All MS needs to do is like Next Issue. You download the apps for free but you have to sign up on the website and there is not way to purchase in-app the subscription. There a ton of Apps on the store that are for Users of the service and do not have the option to buy the service in-app. If you don't have a subscription then you only get basic functionality. Sign in and boom there you go, but you have sign up for the service via another website.

I work at that fruit company and 80% of the calls we get about broken screens are from people dropping them on the edge. With glass, any glass, if you drop it on the edge or corner not much chance it will not break.

Leaks about Presidential itineraries are not really big news. Thanks for keeping us losers abreast. Even adding in the Twitter reference this is really hardly worth our time.

Google does this because the average user does not care. I think this is problem and lots of technology smart people also view it as a problem. But Google is not implementing those privacy polices without an understanding of the needs of business and consumers. Their privacy polices are not that much different than the other file storage and sharing sites. (http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/26/google-drive-privacy/)

So the fervor is mostly about the fact that it is Google. And Google has a lot of access to our information via their very inclusive systems.

What we need to be more concerned about is an overall set of standards that reflect a way for people to get the best experience without providing too much personal information that will be used outside our control.