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Quote: Originally Posted by cropr As an app developer I have no income from Apple or Google, I find their 30 % margin unacceptably high. I am either paid by a 3rd party who gives me an order to develop an app for them, or I include a payment g…
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While technically certainly often impressive, many of those Google APIs really show that they've been designed by Java guys. Especially their Maps SDK feels architecturally out of place in ObjC and really shows its root lie somewhere else.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ Yes, it's basically because they're poor. I've seen charts before detailing iOS marketshare, and it's pretty easy to see that in many cases, the poorer the country, the lower the marketshare for iOS. …
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One item definitely missing from that list is ProType. Discovered it a couple of days ago. Basically gives you a full Mac keyboard layout with some cool features. Really great, made it my default. Only works on iPad, though.
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This guy is simply deluded... While the iPad might be a huge success, changing the way many people perceive personal computers these days, it hardly replaced paper. As for Nokia... well, while lots of people loved the hardware, Nokia has been se…
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This guy is simply deluded. Of course Google collects data, they collect data about everything we do and monetise on it. That's their business model. And yes, Google does access more than anonymous behavioural data, because they scan email content.…
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Just watched a video showing this. Dear Lord... they still got absolutely no taste. Those titlebars in general and most fullscreen UI are totally horrid. It kind of all looks and feels like some OS simulated in a browser and therefore more or less…
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Quote: Originally Posted by boeyc15 IMO those cheap arse chrome books seem to be pretty good fit for schools. Sure, if you're totally irresponsible and bind your child to a Google account making sure Google knows every single detail of their…
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This is really disappointing, sadly it seems the only way to try reversing this whole Freemium trend is people simply spending more money on regular titles. This includes being ready to pay around $10 for a game like this. Really sad that Freemium i…
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We've seen many schools all around the world adopting iPads, I believe some of the first actually were from Ireland and we've all read great success stories about how they really revolutionized learning. Now that more schools are deploying them it…
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I believe Apple is doing more than enough regarding this matter. We do now have very visible badges if an app offers in app purchases and with iOS 8 and family sharing we even get the fantastic function of making our kids ask for permission if they …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Red Rogers As for OS X Yosemite, I see mostly interface gimmicks or extensions of existing capabilities. In five years, half will vanish or be renamed. "Tick-tock" is becoming a worn-out cliché in the industry. As t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Red Rogers I wish Apple would finally end this Sturm und Drang aesthetic metamorphosis and get on with revamping major parts of the OS. What I keep hoping for is another Leopard- Snow Leopard release cycle, catching …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple v. Samsung I beg to differ the chrome cast is a widely successful product and innovative. And most people in this thread are using that word wrong. Innovation means new idea, method or device. Many of the most…
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I believe most people, including those analysts use the word "innovation" wrong. If something has been announced or shipped this year, you might be able to call it a success or a flop by now but you certainly can't call anything that short lived inn…
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Samsung has another problem regarding this whole 64 Bit story, which I'm sure they'll be keeping as quiet as possible. At the end of the day this is a numbers game for them. Real benefit to the user is not of their concern, simply to release bigger …
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I believe the whole 5.5" thing will turn out a false rumour. Not only are there no indications regarding such a model whatsoever, I also don't think it would make much sense for Apple to come out with a "phablet". Apple is already offering iPads s…
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This is once again truly ridiculous. I'm getting really fed up with politicians who believe everything needs to be regulated at government/EU level. It was always possible to look up an app's in-app purchases. Additionally to seeing what is being …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 They announced the iPhone4 at WWDC And that's fine, because new hardware is exciting and relevant to developers. I just doubt that Dre would have anything interesting to say, especially at this point wh…
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Yea, if this was about to happen, I'm not sure that'd be such a good idea. WWDC is no consumer event and no music/iPod event. If they wanted to announce something like that, better host a separate music event in autumn. Seriously, it's not that any …