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Comment Next week, they will survive anyway (Score 1) 122

Trust me, when I say that 2G network will not be shut down anytime soon.

True that in very near future 3G networks will shutdown in favor for more 4G and 5G connectivity, but GSM network is so crowded of old 2G based devices (alarms, Scada system, various type of meters etc.), both used by bigger infrastructure companies, industrial partners, agriculture and list goes on.

Comment Yay but nay (Score 5, Insightful) 220

So we might finally end this, but only repeat history and head back into the chaos.
One Thing was that DST was created to save energy, but was not adopted by all countries in the beginning. It was only back in 1996 whole of EU got DST standardized so all member would change clocks on the same dates.

But now we are heading back into the chaos, where each member can decide which ever time they will implement. So we are back to pre-1996.

Comment AT&T faking 4G network? (Score 1) 55

Who is going after AT&T for what looks like faking a great LTE coverage.

As a user of the Samsung S7 Active (which is a Samsung exclusively sold through AT&T) phone has no indicator for 3G/UMTS coverage. When connected to a 3G/UMTS cell it will show 4G in network indicator, 4G/LTE when connected to a true 4G cell and EDGE when connected on 2G.

What differs on these Samsung Sx Active phones is that since they are only sold through AT&T, AT&T also controls the firmware releases, and they can only be OTA updated on their network.

Comment Re:As if... (Score 1) 257

Catalina Express and helicopter was just a reference, in this real life event it was a discussion whether to take a ferry versus a toll bridge.
There had been no searches before hand, only the verbal discussion, and pricing for this bridge and ferry is common knowledge in my part of the world.

You are completely right if I do not trust Facebook and believe they are evil, why do I keep using them. Personally I do not have a problem with Facebook, nor the amount of data they may collect from me, simply because I do not feel I have anything to hide from Facebook. Others might have it differently and that is completely their choice which I respect.
Facebook was for me once a way to stay connected to friends and stay updated of events my friends' lives. Now Facebook has for me transitioned to become a site/media where I get the latest news in areas that interests me, more or less just like Slashdot does.

What I am only concerned about, is that I feel Mark/Facebook is answering all the questions directly to the spot ("to the teeth"?), but leaves out some information which could have been revealed if the questions where asked differently.
For instance as other already mentioned, is Facebook targeting ads purely on a Facebook user's likes, comments, posts, apps etc.? or is Facebook scraping Google Ad cookies, Smaato cookies, AdServing cookies and so on for many of the other marketing trackers on the internet, to collect a larger profile for knowing which ads to serve?

And to allow my tinfoil hat again or call it conspiracy, let us remember the event of 2016, where Mark posted a picture to celebrate Instragram's 500Million active users.
In this picture he had masked webcam and mic of his laptop. Was this to prevent "simple" industrial spionage or was it to protect himself from his own system?

Comment As if... (Score 5, Interesting) 257

Based on true events (location and persons have been edited for sake of privacy):

So one evening I said to my partner -
Me: "You know what darling, should we consider taking the Catalina Express instead of taking a chopper?"
Darling: "No, Catalina Express is more expensive and takes longer, let's stick with the chopper"

The partner opens Facebook on tablet and suggested ad is "Great deals on Catalina Express".

Dear Zuckerberg, is Facebook using my mic from my tablet to target ads for my profile?
Or should the question rather be:
Dear Zuckerberg, is Facebook scraping data from other sources using my mic on my tablet to target ads for my profile?

Comment SE2 (or SES or X SE) might come after all (Score 1) 58

Can Kuo make up his mind.

It is just a week ago, that Kuo stated Apple would discontinue the iPhone X, because of the low/slow adoption fra markets and the low sales.
If this would be true, the coming line-up will look like classic iPhone 8s, 8s Plus and the iPhone SE2/SEs.

However all of sudden just a week after the above statement, Kuo now declares the coming line-up will be 3 new iPhone X.
iPhone X2/XS (2nd Generation iPhone X)
iPhone X Plus
iPhone X SE

Comment VR have already failed once (Score 1) 435

VR is not anything new. It is something that has been "re-invented" or more like re-hyped.

Back in the 90s, VR was the new greatest thing. In London there were arcades where you could try out VR in games. Gloves was invented with keyboards to make the user more mobile.
https://youtu.be/rVn3H93Ysag?l...

Of course technology has evolved so VR is easier to use today, than the helmet you had to wear in the 90s.

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