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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Yeah, they pull down fair use utilizations while leaving up unedited, unchanged, illegal content. Given the extremely high rate of video uploads, what do you suggest they do?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil I've always been curious how Google is even allowed to operate when they refuse to actually do anything about the illegal stuff on YouTube. I'm not sure what you mean by "refuse to a…
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Of course, no where in this article or any of its sources does it claim that this is an issue for apps in the Play Store. Most malware is found in shady, third-party stores. Further, Dilger's claim that "FinFisher is installed by simply visiting a …
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hill60 wrote: » Are you uncomfortable with Google's iron fist? Control, iron fisted control, force the recalcitrants to toe the line, the Google way, crush the opposition out of existence, just ask Skyhook. Remember the maps debacle of the G…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Not legally, anyway. Not yet. Meaning, they're not a monopoly. Nice try at a smear, though.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil The monopolistic nature of it. Again, it's left to be decided yet, but you cannot claim that what Microsoft has been forced to do and what Google is offering up are the same, b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil But they are not MADE to do it in the same respect that Microsoft is/was. They should be. What is your justification for this claim? Users on iOS aren't forced to choose a search engi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil … I really want to go into this more, because tearing this apart sounds fun, but we have a subforum for this stuff, and there there be monsters… Okay, so it's not…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Are you offered the choice to do this immediately upon the first time you open the browser, also preventing you from doing anything until you choose one? No, it's in the settings…
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Quote: Originally Posted by rsdofny Just want EU to do a Microsoft on Google by mandating Google cannot have a trojan horse in the Android system to monopolize the search market. Android, given its open source nature, should allow user…
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antkm1 wrote: » I thought you guys got the message in the last article you posted about 45 degree. IT'S NOT A NEW FEATURE!!! IT WAS IMPLEMENTED AT LEAST A YEAR AGO IF NOT MUCH LONGER. Yup, AI botched on this one. Google launched 45-degree…
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I've seen a lot of anecdotal reports about Apple's map quality. This is frustrating, since there's inconsistency in what one person tests vs another. I did find [URL=http://www.mtonic.com/applemaps/]one attempt to quantify the accuracy of Apple's g…
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Um, this was just a regular imagery update for Google Maps. They post them all the time (earlier posts are here: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/search/label/imagery). It has nothing to do with Apple Maps. Further, Google launched 45-degree imag…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ Aren't those other browsers just basically skins on top of Apple's engine? No, not exactly. It does use the same WebCore and JavascriptCore that Mobile Safari uses (Apple requires this), b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil You've already answered that question. Fix it yourself at the source. There's no need to fix it at the source. OSM has excellent data for University Park, PA. For whatever reason…
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Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry Touch the bottom right corner of the screen to bring up the map options screen, then choose "Report a problem". Thanks. I missed it with the small, gray-on-gray text.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Thanks for the link. So instead of fixing the problems themselves, they whine about how bad it is. Why should anyone who brings up iOS' Maps in that regard be taken seriously? The only le…
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anonymouse wrote: » Really, are they allowed to call it Android? No, they aren't. Oh, right, because they didn't kowtow to Google's unilaterally imposed terms and don't include the "proprietary" parts. Sorry, but an operating system that is define…
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anonymouse wrote: » Spin it however you like. It's not open by any standard that is meaningful. Google has turned the concept of open source on it's head to mean, "you'll do what we tell you to do with it, or we'll crush you like a fly." Amazon…
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I must admit, I'm in awe of (some) AI's commenter's abilities to spin anything to fit an anti-Google agenda. anonymouse wrote: » "Voluntarily", you mean after threats from Google? No, I mean back in 2009, when Acer voluntarily joined the Open …