| Miro 4 is Out! Introduces Android Sync, Home Network Sharing & More Today, the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) has launched Miro 4, an updated version of its desktop media player which now introduces a notable new feature: the ability to sync with Android phones and tablets. Previously, the software was used for finding, viewing, downloading and sharing digital media discovered through a variety of channels including YouTube and BitTorrent. It was simply a browser-less way to access online media. But with this new release, Miro has positioned itself as the open source alternative to DoubleTwist, currently Android users' go-to desktop program of choice for duplicating the iTunes experience. And while, at present, Miro lacks some of DoubleTwist's polish, it makes up for it in a rich, and ever-expanding feature set, including, at long last, podcast subscriptions for Mac users.
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Groupon Staying Ahead of the Game: Rumored to be in Talks with Foursquare Groupon is not wasting any time in trying to corner the market on location-based deals. Less than a week after partnering with location service Loopt for its Groupon Now campaign, the daily deals giant is said to be in partnership talks with Foursquare to target deals at its check-in users. All Things D reports the talks citing sources familiar with the matter. The move fits in well with Groupon modus operandi - they are known move fast and be extremely aggressive to stay ahead of the competition. With all of the Groupon clones and competitors lining up in the daily deals market, Groupon has to try and stay a step ahead.
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Introducing Our New Business Channels Editor: David Strom Over the past couple of years we've been growing our ReadWriteWeb channels. These are subsites of ReadWriteWeb that are targeted at a specific audience. We now have six channels: ReadWriteEnterprise, ReadWriteCloud, ReadWriteHack, ReadWriteBiz, ReadWriteStart and ReadWriteMobile. As our channels have grown, the opportunity has arisen for an experienced editorial manager to join our team. Today, David Strom starts as our new Business Channels Editor. David will be responsible for leading and managing the business-focused channels, which currently are ReadWriteEnterprise, ReadWriteCloud, ReadWriteHack and ReadWriteBiz. David is a vastly experienced editorial manager. For example he was Executive Editor at PC Week magazine in the late 1980s, while I was still at school! So we're thrilled to have David join ReadWriteWeb. Here's more about David's career so far:
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Cartoon: Workaround This week is Noise to Signal's fourth birthday. On May 27, 2007, I scanned and posted the first cartoon I'd published in years... and I haven't stopped since. I'm celebrating with a caption contest and I'll think of something else fun to do on the actual day. (It may involve a cocktail with such ingredients as gin, vermouth and Koh-I-Noor drawing ink, with a Pigma Micron marker instead of a swizzle stick.) The cartoon's changed a lot since then. I used to rough out a cartoon in pencil, draw it in ink, scan it in and retouch it. Today my workflow is most always all-digital. And my iPad is now my tool of choice for sketching ideas on the fly. (Thank you, SketchBook Pro.)
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