MICHAEL REUTER

The Par­rot AR.Drone is a four-propellered fly­ing machine. It fea­tures two cam­eras, which enable the Drone to “see” via a Wifi con­nec­tion. They also are able to help con­trol the gadget’s speed and alti­tude. All of this is pow­ered by the AR.Drone’s on-board com­put­er, based on the Linux OS. More details on the Parrot’s Face­book page. The Drone will be con­trol­lable via an iPhone app – and read this care­ful­ly: c o n t r o

Game Chang­ers und App Econ­o­my sind die Schlag­worte der diesjähri­gen Webkon­ferenz next, die zum ersten Mal in Berlin stat­tfind­et. Das find­et Sin­ner­Schrad­er Boss und next10-Veranstalter Matthias Schrad­er aus der Per­spek­tive des Ham­burg­ers zwar schade, aber im Sinne der Attrak­tiv­ität für inter­na­tionale Gäste und des hip­pen Start-up Kli­mas der Haupt­stadt nur fol­gerichtig. Apps kön­nen aus Sicht von Matthias dur­chaus eine valide Antwort auf die Frage nach den Geschäftsmod­ellen im Inter­net und

Jour­nal­ist and net­cast­er Leo Laporte seems to be the first per­son hav­ing found­ed a prof­itable pod­cast­ing busi­ness. Based in Petaluma, 60 miles north of San Fran­cis­co, Leo is oper­at­ing a tech focused audio and video broad­cast­ing net­work from his three-storey TWiT cot­tage. Main­ly being his own host, Leo has cre­at­ed a viable busi­ness model with rev­enues of more than $2 mil­lion – after commissions.

via Cult of Mac