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Matthew Shaer: Unfortunately, if these haters ditch Facebook, they’re going to find a paucity of options. Where will they go? MySpace is pretty much dead, except as a music platform. Twitter is cool, but it doesn’t offer the same depth as Facebook. There’s Diaspora, but as of now, the site is just a dream rattling…
Matthew Shaer:
Unfortunately, if these haters ditch Facebook, they’re going to find a paucity of options. Where will they go? MySpace is pretty much dead, except as a music platform. Twitter is cool, but it doesn’t offer the same depth as Facebook. There’s Diaspora, but as of now, the site is just a dream rattling around in the heads of a few college students.
I obviously disagree (except with the MySpace and Diaspora comments).
I have not tried this in my iPad, but I have used Jailbreaks on my iPhone over the years. I have never sen much benefit as most good software now costs money even on jailbroken devices. Still if you do it, drop me a note and let me know how it went.
I have not tried this in my iPad, but I have used Jailbreaks on my iPhone over the years. I have never sen much benefit as most good software now costs money even on jailbroken devices. Still if you do it, drop me a note and let me know how it went.
My guess is that it is going to be mainly iPhone 4G and iPhone OS 4.0 stuff. I doubt there is any OS X news, but I would not be surprised if Macs get speed bumps across the board.
My guess is that it is going to be mainly iPhone 4G and iPhone OS 4.0 stuff. I doubt there is any OS X news, but I would not be surprised if Macs get speed bumps across the board.
Stan Schroeder: According to Absolutely Android, the procedure is as follows: Open the web browser on your Android device, type “about:debug” into the address bar and press Go. Go to settings, scroll to the bottom and select “UAString”; then change the setting to “Desktop,” and enjoy Hulu on your Android device.
Stan Schroeder:
According to Absolutely Android, the procedure is as follows: Open the web browser on your Android device, type “about:debug” into the address bar and press Go. Go to settings, scroll to the bottom and select “UAString”; then change the setting to “Desktop,” and enjoy Hulu on your Android device.
John Biggs: Well, hit about 4:30 and you’ll see how choppy Flash looks on a real page. So clearly we’re dealing with two issues here: Flash is good, on aggregate, for some applications while Flash in the “wild,” i.e. Flash appearing on your average web page, is terrible. Given how much I hate flash: no…
John Biggs:
Well, hit about 4:30 and you’ll see how choppy Flash looks on a real page. So clearly we’re dealing with two issues here: Flash is good, on aggregate, for some applications while Flash in the “wild,” i.e. Flash appearing on your average web page, is terrible.
Given how much I hate flash: no comment.
Let me save you some time: Android is still ugly. You are welcome.
Let me save you some time: Android is still ugly. You are welcome.
Mike Butcher: Of course, now we know that Mark Zuckerberg believes that “if people share more, the world will become more open and connected”. In plain English that means Facebook wants to open up much of your data to the outside world, assuming you haven’t gone through your privacy settings with a fine-toothed comb. That…
Mike Butcher:
Of course, now we know that Mark Zuckerberg believes that “if people share more, the world will become more open and connected”. In plain English that means Facebook wants to open up much of your data to the outside world, assuming you haven’t gone through your privacy settings with a fine-toothed comb. That may also include your mobile phone number.
Must be hate on Facebook day, check out the site itself here. Pretty funny.
Kim Boatman: The threat is so significant Abrams thinks P2P programs should be avoided. “Peer-to-peer file-sharing programs have virtually no place in a business environment,” he says. “The security of the programs varies widely. However, in many cases, the default settings are not the most secure. The risks of P2P file-sharing are too great to…
Kim Boatman:
The threat is so significant Abrams thinks P2P programs should be avoided. “Peer-to-peer file-sharing programs have virtually no place in a business environment,” he says. “The security of the programs varies widely. However, in many cases, the default settings are not the most secure. The risks of P2P file-sharing are too great to be ignored.”
I am not sure how prevalent P2P is in corporations, but I would imagine there is a subset of people who use it for illegal downloads at work. This however is the first I have heard of using it for sharing large files, at my company we use HTTP services on our web server to share files larger than 10mb.
Pete Cashmore: I find Zuckerberg’s private response far more impressive than this public one. His private e-mail to Robert Scoble, reprinted with Zuckerberg’s permission, included honest phrasing like “we’ve made a bunch of mistakes” and ” I want to make sure we get this stuff right this time.” Those concessions to critics verge upon being…
Pete Cashmore:
I find Zuckerberg’s private response far more impressive than this public one. His private e-mail to Robert Scoble, reprinted with Zuckerberg’s permission, included honest phrasing like “we’ve made a bunch of mistakes” and ” I want to make sure we get this stuff right this time.” Those concessions to critics verge upon being a mea culpa, even if they stop short of a direct apology. The Washington Post piece is much less direct: No doubt vetted by multiple members of the Facebook team, it almost seems to blame the users for being unable to work their privacy controls.
Taking a few weeks to make these changes is simply not fast enough. Zuckerberg is complacent right now, he knows that not all their users are happy, but in my opinion he doesn’t think this is at critical mass yet. It is at critical mass and changes need to be made this week.
Great on going Pros and Cons list for people thinking about switching from Android to iPhone or iPhone to Android. This is made by a Mac developer who famously switched to Android (and back to iPhone later) over the policy decisions Apple was making with the iPhone.
