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RealNetworks would like to keep Microsoft at bay through new initiatives such as MusicNet. But the business goals of RealNetworks and MusicNet do not neatly overlap. If Microsoft's digital technology is in demand by the markets, MusicNet may well find a way to use it, according to analysts. |
"I don't think RealNetworks is going to draw a line in the sand," CIBC's Corcoran said. "Microsoft has taken some big steps forward, and they would be taking a big risk to insist on their own formats only for MusicNet." |
Complicating the fight for RealNetworks is AOL Time Warner's delicate relationship with Microsoft. |
The two companies have been wrestling over a recently ended deal that had made Microsoft's Internet Explorer the default Web browser on the AOL service--a deal that continued even after AOL Time Warner purchased rival browser maker Netscape Communications. |
AOL has been developing Netscape technology, dubbed Komodo, to provide support for alternative browsers within its service, although those efforts are still early. |
Microsoft, meanwhile, long ago won the browser wars, but appears reluctant to cut its ties from AOL. |
"AOL and Microsoft are negotiating a lot of things because of the ways they compete," Corcoran said. "They're jockeying for position to make sure each keeps a finger in each other's pie...Nobody is ceding its strength to the other." |
Lee Robinson had a problem many college students his age have: he could never easily find daily drink deals at bars near him. |
For many college students, budgets are tight, but drinking is still paramount. That's why Robinson, a 22-year-old from Baxter, created TabSaver — a free phone app that displays more than 500 drink deals at more than 50 bars throughout Iowa City, Cedar Falls, Ames and Des Moines. |
"I was struggling to find these deals, especially in Ames," Robinson, a senior at Iowa State University, said Wednesday. "Iowa City does a little bit better job than the other college towns, so they deserve some credit, but they didn't have a ton of easily found deals." |
TabSaver is a free app in the iOS app store, the app store for Apple iPhones. The app shows an interactive list of bars with deals, how close they are and prices for the drinks. The map function of the app even shows bars and their relative distance to your phone on a movable map. |
Paul Gerlich, the 21-year-old co-founder of TabSaver, said Thursday that the app has more than 1,000 downloads on the iOS app store and that it could be available in the Android app market by early next week. |
Gerlich, of Geneseo, Ill., and Roibinson met in a class at ISU last year and quickly realized that Robinson's idea was worth their time and effort after multiple friends told them they would use an app that helped locate drink specials at bars. |
Robinson said he spent much of last winter break developing the app, which has been available since Jan. 25. Though it was initially made for Ames, Robinson said, "I knew right away that the app had to expand and get to Iowa City and Cedar Falls and get to all the big college cities in the state." |
Jeremy Kaufman, general manager of Quinton's Bar & Deli in Iowa City, said agreeing to allow the app feature his business was a no-brainer. "It's easy marketing and we have a lot of really good specials, so it was an easy decision," Kaufman said. |
Quinton's has been offering half-priced drinks on Thursday for about a year, Kaufman said, and not many people knew about it. Kaufman said the app could help spread the word for his business. |
Now almost seven months after the launch, Robinson said he treats the app like a part-time job, working on it about 20 hours a week. |
"The only other competing apps that do anything similar to us haven't been updated for years, they're just stagnant," Robinson said. |
TabSaver has received four updates since January, with Des Moines being added in July, and college-colored themes for the app — black and gold, purple and gold and cardinal and gold — added in June. |
The future for TabSaver, Gerlich said, is slow and steady growth. The app's co-founders have friends who attend Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz., and Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., so they're looking to expand to those college markets soon. |
Robinson said he wants to expand the app to the Quad Cities and Minneapolis markets in the near future, as well. |
As soon as they are able to establish a limited liability company for TabSaver, Robinson said the app can begin to make money by allowing bars to subscribe to the app to offer exclusive deals to app users. |
"But I don't want users to pay for the app, ever. It will always be a free app," Robinson said. |
Reach Zach Berg at319-887-5412, zberg@press-citizen.com, or follow him on Twitter at @ZacharyBerg. |
How Crazy Is Too Crazy When It Comes To Washing Your Cars? |
Hello, humans of Jalopnik, and welcome to your weekly dose of Letters to Doug, everyone’s favorite column wherein you send me a letter and I prattle on about something that’s only tangentially related while simultaneously insulting the Audi Allroad. |
