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Regarding how Zestimates are calculated, see http://www.zillow.com/zestimate/ --a lot of high level explanation there.

There isn't even really OS X server edition anymore. It's literally just OS X with an code to download Server.app (a $19.99 app) from the App Store.

In New York you have MTA Metro North, PATH, MTA Subway, MTA Select Bus Service, NJ Transit, etc.

Plus things like JFK AirTrain, Amtrak.

It's not confusing though --different names for different things. commuter rail vs intra-city transportation. Metro North doesn't share ticketing with the subway even though they're both MTA

Chromecast lets you "cast" a tab from chrome, but the performance will be subpar. Very subpar. Don't try to watch a video with that or anything. If your macs are all modern enough (sandy bridge or newer) AirPlay display mirroring/extending works pretty well. The latency is noticeable but not the end of the world if you're using it to consume content. You won't want to full screen a 1080p video in VLC though, the framerate will be good but not perfect. There's an app Beamer that can be used for things like that. For most video files it won't need to transcode the whole thing, rather it'll just demux and maybe transcode the audio to AAC (appletv can natively play common video formats).

and nearly 100,000 additional "dash trash" workers.

Especially with the low screen resolution of the 11" MacBook Air, full-screen mode becomes essential. On a 27" 1440p display, not so much. I personally use full screen mode for iTunes (mainly so that iTunes is always a quick multi-swipe away) but not for anything else.

I think the animations on Mac OS make full screen mode great. Slide some fingers on the trackpad and you switch to the next full screen app or virtual desktop. On Win8 it's a jarring zoom in zoom out animation, without any ability to 'peek', at least using a mouse/keyboard interface on a desktop.

and no OneDrive for Business support still. Really tough to sell any company on using that service unless they're a homogenous Windows environment. "It's kinda like DropBox except you have to always use Windows".

Microsoft: supporting BYOD as long as you're bringing Windows.

On a positive note, it's nice to see Microsoft being a good ecosystem citizen and using the Mac App Store. OneNote is visually pleasant, at the same time familiar to Windows users but not foreign to those accustomed to Mac OS.

I know for sure (because I was testing something where a contact had a weird photo) that on 7.0.6 it did the 'small circle contact photo on incoming call' thing. Was full screen photo only activated for high res photos?

Yes. For anyone using a black background, switch to a light background to see it. Much less offensive with a dark background.

Also worth noting it doesn't show the "slide to unlock" for a bit if you have Touch ID enabled, which is nice.

hidden message in the HTML? Nothing as of right now http://pastebin.com/yi5j88FG

They can and do have franchise agreements where one provider gets the vast majority of the region, leaving only the less desirable scraps for someone else.

As an example, see the cable franchise map link (in bold) here https://www.seattle.gov/cable/franchises.htm --thankfully it's not a perpetual contract.

I can confirm the 'waterfi' ones work as they claim. Got one for my mom since she does hours of swimming a day and said it was boring without music. The buttons apparently are very mushy (no click to let you know you pressed them) but it functions fine.

No crying needed, no one is faulting Verizon. From the article, he switched from business connection to FiOS to save some money, and didn't mind switching back to business class after they notified him that a rack of servers in his home violated their ToS.

This article isn't "bah caps" complaining, rather "how did someone use 77TB in a month?" curiosity.

If you have an account with a Simple Choice plan (their postpaid offering). You can also buy day passes if you need to use it beyond the 200MB. Also worth noting this is for "select devices" only, i.e. some tablets. They may not allow using said device as a hotspot.

the color matches the screen bezel color. silver/gold iphone get white, 5C and space gray get black.

All the phones do come with their background set to one that matches their primary case color though. Motorola does this with the Moto X as well. Definitely a nice 'premium' touch.

same on Office 365 (if you don't use SAML)

If you use your debit card as credit, you get the same protection as a Visa/Mastercard credit card. Merchants and POS systems will generally steer you toward using it as debit (i.e. with PIN) because it's cheaper for them. If you feel bad about increased costs for merchants, use cash.

[I realize the parent didn't indicate that they themselves were in the "no credit card" camp, just thought it might be helpful information for someone].

Very inconvenient. I wish more banks had the feature of Simple[1][2] where from the mobile app, you can lock and unlock your card at will. They emailed customers proactively regarding the Target breach and suggested that if you are really worried, you can leave your card in a locked state and then unlock it only when you need to swipe it.

Since they by default send a push notification on every transaction, it'd be overkill as long as you respond quickly in the even of an unauthorized one.

[1]http://www.simple.com [2]simple is fantastic for a whole host of reasons. Check them out. I'm not affiliated in any way, but have been using them as my primary bank since early on in their beta.

> That's why there is rampant CMB theft

Rampant? 4800 issues reported in BC over a 5 year period[1], in a province with over 20,000 community mailboxes. Issues include non-theft things like graffiti and other vandalism. Haven't found more detailed info, would appreciate a link if you have one.

1: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/super-mailbox...

webOS (RIP) was also ahead of its time. The idea was sound, but the performance just wasn't there on that hardware/OS.

These days some of the apps I'm the most impressed with on iOS are really just webapps in a wrapper so that they can do push notifications (OWA for iPhone/iPad, for instance).

yeah that'll happen when the firewall on your DNS server blocks DNS requests cuz some admin messed up a GPO. heh

massive internal DNS issues. source: unverified.

As always, the Office365 portal reports all systems are go. Can confirm Lync and Exchange online seem to be down.

definitely inferior. No pressure sensitivity, which is odd because it does at least sense on/off pressure (to do palm rejection).

those verification texts work when sent to google voice numbers, for what it's worth (plenty of other similar systems break when you give them gvoice numbers)

not every employee is an insider. Public companies that issue stock to employees can limit the number of people that are made privy to non-public information about the performance of the company, such that some/many employees are allowed to freely trade.

Heh, I feel silly for not having mentioned it in the Feedback form on the site, your team has always been incredibly responsive to requests/concerns submitted there.

My only other comment is that when you go to Users, and then select "On-Call Now", it shows the escalation policy, and again not the on-call schedule linked to that escalation policy. So for example, one might see a couple people listed as on call for each escalation policy but it doesn't at all indicate on that screen which schedule they're on call for. If I wanted to manually use that screen to contact whoever the primary on call for networking is, I'd have no way of knowing who to contact.

It is worth noting, you'll need to log back in after installing the update. Doing an iCloud restore of your iPhone has also triggered a logout in the past. Basically, never have push notification as your only notification method. Also a reason to consider sticking to manual app updating.

The app is much faster, and much better looking, but I can't help but think functionality has taken a backseat. While before it would tell me not only that I was on call, but what on call schedule I was currently on call for on the same screen. Many people use multiple schedules to set up a primary and secondary on call for a service. Now, it just tells me that I'm on call.. it takes a lot of digging in the app to see which on call schedule.

No, it isn't. There is absolutely no need to have a truck-based, tall monster of a vehicle in even the most serious of winter conditions in the United States. 1: places will close of road conditions are that bad. 2: a front wheel drive with good snow tires is plenty good. 3: if you're that scared of driving in the snow, a subaru impreza with snow tires is small and does quite well in the most extreme stuff.

you can fix that by editing a config file. Here's how in Chrome http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_reset_google_chrom...

As an admin, I don't find the menu useful. Especially when I hop on various Server 2012 servers that have a slightly different version of the menu than my 8.1 VM.

To me, win+r is all that is needed. If I can't remember the name of an msc winkey + start typing still works ok.

The fact that the metro start screen exists on the server OS is deplorable.