partyanimal

"The Rockstar consortium is an organization backed by Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Ericsson and Sony."

Wow do I have to explain it to you?

Samsung reports operating profit = Also known as "earnings BEFORE interest and tax" (EBIT) or "operating income"

Apple reports net income = AFTER TAX net income

Operating Profit = Also known as "earnings before interest and tax" (EBIT) or "operating income"

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/operating_profit.asp

OOOOPPS!! :)

"Samsung has not 'dethroned' Apple in profits"

"...someone pointed out that Kovach was comparing Apple's after tax net income to Samsung Electronics pre-tax operational income..."

typical mistake...

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/07/28/apple-samsung-profits...

support, integration, etc.

Apple's pricier iPhone 5s reportedly outsells more affordable iPhone 5c by wide margin

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/23/iphone-5s-3-times-...

give it time, iOS 7 has been out for just a couple of days.

Android's been out for 5 yrs and it still feels rushed. ;)

this is a big improvement over this article.

"Indian IT firm accused of discrimination against “stupid Americans"

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/08/indian...

pick one out of hundreds of android vulnerabilities.

pick one Android vulnerability out of a hundred.

hey you don't have to convince me.

"U.S. Government Issues Warning About Security on Android Phones"

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/u-s-government-issu...

Yeah, it's not like the hundreds of vulnerabilities you can find on Android phones. Here's the latest.

"Firefox For Android Can Be Tricked Into Automatically Downloading And Executing Malicious Code"

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/09/11/security-firefox-for...

> Curious what new features people like enough to offset the downsides.

i have iOS 7 on an iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad 3 and iPad mini. no touch lag, "slow animation" or "inaccuracies" so far.

Siri's search result UI is a game changer and has a real chance of disrupting Google imo. Siri's UI is customized for a mobile device, no ads, and it uses search results from Bing, Twitter, Wikipedia, Yelp and Wolfram Alpha. Missing from the list is Google.

All they need to do is somehow figure out how to add web search to Spotlight, use the exact same UI and Google's in big trouble.

Touch ID is more than just a convenient feature to make it easier for people to unlock their phones.

Touch ID could have widespread application. Think e-commerce, banking/finance, physical access control, etc.

Correct. Stanford already invests 12% of its financial assets in private equity (PE firms, venture capital, etc.)

http://www.smc.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/site_files/R...

Not surprising to see private equity providing the biggest return (35%) of all of Stanford's asset class (Bonds, Real Estate, Stocks, etc.).

University endowments of top universities like Stanford and Harvard are some of the biggest sources of funding for alternative asset management firms (private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, etc.). They have their own portfolio management team managing these funds. Why pay VCs and private equity firms 20%-30% if they can just cut out the middle men and invest the money themselves?