If you want to send me a letter, you can! Just write me a note on Facebook or send me an e-mail at Letters2Doug@gmail.com, and I will probably ignore your letter and laugh at whatever predicament you’re in that requires the solicitation of my advice. There is also some small chance that I will publish your letter. |
Fell down the you tube rabbit hole and discovered ammo nyc car washing/detailing tutorials. Say what you want about his water filtration system and techniques, what gets me are his haircare-like products. He applies “paint moisturizer”, can a normal sane person do this? |
Me, I like to drive. |
Let me explain myself. I personally drive 20,000 to 25,000 miles a year even though I work from home and have no commute. I also live in a very dense, crowded city, which means I do not even use my car to go to the supermarket, or the pharmacy, or the post office. It has been literally months since I have driven within... |
So how do I drive 20,000 to 25,000 miles a year? Because I absolutely love to drive. It is not uncommon for me to be sitting at home, late at night, watching television, and suddenly the idea of going for a drive strikes me, much like the idea of “scratching yourself” might strike you. So I hop in the car, and I drive ... |
This is at odds with the whole “obsessive about cleaning your car” thing. It involves brake dust, and dirt, and grime, and it happens every few days. |
I have a friend who is so obsessed with automotive cleanliness that the way he interacts with his cars on Sunday mornings is, he backs them out of his garage, he parks them in his driveway, and he cleans them for four hours. Then he brings them back in his garage. Me, when I back my car out of my garage on Sunday morni... |
Moreover, I don’t care about the PH balance of my car’s paint, or the allure of the car’s finish, or the suppleness of the car’s luster, or whatever words detailers use to describe a car’s gleaming coat after they’ve finished scrubbing it with a specially-designed brush the size of a regulation staple. I simply do not ... |
Now, I should note that I am a bit reticent to post this, because I know this is not how most car people feel about automotive detailing. I take my Aston Martin through the touch-free car wash, where people ATTACK it with – GASP! – USED BRUSHES!, and the last time I posted a picture of it in this situation, more than a... |
But here’s the thing: I am currently driving my Aston Martin to Maine, so I’m very worried right now anyway. This column can’t make it any worse. |
And now, I place my flame suit on for everyone to tell me how wrong I am. Hopefully, you will only attack me with words. Fortunately, if this does become physical, I am not especially afraid of your weapon of choice: specially designed brushes the size of a regulation staple. |
Robert MacDonald steps forward, visibly straining, using two poles for support as a physiotherapist gives short, staccato commands. |
It is early 2013, and MacDonald, captured in a video posted on his Facebook page, is in rehabilitation at Toronto’s Lyndhurst Centre, receiving treatment for a spinal cord injury that initially left him paralyzed from the waist down. |
When MacDonald crosses the finish line of the Scotiabank half-marathon Sunday, it will be less than three years after his prospects of merely walking unsupported seemed remote and the idea of running roughly 21 kilometres seemed absurd. |
But MacDonald is confident he’ll finish the race, and, to date, he has raised more than $15,000 for the Toronto Rehab Foundation, an organization he sees as instrumental in his recovery. |
MacDonald was in Mexico on a week-long vacation in December 2012 when his friend fell asleep in their shared room, leaving him locked out. Unable to rouse his friend, MacDonald decided to climb to the balcony of the third-floor room. |
MacDonald says it had been hours since he’d had a drink and attributes the decision to climb the building to ego, not alcohol. |
He was hanging from the balcony and reaching for a higher grip with his right hand when his left shoulder, which had plagued him for years, became dislocated. |
MacDonald says he fell about 9 metres to the ground. He punctured a lung, broke several ribs and his scapula, and dislocated two vertebrae. |
MacDonald was taken to a Mexican hospital. He left the country via air ambulance soon after, he says, arriving at Pearson International Airport roughly 24 hours after the accident. At St. Michael’s Hospital, Dr. Howard Ginsberg concluded that the dislocated vertebrae were pinching MacDonald’s spinal cord and needed to ... |
After spending much of December at St. Michael’s, MacDonald says he began in-patient treatment at the Lyndhurst Centre, a Toronto Rehab facility. |
“He didn’t have a lot of movement in his legs,” said Josh Williams, the physiotherapist encouraging MacDonald in the video. |
But MacDonald did have other things in his favour: He was young, and he was active before his injuries. And he was motivated, Williams recalled. |
Still, that MacDonald walked out of Lyndhurst unassisted at the end of his in-patient treatment exceeded Williams’ expectations. |
