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Re: Knocking Down Apple's Walled Garden: HTML5 vs. iOS Apps

fdossantos — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:53:51 -0000

Apple via Steve Jobs have always pointed to 2 iOS development paths: Native app & web or HTML 5 apps. How taking the later path is an attack on the app store is unclear to me.

Re: Is Apple Delaying the Release of iPhone 5?

fdossantos — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:23:33 -0000

Tech pundits presume that there is no new hardware announcements. The future of iOS and MacOS could very well include new hardware, and surely will. When that hardware -- and software -- is released is yet to be known.

Re: Sprint Kicks Off the War Against AT&T’s Acquisition of T-Mobile

fdossantos — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:54:21 -0000

". . . it’s also likely to face scrutiny from Congress." Really? What Congress (with a capital C) are you referring to? US Congress?

Transcript: "We feel. . . Blah, blah, blah. Beneficial to the American people Blah, blah, blah. Creates jobs Blah, blah, blah. Prudent to a growing economy Blah, blah, blah. American jobs Blah, blah, blah. Democrats will impede progress of the telecommunication Blah, blah, blah. Competive to existing Blah, blah, blah."

Yeah, it a sure thing.

Re: Japan Tech Shortage: Who’s Affected?

fdossantos — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:50:22 -0000

Funny. . . I thought everything was made in China.

Re: More DroidDream Details Emerge: It was Building a Mobile Botnet

fdossantos — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:11:17 -0000

What does leaving the burden on the consumer really mean to the consumer? So prior to downloading an we need to do a background check on the independent developer that made the check? Do we check the APK file for suspicious code? What exactly?

Re: Google Unveils Delicious Bookmark Importer

fdossantos — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:39:36 -0000

Got this when I tried the new import service: "Received an error from the Delicious API". Is Yahoo! crying foul?

Re: Why Twitter Must Expand Beyond 140 Characters

fdossantos — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:05:08 -0000

I agree. One simple way to "expand" the number of characters used in a Tweet, is to ignore twitter addresses or aliases as part of the message. By simply starting a reply to @rww, you've used up 4 characters! I never understood why this is.

Re: Apple’s New Subscription Model & What it Means for Publishers

fdossantos — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:56:18 -0000

Funny how no one had a problem with Apple hosting & distributing their apps for free all this time, but they cry foul when they're asked to subsidize that distribution platform for them.

Re: Google Announces New Payment System for Digital Publishers

fdossantos — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:37:21 -0000

You gotta love the last paragraph found on the One Pass home page.

"Google One Pass operates across multiple sites, so you can easily manage content across all of your online properties. It also offers payments in mobile apps, in instances where the mobile OS terms permit transactions to take place outside of the app market."

Re: Apple’s Big Subscription Bet: Brilliant, Brazen, Or Batsh*t Crazy?

fdossantos — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:03:42 -0000

The presumption made by Apple and yourself is that Apple is bringing new customers to Netflix, Amazon etc. I completely disagree with this assumption. Apple has played no role in marketing the Netflix service or the Kindle service. So the assumption is false and Apple just looks greedy for making this policy.

Re: Instagram Releases API to Expand Beyond iPhone

fdossantos — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:40:24 -0000

The iPhone is a niche product??

Re: Android Is Now the Most Popular Smartphone Platform [REPORT]

fdossantos — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:22:48 -0000

Android isn't a fraud. But their spin on being "open" is a bit stretched. I always felt it was a just marketing speak, and learned that it's just that after getting an Android -powered phone for Christmas. I quickly learned that to do whatever I wanted to and with the phone, I had to root it. (A.K.A Jailbreak for iOS.)

And to root it I have to be certain that's it a method that will be accepted by the specific device being rooted. I'm a geek -- or I thought I was -- but when I was faced with the task of rooting, I gave up. I was too afraid of bricking my phone to go forward.

