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It would have been nice to have that earlier but I think Feedly has done a phenomenal job given the amount of time and lack of notice.

about 6 hours ago on Feedly updated with Cloud sync and app support ahead of Google Reader shutdown 1 reply 4 recommends

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This isn’t just about one handset maker buying another, both are deeply rooted in the network infrastructure business. For Huawei, it’s probably even more important than selling handsets.

about 6 hours ago on Huawei "open minded" on buying Nokia - CEO. Thoughts?

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I’ve had no issues with extensions or performance. Chrome’s look matches the OS X aesthetic better than the Windows version matches Windows, that’s the only obvious difference I can think of. If you’re worried about performance, I feel that Safari is appreciably superior.

about 6 hours ago on Chrome on OS X

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I don’t own a Nexus 7 but right now it seems like every single device is having issues, I see nobody defending the device. Where were all this complaints last week? It can’t have happened overnight.

about 6 hours ago on One year later, the Nexus 7 has gone from the best to worst tablet I’ve ever owned 3 replies

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What is with the old button layout? Can HTC not make their minds up?

On paper this is the better phone but in person the previous Butterfly didn’t feel like a high-end device and I don’t think this will be much different. The outgoing model actually felt very Samsung-like with all that plastic.

about 11 hours ago on So HTC have already bettered the HTC One...

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It needs some tweaking for legibility but that looks very good. Won’t make things any easier for 3rd party devs though.

about 11 hours ago on Where are all the black iPhones with iOS7? 1 reply

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With this, I think Nvidia will be paying attention to the newer competitors that are powering the smartphones in China.

about 12 hours ago on Nvidia will license its Kepler GPU technology to tap into the 'exploding' smartphone market

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It’s quite obvious what Sony is doing and Microsoft has had ample time to wise up. This is a very big PR failure on their part.

about 12 hours ago on PS4 appearance on Jimmy Fallon highlights Microsoft's struggle to explain Xbox One policies

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You mean performance per watt is better on Krait than on the A9 right?

about 13 hours ago on Nvidia will license its Kepler GPU technology to tap into the 'exploding' smartphone market

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The painfully slow search for old messages was a problem I thought unique to me. Who needs to go through years of messages anyway?

I’m glad there’s a solution to it but for something I do once every few months… at $20, no thanks.

1 day ago on Beach ball, no more: Chatology aims to fix OS X's messaging misfortune 1 reply 1 recommend

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My phone is permanently on mute. I don’t like the ringer to be super loud so I’m more likely to notice the vibration than the sound. It also means I can let things go ignored without people reminding me to answer my own phone.

I play with the mute switch absent-mindedly when I’ve got nothing to with my hands.

On my iPad I use it regularly to lock orientation. I wish I could repurpose the iPhone’s button this way as well.

1 day ago on Do you use the Ring/Silent switch (Yes/No Poll)

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Microsoft hasn’t approached that level of hubris

Maybe not MS but this Don guy seems to have rocketed past.

1 day ago on Microsoft's Don Mattrick defends Xbox pricing: 'We're delivering thousands of dollars of value'

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and much less than the $399 price Apple charges schools for the 16GB iPad 2

Is that what Apple’s education pricing is? That’s what normal customers pay, I’d assume that they have a bulk purchasing discount for education, they’ve implied as much in the past.

1 day ago on Microsoft offers Surface RT to schools for as little as $199 1 reply

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Have a look at this. Go ahead an play around with the various images.

The d5100 is a better camera as far as outright image quality is concerned. However, if you want to take a particular type of shot, nothing beats having the right lens for the job. All things being equal, the d5100 is better but you need to take the lenses you will have or be acquiring into consideration.

Mind you, I’m not really suggesting that you get a d5100 specifically because I don’t know exactly what you’re looking for, just letting you know that there is better image quality to be had in that price range. The d5100 is a good camera though.

1 day ago on Best camera for ~$500. Primarily for pictures, video not as important.

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+1 for an Audio/Music forum.

1 day ago on Audio section and/or forum? 1 recommend

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What? My comment was posted 6 hours before yours.

1 day ago on Jay-Z giving away 1 million early copies of new album to Samsung owners

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That might be a nice thing about Android but that’s not really why people use it.

2 days ago on iSwitched. 3 replies 13 recommends

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What are you going on about? That has seemingly nothing to do with what I said or the post I was replying to.

2 days ago on Jay-Z giving away 1 million early copies of new album to Samsung owners 1 reply

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WTF no pony? This is an 8.0 at best.

2 days ago on MacBook Air review (13-inch, 2013) 1 recommend

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It’s really more of a “see how nice it is over here?” message from Samsung.

3 days ago on Jay-Z giving away 1 million early copies of new album to Samsung owners 1 reply 2 recommends

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m4/3rds won’t get you better pictures, not necessarily. The benefit of any non-reflex interchangeable lens camera is mostly size, weight and their discretion. I feel like SLRs are more flexible and give better performance, except with maybe live view AF and burst shooting speed.

For outright image quality, I’d go with a Canon or Nikon DSLR. The APS-C sensors are bigger than the 4/3rds ones and generally have better image quality within the same generation. You can get a D5100 kit for ~470 on keh.com (reputable), to give you an idea of what you can get around that price range. Image quality on that one is relatively good.

3 days ago on Best camera for ~$500. Primarily for pictures, video not as important. 1 reply

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Nothing groundbreaking but I think it’s a huge convenience.

3 days ago on Xbox One HDMI is really being underestimated

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No. They just do whatever they want, then ask permission later. Or rather, not ask permission and wait for Microsoft to come after their OEMs.

3 days ago on Microsoft may get upto $3.4 billion from Android Device Sales in 2013

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I don’t think they are biased, I just think they have changed their style to favour the type of articles that get them more clicks.

3 days ago on This "The Verge is bias" stuff has to stop.... 1 recommend

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That’s almost worse.

No wait, it’s definitely worse.

I had The Verge on my “Don’t run on this page” list but that has changed.

3 days ago on So is the MASSIVE Samsung S4 Ad now a permanent fixture of this site?