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nivla
13y ago
Wouldn't the increase in share price and payment of quarterly dividends count as a reward? [1] [1] http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=MSFT+Basic+Chart
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13y ago
I don't think its in Google's strategic view to release any official WP apps. Doing that would mean they would have to accept WP as competition. Windows 8 (Desktop) store on the other hand has a handful of official Google apps.
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>it's just they're failing to capture emerging markets If anything MS is actually doing better in the emerging markets especially with Nokia smartphones. >Their attempt at creating tablets, smartphones, music players, etc ha
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13y ago
If you are using IMAP, it keeps the status of the message synced with the server.
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13y ago
To quote from the article: "Google said that their users should assume that anything electronically sent through Google’s servers is fair game to used for ads, or other purposes." To put it bluntly, Google says, “a person has n
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13y ago
That wasn't the only case, there was one incident where Google employees were caught sniffing users accounts [1]. Also Google have themselves said not to expect any privacy on GMail [2]. Not sure why it surprises many people that Compa
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13y ago
Checking if a message is marked spam or not isn't the best way to confirm a legal delivery. Say, I setup my Gmail to forward all mails to my thunderbird or outlook but when it gets there, the respective clients accidentally filter the
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13y ago
This bit maybe? We will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Google if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to: ...
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13y ago
Well to be fair it will look more suspicious if he were to upload 10s of GBs in data to Google's or Dropbox's servers.
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13y ago
Din't realize there was a running joke about SkyDrive but just to play along: Umm maybe because Skydrive offers 100GB (200 bing points) compared to dropbox at 2gb and google drive at 15gb. You know you need space for all these heavy up
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13y ago
>Cool, a male only product. Well you got to test the waters somehow. Its better to test it in one segment and if it doesn't flop, expand it further. Else, complaints can also include why they din't target children or the elderl
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13y ago
It requires pairing with a phone via Bluetooth(Low Energy). I don't think at this time it is economically feasible to have a phone with data service, touch screen and a juicy battery all in such a small foam factor.
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13y ago
>Skeevy, pandering advertising Agree with you on that, you have to jump though a bunch of product options before you finally see you cart. >Skeevy, pandering CEO Also agree with you on that especially the elephant and SOPA issue. >
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13y ago
Is "Stockholm Syndrome" becoming the goto plug reply to anyone who doesn't agree with the hivemind? I have been noticing it a lot lately. >Clearly you haven't suffered the misfortune of having to program in PHP recent
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13y ago
Wow this is like the next gen of subliminal advertisement and a clever one indeed. Drop in an ad at the beginning of the movie and when the smell starts to release and your cravings for food go up, guess which product and company your subco
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13y ago
>Your interest is an open ecosystem. Microsoft's interest is to have a closed garden. (They haven't been successful with that one, but they're trying). I might get some heat for this but I must say Windows is still the OS
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13y ago
I would say moreover the fear of Google.
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Looks like they are trying to market privacy as a core differentiator. It is supposed to work both online and offline while putting you in control of what personal information Cortana access has access to [1]. I am not a big fan of moving e
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13y ago
Cortana is in reference to the AI of popular game Halo so its less awkward to those who know the reference. Had Cortana come before Siri, saying Siri would now have sounded silly. Most uncommon names sounds silly in the beginning but it ble
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13y ago
Thank you.
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Is there a paper or code associated with this?
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>Would ActiveX have been so bad if it was open source and not tied into the operating system? This is my personal view and it may not be accurate: I don't think being open source or cross platform would have mattered to an average P
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>If you're concerned, ask about it – a testimonial, note, etc. might be more within her comfort zone. I don't really care enough to ask(email) about it but it is really unusual to see a product targeted for children being marke
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13y ago
Although you have a point, it does lie within the mix of others. There are horny men in every sector/industry but yes it is much noticeable in the IT and gaming sector. However this has a lot to do with the social settings, stereotypes
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13y ago
Isn't it much easier to just look into your refrigerator/pantry and keep a mental track of things? There are a few pitfalls to your suggested method: * It takes a good amount of time scanning and cataloging everything and we are t
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I guess the catch in this would be that they get to integrate the public scans with Google Maps and/or help train Google Glass about the surroundings.
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13y ago
Not the OP you are replying to but as someone who has a windows phone, here is a fews tips: * Download the offline maps for your region/country. It comes in real handy when travelling in an area without 4g and when your battery is runn
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13y ago
>Microsoft- or Apple-approved publishers, because of SmartScreen/Gatekeeper. and the ones not found suspicious by Google's safe scan.[1] I remember once Chrome not letting me download a new version of Light table because it was
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13y ago
Until it auto-updates in a few days and breaks your crack.
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13y ago
While I agree with you it becomes a mess to manage duplicate and overlapping styles later. I usually start off with inline style and when I am happy it, I transition them to a css class.
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