Site displays photos of cities in Instagram to show 'real time'

 

a new service uses the Internet photos posted to Instagram to create a "transmission" in real time what is happening in five cities in the world. Called "This Is Now" (this is the time, in free translation), the site (go here) was initially launched in Sao Paulo, New York, London, Sydney and Tokyo.

In each city, the site shows a flow of the latest pictures posted by users of Instagram. Around 12am this Friday (3), for example, to access the stream of St. Paul appeared several pictures of people having lunch and food.

The service uses the geolocation information for users to tell a visual story of the city each time, as the website "Mashable". The moving picture stream from left to right, with the latest image appearing at the top. In the upper right corner of the page you can also see in real time, in English, how many people are accessing the stream at that time.

"The project 'This Is Now' is a visual composition that uses real-time updates of Instagram based on geo-tags from users. The site shows a flow of pictures instantly when they are posted on Instagram and capture the movement of cities, in a fluid story, "says the description of the site.

Users who do not want their photos to appear in the flow can restrict your profile to friends only Instagram. Because the service uses "geo-tags" social network to locate users, not otherwise appear on the site is not to put their location in images.

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For creators of Steam, Windows 8 will be a "catastrophe for all '

 

The Windows 8 will be a catastrophe for those who like to play on PC and will harm the computer market. Who was it said Gabe Newell, Valve's CEO, producer of games like Half-Life, Left 4 Dead and creator of Steam.

Microsoft's new platform will have its own app store - the Windows 8 Store. And Newell believes it affect similar services already available today.

"The Windows 8 will be a disaster for all of the computers in space. I think we lose some manufacturers, who will end up leaving the market, "said Newell, according to Mashable. "If true, then we need good alternatives to it."

One of the alternatives considered by Valve is the version of Steam for Linux, which is already being developed. Newell believes that what is lacking for the open source system gain more space among consumers is a good supply of games - what would be possible to adapt the service.

The store apps Windows 8 will, somehow, a competitor to Steam. The distribution service games company Newell currently has more than 40 million active users and 2500 titles from different developers.

If the store can offer Microsoft games with the same efficiency of Steam - and integration with Microsoft's own Xbox to become a reality - the service of the Valve can go out very much affected.

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