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Google Street View now transports you into Ancient Egypt

Sep10
by on September 10, 2014 at 10:13 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

Google’s Street View has long since expanded its reach beyond your local avenues and thoroufares into seemingly every nook and cranny around the world. And today, the internet giant has announced a slew of new Street View imagery on Google Maps, covering the monuments and history of Ancient Egypt. Naturally, this includes the Pyramids of Giza and the Giza Necropolis, as well as the human-lion hybrid – the Great Sphinx. Elsewhere, you’ll find the Abu Mena, Cairo Citadel and the Citadel of Qaitbay. ➤ Walk like an Egyptian with Street View in Google Maps

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It’s official: Rocket Internet is going public with a $970m IPO in Germany this year

Sep10
by on September 10, 2014 at 9:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, rocket internet

Rocket Internet, the European incubator-cum-global-super-cloner, has confirmed rumors that it will list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange before the end of the year. The Berlin-based company plans to raise €750 million, around $970 million, by offering primary-only capital — that means no existing shareholders will cash out. The company — which says it wants to become “the largest Internet platform outside of the United States and China” — has been busy on the investment front in recent weeks. Over the past month it sold a 10 percent stake to PLTD, and a 10.7 percent share to United Internet, while long-time investor Holtzbrinck swapped its investment in seven…

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Apple’s now accepting Swift-coded iOS apps for the App Store

Sep10
by on September 10, 2014 at 9:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Back in June, Apple announced Swift, a new programming language for iOS and OS X, and the reaction in the developer community was generally positive. Now, in the wake of Apple unveiling a slew of new products and services, the Cupertino company has announced that Swift has now reached ‘GM’ (Gold Master). A GM build basically means it’s almost good to go and, as such, Apple is now accepting submissions for Swift-coded iOS apps in the App Store. Though the plan is for Swift to eventually replace Objective-C, the coding vernacular used by Apple for two decades, both languages can…

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