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Jon Rubinstein leaves HP(theverge.com)
2 points by bishnu 15y ago|0 comments
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by bishnu 15y ago
Facebook and Google are already in a hiring war and (if reports are to be believed) it's had a dizzying effect on employee compensation [1]. I can't even imagine the war for talent that will occur in Silicon Valley if these agreements drop
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by bishnu 15y ago
But...Google already scans your email for AdWords.
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by bishnu 15y ago
And who do you think is building your Android handset, exactly?
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by bishnu 15y ago
Well in this case they're sacrificing their cash cow (search) for a social network that is optimistically 1/10th the size of Facebook. I would argue the precise opposite is happening here - SPYW represents an effort to innovate, and nobody
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by bishnu 15y ago
I wonder how much Android royalties have to do with this. Which is especially perverse given Google's below-forecast earnings. Heh.
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Republicans doing more to kill SOPA/PIPA than Democrats(news.cnet.com)
2 points by bishnu 15y ago|0 comments
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Samsung Commits To Increasing Battery Life In 2012, Hopes For All-Day Use(tmonews.com)
1 points by bishnu 15y ago|0 comments
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by bishnu 15y ago
That and software-as-a-service just isn't Apple's business model. They just want to sell you stuff.
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by bishnu 15y ago
Google doesn't just make money off both iOS and Android - they make MUCH MORE money off iOS than Android, at least twice as much. [1] But they don't control iOS, so all Android is is a hedge in case Apple tries to disrupt mobile search some
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by bishnu 15y ago
I mean the difference is that a search engine is a search engine - it's not a platform a whole bunch of people need to be using to be more effective. Ditching Microsoft in the 90s meant ditching Office, the best selection of games, etc. W
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by bishnu 15y ago
Is market size really that important? Symbian is still the biggest one out there. How are their developers doing?
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"For every $1.00 generated on iOS, the same app will generate $0.24 on Android."(blog.flurry.com)
5 points by bishnu 15y ago|6 comments
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by bishnu 15y ago
Sonia Gandhi is an MP, she is not "completely outside the government". A few people have said this now, where is this talk coming from?
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by bishnu 15y ago
What? She is an elected member of parliament. She is in every way a part of the government. Her role is not reflective of the power she yields but that is a separate issue.
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by bishnu 15y ago
In anticipation of the fire sale that's about to occur, someone should get started on porting Android to it.
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RIM has approximately 1.4 million+ unsold Playbooks(splatf.com)
1 points by bishnu 15y ago|1 comments
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by bishnu 15y ago
I'm referring to it's introductory price.
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by bishnu 15y ago
I agree. I gave it a 20 minute test drive at Best Buy alongside TouchPads and Samsung Galaxy Tabs and it blew them out of the water, the only thing I've seen so far that felt close to an iPad in terms of useability and overall design. Wha
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by bishnu 15y ago
"anything more complex would be inefficient to speak to it" Really? I find Siri to be better at far more complex tasks than simple ones. IE, saying "Schedule dinner with Karen at 7 PM on Friday" is a lot more efficient than unlocking the
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by bishnu 15y ago
Siri is invaluable while driving. And I say that as a Canadian who doesn't have map integration with Siri yet.
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by bishnu 15y ago
Well...they're not Hindu, they're Sikh. Never heard of Siri referred to has a Hindu name, but India is a big country...
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Side-by-side comparison of Microsoft's TellMe and Siri (video)(youtube.com)
14 points by bishnu 15y ago|2 comments
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by bishnu 15y ago
Sure they do - it took them a while but there's comparable devices now: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/16/samsung-galaxy-player-4-a...
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by bishnu 15y ago
Wow this thing is awesome. Wish it was a little faster.
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Wind Mobile backer regrets Canadian launch(cbc.ca)
1 points by bishnu 15y ago|0 comments
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by bishnu 15y ago
10 years later, and gapless playback is still a thing. Heh.
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The Tax Haven That's Saving Google Billions(businessweek.com)
95 points by bishnu 15y ago|60 comments
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by bishnu 15y ago
Haha, some dude thought he was talking about set theory.
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by bishnu 15y ago
This isn't the only complete asinine quote Rubin's dropped lately [1]: “I don’t think there should be apps specific to a tablet...if someone makes an ICS app it’s going to run on phones and it’s going to run on tablets.” What is going on at

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