February 12, 2012

I’m going to sue you!
Sunday, February 12, 2012

MISC 

• FB – deleted photos still on their servers3 years later.
• Flash -free Google Chrome for Android (Edward uses chrome://plugins to disable this Flash pest on pc)
• SSL revocation check removed from Google Chrome http://arstechnica.com/business/guides/2012/02/google-strips-chrome-of-ssl-revocation-checking.ars
• RIM’s board is under fire for running the company into the ground
• Mother got a Nook tablet and thinks she’s The Geek now. (Edward asks: what qualifies to be a geek?)
• Sony PS Vita, available Feb. 22: dual analogoue controllers, accelerometer controls, field digital buttons, touch screens front and back, and a 16:9 ratio 5″ screen.
• Edward angry at godaddy ‘s unreliablity: is justanothergeeksite.com blog running on godaddy hosting? – just asking…
• Easy Macro

Apple 

• More apple litigation – moves to have Samsung Galaxy Nexus banned in US+
• Some analysts believe that the Kindle Fie will force Apple to release a 7” iPad (Edward doubts it, firstly 4inch iPhone needed)
• iPad mounts for the car….Seriously?????
• iOS Security: One Big Reason Haliburton Chose The iPhone Over Android http://www.cultofmac.com/144737/ios-security-one-big-reason-haliburton-chose-the-iphone-over-android/

Microsoft 

• Ribbon Toolbar in Windows 8 Explorer receives negative response from users
• where do WebOS developers go? to Windows Phone marketplace: Carbon twitter client for Windows Phone released – one of the best:
  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/fae40052-655f-4ff7-ab44-5eef618f58be
• 3 seconds answer time in Microsoft powered touchscren in Ford cars – Ford Sync: example epic fail of microsoft touch technologies over the years: windows mobile/phone failed, tablet PCs failed, and microsoft surface is very expensive touch table not for common people, link to the ford article:
  ?????????
• Microsoft released OneNote for Android:
  https://market.android.com/details?id=com.microsoft.office.onenote
  … so really no reason to buy Windows Phone, right?
• windows desktop was running on ARM for a long time (on some asus windows mobile):
  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/09/building-windows-for-the-arm-processor-architecture.aspx

Google

• Google Wallet hacked?  Google blames users with unsecure phones.
• Fake iPhone 4s for Android – give your Android phone an iOS appearance
  (similar: fake windows phone on iphone:
  http://wmpoweruser.com/iphone-theme-gives-a-taste-of-windows-8-on-a-smartphone/ )
• Google TV?? Just bought one today!
• New Samsung Galaxy Note with a 5.3” screen…but Gingerbread.  (Edward played with it at trade show in Berlin – IFA – where it was unveiled for the first time ever in the world, it’s really pocketable though! but not digitizer pen)

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