AlexMuir

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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Also your mobile phone number - http://www.alexmuir.com/2011/10/facebook-reveals-who-has-you...
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Fair point - it was hacked together in just a few hours. It's hard to allocate time but I will address this over the next few weeks.
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HNpod #4 - Yahoo, Digg & Sparrow(hnpod.com)
3 points by AlexMuir 14y ago|0 comments
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Almost a exactly a year ago I wrote this[1] - I've added contemporary notes in italics: Apple should (and I think will) buy Twitter. Here’s why: Apple needs a social layer. Facebook could provide it but Apple hate them. Apple could roll o
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Double-space and then it's ASCII time. And I pasted the results from a wire service.
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
For me, the valuation of FB is closer to a TV channel with an audience of c. 500m people for 30mins every day of the week. And one which shows ads to people based on their own interests. What's that worth? I'm not sure. The comparison wi
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Second Quarter 2012 Financial Summary In millions, except percentages and per share amounts Q2'12 Q2'11 Revenue $ 1,184 $ 895 Income (Loss) from Operations
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
£2.30 a bottle??? What the fuck are Coke thinking? Paying all that money to sponsor the games and then absolutely shafting anyone who actually buys your drink. Everyone will be walking away saying "Fuck me, that coke was expensive." - I
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
I'm delighted that Mike's carrying this forward - it's a lot more effort than it seems. I'm without a stable internet connection at the moment - travelling a lot and about to start renovating a house in rural France. Trying to juggle three
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Kim.com(kim.com)
5 points by AlexMuir 14y ago|1 comments
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The TSA are operating in the UK 'for the Olympics'(news.sky.com)
12 points by AlexMuir 14y ago|7 comments
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Without further information I find this very hard to believe. Laundering money through a fast food restaurant with a supply chain outside your control is a terrible idea. Franchises are required to purchase food centrally. Q How much cash
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
Only managed the first paragraph before the bubble-o-meter went off the fucking scale. - Crap buzzword filled domain name. Check. - All encompassing vague idea. Check. - Young computer whizzkids. Check. - 1 millllion dollars. Check.
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Kim Dotcom extradition delayed until March 2013(telegraph.co.uk)
4 points by AlexMuir 14y ago|0 comments
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
True, I hadn't considered robotics. It's not a critique of the tech, but rather this idea that this of similar importance to GPS.
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
I'm wrong about the sensor, fair point. Though low-level access to its data will presumably need to be available through the device API. But anyway... Stores actually put a lot of effort into spreading the essentials around, and making yo
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Inevitabilities(alexmuir.com)
3 points by AlexMuir 14y ago|2 comments
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
I just don't see indoor navigation as a huge problem to be solved. And this seems a phenomenally complicated solution to a small problem. GPS works because outside is an enormous, unfamiliar place with tens of billions of destinations.
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
PCs are now fucked in the moneyed mass market. The 'PC' brand is sunk - PC is to computer what Blackberry is to phone - you'll get one from your company, but you covet an iPhone/Macbook. This is thanks to: a) The sub-par cheap plastic lap
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
"the item you tried to buy is no longer available." That was brief.
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Indinero to close free accounts
17 points by AlexMuir 14y ago|1 comments
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
The Co-Op run Smile, the internet bank. They've got a great premium current account. However, I've applied six times online (the only way you can). I'd wade through all my details, previous addresses, employers details, passwords, pin num
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
I disagree. I think it's an easier market to get into - it's a proven market that is about to be commoditised (which is a lot of what Google is about). No-one needs persuading that they need cloud servers now. If Google can produce a a)bett
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Kim Dotcom announces new music download site(telegraph.co.uk)
3 points by AlexMuir 14y ago|0 comments
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
But this is more palatable all round. The UK can send him to Sweden, saying they complied with EU rules. The UK can then relax, and not deal with the wrath of Australia being pissed off - an ex-commonwealth country. Once he's convicted in
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by AlexMuir 14y ago
I don't ever actually 'hardclick' the pad. I just tap it with my finger so I can't say that I've encountered this problem.
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Stupid is the new Business Class(alexmuir.com)
2 points by AlexMuir 14y ago|0 comments
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People hate Socialcam (see comments)(youtube.com)
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Hoverbike(wired.co.uk)
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Operation Aphrodite - Bomber Drones(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by AlexMuir 14y ago|0 comments

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