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by nr0mx 15y ago
I use Reader a lot, but as a curated reading list, which was after all its primary function. Most people I know use it the same way. When Google+ launched, one of the most requested features I saw among my circles was integration to Reader.
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by nr0mx 15y ago
What about the Siri app that got pulled from the app store, so that the top-billed new feature is only available on the latest phone? I own a first generation iPod Touch and haven't forgotten how quickly OS updates for that device stopped,
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by nr0mx 15y ago
Platforms! Platforms! Platforms! Platforms!
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by nr0mx 15y ago
It's unfortunate the author leaps from Stallman's "computer as a jail" comment to this: "It's at this point that I have to wonder whether Stallman or any of the other members of the free software movement have ever spent any appreciable amo
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by nr0mx 15y ago
The correct title should have been: "Google's Management Doesn't Use Google+ For Public Posts". But not so good for pageviews, is it? "Management caring deeply about their company’s products and using them every day is almost always a prere
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by nr0mx 15y ago
If I remember correctly the patch was rejected due to technical reasons, i.e. rejecting the device ID collection would cause the app to FC (force close) or render it unusable in most cases. You could try something like LBE Privacy Guard (
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by nr0mx 15y ago
Apple, yes. Windows Phone, seriously? The same Windows Phone which resulted in bricked phones after the NoDo update. Windows Phone has the same update model as Android. You need manufacturer and carrier compliance for an update to get to a
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by nr0mx 15y ago
Gruber, before the Motorla acquisition: "I never said it wasn’t OK for “Google to try and buy the same patents to not be sued.” Apple, Google, Microsoft, Oracle — they’re all playing the game. If Google had won the Nortel patents, and used
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by nr0mx 15y ago
"... find yourself in a position where the only way to protect yourself is not to assert your own IP, but to have to resort to buying IP you didn't create." True to a point. But isn't it telling that Apple had to resort to buying IP it didn
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by nr0mx 15y ago
Except that this money is a drop in the ocean in Google's finances. So, when they launch a new product it makes most business sense to support their majority userbase first. I feel your pain, but I can see Google's reasoning here.
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by nr0mx 16y ago
The conclusion seems a bit forced to me. Considering how long the iPhone was without credible competition, and how quickly the landscape changed (and is still changing) you'd have expected a more circumspect reading of the iPad situation. A
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by nr0mx 16y ago
What you say makes sense, except when this substitutes for official communication from the company, as often is the case with Apple. If the CEO is aware of this issue, and the company prefers to keep mum on this topic, then it is obviously
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by nr0mx 16y ago
The main difference between ripping DVDs and CDs is that music gets repeated use, whereas the DVD typically doesn't - and hence require a much higher incentive to overcome the DRM annoyance.
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by nr0mx 17y ago
It depends. Once I stay up late a couple of days, then I'm a night owl, and I need to make a special effort to sleep early to break the trend. Almost similar pattern applies to waking early; however I find it a lot easier to be a night owl
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by nr0mx 17y ago
Don't both Gmail and Google Docs come with offline support these days ? If it's access to data you're worried about, you could also use other apps to backup this data. e.g Thunderbird for email. I remember a fairly recent Lifehacker article