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Zuckerberg: Betting On HTML5 Was Facebook's Biggest Mistake 290

An anonymous reader writes "Speaking yesterday at TechCrunch Disrupt, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that the company's stock performance was disappointing. He also made an interesting remark about Facebook's development efforts over the past couple of years: 'The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5 as opposed to native. It just wasn't ready.' According to Mashable, 'the benefits of cross-platform development weren't enough to outweigh the downsides of HTML5, which pulls in data much more slowly than native code, and is much less stable. ... Now, Zuckerberg says, Facebook is focused on continuing to improve the native mobile experience on iOS, as well as bringing a native app to Android.'"

Comment Re:No kidding (Score 1) 378

The problem is that talking about Apple and Google gets attention.

An example of this is the fact that most of the posts here talk about them and not about the article which concerns the difference between startups and established companies. What is sad is that I have just done the same by replying.

Comment Re:Debt (Score 5, Insightful) 368

Your link also indicates that Portugal's public debt is 75.2% of the GDP (getting this number from the CIA fact book and the other one from The Economist).

The United States' public debt is 88% of the GDP without the huge investment in renewable sources of energy. What's their excuse?

I'm not saying Portugal's economy is better than that of the United States — it isn't. I'm just pointing out that public debt as a percentage of the GDP is not the best way to assess the health of an economy or if an investment in cleaner energy is a good idea.

Comment Re:WTF Apple (Score 1) 395

(...) Can they not see the global trend toward free and open? (...)

Really? You see a global trend toward free and open? As soon as I get enough money to buy my own starship, I'm going to call you up and ask for the coordinates to your planet.

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