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37prime··on Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar” sues Google
Microsoft did release a cheaper Web Browser than Netscape, back in the day.
37prime··on Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar” sues Google
So you’d punish Google too?

Edit: Cached version instead of the bloodsucking WSJ paywalled version. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:zoneG32...

37prime··on Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar” sues Google
Frank Shaw of Microsoft revealed that Google was invited to jointly bid Nortel’s Patent Portfolio but declined.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/03/microsoft-just-kicked-googl... http://technologizer.com/2011/08/04/google-shows-how-not-to-...

Take everything with at least a boulder of salt before turning to an emotional being.

37prime··on Microsoft Office is killing Google Apps and anemic iWorks
My colleagues and I did numerous presentations in National (U.S.) conferences in 2012 and 2013. I’m sure that my team was the only one using Keynote instead of PowerPoint.

Taht being said, we get a lot of questions from the attendees and other presenters about our presentation. Other presenters wanted to know how to make theirs like ours in PowerPoint.

37prime··on Apple mail “bug” turns out to be user script after all
Isn’t it a hip thing to blame Apple?

To be honest, I did not see any posts regarding such issue in Apple Developer Forums during Mavericks Developer Preview phase.

Large numbers of my email accounts are hosted through Gmail or Google Apps.

37prime··on Apple’s latest deleted comment
FTP: "The issue I have with getting a replacement is that I purchased this iphone 4s from someone who upgraded to iphone5. Which means the serial number is not matching with my apple account.”

From my personal experience, I didn’t have any trouble getting an iPhone replaced even though it was not purchased using my account. Apple checked the serial number to verify the Warranty status, and I was given a replacement at the Appel Store Genius Bar.

I am not sure if Apple maintained a blacklist of reportedly stolen iPhones.

This past Summer 2013, a friend of mine bought a used iPhone from Craislist (red flag #1) and found out that the phone was reported stolen 2 weeks after. The iPhone was somehow blacklisted from connecting to AT&T network.

37prime··on Jony Ive Designs One-of-a-Kind Red Mac Pro for Charity Auction
It is “Selected and customised” by Johnny Ive and Marc Newson. I would heavily emphasize on “customised”.

The headline from MacRumors and many others are inaccurate.

37prime··on How China's Xiaomi Does In A Week What Apple Does In A Year: Update Devices
Aren't we talking about hardware? It is a lot easier to patch software.

Hardware? Not the case. It is not practical to keep changing hardware when the production is larger than what Xiaomi is currently delivering.

37prime··on How China's Xiaomi Does In A Week What Apple Does In A Year: Update Devices
Company like Apple COULD make different phones every week but there is no reasons why they wold want to do it. It is highly impractical for many reasons.

Imagine IF Apple just made one iPhone in different color each week. Then imagine if Apple tweaked the internals each and every week. They’d be supporting at least 52 different versions of iPhone every year.

The weekly “design, build, redesign and build” process should not replace a thoughtful R&D process.

37prime··on As MacBook Air ages, Apple rivals show the way to Retina
My rule of thumb: If it’s a CNET article, don’t bother reading it.
37prime··on iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad
It is in the release notes.
37prime··on iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad
You knew you were running iOS 7 beta and you failed to follow up with the developer beta program.
37prime··on iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad
There’s the part about common sense and reading the release notes.

It is a beta software. Historically, iOS betas do expire.

37prime··on iOS 7 “activation required” error on iPhone and iPad
Bear in mind that Apple then released the GM version of iOS 7. For those who actually read and comprehend the release notes installed the iOS 7 GM over the beta ones.

This is one of many reasons why people who have no business installing beta software should NEVER install beta software on their devices.

37prime··on The Surface 2
If you knew a high ranking Apple employee, slip “MacBook touch” in a conversation. You’d get an uncomfortable pause followed by a forced laugh.
37prime··on iMessage for Android
That's what I meant, through Game Center and iCloud.
37prime··on iMessage for Android
Bruce Sewell’s office can always send a letter to Google Play Store. Most likely Google Play store would comply.
37prime··on iMessage for Android
Sounds great, but I’m still worried because this App might hijack the Apple ID and password. If I remember it correctly, Apple does not publish their Apple ID API outside of iOS SDK.
37prime··on Sloppy UI – A collection of sloppy iOS7 UIs
Some of them are bugs found in the beta releases of iOS 7.

I am assuming that the “sloppy UIs” are from the general release.

There were tons of changes from beta 1 to the GM and there are still some UI bugs, but they are not showstoppers.

37prime··on iOS7 Will Slowly Kill Location-Based Services
"As many know, there is a new "app switcher" in iOS7 that mimics the multitasking functionality of Android.”

Apparently the author never knew about webOS.

37prime··on iPhone logs my complete movement profile
Would you rather not having this feature? It is better to have th ability to clear this data from your phone, which is currently provided in iOS 7 beta 5.
37prime··on iPhone logs my complete movement profile
It is nothing new. In previous iOS, this data was not presented to users at all.

Android does this too.

At least you can turn this off in iOS 7 beta 5.

37prime··on Google Authenticator is not iOS 7 compatible, will erase your tokens
Google Authenticator Version: 1.1.4.755, last updated: Jul 19, 2011. I’m assuming that there are a lot of under the hood changes in iOS 7. It is up to Google to update Google Authenticator so it would be compatible with iOS 7. Then again, iOS 7 is still in beta.
37prime··on Logos with hidden meanings
Another list from April 2011 http://14clicks.com/famous-logos-hidden-message/
37prime··on Why iOS 7 is a Masterpiece of Design
Let's all praise and bash an unfinished software. Just like reviewing movies based on the promo posters and trailers only.
37prime··on Poll: How many HN iOS users actually use Siri?
I use Siri while driving, replying to messages in particular.
37prime··on Apple’s Ive Seen Risking iOS 7 Delay on Software Overhaul
Pretty obvious that Bloomberg has no real news source on this. Pure speculations based on the same rumors regurgitated by other sites.
37prime··on Magnets in the iPad2 and its smart cover can turn off defibrillator implants
That's because Apple magnets are washed in Unicorn tears. Everybody knows that.

Amazing how news media picked up this story.

37prime··on The Galaxy S4 has a Barometer
Does Galaxy S4 have a kitchen sink?
37prime··on Apple’s Planned ‘IWatch’ Could Be More Profitable Than TV
Apple TV set - Rumored, Apple "iWatch" - Rumored.

Investigative journalism has been replaced with garbage rumor-mongering and tabloid-like bahavior.

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