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2056 After decades of touch interfaces, Apple releases, "Button" a revolutionary device that connects the physical world with the digital. FEEL the movement. HEAR the keypress.

Old millenials gesture wildly and swipe back and forth on VR forums saying how amazing it is to actually use senses of touch.

If I remember right Ron Johnson was brought in as CEO for JC Penny (former Apple Retail chief).

He brought in that pricing experiment. He was canned when it didn't work out.

info UI on wrist = nerds and geeks like us = small market

sports watch = lots more people = big market

On my admittedly low-end 1st gen Moto E, Facebook gobbles up RAM and limited storage space like the plague. It's web interface for me.

Makes me wonder if they are downloading an entire SQL database onto my phone. It's terrible app in terms of lightness

If this happens, Twitter will cease to be Twitter.

In keeping with the bird analogy, messages will be that annoying parakeet in the pet store rather than spring time finches.

The problem with slower internet and refurbished tech for the elderly or poor is that it is slower.

Slower means people think the computer isn't doing anything.

That means clicking more. Which means the computer gets slower.

If anything, the poor and elderly need faster internet and faster computers. We geeks know how to deal with a slow computer (even if it's frustrating). We know when to stop pushing it and what a thrashing hard drive means to its performance.

Crapware in installations must end.I made a desktop PC for my sister with nothing but Windows 8.1. It only took my sister, an otherwise competent computer user, 48 hours for her computer to become infested with some web-ad hijacker and numerous IE toolbars.

Firefox is dirt slow on my Asus T100. Only reason I run Chrome is because it's decent speed on the T100. I think it has to due with the separate processes. The Quad Core Bay Trail chokes on single threaded processes.

I'm surprised no one has brought up Homeland's past two episodes. It's fiction to be sure, but I think the raw emotions can be seen in the episodes. I have issues with people here being armchair ethics police.

Also, I have just skimmed the report, so may be in error, but is there any context to those tortured? If they did not share with the CIA when they asked nicely, why? Did the tortured gun down innocent civilians? Are they known to have plans for a large attack? What would you do in that situation?

I refuse to make the jump to "America the Gestapo" I refuse to make black and white "torture is wrong, always" OR "they got what's coming to them".

There is evil. There is good. We get into theological and moral implications if I go any further so I'll stop there lest I get downvoted because I believe in some old white guy with a beard.

I'd love to share this article with family and friends, but words like "cluster$%^&" tarnish it. While the base demo of Verge doesn't mind, and some would call it prudish to worry about such things, it debases arguments for many whose vocabulary isn't made up of such profanity.

I've seen this more and more with these types of call-to-action letters. An otherwise passionately argued article ready to share, but then the f-bombs start flying.

Ah yes, here we go, war criminal. Same with nearly 100 Senators and much of the House at that time who voted for the Patriot Act and war.

I agree. I have the $99/year plan. It's like getting Office for free. I'd love to support Dropbox monetarily as I've been there since the early days, but having an integrated office suite beats it out.

What they should do is partner with Corel and offer Wordperfect X7 with Pro, or have a $129/year version that includes it.

Apple got it right back when Jobs iLife. Separate apps that did one thing well.

Thank you for stereotype of me. That's quite progressive of you. And there is no right or wrong side of history, as we are not through with it yet.

Let it be known that in my original post, I did not single out one person, nor attack any one position. It was originally supposed to be a one-off remark/question. I knew exactly how it would ruffle feathers, but it's an honest question, as it was the central catalyst why Brendan decided to go. If that catalyst was so important to Mozilla, than the opposite of fighting against gay marriage, fighting for it, should be an opinion of the new CEO, if tolerance, community, acceptance, and freedom are so important to the organization. We should know about it.

So it wasn't because Brendan supported the traditional insituation of marriage that he was let go? He just decided one day shortly after getting the position he didn't want it?

More complex? So if Chris Beard donated to Focus on the Family (hypothetically) he would be just fine at Mozilla?

Come on, Brendan Eich would still be CEO if he didn't make that one political donation and came out supporting the community.

So when one agrees with something, everyone else should just move along, like nothing happened?

ummm....no. It was in my original post to try to minimize pushback from those that take offense to anything that they disagree with or may find at any time offensive.

The question remains, however. Does he or does he not support the GLBT community. It was of such consequence to Brendan Eich that he was let go. So it must be that Chris Beard does support this community. Because we all know that having no opinion on this matter cannot stand.

No word on if he supports the GLBT community hook, line and sinker. That's the litmus.

EDIT: Wow. So if he does support the GLBT community, we don't need to know about it? My post that offensive to people? It's an important question to ask.

Edit 2: I just love tolerance ;)

Edit 3: I'm removing the /sarcasm tag because people are really confused by it for some reason.

I know all the basic ins and outs of bandwidth. But why is this so complicated? I pay x amount for access to the Internet at x speed. I use internet. I pay the access fee.

Again, how exactly is Rice a war criminal? You linked to an OP-ED page. That's like linking to Greenpeace after someone asks what the benefits of Oil is to the World Economy.

Dropbox could end world hunger and bring peace to the world and we'd still have people who wouldn't accept it. This is about an addition to their API. We don't care if you think she's the spawn of Satan.

But you said it had nothing to do with her political beliefs - Going to war against Iraq is a political statement as she and others believed that WMDs were there and posed a threat to the region and the World. It's a political belief. I'm not arguing your moral stance. What I see is wanting something both ways - being able to say you don't disagree with politics of the woman, then disagreeing with the politics of the woman. (BTW, I'm not incensed, I'm the type that could argue all day with someone and then go shoot the breeze with a cold one later)

It has everything to do with her political beliefs and conservative background. Just admit it. You can still disagree with her and boycott Dropbox. Just say that you disagree with her political beliefs. The things the article referenced are all political.

Why is this? Because she was a part of the Bush administration? Because she is a Republican and we should hate Republicans? I mean, come on, isn't Al Gore on Apple's Board? He's no saint! No. This is not an issue of partisanship."

They then proceed to bring mostly partisan viewpoints to the table. This is usually what those on the left do (yes, yes, I know, not all). Set things up as non-partisan and then proceed partisan attacks. We have A) Iraq War was wrong B) Torture and Bush lacky C)Warrant-less wiretaps D) BIG SCARY OIL

Let us back up and acknowledge that Congress okayed much of this, so any member at the time who is now a board member of any company should also be tarred and feathered.

You have the right to disagree with dropbox, but come on, drop the "this isn't partisan" partisan arguments.

Every year the same article. No one is forced to work at a temp agency or retail. If it sucks so much, find a different job.

Yes, yes, I know, it's not that easy. But it actually is.

I've always found this type of comment interesting. It assumes that we are supposed to "be" more advanced than we actually are. Time or our date of existence doesn't mean too much in the end.

That's the ecclesiastical argument, my friend.

Wood is a renewable resource. Environmentalists also tell me it traps carbon. The ereader still has to be made with parts from the environment.

Plus, when the dystopian future arrives, I'll have plenty of kindling with my growing collection of books. Plus entertainment after all the ereaders grow dark.

I have no idea what the web design of the type Jolla has, but it's getting old really fast. Yes, it looks neat at first, but then it's confusing. Crashplan recently did their update with the same style.

I'll shut up now if I'm the only one bothered by this trend.