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by easyfrag 13y ago
I doubt it, that's more of a cultural thing instilled by Jobs, it's sort of entrenched as the "Apple way" of doing things. Big Cultural changes in an org typically come about when things are going badly. The leaking is g
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by easyfrag 13y ago
And banks will charge "fees" in lieu of interest to their Islamic customers for products like mortgages
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by easyfrag 13y ago
One thing to keep in mind is that there's more to good medical care than a fair price: Post-op infection rate - do all clinical employees regularly wash their hands before and after each patient encounter? Re-admission rate - does the
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by easyfrag 13y ago
Feedbin have been using the money I and others have been paying to enhance their service. http://blog.feedbin.me/
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by easyfrag 13y ago
The iPad version of Reeder also doesn't have Feedbin support yet.
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by easyfrag 13y ago
One thing I can't figure out about Feedly is if they're using their own sync service yet or if they are still relying on Google's while they work on building their own.
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by easyfrag 13y ago
I've switched to feedbin.me ($2 a month), web app is ok, iPhone Reeder (iOS) can sync but not yet iPad version. Has few bells and whistles (which is a plus in a way - not infected with social disease) but does the basic read and sync quite
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by easyfrag 13y ago
I recall Watterson also battled with the newspaper industry over how his strips looked, especially with the use of colour in the Sunday strips. I believe he felt somewhat constrained by the format and you can see him stretching the format's
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by easyfrag 14y ago
Using the dominant position of Google Search to push other Google properties, isn't this what "Don't be evil" was supposed to be about?
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by easyfrag 14y ago
OK the pendulum in the tech world is swinging too far towards the "ruthless focus is the way to success" school of thought. I get where it comes from and there's certainly some truth to it, but at some point regularly creating products that
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by easyfrag 14y ago
One of the biggest impacts are on those of us who use multiple devices to read feeds, Google Reader synchronized the read/unread status of all the elements so if you saw something on your phone you wouldn't see it again on your desktop (unl
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by easyfrag 14y ago
But is Dell doing this to get away from the financial reporting required of public companies or to get away from the expectations of short-term traders who want growth at all costs?
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by easyfrag 14y ago
Question: does Chrome Frame support Windows Integrated Authentication?
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by easyfrag 14y ago
I guess it's because theoretically the government is accountable to its citizens whereas Facebook is accountable to its shareholders, the citizen can exert some action against Washington via the democratic process, they have no action to ta
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by easyfrag 14y ago
Measuring outcomes is hard, especially in comparison to outputs which are easier to quantify but are different than outcomes. True measures of outcomes usually can only be tracked over a long period of time, whereas outputs will give instan
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by easyfrag 14y ago
I don't know, "We want customers, not users." immediately made sense to me but I think I'm part of the target market which seems to be people who are aware of what "free" services do with your data and have at least some concern about it. T
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by easyfrag 14y ago
The difference is that there's no comparable 800 pound gorilla controlling the dominant Non-Apple OS that runs on commodity non-Apple hardware. Well I guess there is but adhering to Google's terms are entirely voluntary (see Amazon). Micros
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by easyfrag 14y ago
More importantly Microsoft just Osborned Nokia's current product line. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect
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by easyfrag 15y ago
Apple makes most of its money by selling hardware, Google's main income comes from advertising. Let's assume Majel equals or surpasses Siri, this would be a clear benefit to users. But how does this benefit Google? Siri can answer questions
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by easyfrag 15y ago
A particular favorite of mine: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ci700332k
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by easyfrag 15y ago
"All software installed on Bizztrust-enabled Androids is automatically scanned before the user logs on to their company's network via VPN; if any irregularities are detected, the user will not be able to use compromised apps" What exactly d
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by easyfrag 15y ago
This us the kind of detail Steve Jobs is being remembered for.
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by easyfrag 15y ago
If so, it is an identity service run by an advertising company.
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by easyfrag 15y ago
After this article the Nielsen Norman did work with Macromedia on developing Best Practices. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/1178941 Jacob Nielsen later added the summary findings: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20021125.
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by easyfrag 15y ago
similar anecdote by Kevin Drum: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/08/dealing-corporate-... His conclusion: 'The government might sometimes provide poor customer service just because they lack the motivation to do better, but corporat
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by easyfrag 15y ago
I recall an episode where they ridiculed a Prius's fuel efficiency because it didn't out-perform a sports car on their test. Their test was to loop non-stop around a race track at the Prius' top speed, which is pretty much what the sports c
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by easyfrag 15y ago
I don't think I've ever read an explanation of why Apple requires this. Is it the 30%? or is it a user experience thing? has Apple written up why this policy exists?
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by easyfrag 15y ago
Maybe I'm too cynical but it doesn't feel like this was a cutesy addition by a lone engineer, it rather feels like a marketing ploy to get more people to think about using the calling features.
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by easyfrag 15y ago
I think Apple TV is already in the process of disrupting TV, if I recall disruption theory correctly the disruptor is not quite as good as the current status quo. Let's look at apple tv compared to a traditional cable box: Netflix is pretty
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by easyfrag 16y ago
Maybe it has to do with the fact that people aren't used to giving money to Google where they are more likely to have a trusted customer-vendor relationship with Amazon. That being said Google is a well-known and trusted brand so I think so

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