Das US-amerikanische Online-Sozialnetz Facebook hat einen großen Teil seiner Entwickler-Plattform f8 ein Jahr nach ihrem Start als Open Source zur Verfügung gestellt. Das betrifft den größten Teil des Codes der Plattform sowie die meisten Implementationen, geht aus einer Mitteilung hervor. Dies sei der erste Schritt, die Facebook-Plattform zu öffnen.
With summer jobs in short supply, more young people are pursuing money-making opportunities in Web fantasy worlds. Alexandra Alter on the new online workers.
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
While his friends scramble for jobs flipping burgers or bagging groceries this summer, 18-year-old Mike Everest will be working as a trader in the fantasy Web world of Entropia Universe, buying and selling virtual animal skins and weapons. His goods exist only online, but his earnings are real. In the past four years, he's made $35,000.
How does a 25-year-old computer science major from the University of Minnesota wind up as a co-founder of one of Silicon Valley's most closely watched startups? For Leah Culver, the lead developer of Pownce -- the microblogging startup co-founded by Digg Inc. founder Kevin Rose -- it all started with a teddy bear.