A long-time competitive athlete, MacDonald “walked and half-jogged” a 10-kilometre route in 2013, as part of an organized run he had done with his family before. |
“My walk quickly became a jog-walk the next year, and then I ran it fully this year,” MacDonald said. |
Earlier this year, MacDonald began consistently training, beginning with five-kilometre jogs and gradually adding distance. |
But MacDonald’s injuries are to his nervous system, making them more difficult to overcome than mere broken bones. Preparing for long-distance running poses particular challenges. |
A person’s nervous system, Tracy explained, can develop “almost an endurance” to an activity. But just as someone speaking a new language for several hours might eventually tire and resort to hand gestures, MacDonald might also fall back on physical compensations during a lengthy run, such as dragging a leg. |
MacDonald’s preparation has involved tempering his nervous system for the race, and doing things like walking backwards or sideways to give him the neurological “repertoire” to tackle the race, Tracy said. |
As for Sunday, he says he’ll finish. Tracy agrees. |
“He’ll get across that finish line,” he said. |
Without proper circulation in a pool, it's difficult to keep chemical levels balanced. |
Crystal clear pool water is a science -- literally. Proper water chemistry is crucial to keeping the water from getting cloudy or algae from growing. But even if the chemical levels are in balance, a pool can still run into issues if the water doesn't circulate well enough. Effective circulation keeps the pool clean of... |
A pool typically has two to three return jets where the water that filters through the circulation system returns to the pool. For effective circulation, it helps to have these multidirectional jets, because they allow you to determine the direction that the water returns to the pool. Point the jets in a direction that... |
No matter how you set up the jets, there are usually areas in a pool that suffer from poor circulation. Known as dead areas, these spots include areas behind the pool steps and ladders, adjacent to the skimmer and return fittings, corners in a rectangular pool, the center of a round or oval pool and the bottom half of ... |
Cleaning the pool on a consistent basis is another important step in correcting its circulation. Take the time to brush dead areas to remove dirt, algae and other debris that might cling to these areas, so the filter has a chance to remove them from the water. Brush the pool at least once a week with brush fitted to a ... |
Clean the filter regularly to prevent clogs that could back up the system. For a cartridge filter, turn off the pump and open the air bleed valves at the filter’s top and the drain port at the bottom, so the water drains from the filter housing. Remove the filter cartridges and rinse with a garden hose, and then clean ... |
Blair, Jennifer. "How to Correct Pool Water Circulation." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/correct-pool-water-circulation-105240.html. Accessed 23 April 2019. |
Do you have a personal stress management program—a collection of techniques to intervene when stress hits? With a thoughtful approach to stress management, you can reduce the risk of harm from prolonged stress and avoid unhealthy ways of coping with it. To build your stress management “tool kit,” first identify factors... |
The YOURhealth employee wellness program offers a 4-week Stress Reduction lifestyle management program to help you learn how stress impacts physical and mental health, monitor diet and physical activity, and assess work-life balance. Confirm your eligibility and enroll online. |
Khloe Kardashian's focus is on her newborn daughter — and not her boyfriend's cheating scandal, according to a report. |
The reality star, who gave birth to her first child Thursday, is eager to move past the drama surrounding her personal life after videos emerged showing the baby's father, Tristan Thompson, canoodling with other women, People reported. |
"She's basically already forgiven him," a source told the magazine of Kardashian. "She is in a bubble of love and peace and happiness right now, and everything that happened with Tristan is less about 'cheating' and more like, it was just a random drunken hookup that meant nothing and was kissing at most and didn't lea... |
Kardashian welcomed the baby just two days after TMZ published a video filmed last October that shows Thompson kissing another woman at a Washington D.C. nightclub. |
A separate video posted by TMZ shows Thompson entering a New York City hotel last weekend with a woman who isn't Kardashian. Another video, meanwhile, posted by the Daily Mail, reportedly shows Thompson kissing a woman at the PH-D nightclub in Manhattan that night, though the man's face in that video is not visible. |
Kardashian and Thompson, a forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers, have remained silent on the scandal, but she's apparently in good spirits. |
"Khloé is feeling nothing but happiness right now," the source told People. "She is head over heels in love with her little girl — she is just consumed with love. Absolutely nothing else matters." |
