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Tuesday, 21st December 2010

Easel JS Wants to Make Canvas Easier for Flash Developers

Easel JS is an open source JavaScript library designed to make HTML5's Canvas element easier to work with. It was developed by gskinner.com, a firm best known for its Flash work, with Flash developers in mind. It's currently in alpha and includes a hierarchical display list, a core interaction model, and helper classes.

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I Want This New Facebook Filter Feature

Facebook is experimenting with a new way to filter the Newsfeed: by media type (like photos, links or games), page updates only or by friend list. Unearthed by Josh Constine at watchdog blog Inside Facebook, these new options look great. Constine argues the new options and their prominent placement "can make consuming the feed less exhausting…

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Survey Finds VCs Optimistic About 2011 Investments

Venture capitalists say they plan to invest more next year, according to a survey released today by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Dow Jones VentureSource. The survey polled 330 venture capitalists and 180 CEOs for their thoughts on where they see investment headed in 2011. Fifty one percent of VCs said that they expect…

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How to Integrate Your Ruby on Rails Application With Google Apps and the Apps Marketplace

Vincent Van Gemert and the Floorplanner team ran into a few stumbling blocks while preparing their product for the Google Apps Market. "We found out that a lot of people were struggling with the existing Rails libraries and the OAuth authorization method," Van Gemert wrote. That's why Van Gemert created a guide for integrating Ruby on Rails…

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Popular Sandbox Building Game Minecraft Finally Reaches Beta

The popular sandbox building game Minecraft has finally entered beta after spending over a year in public alpha. For those who have yet to discover this glorious experiment (time suck), Minecraft is an open-ended environment where you must mine and build things in order to survive. Minecraft became an indie gaming hit this fall, with some reports…

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