December 2011
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SOPA: Your Tax Dollars Hard at Work →
It’s insane to for people to submit legislation from areas of interest they know little to nothing about. But that’s the Washington norm. Like SOX stopped corporate corruption? You can’t ever, ever stop people from making stupid mistakes - this legislation is no less.
“I am aware that there are some people out there who think that the internet is like Las Vegas,...
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All I Want for Christmas - Nest →
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If Apple were to develop iFork to reinvent eating,... →
Gruber would write a 90,000 word essay how only Apple gets what forks are all about.
Simply. The. Best!
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Sony PlayStation Vita US launch →
Think this is DOA. Make it a phone, then we’ll talk.
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Business Insider - SAI: REPORT: Microsoft Was... →
Balmer’s gotta go.
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Amazon Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2 – Marco.org →
Absolutely love this comparison.
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RIM: Circling the Toilet →
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RIM: A Dollar Too Much, To Late →
Iain Marlow, reporting for The Globe and Mail:
Research In Motion Ltd.’s top executives cut their salaries to $1 as they delivered yet more dismal news to investors, telling the world the product that was supposed to save the company will come out almost a year later than promised.
The news that a new line of BlackBerrys with an upgraded operating system won’t be released until late 2012,...
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MG Siegler’s Take on the Galaxy Nexus →
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webOS goes open source →
Downside of going open-source is there will be so many ‘flavors’ of WebOS, like Android. Will be challenging for device makers and mobile providers.
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Republican-Backed Bill Would Allow Telemarkers to... →
Here’s what’s a joke. I pay, a hefty fee mind you, for my mobile phone. That’s my number. I pay for it. If I don’t want your solicitations, it’s should be easy. Unless I know you, we’re doing business, don’t call my phone, non-profits, political, phone sales, don’t care.
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Why Android’s UI Is Laggy Compared to iOS and... →
Original Source: daringfireball.net
Interesting technical look at the design of Android’s graphics and event processing by Andrew Munn, trying to explain why it feels so laggy compared to iOS and Windows Phone:
Android UI will never be completely smooth because of the design constraints I discussed at the beginning:
UI rendering occurs on the main thread of an app
UI rendering has normal...
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AT&T admits to using Carrier IQ, Samsung passes... →
If this is true, then AT&T owes data users a credit for overages due to CarrierIQ data pulls. Remember phantom charges?
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Apple Statement on Carrier IQ →
From Daring Fireball:
Apple:
We stopped supporting CarrierIQ with iOS 5 in most of our products and will remove it completely in a future software update. With any diagnostic data sent to Apple, customers must actively opt-in to share this information, and if they do, the data is sent in an anonymous and encrypted form and does not include any personal information. We never recorded...
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AT&T, Sprint Confirm Use of Carrier IQ Software on... →
AT&T and Sprint, two of the largest U.S. wireless carriers, confirmed that its mobile handsets use the software but only for legitimate service and quality-related purposes.
It makes no difference what the purpose is - you MUST disclose this information, especially snooping services. I’d like to see a ‘get out of my contract’ card as a result of this.