Links for Monday February 21st, 2011
Readability iOS App Rejected: Jim Dovey on the Readability iOS rejection. Also worth a read, is Michael Tsai (whose link directed me here). So far, the loss of applications like Readability seems like a bad thing, but it isn't until applications that I actively use and love (i.e. Dropbox, Instapaper) that I'll really be up-in-arms about this whole thing.
Motorola Xoom will ship without Flash support on February 24th, expects it in 'Spring 2011'?: I wonder what else got tossed overboard in order to make a February ship date?
Google tries new angle on hiring: This sounds a lot like Google is lowering the bar.
Fans launch 'Help Nathan Fillion Buy Firefly' movement: This maybe isn't so good:
"The only problem (well, not the only problem, but a significant one) is Firefly studio 20th Century Fox probably isn’t willing to sell the rights. The Terminator owners were bankrupt, while 20th is doing just fine and holds its properties as long-term investments (remember George Lucas talking 20th Century Fox out of the Star Wars sequel rights back in the 1970s? Yeah, they don’t fall for that anymore). One insider said he couldn’t think of a case of 20th outright selling the rights to a property."
I'm going to continue to not hold my breath.
Best Buy’s bizarro world Xoom ad: In case more evidence was needed that the Motorola Xoom was being rushed to market, I present the recent Best Buy advertisement.
YouTube - Using iPhone 4 with a Braille display: Really impressive. Can any Android phones do this?
Couples who make their relationship work, at work: A short article from the SF Chronicle, about companies that were founded by husband and wife teams.