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Submission + - AppDirect Acquires jBilling, World's Leading Open Source Billing Solution (appdirect.com) 1

An anonymous reader writes: AppDirect, the leading cloud service marketplace company, announced today that it has acquired jBilling, the global leader in open source billing solutions. With this strategic move, both companies will expand their reach while leveraging their global expertise in billing and marketplace solutions. Going forward, jBilling will continue to serve new and existing customers, while both companies are poised to create a new, differentiated distribution model that makes delivering web-based services faster, easier, and more seamless.

“Billing and payments are central not only to the AppDirect platform, but to the online distribution of software and services as a whole,” said Daniel Saks, president and co-CEO of AppDirect. “We see a lot of opportunity to change the way cloud service distribution works, and with jBilling’s flexible, open source platform, we’ve found the ideal solution to do just that. The technology makes billing better for providers, developers, and customers alike.”

Founded in 2002, jBilling powers the billing systems of a variety of trusted telecom providers, SaaS companies, public utilities, and others around the world, including Constant Contact, VeriFone, Sage Software, and more. jBilling is based in Ottawa, Canada, and has a distributed team of billing experts around the globe. The company’s leading technology, long-term experience, and industry expertise have enabled jBilling to become the world’s leading open source billing solution, with over 120,000 downloads across more than 150 countries, and greater than 10 million invoices processed each month.

“jBilling brings unparalleled simplicity to subscription and other types of complex billing, and the company has helped businesses in a range of industries make payments easier,” Saks said. “We’re excited to work with jBilling’s expert team to bring their powerful set of solutions to even more users worldwide.”

jBilling is a reliable, advanced open source solution built on Java technologies. With a flexible plug-in architecture, the software can be configured to accommodate a range of billing scenarios, including subscriptions, pre-payments with credit cards, complex pricing, and more. jBilling is available in several different editions tailored to meet specific business needs, including jBilling Telco Edition, a new solution being released today that offers both a SaaS version that can be used in the cloud, and a downloadable version that can be installed and configured on site. Users can also choose jBilling Community Edition, a version that can be downloaded for free.

“I’ve always appreciated our close working relationship with the AppDirect team, but I’m thrilled that jBilling is now an essential part of AppDirect,” said Emiliano Conde, jBilling’s founder and lead developer. “Our solutions are a natural complement to one another, and working together, we have limitless potential to transform the way that companies in a range of industries deliver and bill for their software and services.”

To learn more about jBilling, please visit: http://www.jbilling.com/

About AppDirect
AppDirect is the leading cloud service marketplace company dedicated to revolutionizing the way businesses run. Its award-winning platform connects businesses, brands, and developers through a global network of partner marketplaces. Based in San Francisco, AppDirect powers the marketplaces of trusted companies around the globe—including Deutsche Telekom, Rackspace, Swisscom, Bell Canada, Appcelerator, and more—and has helped millions of businesses discover, buy, and manage the best cloud-based software and services.

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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Best eReader for scientific journal articles (pdfs)? (nbcnews.com) 1

ThorGod writes: Today, amazon announced the discontinuation of the Kindle DX. I've been using a Kobo ereader for reading journal article PDFs (such as Case and Shiller 2003), but with mixed results. I think it simply doesn't have the screen real estate necessary to read PDFs comfortably. I thought the DX would have, but it's now gone...What do you all suggest? The requirements are: The best experience for reading academic journal articles (PDFs) on an e-ink screen. Anything with an LCD is exempted.

Submission + - Smartphone ASUS PadFone 2 (allprogrammsfree.ru)

gepotenuz writes: "The company ASUSTeK Computer announced details of the international release of a new hybrid smartphone ASUS PadFone 2. Earlier today the presentation of ASUS PadFone 2 in Taiwan, and we now know more details about the issue from the event in Milan. As the first generation ASUS PadFone, innovation is a set of smart phone and the dock, made as a tablet, which, in fact, makes the smartphone into a device with a 10.1-inch screen. Compared with its predecessor, the second generation ASUS PadFone two markedly improved basic features redesigned fasteners smartphone tablet, as well as reduce the overall thickness and weight of the package.

So, in Asia (Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates) and Europe (Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sweden) ASUS PadFone 2 will appear before the end of December. For Europe, the price of the set with two ASUS PadFone tablet-dock is 799 euros (about $ 1040 U.S.) for a model with 32 GB of internal memory and 899 euros (about 1170 U.S. dollars). How much will a separate smartphone ASUS PadFone and two separate docking station, is not specified.

Smartphone-base ASUS PadFone 2 is equipped 4.7-inch HD-screen, runs on a quad-core processor with a clock frequency of 1.5 GHz and 2 GB of RAM. As a software platform used by Android Ice Cream Sandwich."

Comment Wrong data for Buenos Aires (Score 3, Informative) 90

In the per capita list, Buenos Aires ranks 2nd, but the city population data they use are wrong. They say Buenos Aires population is 3 million, but that's only Buenos Aires city proper, the whole metro area has an estimated population of about 13 million. So Buenos Aires should rank lower than listed in that study.

Comment Solution for this (Score 2) 301

As ohers have previously said, the problem here is that the tickets prices were not high enough (in a free market sense).

The solution would be to sell the tickets at the right price, that is, the price consumers are willing to pay.

I think a system like this would do the job

1. The day tickets go on sale, charge an outrageous amount (say, $100,000).
2. Then gradually decrease prices each day (or even every hour)
3. Last day the tickets would go on sale for $1

In that way, each person would decide which is the "right" price to pay. Do you *really* want to see this show? Would you risk missing it because you want to save a few bucks and wait until tomorrow? Do you think it would be a good deal to buy tickets now and resell them later for a profit? OK go ahead. How many tickets? At which price? Are you sure you will be able to sell them, considering that people willing to pay a higher price already had the opportunity to do so and refused?

Comment Wrong title (Score 0, Redundant) 478

Quoting from Wikipedia

The [Immaculate Conception] doctrine states that, from the first moment of her existence, Mary was preserved by God from the Original Sin and filled with sanctifying grace that would normally come with baptism after birth. Catholics believe Mary "was free from any personal or hereditary sin". Mary's immaculate conception should not be confused with the [virginal] Incarnation of her son Jesus Christ; the conception of Jesus is celebrated as the Annunciation to Mary. Catholics do not believe that Mary, herself, was the product of a Virgin Birth

Comment Re:VisualAge? (Score 1) 198

Indeed. Early versions of Eclipse had an icon in the toolbar to switch between a complete file view and an "only the method you are working on" view. I suspect that feature was introduced to allow a smooth transition from VisualAge. I don't think that icon is so prominent on current Eclipse incarnations, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is still there, buried somewhere.

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