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ToniCipriani
On The Verge since Dec 11, 2011
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Trypophobia. Search it.
5 days ago on MTA tests inflatable 'plug' it hopes can shield NYC subway from weather disasters
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Except you can get one today for $60…
http://www.w2comp.com/detail.asp?catid=74585&subcatid=51474&pdtid=682940&private=
8 days ago on Dell's Project Ophelia will turn any HDTV into an Android computer this May 1 reply
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Well it was my Xperia X10 and I have a custom ROM on it, so it might be that.
8 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess
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Ars is reporting that XMPP clients will work, just not federation.
So I should be safe for now… but don’t know how long that will last with their continual push to shove G+ up everyone’s something…
8 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in
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And what about being searchable and identifiable?
9 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts 1 reply
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You’re not getting what I’m saying. You sign in to Google with a Google account authentication, but to access Hangouts you need a G+ profile ON TOP of the Google account. What is not in the Google Account to enable access to the server?
9 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts 1 reply
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Doesn’t work properly. I searched for myself, profile page says I posted 155 comments, search only came back with 133.
9 days ago on Why can't I view all the comments/replies I have made? 1 reply
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But question is why? What on top of a basic Google account does it need to implement this?
9 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts 1 reply
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If they did they would rethink about dropping XMPP.
9 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts
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No you don’t. If you have an older Google account before they started creating one along when you sign up.
9 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts 2 replies
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That has changed. The desktop Chrome plugin now requires G+. Even the older Google Talk plugin on my laptop only presents that option.
9 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts
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Except that Google now is calling that “leeching off their success”.
9 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 reply 2 recommends
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And that’s what I’m telling you, not ALL Android users have one…
Reread what you said: It does, all android users have a google+ account. To download anything in the play store you must have one
You said downloading earlier, now you changed to commenting.
9 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 3 recommends
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So the question still remains unanswered… is the text component basically just Google Talk and I can continue to just use that with third party clients? When is the last day that this will stop working?
To me that is more than enough, I have no interest in their “better communication experience” nor allowing people to search for me.
9 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 reply 1 recommend
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That is untrue. You only need a Google account, not Plus. Though new signups for a Google Account by default creates a Plus profile as well. It can be deleted.
9 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 reply 4 recommends
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This has nothing to do with standards or protocols and all to do with forcing people onto G+, on the long run.
10 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess 1 recommend
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- I don’t know, because I haven’t heard any of my contacts migrate to the new Hangout yet
- No because it runs atop of Google+ Photos
- You can, actually.
10 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess
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Oh I didn’t think about that, actually. And is strange that it shows video call on my device that doesn’t even have a front camera…
10 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess 1 reply
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Actually Google themselves aren’t too consistent on that. Try playing videos on YouTube Leanback, no ads there.
10 days ago on Google demands Microsoft remove YouTube Windows Phone app, cites lack of ads 2 recommends
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I haven’t tried with anyone that has migrated, besides I’m not on G+ anyways, so I don’t have any G+ contacts. Images definitely doesn’t work because that seemingly is built on Picasa a.k.a. Google+ Photos. Try to send = asking to upgrade to G+.
10 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess 1 reply 1 recommend
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Just tried, no G+ needed. It’ll prompt you to do so but you can decline it. Only restriction is that the new features won’t work, i.e. group video chat and picture messaging.
10 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess 2 replies
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It doesn’t require G+, but certain features will be unavailable, and it’ll prompt you to upgrade if you attempt to use it, i.e. photo sharing and group video chat.
10 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess 1 reply 1 recommend
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I don’t think they will, at least anytime soon. I just pushed the Hangouts to my test device (Xperia X10 with FeraLab JB), it updated. Prompts me to upgrade to G+ which I declined, and it works. My Pidgin and Pre 3 still connects just fine.
Besides in the article it explicitly says “maintain some interoperability with Talk”, so I think this is what it means. If anything it seems like it’s still Talk under the hood.
So far like it that it makes opening group chats easier, but the downside is the contacts are a mess, because it displays the user’s name stored on Google by the user, not whatever I set in my Contacts, and it displays everybody. So I have my mechanic in the list..
10 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess 1 reply 3 recommends
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This. And Pidgin on my machines. And my Pre 3. I actually rely on this on a daily basis.
Saving grace is that in the other article, it says that it’ll remain “interoperable with Talk”.
PS: quite painful to post comments right now on The Verge.
10 days ago on Google unveils Hangouts: a unified messaging system for Android, iOS, and Chrome 1 reply
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So I’m dying to know… “remain interoperable with Talk”, does that mean existing third party connectivity like via Pidgin still works?
10 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess 1 recommend
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Pretty sure 3 is a certain yes. They are trying to shove that down everyone’s throat at every opportunity they can.
As for 2 and 4… I think my bigger concern is third-party client support like Talk does today. If that’s a go, or you could say Talk will still work, I’m fine with that. I actually need the 3rd party support since I use Pidgin and webOS.
10 days ago on Google unveils Hangouts: a unified messaging system for Android, iOS, and Chrome
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Fleet model I suppose… looks like this is what I’ll get from the company.
11 days ago on BlackBerry announces Q5 QWERTY phone for emerging markets this summer
