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the screens in ads are almost always simulated, ie. Screenshot pasted on. Considering Google used to use macbooks in most of their ads (and still do in some cases see: ), its not inconceivable for them to have mistakenly taken an older screenshot a…
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dick applebaum wrote: » I have a few honest questions for users of Google Maps on Android phones and Tablets: does it include ads? is it tracking you? can you opt out of ads or tracking? would you prefer a private mapping mode? is none of this …
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bigmc6000 wrote: » That must mean that google is intentionally screwing the iPhone app because if you try to load that up on an iPhone you get nothing. If I remember correctly, Apple makes the map.app, it just plugs into Google's back end. I do…
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bigmc6000 wrote: » Also, for those of you still with 5.1 go ahead and open your maps app and take it over to Arlington, TX. Then search for "Rooms to go" (ya know, one of the largest furniture chains in the country) and see what happens. Google …
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shidell wrote: » Rather, what does this have, that an Android phone hasn't for the last year? Don't say iOS. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the first non krait based A15 out there. That in itself should make this an interesting phone if …
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gazoobee wrote: » Why would you want ads at all? Only fools actually like, and want advertisements. Also, what makes you think they are only going to show you the stuff that's relevant to you anyway? They are going to show you an advert eve…
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gazoobee wrote: » Lame defence. What this app does is what *all* of Google's properties do now which is pester you constantly to log in, (they sometimes even lie to you about the consequences of *not* logging in), so that all the users of all it'…
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I think the timing of the announcement has more to do with making people reconsider buying a nexus 7 than trumping Apple. I would wait until reviews though. I wasn't fond of the software on the original kindle fire, so I want to see how they've cha…
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I still cannot, for the life of me, understand the need for a cellular connection on a tablet. If you are using it at home, you'll have WiFi. If you are travelling, you are going to bring your phone with you regardless since the tablet can't do voi…
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hill60 wrote: » Now that Samsung has been found guilty, it is a lot easier for Apple to go for triple damages, suddenly getting THAT money back over nine years of licensing doesn't look so good. Based on what I've read about the case, it seems …
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tallest skil wrote: » Yes. I disagree. I see the potential gains of a good relationship with Samsung and Google as much more rewarding than a desire for revenge. Guess who offered to license. Guess who turned them down and stole the IP anyw…
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suddenly newton wrote: » If you drive a car like that, it doesn't fucking matter what color it is. I guarantee it. This much is true. Ferraris still have to be red though
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tallest skil wrote: » Doesn't matter in the slightest. Apple has all the right in the world to tear apart thieves of intellectual property. Perhaps, but is it the best course of action? If Apple went the Microsoft route and license their paten…
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tallest skil wrote: » No, no. Don't spin this around. We're talking about THIS actual problem, not a hypothetical. Anyone that wishes on or expresses happiness upon the death of another has illegitimized his argument and character. Doesn't matt…
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tallest skil wrote: » He's not wrong, though. Jobs wanted Android off the market entirely. He would have preferred that as publicly as possible, with Google stopping all development thereof and issuing an apology. But in lieu of that, I'm su…
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hill60 wrote: » Wrong. Maybe in the befuddled mind of a Google acolyte. Jobs had no issue with Android as such. Jobs did have an issue with those parts of Android he believed were stolen. So far a few courts have backed this sentiment …
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shidell wrote: » Yeah, in the same way Google worked/is working around Apple's claims, I imagine. I do hope they come to a consensus. These types of battles are really just wasting everyone's time. I think Apple ultimately has the advantage …
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shidell wrote: » That doesn't fly, but I bet you believe that the prior art for bounce-back and pinch-to-zoom as well as pinch-to-expand, as covered in Apple vs. Samsung, does? You either agree that Apple's claims to bounceback and pinch to zoo…
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quadra 610 wrote: » The problem is that your comment was in incredibly poor taste. It has nothing to do with fanboyism. Now you're just trying to justify it because you've been called out on it and you know it was wrong. Lame. If deat…
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togetherwestand wrote: » Shame on you majjo, shame on you. You should retract that part, change it if it is miss-phrased, or leave. He IS dead, get over it. And, as a shareholder at that time, I AM glad that he wasn't around long enough t…