fjabre

66 ms·

631.
by fjabre 17y ago
Sure.. but it's ugly next to the iPad and as Steve Jobs has proved time and time again looks count. At a $499 starting price this might not kill Kindle but it will take a huge bite out of its market. There is clearly no doubt about that. ED
632.
by fjabre 17y ago
Ok. Kindle's dead.
633.
NASA's New Space Suit Is Life-Saving, Slimming(fastcompany.com)
6 points by fjabre 17y ago|6 comments
634.
by fjabre 17y ago
We see newton style graffiti as a serious alternative to qwerty.
635.
Ask HN: Predictions for Apple's event tomorrow
3 points by fjabre 17y ago|3 comments
636.
The iState of the Union(slate.com)
15 points by fjabre 17y ago|3 comments
637.
The First Tweet From Space and Other Twitter Firsts(pcworld.com)
1 points by fjabre 17y ago|0 comments
638.
Google’s Founders File to Sell 5 Million Shares Each(businessweek.com)
48 points by fjabre 17y ago|30 comments
639.
Humans May Be Biologically Able to Run 40 MPH, New Study Shows(popsci.com)
2 points by fjabre 17y ago|0 comments
640.
by fjabre 17y ago
Even with a survival manual it's easy enough to get one harmless food source mixed up with another look-alike harmful one. It's widely speculated that this happened to Chris McCandless aka Alexander Supertramp, who hiked into the Alaskan wi
641.
Square for iPhone Demo by Kevin Rose(youtube.com)
2 points by fjabre 17y ago|0 comments
642.
Apple Sees New Money in Old Media(online.wsj.com)
1 points by fjabre 17y ago|0 comments
643.
Facebook Buys Dedicated Data Center, Could Servers Be Far Behind? (fastcompany.com)
18 points by fjabre 17y ago|8 comments
644.
Google Not Reading Your Personal Email Cause It’s Boring(techcrunch.com)
1 points by fjabre 17y ago|0 comments
645.
by fjabre 17y ago
From someone who wasn't a user before and who has looked at both the old UI and the new one I'll say this: The new UI is awesome and inspired. Very innovative and mood inducing. I'm an instant fan.
646.
by fjabre 17y ago
Freemium models usually have a low percentage of paying accounts, i.e. between 5%-15% paid subscriptions. Short of polling a random sampling of users we probably have to hear from dropbox for those numbers.
647.
by fjabre 17y ago
Care to elaborate?
648.
by fjabre 17y ago
Hilarious. I haven't lived in the Valley but I've heard this from some of my friends who do. I guess it does make a lot of sense after some thought.
649.
by fjabre 17y ago
In midsummer ... high temperatures at the South Pole average around −25 °C (−12 °F)... - wikipedia
650.
by fjabre 17y ago
Users don't need to get rid of XP. Microsoft needs to get rid of Ballmer.
651.
by fjabre 17y ago
I'm in LA but at $397 a ticket I think I'll sit this one out.
652.
Google Plans To Buy Its Way Into Real Estate(searchengineland.com)
12 points by fjabre 17y ago|2 comments
653.
Boston Arcology Is a Climate Change-Ready Floating Mega-Structure (fastcompany.com)
3 points by fjabre 17y ago|1 comments
654.
by fjabre 17y ago
Two major flaws I see here: 1) Those (tech hubs) are primarily CA and NY, with some other cities having their own smaller scenes (Boston, Austin, Pittsburgh...)? It's more like SF/Bay area, then Cambridge/Boston, then Austin/Boulder etc.
655.
by fjabre 17y ago
That is a bit a of a trade-off, agreed.. How about anything below a certain threshold of down votes just gets deleted and not just grayed-out? That would eliminate the 'wrong/inappropriate' all together and the mob would disband? Human beha
656.
by fjabre 17y ago
The problem with mobs is they gang up on individuals and the problem with that is the mob can easily over power an individual. If you take away the mob's power by only allowing points to go down to 0 or 1 for example instead of -4 it might
657.
by fjabre 17y ago
It's 15 years old - how is that a startup? EDIT: That's older than Google to put it in perspective.
658.
by fjabre 17y ago
oh man.. don't be typing in 'asdfdsaf' into the rows!
659.
by fjabre 17y ago
Easier to go from tech to business than the other way around.
660.
by fjabre 17y ago
Time to get some help! No one should have to maintain that for very long.

More ›