece of business innovation." http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/how-yuppies-hacked-the-original-hacker-ethos/

 

Scott Adams: "I assume that most of my views are wrong, because they're different than they used to be." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwWJ6rMOtQw

 

What's you're favorite JS charting lib of the day?

 

Finally solved all of our calendar and contacts sync/sharing woes by setting up Baikal on the Synology DiskStation. http://baikal-server.com

 

... That's a 3-month notice. No excuses this time. ;)

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