Android is a good platform and the better the hardware, the better it's performance. But's it "open" speak is just not an accurate portrayal of what you will encounter.

Re: Android Is Now the Most Popular Smartphone Platform [REPORT]

fdossantos — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:14:36 -0000

Agreed. Comparing raw numbers from one platform to another, across all phone handsets, Android is way ahead. But you have to sit back and admit that one phone, from one source -- Apple's iOS on iPhone -- has sold 16 million units. That's an amazing achievement.

Re: Samsung Galaxy Player to Challenge iPod Touch [REPORT]

fdossantos — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:05:08 -0000

iTunes is hated on so my by tech snobs. But it really handles this issue well I feel.

Re: Samsung Galaxy Player to Challenge iPod Touch [REPORT]

fdossantos — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:03:35 -0000

Pricing hasn't been released. Where are getting this scoop from.

Re: Samsung Galaxy Player to Challenge iPod Touch [REPORT]

fdossantos — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:01:50 -0000

Notice that retina display is in quotes. That's because the display on the current iPod touch is NOT the same retina display on the iPhone. Putting them side-by-side makes the point very clear. So to your question: in this example - iPod to Samsung media players - the answer is no.

Re: Yahoo Just Killed… Consumer Confidence In Them

fdossantos — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:25:15 -0000

What the FUCK does this have to do with Apple. Go away, troll

Re: Yahoo Just Killed… Consumer Confidence In Them

fdossantos — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:24:15 -0000

Export out of Flickr to your desktop, then import to Tumblr. Both services are missing E's so it shouldn't be too hard to do.

Re: Yahoo Just Killed… Consumer Confidence In Them

fdossantos — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:22:52 -0000

Let's meet here next year. I suspect that Yahoo mail will be the last man - or service standing. I believe it'll be tied to Facebook as legacy service until we all assimilate into the FB way of communicating: POKING.

Re: Yahoo Just Killed… Consumer Confidence In Them

fdossantos — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:18:49 -0000

Your point is well taken, but the average user of Delicious can't be compared to Julian Assange, nor can the fate of Delicious be likened to a "here-today-gone-tomorrow" situation. No matter the fate of the service, there will be time for you to export your links to various top secret State Department files.

Re: Yahoo Just Killed… Consumer Confidence In Them

fdossantos — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:14:28 -0000

Funny how the back and forth on when wil/will they between Microsoft and Yahoo didn't scare me. I held on to my Yahoo (paid) account that I've had since Al Gore invented the information super highway. (I got crap emails going back to 1997 on there.) But this Delicious business has crumbled my confidence in Yahoo.

As MG writes, Flickr has a much of place at Yahoo as does Delicious. They are killing Yahoo Buzz. Why wouldn't Buzz fit in. stanleygriggs states it best: Yahoo needs to find a seller for Yahoo.

Re: Gmail Lite: If You Build It Google, We Will Come

fdossantos — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:43:25 -0000

Facebook as text messaging? No thoughtful responses that may include paraphases? Just quick one offs for the sake of saving seconds?

You've saved off a few seconds for what? A quick piss? Start up a movie that's in queue 2.3 seconds earlier?

Re: Facebook Could Soon Own the Trademark for the Word “Face”

fdossantos — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:17:47 -0000

It doesn't surprise me a bit that our patent and trademark system would even entertain this submission. Next Face(TM)Book(c) will patent and/or copyright me and all 500+ million subscribers to their service as we are all their intellectual property. We will all be sent cease and desist notices for the use of our (their) personas in day-to-day life.

Re: How to Maximize Your iOS Battery

fdossantos — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:58:12 -0000

With location services on, is the OS continuously updating it's location? I thought location was only called upon when an app needs it?

Re: OMG%2FJK%3A+Yeah%2C+I%E2%80%99ll+Reciprocate+Your+Middle%26nbsp%3BFinger

fdossantos — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:42 -0000

What sucks is that I can't watch this episode without having the Flash plugin