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Apple iPhone 4S... I hesitate to say "phone". It's great at browsing the internet but it's pretty useless at making phone calls!
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The web wild west isn't just limited to SEO, most of the web has no standards or bodies associated with it. Sometimes that works out well, other times unsuspecting customers end up spending tens of thousands for a template WordPress site. I
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Hardly - Google's main objective has been achieved in Android, and that is diversifying their inbound search traffic from mobile devices. Any money Google make from Android beyond this is a nice to have.
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Well here is someone "in the industry", who completely agrees with the need for coding literacy. I can program, but I'm not a "programmer" by any means, and it's clear to see in whatever client I work with (I'm a Big 4 Management Consultant
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http://www.gamefront.com/ea-announces-server-shut-downs-incl... There's a few for you, all by EA, one of which after only 15 months - except in those cases the single player was at least still playable. Unlike SimCity.
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What are the possibilities of the free game being Sim City 4?!?
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Given the two hour wait I had to talk to a billing advisor to try and buy SimCity yesterday, people are still buying this game in their droves. The problem is that there is no incentive for EA to listen to their customers - the monopoly tha
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Yes, and thank you EA for making sure that my game will always be up to date! ;-)
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1. I don't think you can be so simplistic in branding her decision as "politics", I'd say it was more "prudence". Quite possibly he was just one of a number of underpaid workers that truly deserved a raise. Giving him an obscene raise would
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More importantly, kids should learn to learn from everything. Too often I work with kids or young adults that hate school, but after a little discussion, discover that they actually really love learning. If the education system is not meeti
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Thanks, anyone else?
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The evolution of personal computers (Video)
(webhostingbuzz.com)
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Ask HN: Where to startup?
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Set targets for failure. Chances are you'll also have a deep fear of failure, and while your boss thinks he's pushing you, you know you're really taking the safe option. Wake up and realise that. Quit your job if you have to. Find some fear
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Time to go low-tech to get that sale
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What now for North Korea?
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"Imagine you could Stick a Stick-N-Find Sticker on your Suitcase. When all the suitcases start coming out on the belt, you can sit down and wait. Once your Suitcase is within Range, your phone will Alert you, you can get up, and take your s
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I agree this is very annoying, as are the conversations with the call-centre staff who can't believe you won't give out this information freely "I'm sorry sir, you have to, it's company policy". I generally challenge them to provide 3 half-
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IPhone 5 hardware glitch?
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The reason they locate there (as with in London) if to reduce the latency for financial trading programs. It may not sound like a lot, but when you have an automatic trading application processing billions of trades a year it can make a hug
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I love how the article was written tomorrow!
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Namecheap customer support proves "Magical"
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Inspirational reading for those rejected for YC
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I'm not reinventing the wheel here, or suggesting anything new - just that focusing on improving these would be a better investment of resources than creating an unsinkable ship. For example: * How good are the systems that realise that s
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Yes, it also almost caused a crash on the Eurofighter because the display pilot knew he could operate at a more aggressive envelope than the system would let him. I'd still wager it has saved more situations than it has caused, and even if
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Thanks for the suggestions - we absolutely will be doing. Though I didn't apply to Y-Combinator because I thought the idea needed validation, or because I needed the money, I applied for two main reasons: 1. I feel the programme represents
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Two days before...
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Woke up this morning to a rejection email. The good news is that this means I have successfully achieved my New Year's Resolution of failing more. The bad news is that it doesn't make failing any easier! We didn't even hear about Y-Combinat
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Wouldn't it be cheaper to focus on emergency failsafe devices or similar safety solutions to those incorporated by modern aircraft? Examples include: -Self-righting mechanisms -Self-sealing compartmental design -Re-floating devices -"Carefr
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The soundtrack to my childhood
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