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Comment Re:Cross-posting/cross-reading (Score 1) 519

by isaachulvey (#37666388) Attached to: Google+ Loses 60% of Active Users

I'd stick to Google+ instead of Facebook if I could read and respond to Facebook from Google+.

That was primarily my issue. I enjoy posting photos/tweeting about various events but when I have to share this information on 2-3 separate services, it becomes a chore. The beauty of Twitter is its simplicity.

The barrier to Google+ was that people want to be noticed. Nobody wants to post something and see no "Likes" or "+1's". On Facebook, when you have 1000+ friends, you're bound to get a few comments or "Likes" on a post. On Google+ when you have 65 connections, it's far less likely (and nobody checks it regularly to begin with).

Google+ just wasn't revolutionary enough to draw a crowd.
Android

Submission + - Windows Phone is the cure for iPhone's monotony, A (bgr.com)

Submitted by zacharye
zacharye writes: Windows Phone boss Andy Lees sees the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system as the answer to big problems facing iOS and Android, the two most popular mobile operating systems on the planet. In an interview with The Seattle Times, Lees pitched Windows Phone 7.5 — affectionately known as “Mango” — as the answer to consumers’ prayers. “Over the next 12, 18, 24 months, I can see a lot of stars lining up,” Lees said of Microsoft’s emerging mobile platform...
Science

Submission + - A more perfect kilogram? (wired.com)

Submitted by
isaachulvey
isaachulvey writes: "As a unit of mass most people take for granted, the Le Grand K kilogram has a troubling history of becoming lighter since the 1940s. The kilogram is the last unit of measure that relies on a physical artifact and two experiments are hard at work to change this. Wired Magazine provides an in-depth and intriguing look into the re-definition of the international standard of mass."
Facebook

Submission + - Google+ loses 60% of active users (theinquirer.net) 2

Submitted by tech4
tech4 writes: Despite users curiosity around Google+, it seems like most Google+ users just wanted to see the platform and then returned to Facebook. 'Google has lost over 60 per cent of its active users on its social network Google+, according to a report by Chitika Insights, raising questions about how well it is doing against its rival, Facebook. Despite the clear interest in an alternative to Facebook, it does not appear that the people joining are staying around and actively using the web site. Google's problem is not getting users in the first place, it seems, but rather keeping them after they have arrived. For now it appears that a lot of users are merely curious about Google+, but return to the tried and tested format of Facebook when the lustre fades. The problem is that Facebook is not going to rest on its laurels while Google attempts to get the advantage. Already it has added features inspired by Google+, particularly in terms of improving the transparency of its privacy options.'
Apple

Submission + - Steve Jobs's Unintentional Legacy: The Consumeriza (infoworld.com)

Submitted by
snydeq
snydeq writes: "InfoWorld's Lisa Schmeiser touches on Steve Jobs's unintentional legacy: The consumerization of IT, in which consumers began to carry lofty, Apple-nurtured expectations into the workplace, forcing a change in how tech was deployed to workers. 'Two Apple innovations that pried open the door to the enterprise: the iPod (released in 2001) and iTunes (launched in 2003). The first trained consumers to expect intuitive and accessible mobile technology in their everyday lives, while the second laid the foundation for cloud computing,' Schmeiser writes. 'Steve Jobs may have never intended to change the enterprise, but he altered the behavior of the people whom the enterprise serves. His accidental legacy in the enterprise is a high-tech version of the spandrels in the cathedral.'"
Security

Submission + - Computer Virus Hits US Drone Fleet (wired.com) 3

Submitted by Golgafrinchan
Golgafrinchan writes: Quoting from the story:

"A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military’s Host-Based Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada from flying their missions overseas. Nor have there been any confirmed incidents of classified information being lost or sent to an outside source. But the virus has resisted multiple efforts to remove it from Creech’s computers, network security specialists say. And the infection underscores the ongoing security risks in what has become the U.S. military’s most important weapons system."
Intel

Submission + - Ubuntu Linux Power Usage Remains High (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The significant Linux kernel power regression reported back in April, which ended up being attributed to PCI-E Active State Power Management, is still not resolved even as Ubuntu 11.10 and Fedora 16 approach. Until Linux is able to handle ASPM in a manner more like Windows or the device drivers explicitly set the ASPM flag, users of many modern laptops need to use the "pcie_aspm=force" option to regain much of their battery life. At least a power bug affecting newer Intel hardware with the "energy performance bias" feature has been fixed. There's more information in this LaunchPad bug report and in the latest power consumption testing.

Comment So what you're saying is... (Score 1) 132

by isaachulvey (#37641680) Attached to: Graphene Creates Electricity When Struck By Light
This is a very intriguing idea... The question I ask is, is it simply the temperature difference that causes the electricity flow, or does light actually have something to do with it? If it's just the temperature gradient, this could have great potential in places where there is no "sunlight" but there is heat.
Java

Submission + - Oracle's Ambitious Plan For Client-Side Java (infoworld.com)

Submitted by
snydeq
snydeq writes: "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister suggests that the real news out of this year's JavaOne is Oracle's ambitious plan to revitalize Java on the desktop, the Web, and mobile devices. 'It's been tempting to assume that Oracle, with its strong enterprise focus, would ignore the client in favor of data center technologies such as Java EE. This week, we learned that's not the case. In fact, the real news from this year's JavaOne conference in San Francisco may not be Oracle's plans for Java 8 and 9, but the revelation that Oracle is gearing up for a new, sustained push behind Java for the desktop, the Web, and mobile devices. If it can succeed in its ambitious plans, the age of client-side Java could be just beginning.'"
China

Submission + - All your MMS belong to China (webdiary.com)

Submitted by Sedennial
Sedennial writes: GoSMS is a very popular and well done text messaging application. The GoDEV team also make a suite of other apps (dialer, contact manager, etc) which are highly popular.

Due to a glitch in my wife's phone yesterday, I discovered that all MMS messages sent using GoSMS are being stored on a server in China. I've confirmed the behavior and been able to pull down messages in a web browser.

This leads to the question: What are their other apps doing, and are they behaving the same with their contact manager, dialer history, and other regular text messages?
Businesses

Submission + - MS Buying Yahoo? A Bad Idea, Even At A Discount (itworld.com) 1

Submitted by
jfruhlinger
jfruhlinger writes: "Nearly four years ago, Microsoft tried to buy Yahoo, but eventually withdrew the offer in the face of resistance from Yahoo's leadership. This week rumors resurfaced that Microsoft was once again bidding on the struggling Internet pioneed, this time for significantly less money. But even at a discount, it might be a pretty bad idea for Microsoft to get involved in the unfocused, money-losing Yahoo."
Android

Submission + - Apple Tries to Patent 3rd Party In-App Purchasing (bnet.com)

Submitted by bizwriter
bizwriter writes: Apple has spared no effort in trying to injure its arch mobile rival through the courts, like blocking Android vendors from important markets through patent and trademark infringement suits. Now it’s developing an additional angle: an attempt to patent in-application purchases from third parties, as an application filed on April 26, 2010 and made public on Thursday made clear.

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