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Flip HTML5 Ebook Publisher App Introduced by FlipHTML5.com

(PRWEB) November 03, 2013

Recently FlipHTML5.com, a company offering e-book maker software programs, has introduced its free ebook publisher software which can not only create e-books but can also publish them across multi platforms easily and instantly. This software is one of the Top 5 Awesome Flipbook Software Programs for eBook publishing softwares.

The software can convert PDF files into attractive flip books in no time. And this is not all, this HTML5 PDF to flipbook can also convert MS Office documents and OpenOffice files to e-books too. With a range of customization options, this app is packed with ready-made and ready to use templates, backgrounds and themes. Users can add their own images and videos too and customize the files to suit their requirements. Its usability saves a lot of time and creates e-books instantly. George Mansion, a satisfied customer writes, Flip HTML5 solution is more than I expected. For business I need to do a lot of presentations to my customers and am always hoping to find a way to better present than the PDF, this software does it for me, thanks a lot.

The basic version is offered at no cost to customers worldwide. The software offers professional features which help create attractive e-books, magazines and brochures.

FlipHTML5.com is an online company offering digital media publishing software programs. It is known for its high quality products supplied at no cost.

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Christopher Webber – MediaGoblin, Blender, and Network Freedom in Graphics – Video


Christopher Webber - MediaGoblin, Blender, and Network Freedom in Graphics
GNU MediaGoblin is a free software media hosting platform, comparative to a Flickr or YouTube/Vimeo that anyone can run. It also includes a 3D model type tha...

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Lava Lamp Stop Motion – Video


Lava Lamp Stop Motion
This is my first attempt at a stop motion movie. I used a GoPro, a Lava Lamp, and some free software I found somewhere. It moves a bit faster than I wanted, but whatever.

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Public not Facebook users but ‘Facebook used’ – Stallman

Dont post any pictures of me on Facebook or Instagram, said Richard Stallman, as he began his talk on the ethics of software and web development. Theyre a monstrous surveillance engine.

Were not Facebook users, were the Facebook used, he said, claiming that the social networking giant was morally unacceptable due to the amount of data gathered on users and they way in which it is used.

What on the surface seems anathema to the Web Summit ethos, Stallman in actuality appeared to inject a healthy dose of skepticism into the proceedings by addressing privacy concerns of the modern, digitally connected citizen.

We know now that the internet has been converted into a massive surveillance engine, Stallman said, adding that all digital technologies enable this abuse of surveillance.

He wears a badge declaring: Dont be tracked. Pay cash. This is in reference to the fact that Stallman not only avoids credit cards but also doesnt browse the web on his laptop and aims to withhold as much personally identifiable information as possible.

I dont want a database to know what I bought or where I was.

He doesnt own a mobile phone either. He never has. Once I found out how they can track users and be remotely configured into listening devices through back doors I thought this is Stalins dream. Some things are too important to give up in exchange for convenience.

A few years ago there may have been raised eyebrows at Stallmans words but in a post-Prism world following countless phone tapping incidents and where the NSA is alleged to have accessed Google and Yahoos oversees servers, it doesnt seem so unrealistic.

Stallman is known best for founding the Free Software Foundation and is a pioneer of copyleft, a way of ensuring that software can be distributed freely while preserving those freedoms for all.

If all the software we use if free then we have control over the computing we do on our own computers. You should reject any programme that isnt free because if the user isnt controlling the programme, then the programme is controlling the user, he said.

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Google unveils new smartphone in Nexus line

A new KitKat version of Android, which was redesigned to work across the wide range of handsets built with the Internet titans free software inside.

Google on Thursday unveiled its Nexus 5 smartphone, putting its premium brand on a device intended to champion the latest version of its Android operating system.

The hotly anticipated addition to Googles Nexus line is powered by a new KitKat version of Android, which was redesigned to work across the wide range of handsets built with the Internet titans free software inside.

Now you have one version of the Android operating system that can ship across all versions of smartphones in 2014, Sundar Pichai, head of the Android and Chrome teams, said while providing a look at the new software and Nexus 5.

As we get on our way to reach the next billion people, we want to do it with the latest version of Android.

The move aims to solve the problem that the wide variety of Android systems used around the world make it challenging for makers of fun, functional or hip smartphone or tablet apps to design programs that work on all devices.

Being stuck with old versions of Android also means that users dont get access to upgrades or improvements cranked out by Google.

Apple executives routinely boast about how most users of its iPhones, iPads and iPod touches are on the latest version of the iOS operating system while many Android users are stuck with old versions.

Changes in KitKat included fine tuning it to work with the limited memory capacities of Android smartphones priced for markets in developing countries or other places where buyers are on tight budgets.

It is important to us to get the same version of Android to scale across all versions of devices, Pichai said.

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