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Apple Says Give Maps Time, The More You Use it The Better It Is(thenextweb.com)
17 points by cooldeal 14y ago|52 comments
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Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design(news.cnet.com)
388 points by cooldeal 14y ago|243 comments
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by cooldeal 14y ago
Yes, but Microsoft did not completely ban Netscape from running on Windows like Apple did with podcast apps, Google Voice etc. so the situation is not exactly analogous. Everyone could and many did install Netscape, IE 3+ was just better af
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by cooldeal 14y ago
Wonder how this jives with Gruber's comments on the maps situation: >Using Maps to Improve Maps >> Scott Rafer: >>What’s missing from this conversation is that map usage is critical. […] Google’s maps are going to start
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IPhone hacked by Exploiting Safari in iOS 5, iOS 6(thenextweb.com)
42 points by cooldeal 14y ago|14 comments
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by cooldeal 14y ago
True, but Safari was based on KHTML which was being worked on for a long time and was pretty comparable(and even in some cases better) than Firefox and IE at the time. Can you say the same about iOS 6 maps and Google Maps?
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by cooldeal 14y ago
>Microsoft got so such pass with WP7 and that was an entirely new OS/platform! Well, around tech circles, Apple and Google frequently get more free passes compared to Microsoft. And that's kind of funny because Nokia just put out a comp
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by cooldeal 14y ago
As Gruber likes to remind us at every chance, Apple has more than $100 billion cash lying around. How about they use a little of that to license some half decent maps from Google or, failing that, Nokia/Navteq? Even Amazon(that Gruber snee
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by cooldeal 14y ago
I think Amazon one-upped Apple on the maps front by licensing Navteq's maps (now owned by Nokia) for the Kindle tablets and wrapping a nice API around them for developers. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/18/amazon_google_map_bm... Na
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EU investigation of Microsoft over browser choice moves forward(zdnet.com)
1 points by cooldeal 14y ago|0 comments
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A Former iPhone UI Designer Defends Apple's Fake-Leather Design Philosophy(fastcodesign.com)
2 points by cooldeal 14y ago|0 comments
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by cooldeal 14y ago
The title is misleading because the Intel Atom is Medfield, which is a chip (hurriedly) designed for mobile use from a laptop chip by Intel and hence low power. Anyone know how it would do with a real laptop Atom processor?
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by cooldeal 14y ago
Well, if only NFC had a big backer and became much more popular.. then maybe merchants would use it. A backer like, you know Apple?
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by cooldeal 14y ago
This is not the Onion either, though it's easy to be mistaken. http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/17/bbc-loving-apple-looks-like-a...
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by cooldeal 14y ago
Don't know about the One X, but the Lumia is made out of strong polycarbonate(not metal), and actually feels very good in the hand, unlike the iPhone 4/4S metal glass seam that felt somewhat sharp to my hand. Also, if the polycarbonate scra
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by cooldeal 14y ago
I was referring to the Kindle app for Android phones and tablets, not to the apps on Kindle hardware. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_k...
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by cooldeal 14y ago
Doesn't the Kindle Android app allow you to buy ebooks and subscriptions? Also,while Microsoft does support in-app purchases in their store, they don't restrict other payment methods like Apple does. From Microsoft's Store guidelines: http
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by cooldeal 14y ago
Well, I am just glad that Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8 store apps don't have this stupid restriction if you don't use their payment systems. Walled garden and 30% forced cut of app sales is one thing, but a forced 30% cut of every i
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by cooldeal 14y ago
>There are few companies out there more polarising in internet discussion these days. I don't think they're trolls per se, but it's divided between worshipers,haters and those who don't see the point of worshiping or hating a multinatio
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by cooldeal 14y ago
>I have absolutely no influence at Microsoft. Why are you asking me to talk further over how I would do their software architecture differently? There is absolutely no hope of changing anything, at all, by doing that. It's a waste of ti
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by cooldeal 14y ago
>Never mistake your experiences for everyone else's experiences! Perhaps you should do the same thing! The said Windows 2003 SBS server running from 2005 running AD never had any issues, not even a hardware one which is very surprisin
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by cooldeal 14y ago
I am not the GP but I am curious about your proposed solution. You were comparing a browser updates to Windows Server, which could be running IIS running a bank website, Exchange server for mail or Lync/Communicator server. Does Apache do a
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by cooldeal 14y ago
>but it doesn't change the fact that most users opt to simply disable automatic updates in one fashion or another Most people disable auto updates? Do you have a reference for that or is that just your personal anecdote? Most people an
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by cooldeal 14y ago
That's extremely funny and ironic, given that Chrome needs to restart to actually run the update. If you don't restart Chrome for a few days you're still vulnerable to the exploits while you're browsing. I left Chrome on my laptop for weeks
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by cooldeal 14y ago
Heavily inspired would be sarcastic in this case. http://gadgetix.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Uber-Music-fo...
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by cooldeal 14y ago
>I, personally, don't see the problem with lack of visual design consistency. I prefer to not have every app on my phone look the same. I see a problem with that. It's that many(most?) apps have 1 or 2 developers with hardly any design
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by cooldeal 14y ago
The chilling effect on Android forks is the same, while it is funny that the Open Handset Alliance doesn't seem to be really open. All the major phone OEMs are part of it, meaning that Android forks will have hardware and marketing support
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Acer Cancels Press Conference To Launch New Smartphone on Alibaba Software(nasdaq.com)
1 points by cooldeal 14y ago|0 comments
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Why the iPhone 5 Does Not Have N.F.C. — It Can't(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
6 points by cooldeal 14y ago|2 comments
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by cooldeal 14y ago
While I agree with you in general, Apple charges the carriers much more than other manufacturers, to the extent that carriers' margins are knocked down really low, and Sprint was expecting to be profitable on the iPhone only a few years aft

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