Great on going Pros and Cons list for people thinking about switching from Android to iPhone or iPhone to Android. This is made by a Mac developer who famously switched to Android (and back to iPhone later) over the policy decisions Apple was making with the iPhone.
MG Siegler: Sid Yadav, a Facebook users in New Zealand, has been using Facebook Questions within his Facebook social circle for the past month or so. His take-away? It could be “the next killer app of Facebook,” he says. He also confirms that it feels different from Quora because it “seems to be more intimate/fun/terse…
MG Siegler:
Sid Yadav, a Facebook users in New Zealand, has been using Facebook Questions within his Facebook social circle for the past month or so. His take-away? It could be “the next killer app of Facebook,” he says.
He also confirms that it feels different from Quora because it “seems to be more intimate/fun/terse than intellectual/useful/detailed.” Here’s his full run-down in his own words — complete with pictures of what it looks like. Notably, you’ll see that “Questions” has been added to left-column of Facebook, where many of Facebook’s main functions lay. Yes, this is going to be a big product.
Amy Martinez: At the University of Virginia, as many as 80 percent of MBA students who participated in Amazon’s pilot program said they would not recommend the Kindle DX as a classroom study aid (though more than 90 percent liked it for pleasure reading). Ouch, I certainly think I would be in the minority (I…
Amy Martinez:
At the University of Virginia, as many as 80 percent of MBA students who participated in Amazon’s pilot program said they would not recommend the Kindle DX as a classroom study aid (though more than 90 percent liked it for pleasure reading).
Ouch, I certainly think I would be in the minority (I would probably like the Kindle as a text-book) but I am in the minority a lot when it comes to technology and early adoption.
Janko Roettgers: There are also some open questions how Google’s will incorporate advertising into its TV platform. Google CEO Eric Schmidt dodged a question about new advertising formats through Google TV, simply stating that ads on Google TV devices will either be delivered through websites or traditional TV programming. Of course, there’s also a third…
Janko Roettgers:
There are also some open questions how Google’s will incorporate advertising into its TV platform. Google CEO Eric Schmidt dodged a question about new advertising formats through Google TV, simply stating that ads on Google TV devices will either be delivered through websites or traditional TV programming. Of course, there’s also a third option, which would be to deliver ads through Android apps optimized for Google TV, which could potentially compete with broadcast ads running on the same screen. Chandra clarified later that there is no immediate plans to roll out such formats when the devices launch this fall.
It will be very interesting to see how this Google TV adventure plays out, it is going to be a very tough market for Google to crack, very tough.
Ed Oswald: Scared of snoops finding out what you’re searching for on Google? Have no fear: the company has introduced encrypted search which gives the user the option to use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) to prevent packet sniffing which in turn could reveal user’s searches on the site.
Ed Oswald:
Scared of snoops finding out what you’re searching for on Google? Have no fear: the company has introduced encrypted search which gives the user the option to use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) to prevent packet sniffing which in turn could reveal user’s searches on the site.
Joe Wilcox: RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky released a report indicating that Apple is now selling about 200,000 iPads a week, compared to 246,000 iPhone 3GSes and 110,000 Macs. Data is for United States. That puts iPad’s sales rate nearly double the Mac, and that’s with constrained tablet supplies. How much greater could they…
Joe Wilcox:
RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky released a report indicating that Apple is now selling about 200,000 iPads a week, compared to 246,000 iPhone 3GSes and 110,000 Macs. Data is for United States. That puts iPad’s sales rate nearly double the Mac, and that’s with constrained tablet supplies. How much greater could they be if Apple met demand.
I would be surprised if the iPad ever sold less than Macs, and I am surprised that it is fairing so well against the cheaper iPhone.
Brad Stone: Though he did not name the search engine, the implication was clear: the F.T.C. was worried that Google could show prejudice against competitors — exactly the complaint that has been levied by some comparison shopping sites, including Foundem. But increasingly, above and mixed throughout those search listings, Google presents links to its own…
Brad Stone:
Though he did not name the search engine, the implication was clear: the F.T.C. was worried that Google could show prejudice against competitors — exactly the complaint that has been levied by some comparison shopping sites, including Foundem.
But increasingly, above and mixed throughout those search listings, Google presents links to its own services, like maps, YouTube videos, local business results and product search listings. Executives argue that providing these easily accessible results clearly benefits users. Rivals claim that this is self-serving, and that Google promotes its content even though there may be better material elsewhere.
Google needs to make it’s algorithm neutral, which it used to be, or they are going to have problems. If not in the US then certainly in the EU.
John Gruber Microsoft can’t undercut Android on price, and it seems increasingly unlikely that they can beat Android in terms of features or experience. They didn’t warrant even a passing reference from Google at I/O. No chance, indeed.
John Gruber
Microsoft can’t undercut Android on price, and it seems increasingly unlikely that they can beat Android in terms of features or experience. They didn’t warrant even a passing reference from Google at I/O. No chance, indeed.
MG Siegler: Yes, apparently Google is starting to roll out the Android 2.2 Froyo update to Nexus One devices right now. I just tried the EVO 4G (the newest Android phone which Google gave out at Google I/O this week) but 2.2 isn’t available for that device yet. I guess being the “Google Phone” has…
MG Siegler:
Yes, apparently Google is starting to roll out the Android 2.2 Froyo update to Nexus One devices right now. I just tried the EVO 4G (the newest Android phone which Google gave out at Google I/O this week) but 2.2 isn’t available for that device yet. I guess being the “Google Phone” has its advantages. Nexus One owners, if you’re up, check for an update right now.
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