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If kitten hearts doubled battery life….

yeah.. fuck kittens.

about 14 hours ago on 'The Daily Show' rips fawning Senators at Tim Cook's tax hearing 1 reply 3 recommends

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Because they still believe having Sense on the homescreen helps differentiate their devices when they’re sitting on the display table at Verizon/AT&T/etc.

about 15 hours ago on HTC One 'Google Edition' with stock Android reportedly in the works 2 replies

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I just nostalgia’d all over my keyboard.

about 15 hours ago on HTC One 'Google Edition' with stock Android reportedly in the works 2 recommends

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Yeah Yahoo is buying things just because “buying things” is the hip thing to do these days.

That being said Hulu could do a lot worse than Yahoo.

about 17 hours ago on Hulu auction heats up as DirecTV and Time Warner Cable place bids 1 reply

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I can because of what I’ve made of my own Facebook account. Most of my Facebook friends are my actual friends, yes, but a large sub-set of them are people I’ve met only once or never even met IRL at all, just from the Facebook commenting sections on some blogs. Furthermore, my Facebook profile is totally unique in what products/services I’ve identified as “Liking,” etc.

The point still stands… any social network is as useful as one tailors it to their own personal desires.

about 18 hours ago on Ashton Kutcher on Twitter: 'the media kind of fucked it up' 1 recommend

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You’re right. Ignore the “mobile” distinction in my previous post. Google makes the majority of web advertising profits as a whole, which is probably one of the bullet point facts being used to initiate this investigation. They’re the iPhone of web advertising – not the largest marketshare, but certainly the largest revenues in the sector, and growing.

about 18 hours ago on Google reportedly faces US antritust investigation over ads 1 reply

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while also tying them all together so that your experience with another company will not work right.

It’s called “integration” and Apple is lauded for it, while most in the tech industry actually beg for more of it from Google and Microsoft. What’s at stake is whether Google’s integration is hurting competitor’s products. At this early stage I would guess nothing will come of this, since Google’s integration no more interferes with competitor products than Apple’s or Microsoft’s integration of products and services.

about 18 hours ago on Google reportedly faces US antritust investigation over ads 2 recommends

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Over Microsoft’s dead body.

about 18 hours ago on Google reportedly faces US antritust investigation over ads 1 reply 2 recommends

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They have the “monopoly” on ad profits. Google is the iPhone of mobile advertising.

about 18 hours ago on Google reportedly faces US antritust investigation over ads 1 reply 1 recommend

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The twitter experience is what you make it. Who you follow who you allow to follow you. It’s a pretty unique experience per person.

This rings true for just about every social network.

about 18 hours ago on Ashton Kutcher on Twitter: 'the media kind of fucked it up' 1 reply 3 recommends

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This is God predicting the merger of Google and Apple.

about 22 hours ago on Astronomers catch two giant galaxies merging in images from Europe's Herschel space telescope 2 replies 2 recommends

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You mean like what Facebook Home is trying to do to Android?

I guess it’s the same thing, but there are already Chromebooks for people that want to live in an exclusive Chrome world.

about 23 hours ago on Google rolls out revamped Chrome notifications, available in Windows beta channel now 2 replies 1 recommend

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Dual-boot ChromeOS. These notifications have been on the dev channel of CrOS for a little while already.

about 23 hours ago on Google rolls out revamped Chrome notifications, available in Windows beta channel now

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They need to finish integrating Google Voice into it before I quit using Google Voice, which lets me text anyone in my contacts list (without them having to install a proprietary app that works on some devices, but not others)…

When they do that, Hangouts will be awesome.

about 23 hours ago on Best New Apps: Google Hangouts

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By R. U. Sirius

WAT

about 24 hours ago on 'Who Owns The Future?' Jaron Lanier thinks Google and the government should pay for your data 4 replies 18 recommends

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Picking up both phones the S4 feels lighter.

Sometimes for these big-ass phones being lighter is a pro for those that understand how much they hold their phones up.

1 day ago on Samsung Galaxy S4 hits 10 million units shipped, new colors coming this summer

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That’s rather hilarious.

Apple has made all of their fans rely on the “5 million sold in one weekend” soundbite, yet hasn’t released any sales figures since then whatsoever.

I would keep quiet with the “trying to appear bigger than they are” argument.

1 day ago on Samsung Galaxy S4 hits 10 million units shipped, new colors coming this summer 1 reply 1 recommend

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Neither Apple nor Microsoft could compete with Google Now at this point so why bother; moot point.

1 day ago on Microsoft recruits Siri to bad-mouth the iPad in new Windows 8 tablet ad 5 replies 4 recommends

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If it’s already a “cash cow” and they’re doing fine without being on iOS, that’d be considered #winning to most.

Nonetheless MS has already said Office is coming to iOS next year.

1 day ago on Microsoft recruits Siri to bad-mouth the iPad in new Windows 8 tablet ad 1 reply 1 recommend

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Surely if you are a paranoid individual planning on having illicit conversations involving illegal activities, you would just unplug the XBOX before doing so…

3 days ago on The Xbox One will always be listening to you, in your own home (update) 1 recommend

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If the government suspects you of terrorist activities then they already have more information on you than they could ever get from your XBOX.

3 days ago on With Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Microsoft and Sony rekindle the war for your TV 2 replies 9 recommends

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Milk that cow.

3 days ago on Microsoft announces live action 'Halo' TV series with Steven Spielberg as executive producer 1 reply 1 recommend

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He is old. Cut him some slack.

3 days ago on Tim Cook defends Apple's overseas cash: 'I'm not an unfair person, that's not who we are as a company' 1 recommend

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People use Skype all the time, and the XBOX is the most-popular gaming console there is.

This will be used.

3 days ago on Microsoft debuts Skype for Xbox with group video calling 9 recommends

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I use Google Reader to follow all the porn blogs on Tumblr.

At least one of these precious things isn’t being taken away from me…

4 days ago on Yahoo won't restrict porn on Tumblr 1 recommend

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More lip service from Republicans trying to capitalize on the latest “Obama is horrible” scandal of the week isn’t anything noteworthy. Democrats have been calling for tax reform for a long-ass time before last week.

The difference is that GOP dont want reform to raise tax and Democrats do.

Taxes on middle-class households have gone down under the current Democratic President, but I’m sure this point will just be ignored given the fact that yes, Obama did just call for a payroll tax increase earlier this year.

Taxes on high-income earners did go up though, and as a result the budget deficit that Republicans still swear on their lives Obama is doubling/tripling/infinity-ing is actually going down at the fastest pace since WWII, not to mention the stock market responding accordingly with both the Dow and the S&P setting initial closing records earlier this year and still doing it.

Please … bipartisanship benefits no one.

Thank you for this poignant lesson.

4 days ago on Apple denies avoiding taxes, calls for reform in Senate testimony

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but to force cities to deal with cell towers they don’t want

But most people understand that the wireless service needs of the majority shouldn’t be held up by small cities. Plus, the government already has a bit of a precedent on a strikingly similar issue, which is where the phrase “eminent domain” came from. If we are to accept wireless connectivity and infrastructure as a national priority (as more than a few politicians have suggested we should) this is the way to go.

4 days ago on Supreme Court says local governments can't hold up cell tower buildouts