robotron

When did PC Mag's ruin begin?

"Why would I go to GMail, then to docs, then to my phone, then to Chat when I can have it all in one place?"

Maybe I'm missing something but for me those are all in one place already? Gmail, docs, tasks, Google voice, Gchat, Buzz, Reader are all integrated in different fashions and can all be accessed from Gmail.

Doesn't fit on my Hero (I know....) along with my other apps. Looking forward to trying out future versions.

I have met quite a few people who think that they're doing it well.

It's not just "people who say" there are actual studies.

This sounded like a good idea until I saw the example domain names. Horrible-sounding and too long. I would bet on the hot domains to be brand-specific and not containing the word "marijuana".

I could have used this yesterday! Ended up overbuying wine for an event. The result on your app is about how much we ended up actually using.

I said this somewhere else, but my Asus eee PC w/Ubuntu from 2008 does not have an optical drive and has an SSD. Apple's a little late to the game. Once again they do something that isn't new and the world thinks that it's innovative or earth-shattering.

My eee pc from two years ago doesn't have an optical drive. How is this news?

MG is a sort of troll, himself. He invites comments like that. I don't mean this as a personal attack but his articles are sometimes inflammatory and a lot of times come across as simple Apple ass-kissing.

What does this have to do with an iPad again?

"not sure why Android doesn't already have that"

Patents?

Thanks for posting this. I just thought this was my aging phone.

I agree, "HTML5" is a stupid name for what it's being used for... but what is the tech press supposed to call the loose bundle of browser technologies? They're going to call it something chosen by the path of least resistance.

This is nice and I completely agree with the sentiment. Do it where I work and you'll be out of a job. If you can afford to do that, go ahead - maybe you'll enact change.

I have fairly long dreadlocks. My job is at a desk but I have done my share of moving, carpentry, welding etc outside of my job. He just needs to keep his dreadlocks tied back, covered or whatever to keep them out of the way and from getting snagged. They are no more or less dangerous than anyone else with long hair - except they get caught on velcro a little easier.

You beat me to a response. Here's some more info: http://ajaxian.com/archives/html5-tools-from-adobe-html5-pac...

And..... a non-neutral internet locks out all of the little guys.

Siegler's earlier article was complete unprofessional flamebait and also acting as if Apple is the first company to ever produce an input device that's an alternative to the mouse. This article is just some lame attempt at backtracking without going back on what he said. I'm done with Techcrunch.

I kind of see the truth to that comment but you're missing the larger picture. There really is an entirely different world in the games industry. I haven't worked in it myself but have had friends in the industry since the late 90's and my fiance has been in that industry since the mid-2000's. Everyone in the industry loves it, but you're constantly going through the layoff/buildup/crunch/layoff cycle with long, long, long hours. Did I not mention long hours?

Flagged whiny blog post.

I hope your Texas remark is a joke I'm just not getting because of the textual medium. The US is the 10th largest producer of sugar and Texas is one of four US states known for growing sugar cane.

Yeah this is pretty standard procedure for the game industry.

That's part of it, although I think it's more along the lines of MySpace not providing proper customization tools in the first place. Once it was discovered that users could redesign their pages in a very hacky method it really went downhill. I mean, stuffing CSS in the "About Me" form field? That's not a real way to provide customization options.

Yeah, I quit Facebook. Am I supposed to continue ranting about it afterwords?

I'm not a parent but would like to think that if I were I could be honest about any past substance abuse. I think this can go a long way into preventing a real crisis with the worst of illegal substances (the hard stuff). Anecdotally, I have a friend who nearly went off the deep end on abusing narcotics - he claims some of this was brought on by the lies he heard about the softer drugs being as equally bad as the harder stuff.

I would probably be considered an iPad hater, but have to say that this "article" is complete rubbish. Come on...

I would say the major selling points of smart phones is not browsing the web, but the use of "apps". Browsing is still mostly a pain on such small screens, not many pages are optimized for mobile.

This has already been debunked. Note this update at the bottom of the article. There are also several articles floating around completely debunking the hyperbole.

"*ECT News Network editor's note - June 24, 2010: After the original publication of this article, Google spokesperson Jay Nancarrow provided ECT News Network with the following statement: "This report falsely suggests that Android users don't have control over which apps access their data. Not only must each Android app gets users' permission to access sensitive information, but developers must also go through billing background checks to confirm their real identities, and we will disable any apps that are found to be m alicious." "

Really? Really? So around half of ALL US developers only write for iOS?

Never thought I would hear the words "HTML Framework" or "CSS Framework". I'm getting old.