Thompson was present at the hospital for the delivery of the baby, Entertainment Tonight reported Thursday, with a source telling the outlet Thompson was "apologetic and begging for forgiveness." |
Members of Kardashian's famous family have shared their excitement over the baby on social media, including her sister Kim, who tweeted Friday that her new niece is "so gorgeous." |
"I'm so happy for you!" she wrote in a tweet to Khloe. "Your baby girl is so beautiful! You are so strong, you made that look so easy! I can't wait for our baby girls to grow up as best friends the way we are! I'm so happy I was able to return the favor of holding your leg while you pushed LOL." |
Kardashian's sister Kylie Jenner, meanwhile, wrote "Kongrats, Khloe!" on Snapchat, while her mother Kris Jenner tweeted, "Congratulations to @KhloeKardashian on welcoming another girl to the KarJenner clan." |
Thompson and Kardashian began dating in September 2016. He also has a 1-year-old son, Prince, from a previous relationship. |
One of Demi Lovato‘s close friends is urging fans to quit pointing fingers following the singer’s drug overdose last week. |
“I care about Demi just like all of you do,” backup dancer Dani Vitale wrote on Instagram on Sunday night. “I have not said anything about this situation until now because her recovery has been of the most importance. |
Some of Lovato’s fans have been lashing out at the choreographer since the 25-year-old was hospitalized last Tuesday after allegedly partying for 12 straight hours to celebrate Vitale’s birthday. |
An assistant reportedly found the “Confident” singer unconscious in her bed around 11 a.m. Tuesday and called 911. Narcan — an emergency medicine used to reverse the effects of some drug overdoses — was reportedly administered to Lovato. |
Lovato was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where ex-boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama has visited her since she was admitted. |
Lovato is expected to go to rehab upon being discharged from the hospital, though sources close to her were reportedly worried that she may not seek treatment after previously rejecting an intervention in the weeks before her overdose. |
Insiders also expressed concern that the friends Lovato hung out with leading up to her overdose didn’t have her best interests at heart and enabled her substance abuse, according to People. |
After the Whittier Union High School District voted last month to start the process of withdrawing from the bus service co-op providing transportation to thousands of area students, every other school district in the co-op could now do the same. |
Last week, the East Whittier City School District and the El Rancho Unified School District voted to notify the co-op, known as the Pupil Transportation Cooperative, of their intent to leave. This week, the remaining four local school districts in the PTC — Little Lake City, Los Nietos, South Whittier, and Whittier Cit... |
The school districts would all need to figure out new options for transporting their students if they vote leave and effectively disband the co-op. |
Manny Correa, president of the PTC’s board, said on Friday that the co-op was still in the midst of determining what type of affect WUHSD’s withdrawal might have. PTC representatives did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday regarding the remaining school districts. |
Gary Gonzales, the superintendent of the South Whittier School District, said in a phone interview on Tuesday that his district is considering withdrawing specifically because of WUHSD’s decision. |
Gonzales said that a notification to the PTC would not guarantee that SWSD would ultimately leave — it’s just a way to keep the district’s options open. |
“We have to see what ends up happening with Whittier Union” before the district makes a final decision, he said. |
But Gonzales added that under the PTC, transportation costs make up between three and four percent of the district’s $24 million budget. He said leaving the PTC might make more financial sense than staying in it. |
“Definitely one of our greatest concerns is to find something that is both fiscally sound and meets the needs of our students,” he said. |
Aurora Villon, the president of ERUSD’s school board, said in a phone interview that El Rancho Unified had been considering withdrawing even before WUHSD made its announcement. |
“We were not very satisfied with the company, and it was the right time for us to look for another company that can better serve our students,” Villon said. |
Ron Carruth, the superintendent of the Whittier City School District, said in an email that his district is considering leaving the PTC because of WUHSD’s and ERUSD’s decisions. |
“With other local boards considering leaving we are now very concerned about the financial viability of the cooperative and need to take action in order to ensure we have reliable options for student transportation in the future,” Carruth wrote. |
Representatives from EWCSD, LLCSD and LNSD did not respond to requests for comment. |
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