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gazoobee wrote: » All I can say is this judge knows nothing about the book industry. The Agency model has been king forever, and the way the book industry works is that prices have *always* been set artificially by collusion among publishers. …
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dasanman69 wrote: » Did you not read this? http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/05/22/penguin-agrees-to-75m-settlement-in-apple-ibooks-price-fixing-lawsuit Sure i read that no money is going to the federal government for the lawsuit that it b…
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isteelers wrote: » No kidding Apple will be found guilty. The government needs money and Apple has it. They always get what they want one way or another. If they can't get to Apple via the IRS then they will get it through other channels. Apple sh…
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The ability to resell stolen phones at a profit is a risk to all of us. Here in the bay area the new strategy is the blitz mugging. That is you punch the target out and the ask them to hand over the phone. A good friend of mine has been a victim of …
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Looks like a blue version of Google Plus
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The relationships aren't quite that simple. Apple sells advertising so it has advertiser customers as well. More important Google has to make product good enough to induce customers (end users) to buy products that use their operating system. …
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Seriously. Those hour reminders are important for me. When I'm working and get completely locked in to what I'm doing getting a reminder to go to a meeting is absolutely useful. Sense of time literally stops if you're in a working groove.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Seems like a silly argument. One could POSSIBLY argue that attorneys who previously worked for Samsung should not be used, but to argue that no one in the same firm could ever be used is absurd. Someone co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism How does Old Navy stay business when that is what they sell? They must have to turn away pretty much every customer since they?re all criminals. PS: I bet I could guess which posters think rap music is 1) …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AdonisSMU Why would you take these people's word for it? What happened to innocent until proven otherwise? Or does this only apply to minorities? You are just as bad as people who really are racist. First the presum…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Sipadan 1: even if the 18 months deadline is met, it is AWFULLY SLOW updating isn't it. A year and a half after you buy your device? Seriously? 2: given Google's history what are the chances it will actually be 18 mon…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Your assumption is correct. If you turn off Location Services, you are opting out and it is not recorded. Turning off location services does not stop the phone from storing your location to the unencryp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Not Unlike Myself No, not kidding at all. I may not be a super-mover-and shaker but I'm no digital slouch. I don't know of a single person (in my workplace, family, or friends) which use amazon for any of these things.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Not Unlike Myself I'm not so sure I am ready for this.. so how is a 'normal' consumer going to feel about all this? They would need an app which comes down from their site (seamlessly) copies all your stuff up to th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TalkingNewMedia Have to politely disagree with you there: it is about sales. No one will create one of these services out of the goodness of their heart. The idea will be that by giving away a storage option the user w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nunyabinez I agree that there will be some kind of an agreement because it will be better for both to stay. My main point was a disagreement that it would be worse for Apple if Sony pulled out than it would be for Sony…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nunyabinez I have to disagree. Let's think this through. Say Sony pulls their content. How much revenue does Apple lose? Even with Sony being a big portion of the iTunes content, it's not like the loss would make much …
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Quote: Originally Posted by cliffjumper68 artists don't own music anymore, the big firms do and with sony taking the hottest content to other distributors (amzon, walmart, spotfy ect.) Apple stands to loose more than they would gain, they are not…
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Quote: Originally Posted by poke Those ads didn't mock users. They mocked Windows. Only the tiny minority of people (i.e., MCSEs and Paul Thurrott) whose identity is tied to Windows were offended. Hating Windows and hating your PC has long been a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by fuwafuwa E.g., Honeycomb requires dual cores, while Galaxy Tab (how old is that?) is only single core. That's common for Android makers, because of the thin margin, they want people to buy their new products as they r…