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by skc 13y ago
The more interesting discussion for me would be around which large IT players we actually can trust?
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by skc 13y ago
Already happening. It's generally acceptable to describe Microsoft as a "convicted monopolist" (despite there not having been a criminal case). One wonders if people will also accept the labelling of Apple in such a manner wh
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by skc 13y ago
Thanks, this was great precisely because it's rare to see articles on design within an African context
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by skc 13y ago
Someone should man up at the next press opportunity to ask President Obama a leading question. Namely "Do you expect people to point the finger at the US Govt should something terrible happen to Mr Snowden"
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by skc 13y ago
I wonder if it's as simple as the old rule of the streets being at play here? That is, if the USA and Russia are rival gang members, they would each look poorly on "snitches" even if they are from the other side.
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by skc 13y ago
Yeah, the only reason I even clicked on the link is because I just assumed the majority would be tech businesses, eg mobile app developers. Guess im guilty of living in a bit of a bubble.
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by skc 13y ago
Quite the bubble Marco lives in. He's somehow managed to convince himself that the iOS7 UI is the one that others will try and copy. Backwards.
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by skc 13y ago
I'm pretty surprised by the fact that almost everybody in here is of the opinion that Nokias Windows Phone strategy is not working. Last I checked, selling more and more smartphones per quarter while slowly growing marketshare, especi
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by skc 13y ago
Must be annoying to be Google or Microsoft right now. There's something odd about all these platitudes for features and design decisions that were lifted from competing platforms. Where were all these posts when Windows Phone or Androi
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by skc 13y ago
I think it's more of a case of lay-people realising the irony in using say, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Whatsapp, BBM products and then complaining that someone somewhere is tracking them. Or is the assumption in here that corp
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by skc 13y ago
The only thing that jumped out at me is why Twist needed 6 million dollars worth of funding and why they have 10 employees. Really?
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by skc 13y ago
If we had a minimsft type blog on the major players in tech, I suspect we'd see that they all provide roughly the same type of positive AND negative experiences. It's cut throat out there.
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by skc 13y ago
If you look at the guts of the XBoxOne, or at least those of which we have been so far exposed to, it seems plainly obvious to me that this is a device for the long haul, meaning it will likely evolve to add new functionality/apis/ecosystem
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by skc 13y ago
I think there's a bit of lazy thinking here in these comments. There are XBox branded indie games on Windows Phone and Windows 8. Just because MS isn't publically saying anything doesn't justify jumping to this thread title's conclusion
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by skc 13y ago
If this is related to the console reveal, one has to wonder what possible metrics analysts used to compare Sony's PS4 announcement to Xbox One's.
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by skc 13y ago
Tragic, but I have to ask, is this on HN because it was an iPad? Would there have been a difference if the item involved was a watch?
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by skc 13y ago
Hey I'm just glad someone out there is doing /something/ instead of just being a talking head on TV all the time. Flaws and all, he's putting his money where his mouth is. Kudos.
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by skc 13y ago
So I'm curious about something. 1. Do ad blockers remove ads from YouTube? 2. Do the people in support of Google's stance use ad blockers?
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by skc 13y ago
It works just fine in Internet Explorer 10. Wonder what the purpose of the "Sorry, no Internet Explorer" is.
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by skc 13y ago
So, fun fact. Ballmer has taken Microsoft from two cash cows...to roughly six in his time frame as CEO. Take a look at how many billion dollar businesses have come to fruition under his tenure. You might be surprised. The guy gets a bad rap
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by skc 13y ago
Ahh, now it makes sense why he's able to trash a product like the Surface while praising (with a straight face) a product like the Chrome Pixel.
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by skc 13y ago
I highly doubt they'd change anything this late in the game though. For all intents and purposes the console will mostly be used while online so this whole saga sounds to me like "anonymous sources" got their wires crossed to begin with.
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by skc 13y ago
It's supposed to imply that Google Gass doesn't have a "cool" factor.
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by skc 14y ago
Dying to read a whole bunch of reviews from non-techie people. For the time being I can't help but feel like this thing demos well to many geeks.
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by skc 14y ago
I've always been curious as to why Google doesn't at least rty to indemnify Android OEM's by working out some sort of agreement with Microsoft. I'm almost certain Apple and Microsoft have cross licensing agreements in place with regards to
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by skc 14y ago
Lose developers? To who exactly? Exactly.
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by skc 14y ago
Apologies, I was assuming we were talking about the technical chops of the two companies when it comes to building web scale services.
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by skc 14y ago
Erm, excuse me? For one, Windows Azure is a pretty big deal. Secondly, XBox Live is a pretty big deal. Third, Bing might be struggling to gain traction but it most certainly works. So can you point me to a Microsoft web property or service
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by skc 14y ago
The "Dark Knight" quote of "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain" seems apt here to be honest.
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by skc 14y ago
This is awesome. Thank you so much. We in Africa are just as geeky as anywhere else in the world, but we tend to face problems unique to living on the continent. An HN-like site should yield some great "uncanny valley"-esque discussions :-)

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