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811.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
Curious: why would you trust Dropbox or another small provider any more/less than Microsoft, Apple or Google? If say, Microsoft bought Dropbox, would you then no longer trust them? Interested in the reasoning here.
812.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
I agree, but I don't think folks are saying it's going to overtake Dropbox _because_ of the accompanying productivity software so much as the integration of that and the syncing of normal files. Easier to explain via my own example: I have
813.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
There's no question such solutions have been available, but the reality is that most companies haven't implemented them. Even if a company is aware of TFA, it's still probably cheaper and faster to get it via Google's products than implemen
814.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
The Square video (and many of the ones in the same style) are by this guy: http://www.businessinsider.com/adam-lisagor-lonelysandwich-2...
815.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
You can download, edit and upload Google docs in a range of formats, including Word, ODT, RTF, etc. The biggest problem with the file-based route is when you have multiple people working on one file. You can't work on it at the same time (o
816.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
Not to mention proper support for two-factor authentication, which most smaller email systems don't have (especially in-house corporate setups.) Shared services can devote more resources to security because they're splitting the result over
817.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
So it's based on the assumption that to date, they've failed to efficiently monetize their user base? They've had advertising for years. They're not going to start charging users. Shopping stuff is great but it's basically affiliate sales.
818.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
Yeah, I was kind of surprised the article didn't cite Year-over-Year growth, but I don't think the other ones I saw did either.
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Nice writeup.. one thing I'd add is that usually when companies are given 100 P/E type valuations, it's because everyone's assuming they have lots of growth in front of them. FB is already a dominant player that pretty much _everyone_ in de
820.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
Is this newsworthy? A breakup fee like this is fairly standard in M&A transactions; in the case of two public companies or where there might be anti-trust action, it's meaningful. In this case, it seems highly unlikely that anything wou
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Facebook’s 1st-Quarter Profit Falls 12%(dealbook.nytimes.com)
54 points by tomkarlo 15y ago|40 comments
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
PIPs have a purpose. Just as there has to be an orderly and codified system for promotion in larger companies (to avoid favoritism, etc.) there generally has to be a codified system for termination due to under-performance. A manager should
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
I didn't think about this before but yeah, with the price of a _new_ Kindle at about $80, a used, unwarrantied one from the prior generation must run as low as $30-40. At that level you're starting to get too low for most people to bother s
824.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
Unless I'm totally mis-understanding their data gathering, this post seems completely wrongheaded (or at the least, willfully ignorant and self-serving.) They're indexing the popularity of e-readers in different MSAs by looking at how many
825.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
So my issue isn't that Amazon is waiting patiently to pump up their prices once they have enough market share. It's more that having no competition is dangerous in itself. (Sorry for second response to same message.) It seems like your b
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Okay, but email is a highly competitive business. Competition doesn't mean you don't make customers unhappy, it just means you're judicious about how/when you do it. Any time you have to balance customer needs with abuse mitigation and lega
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
This doesn't make sense to me. Having a lot of files stored on behalf of individuals does not translate into having a lot of files that users want shared or published. My DropBox account has several gigs of files but there aren't any in the
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Google and Valve, for example, are two companies that I like immensely, and I think they do a great job in their respective markets. Yet Google can arbitrarily cut off access to my email, and Valve can do the same with my games. Especiall
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Sorry - thought you wanted to produce set subsets of your stream rather than an arbitrary selection at any time. I agree that would be better served by checkboxes, but I'd argue it's not a common case and probably got sacrificed in the name
830.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
Good luck telling corporate users that just a few years after you've allowed iPhones and/or Android phones as their devices on your exchange server, you're going to ban them. It was easier for things like this to happen back when everyone w
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
"What this really meant was that I could get an "All" view that excluded those circles holding people I'm only sporadically interested in, without having to play with the circle frequency slider thing." So you're complaining that you can't
832.
by tomkarlo 15y ago
Why do they necessarily have to "sufficiently distinguish between the regular and the Pro"? Why not just drop the Pro and Air labels and unify into one line? Easier to market, cheaper to stock and support. More streamlined. Doesn't that see
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
"Apple will come out with a brand new version of the MacBook line, in 13″ and 15″ screen sizes. It’ll have the Air’s form factor, but will use larger-capacity drives." Yeah, lost me there. Apple's not going to come out with a higher-priced
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Given how much of the app is tied into the UI, a full rewrite would seem to be exactly when you'd want to make any major UI changes. I've been in that spot a few times myself and the last thing you want to do is re-create the old UX on
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
It's a self-serving simplification to make that criticism. There are lots of ways for a team to assess if users want to switch back to an old look beyond simply counting how many find that setting. In-house usability testing, user panels, c
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Is there any implication here when it comes to using traffic cameras or vehicle-mounted plate scanners to monitor vehicle location? Or will they just switch to doing that more often? In some ways that seems more broadly invasive than GPS, i
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Having worked in both finance and software, I don't think either group is particularly happier or more miserable than the other. Both jobs have tradeoffs. Neither is truly stressful in comparison to say, being a soldier, EMT or policeman. (
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Thanks for perpetuating stereotypes in the name of excusing unacceptable behavior. Many of these same comments could probably also be applied to stock traders and construction workers as well. While it's unfortunate that some people fail to
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FAA Reconsiders In-Flight Gadget Ban (video)(businessweek.com)
1 points by tomkarlo 15y ago|0 comments
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
I think he burned his bridges because he believes that GS is on a path that will lead to its collapse if it continues unchanged. I don't think he published the letter to be vindictive. It's supposed to be a wakeup call and it's not like the

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