December 2011
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With "Open" Arms →
parislemon:
Chris Ziegler of The Verge was finally able to clarify (via a source, presumably within Google) what Google means exactly when they give Android activation numbers. Essentially, it’s when you activate Google services on the device.
In other words, Kindle Fire, Nook, etc, don’t count as Android devices by this metric. Seems a bit odd, no? Android is an open ecosystem, but Google only...
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If Twitter is the backchannel of life, Path is the...
I’ve been so hooked on Path, it has managed to replace Twitter as my go to app every morning.
I love the private sharing feature it imposes on its members and I have no qualms rejecting sharing requests from people I know simply to limit my spread of updates. It’s not like I’ve left Twitter. My primary presence is still on Twitter but for a lot of personal updates, Path really...
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BlackBerry 10 won't arrive until end of 2012 →
Engadget reports:
The company’s co-CEO,Mike Lazaridis, reports that, due to a critical chipset that’s not expected to be available in production quantity until mid-next year, we’re unlikely to see a BlackBerry 10 device emerge until late in 2012.
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BlackBerry 2012: "Charming, Whimsical, and Fun" →
Todd Wood, SVP Industrial Design, Research in Motion:
Giving us a glimpse at what is to come, Wood tells us where the latest design workshop for 2012s models was held. This time, rather than the classic scenery of Italy, the design workshop session was in Malmo, Sweden. The latest words for the experience? “Charming, whimsical, and fun” according to Wood suggesting a very different direction...
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Google Currents adds to interface inconsistencies... →
Lo Min Ming, former UX designer intern at Google:
The reason why there are such differences in these Google apps is that the designers in each of these teams know that Android design is ugly. They all want to change the standard popup design. They want to change the icons. They want to tweak the style. Both the Currents and Google+ team clearly wanted a more flat look compared to the more 3D...
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What's the future for social networks? →
Louie Mantia’s post on social networks gave me something to think about.
Ultimately these networks may grow or expand around their core differentiating strengths to accommodate popular feature requests, perhaps to prevent members from leaving or to encourage spending more time within the network.
At that point, the networks may look similar to each other, serving similar purposes and...
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Mozilla may lose $100 million in revenue as Google... →
Google has been Mozilla’s primary financial supporter for the most part of its existence and in the past year has supplied around 84% of the browser company’s $123 million revenue through its search engine deal. That deal is said to have ended in November.
Mozilla is adamant that search partnerships will remain the core of its financial backbone. However, while Mozilla certainly does...
November 2011
30 posts
Would US startups get their start if they were...
Many US startups, especially those focusing on free mobile apps such as Instagram, PicPlz, Path, or even Posterous and Twitter would probably fall flat in the face of Indonesian investors and VCs if they had been started here due to the lack of a clear business plan and monetization options in their early stages.
A lot of the pitches and interviews here almost always end with this question: how...
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Secret software logs and reports keystrokes on... →
Supposedly this is for quality control
I wonder if this applies internationally or just for US phones
Cringe as the video shows the software logging each number as Eckhart fingers the dialer.
“Every button you press in the dialer before you call,” he says on the video, “it already gets sent off to the IQ application.”
From there, the data — including the content of text messages — is sent to...
