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One-Horse Race: Android Represented 85% Of The 300M Smartphones Shipped In Q2(techcrunch.com)
7 points by kumarm 12y ago|0 comments
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by kumarm 12y ago
[But that is in fact the result of meritocracy] And Tech hiring is not based on meritocracy?
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by kumarm 12y ago
How about making sure Professional Sports (NBA, MLB, NFL etc..) has diversity? I am not saying we should not strive for diversity but looking for diversity when its convenient for us and ignoring other times would only make one look phony.
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by kumarm 12y ago
Lets not forget iPhone in available on more networks in US because of Android threat :). More App's (By that I mean both in number and Quality) available on Android than iOS is not something Apple would want to become a common theme. T
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by kumarm 12y ago
Thats not a fair argument. It appears soundtrack has less than 1K downloads where Game has around Million downloads (Approximation based on number of ratings). So it appears to me Soundtrack generated 10K where as Game Generated 3M.
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by kumarm 12y ago
And they should go away. Local MLS's are fraud and add very little value to either buyer or seller collecting 6% of total value. When I bought the house, My agent spent total of less than ten hours showing the houses and made 30K with
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by kumarm 12y ago
Certainly interesting idea. The writeup seems odd though. one: Title is off. Second: "The shoes sync up with the Google maps smartphone app and vibrate to tell users when and where to turn to reach their destination." Unless they
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by kumarm 12y ago
I didn't wear a watch since 1999 (Thanks to Mobile Phones). Started using LG G Watch since Google I/O. Its pretty useful for day to day things. Mostly: 1. Check who is calling without taking phone out of pocket. 2. Look at email
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by kumarm 12y ago
I personally loved Khosla's company building Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRCoBgC_n1Q
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by kumarm 12y ago
>>Apple has always delivered far superior tools, frameworks, and ecosystem Its easier to make good tools when they need to work on 5% market share (Mac only)? Google Tools are free. Apple tools start with you buying their $2000 machi
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by kumarm 12y ago
>>That Android, the one that most people use, is exactly as 'open' as Windows. Wow. I can't believe even one person in this world believe that. To Start with, we all have access to Android Source code. If you know where
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by kumarm 12y ago
Some of the Pages on the author's domain are blocked on Chrome (Chrome Detected Malware). Be careful if you are not using a secure browser.
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by kumarm 13y ago
Sure thats correct. Also People have multiple twitter accounts (I agree ratio may be smaller).
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by kumarm 13y ago
So Author is not sure what to conclude but add's a link bait title "Flappy Fraud?". Its just sad to see people like this.
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by kumarm 13y ago
Your Best result is from Hacker News for $40 you spent on Facebook Ads and Admob Ads I Assume? $20 on each platform is by no means real test.
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by kumarm 13y ago
10 of 13 are provided by Android (Google Play) Today. You might as well ask Apple to make app store like Google Play :)
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by kumarm 13y ago
I have 2 Nexus7's and never had an issue. BTW If my Nexus7 shuts down randomly, I wouldn't be as Mad compared my phone shutting down randomly in the middle of phone call or in random place while using Navigation.
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by kumarm 13y ago
>> Italy and Finland aside, Windows Phone is primarily growing is poorer nations where the iPhone is prohibitively expensive The markets that Windows outsell iPhone are the markets where iPhone has less than 10% market share and where
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by kumarm 13y ago
I have used G1 and have ZTE Firefox OS phone. G1 performed better 5 years back compared to ZTE Firefox OS phone today. As much as everyone of us want Firefox OS win, It has long way to go in a market that is already dominated by Big Players
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by kumarm 13y ago
Aviate Team comes from Google (Google Play PM and Search Engineer). I would think right people at Yahoo Knew the talent and want it. http://getaviate.com/team.html Congrats to the team. Great Product and team.
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by kumarm 13y ago
So 8 People in a year made an app in an area where there are 100 apps doing about the same? That is innovation? Some how this impresses people compared to single guy doing 30 apps in a year? My Bet is Single Guy with 30 apps will make real
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by kumarm 13y ago
Hard to find a stable tablet with big enough screen for 299$. Also tablet is a distraction since kids would want to play games as soon as they have one in their hands. Also starting in 2nd Grade (At least in my area) kids are taught typing
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by kumarm 13y ago
I Bought 2 Chrome books. 1 for my daughter. Only purpose she can use is Gmail (email and keep in touch with Aunt's and other relatives overseas). Occasionally she uses youtube and her school website. 1 for My Dad to read new papers onl
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by kumarm 13y ago
I wear Prescription Glasses. I can't wait to get Google Glass that work well with Prescription Glasses. To me it is seamless since I already wear glasses anyway. Google by ignoring Prescription Glass users initially lost a chance to ha
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by kumarm 13y ago
Microsoft seems to be sad state than it appeared before. 2 of top 3 laptops during holiday season on Amazon are Chromebooks: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-ne... Holiday Best Sellers (Amazon.
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Chromebooks surge at business in 2013(news.cnet.com)
2 points by kumarm 13y ago|1 comments
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by kumarm 13y ago
This Page has more accurate dates: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/
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Aviary abandons Windows and Windows Phone Development(engadget.com)
2 points by kumarm 13y ago|0 comments
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by kumarm 13y ago
I doubt there ever will be a Year of Smart Watches. They are too small (and too far to eyes) to provide a smart screen.
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by kumarm 13y ago
Usually its not device specific issues but Manufacturer specific issues. Same issues you encounter on Galaxy S4, you would notice on Galaxy S3, Note etc. Having a handset from each of major manufacturer is good enough for 99% of devs.

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