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Comment Re:I detect spin... (Score 3, Insightful) 268

To be fair, I don't believe there is a jailbreak for iOS6 or any of the new iDevices. So I imagine that number must have gone down. Of course the general gist of what you say is accurate. If WP8 gains any relevance at all I expect them to be in the same boat Apple and Google are in.

Comment Steve Ballmer is gonna be pissed (Score 4, Insightful) 268

I really hope Nokia realized that when they sold their soul to MS they don't get to say what they want anymore. They are tied to a much stronger company, who literally controls their only chance at having any relevance in smartphones. When they had options, and in-house OS production they might have been able to say what they wanted, and risk souring one of many relationships. Now it's all the eggs in one place, with a company not known for treating even perfect partners with an ounce of respect.

Comment Re:Post Steve Jobs? (Score 1) 98

Very true about GMaps being awkward vs native app. But did you ever use the older YouTube app? It was fucking horrible, featureless, HD-challanged, slow as all hell. The new Google provided one is so much better, and even the web interface was miles ahead for literally years. The other benefit for iOS users is one less uninstallable app. But Apple should have let people do that from the start.
The Almighty Buck

Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? 761

juicegg writes "TechCrunch contributor Klint Finley writes that developers have shunned unions because traditional workplace demands like higher pay are not important to us while traditional unions are incapable of advocating for what developers care about most while at work: autonomy and self-management. Is this how most developers feel? What about overtime, benefits, conditions for contractors and outsourcing concerns? Are there any issues big enough to get developers and techies to make collective demands or is it not worth the risk? Do existing unions offer advantages or is it better to start from scratch?"

Comment Re:Nutshell: It's like a ledger (Score 2) 383

Wow, despite the stereotype you peddle to the angry at the world basement dweller *portion* of Slashdot, these same social scientists you mock include most of the founders of any significant human civilization and the documentors/philosophers of high level thinking; which I'm told is something required even to do even "real" science. Heck many of them were "real" scientists as well and not just wimpy philosophy space wasters. Back when people were only considered wise if they valued both understanding the physical and the metaphysical. These beta test scientists understood silly things like maintaining analyzing history, being able to speak/write coherently, and many other social innovations were key to a society where ""real" science could be performed. These proto-social scientists found patterns and themes in history, created structured language, documented things, and otherwise enabled the wide spread acceptance and clear reasoning for the social contract distinguishing humans from other animals through mutual generational information transfer. This is what makes us able to understand the value of interaction over pure instinct and creates an environment where experiments and science can exist. Humans didn't do much of anything to progress up until this point. Before all this a lab would have been pointless and useless, specimens/materials from far away lands would be impossible to acquire or identify, the concept of the academic collaboration/review model would seem pointless. Heck good luck building anything even resembling a piece of modern scientific equipment over the course of a lifetime. Even if you did you would be all alone in figure out how to use it. Though none of that would interest you because you likely would be too focused on survival, unfamiliar with anything you hadn't personally experienced, and without any way to compile, compute, or transfer knowledge to future generations. So science, "real" or "social" would seem like a total waste, and in the just another thing distracting you from the next meal. Luckily some early humans understood what you do not. Thank them everytime you do anything that you wouldn't see your dog do.
Cellphones

Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours 428

TheBoat writes "Apple announced on Monday that iPhone 5 preorders topped 2 million units in the smartphone's first 24 hours of pre-sale availability. That figure doubles Apple's first-day iPhone 4S sales last year, making the iPhone 5 Apple's fastest-selling smartphone ever. 'iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,' Apple marketing boss Philip Schiller said."
Android

Alibaba Says Google Threatened Acer With Banishment From Android 352

Spy Handler writes "In a Microsoft-esque move, Google threatened Acer with banishment from Android if it went ahead with its new cellphone project with Alibaba (China's version of Amazon), using an OS called Aliyun. Acer has remained silent on the issue, but Alibaba reports that they received notification from Google, stating 'if the new product launch with Aliyun went ahead, Google would terminate Android product cooperation and related technical authorization with Acer.' A possible reason for Google's upset is that the Aliyun OS, which is not Android, can run Android apps as well as its own."

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