Comment ugh...where are the editors? (Score 1) 128
NASA
not
Nasa
Comment Re:you see (Score 1) 22
This is so wrong as to be laughable.
iPad sales hugely outnumber iPhone sales...
Comment Re:Apple tax? (Score 1) 148
And when the end user has an issue with the app purchase, who do they call, and who pays that call center team wages?
Comment Worked for me (Score 1) 36
It always worked well for me. Slow, but it worked. Moved to Synology when Drobo stopped updating, and wow, what a difference. Faster over ethernet than direct connect FW800.
Comment Re: Why are the they doing this? (Score 1) 31
"The Restore Fund is an innovative investment approach that generates real, measurable benefits for the planet, while aiming to generate a financial return," said Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives in a statement.
Yeah, they really seem to be hiding that fact.
Comment Re:FUCK ATAT, ATDT RULES! (Score 1) 173
They no longer require POTS.
Comment Re: a better question (Score 1) 592
That monitor hasn't shipped. It will be interesting to see how it connects. I assume it will need to DisplayPort connections in order to push that resolution.
Comment Re:Biggest concern is the data usage (Score 3, Insightful) 323
If you are that concerned about data usage, I would imagine you have turned off the option to automatically download updates and purchases via cellular connection. That is, you can turn on automatic downloads, but toggle whether that is over wifi or cellular.
Comment Re:More skepticism (Score 2) 84
Google hasn't been successful, however, in the other big "new marketing opportunity", better known as mobile (smartphone/tablet). And their ability to sell traditional desktop advertising is also staring to slow, and even decline.
http://investor.google.com/ear...
All this, and something like 96% of Google's revenue comes from one place; online advertising. And if that business is in peril, then things can degrade quickly. I'd say Google hasn't done much in come-to-market products from consumers. Motorola buyout - fail, Nest buyout - probably a fail, everything thinks they overpaid, etc etc.
Comment Re: frosty piss (Score 1) 664
Ten cops show up. Like the CHIEF of police in Berkeley did...
http://www.berkeleyside.com/20...
Comment Re:Sorry - Apple is still dying. (Score 1) 432
A shit-ton on ebay would still be an infinitesimally small percentage of 9M. Small enough for it to be insignificant when calculating how many people got iPhones.
In Defense of Six Strikes 354
Deathspawner writes with a view on Six Strikes we don't normally see around here: "It's been well-established all over the Web that the just-implemented 'Six Strikes' system is bad... horrible, worthy of death to those who created it. But let's take a deep breath for a moment. Can Six Strikes actually be a good thing for consumers? While the scheme isn't perfect (far from it), one of the biggest benefits from this system is that it introduces a proxy, and any persecution you might have easily faced prior to Six Strikes is delayed under the new program. Wouldn't you rather receive a warning from your ISP than be sent a bill or legal threat by the RIAA/MPAA?"
A couple of days ago, someone sent Torrentfreak an actual alert they received from Comcast (the alert itself is a few screens down). Noteworthy is that there is zero mention of the appeals process.
Comment sounds iffy (Score 1) 65
**May**??
Comment Re:iPod was a side project (Score 1) 324
A second connector? Are you fucking serious? Do you really not understand Apple at all?
Comment Re:Only things that matter: (Score 3, Informative) 524
Except actual users don't, you know, give a shit about Flash.
http://blogs.forbes.com/elizabethwoyke/2011/07/08/taking-the-pain-out-of-tablet-typing/?partner=yahootix
From the article:
The study, which polled 1,011 U.S. tablet users in June, found that typing large documents (more than 500 words) was the chief frustration among respondents, netting a 44% response. Other tablet features were also singled out as irritations, but less vehemently. Battery life, for instance, got a 36% response while “limited connectivity” earned 23%, “not enough apps available” got 19% and “no flash” 3%.
