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Community is what happens when you do what you love together. – Pete Davis The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

Foursquare makes parts of its database publicly available. Gary Little writes in “Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset for the geospatial community” for foursquare.com In an effort to change that dynamic, we are announcing today the general availability of a foundational open data set, Foursquare Open Source Places (“FSQ OS Places”). This base layer of 100mm+ global places of interest (“POI”) includes 22 core attributes (see schema here) that will be updated monthly and available for commercial use under the Apache 2.0 license framework. ...

Pinkary is an interesting alternative to Linktree — a kind of mini‑Twitter. This open-source solution is built with PHP and JavaScript. The source code and an active community can be found at GitHub. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

Apple plans to acquire the team behind Pixelmator. The apps will remain unchanged for the time being, but it will be exciting to see what the future brings. The Pixelmator Team writes in »A new home for Pixelmator« Pixelmator has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, subject to regulatory approval. There will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time. Stay tuned for exciting updates to come. ...