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Just smile, nod, and slowly back away…

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

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If it really has a little red rocket, I’m so there.

2 days ago on iOS 7 for iPad screenshots show Control Center, full-screen Notification Center 1 recommend

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Still no weather app for the iPad :-(

2 days ago on iOS 7 for iPad screenshots show Control Center, full-screen Notification Center

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No, it’s not. That’s possibly the biggest problem of all.

4 days ago on More than half of US senators skipped confidential briefing on NSA surveillance 3 replies 3 recommends

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It has the slightly soulless quality that all Snyder movies have, but all in all it was very well done. Cavill and Dams are perfect as Kent and Lane. My only qualm is with the end of the final Superman/Zod battle. I know it was done in John Byrne’s run on the comics, but the resolution of that battle did not sit well with me at all. It sets a precedent that Superman, like Batman, is supposed to be above.

4 days ago on 'Man of Steel' review: finally, the Superman we deserve

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This was my thought exactly. Good first chapter, so here’s to hoping the second chapter is great.

4 days ago on 'Man of Steel' review: finally, the Superman we deserve

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Apple was only briefly the primary smartphone OS, and that stopped almost as quickly as it started. There are about 8 billion piece of shit Android products out there, so of course they’re not at the top in market share. In the smartphone industry Apple is making about 70% of the profits currently, Samsung about 30%, and the rest about 0%. It is literally that simple. Do you really think Apple gives much of a shit about overall market share if they make the most popular single phone in the industry and are brining in 70% of the industry’s profits? That’s niche?

6 days ago on 'Can't innovate anymore, my ass': Apple's bravado clouds the company's real challenges 3 recommends

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No, there are simply fewer opportunities for large-scale publicity compared with the sheer volume of published artists these days. People only have 24 hours in a day to listen to music, and there aren’t the same mass-market opportunities for getting the music out.

6 days ago on CEO of top music publishers' trade group says Pandora is at war with songwriters

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So it has the biggest tablet product and music store in the industry, the most profitable mobile phone in the world, and one of the best-selling computer lines. Sales have been going up consistently year over year amongst almost all its lines, and the ones that are declining are declining at a slower rate than their competitors. How on earth is that niche?

6 days ago on 'Can't innovate anymore, my ass': Apple's bravado clouds the company's real challenges 1 reply 16 recommends

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Your argument would be stronger if the competition for public attention was the same now as it was then. It’s not. There are a hell of a lot more artists out there, so they need to do more to get attention. Not that I’m defending current producer-driven pop music, but if you act like its all the same, especially comparing a rock act to a pop act, you’re willfully ignoring a lot.

7 days ago on CEO of top music publishers' trade group says Pandora is at war with songwriters 1 reply 1 recommend

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So if someone out there doesn’t like your music, you deserve next to nothing as well?

7 days ago on CEO of top music publishers' trade group says Pandora is at war with songwriters

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They pay a tiny fraction of a cent per play. Now they’re saying they want to pay even less. How on earth is that sustainable?

7 days ago on CEO of top music publishers' trade group says Pandora is at war with songwriters 1 reply 1 recommend

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Shaving cream or Smurf turd?

7 days ago on iOS 7 still 'a work in progress' alleges The Next Web 1 reply 1 recommend

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Just curious: if they got this far in 7 months, what will they have done by October/November?

7 days ago on iOS 7 still 'a work in progress' alleges The Next Web 2 recommends

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What bugs me about Google Maps and their POIs is that they all seem to be restaurants and hotels unless you zoom in super-close. I still remember standing at the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin, looking at Google Maps on my phone, and seeing nothing but places to spend money. There wasn’t a hint of any of the historical site names in the area.

7 days ago on Apple announces 'iOS in the Car,' offers access to Maps, messages, and more

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Zimmer is brilliant, and his work on the Batman movies is some of the best scoring I can think of. That droning sound whenever the Joker appeared, the Gothic two-note Batman theme, the huge and infernal music of the fight between Batman and Bane, I love it all.

7 days ago on Composer Hans Zimmer: 'music is not the ugly stepsister of cinematography anymore'

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I haven’t read the books so I can’t judge on that one, sorry. How does he do when he’s not being a spy?

8 days ago on 'Man of Steel' review: finally, the Superman we deserve

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ALL your friends? Even the one that sits in the corner and has the strange-smelling bathroom? Even him? And when you recommend it, do you always tell them to get a Nokia Lumia 520 over an Apple iPhone 5?

8 days ago on Apple publishes transition guide to ease developers onto iOS 7

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So you’re proving me wrong with writers that didn’t create characters in the past 100 years. You showed me. Now, please give me a character as utterly versatile, who can be used in creations in various media for literally decades on a weekly basis, who can be viewed as superficially as the Batman of the Superfirends and as potently as the Batman of Grant Morrison, who is so visually striking…I could keep on going.

8 days ago on 'Man of Steel' review: finally, the Superman we deserve 2 replies

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And Kryptonite. Don’t forget the Kryptonite. And because you can tell Superman really doesn’t want to hurt his friend, regardless of what his friend is doing to him.

8 days ago on 'Man of Steel' review: finally, the Superman we deserve 1 recommend

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Holy crap, that was awesome! Cannot wait! Legolas was handled much better than I thought he would be, Gandalf is all set to kick some ass, and Smaug’s eyes are PERFECT.

8 days ago on The dragon appears in the first trailer for 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' 1 recommend

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The irony isn’t what’s thick here.

8 days ago on Tracing iOS 7's influences: Apple remixes almost everyone in the industry

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If you ever go through and read Apple product descriptions, they’re full of grammatical errors. The worst part is how many sentences they start with conjunctions. Now, Vlad, do me a favor and go through the articles on The Verge and let me know how many grammatical errors you find. I find them fairly regularly.

8 days ago on Watch this: Apple's imperfect video about perfection

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Josh, if you wanted random-ass people no one has ever heard of to provide two quotes backing up your position, there are plenty to choose from on here. No need to go to the extra effort of clipping tweets.

9 days ago on The design of iOS 7: simply confusing 1 recommend

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“I have always regarded Apple products – and the kind words Jony Ive has said about me and my work – as a compliment.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8555503/Dieter-Rams-Apple-has-achieved-something-I-never-did.html

9 days ago on Apple previews radically redesigned Mac Pro: 'Can't innovate anymore, my ass' 1 recommend

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No, the last one was a cheese grater. This one is a coffee maker/garbage can/R2 unit. If you’re going to regurgitate put-downs that have already been used a number of times today, at least try and get the right ones. Otherwise, you might appear to be…insincere.

9 days ago on Apple previews radically redesigned Mac Pro: 'Can't innovate anymore, my ass'