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Because yahoo, why not!

about 5 hours ago on WSJ: Yahoo's board approves $1.1 billion all-cash Tumblr acquisition

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ofc! The force close problem though is somehow funnier.

2 days ago on Google adopts Bluetooth Smart, hints of a new Android version within two months

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Yahoo is a great name.

3 days ago on Yahoo reportedly eyeing Tumblr for possible $1 billion acquisition 2 recommends

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Yes, your sarcasm notwithstanding.

3 days ago on Google on Glass privacy: 'If I'm recording you, I have to stare at you' 1 recommend

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Yeah, I don’t understand the difference there, because 1. I’ve never read enough about it. 2. I’m not as much interested. I never claimed to know it, so I don’t know why you’d get hostile.

I think I’ve got Facebook chat and WhatsApp set up perfectly for myself, with just about the right segregation, so I’ve never felt the need for a desktop/tablet version, which explains why I prefer it over others.

Also, everyone I need, and more, is on this service, which is neat across iOS, Android and most importantly, Windows Phone.

3 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in

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yes, but did I champion open or closed-source protocols? No. I mentioned what works for me. If it doesn’t work for you/you don’t like it, fine.

As far as WhatsApp’s phone number-based ID goes, I prefer that over PINs. I install the app, input my number, people using it show up in favorites and we can start conversing without having to send across PIN numbers and inputting each of it manually. If you don’t mind doing all of that, good for you.

3 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 reply

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on every single platform.

3 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in

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Oh, look, another Open Source ninja.

One thing – WhatsApp works for me. Open standards or not, I could care less. Works? Yes. That’s what I want to be bothered about, not if it’s open sourced.

3 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 reply

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He doesn’t have one, because he’s already solved it.

3 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 recommend

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chuckles

3 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts

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ZTE Blade? Great, great device! Launched with Froyo (or Eclair) when I got it and is today running 4.1.2, courtesy CM10.

3 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts 1 reply 1 recommend

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absolutely! I switch between WP and Android, and so, WhatsApp will continue to be my default app.

3 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts 1 recommend

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Unless it shows me the status of a contact and lets me sort them based on it, I’m not going to upgrade. Also hoping there will be a desktop Windows app, but I’m probably asking for too much from Google.

3 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts 3 replies

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yes, I’m going to try it, definitely, but I love WhatsApp’s philosophy of PIN-less accounts.

3 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 reply 1 recommend

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it’s not instant messaging, that’s what

3 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 reply 3 recommends

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Only one friend of mine is active on BBM. All of my friends are active on WhatsApp, plus there’s a WP app.

3 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 1 reply 3 recommends

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I’d pay for that. Heck, a Kickstarter for this would reach its goal in days.

3 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 2 replies

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this is why I moved away from SMSs and on to WhatsApp, but no chat sync is a bit annoying, although I’ve never looked back.

3 days ago on Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in 2 recommends

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Google Play Services force closed yesterday during the presentation. ’nuff said.

3 days ago on Google adopts Bluetooth Smart, hints of a new Android version within two months 1 reply 1 recommend

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users of different operating systems are not competing with each other, but if you think so, you need to get out more.

3 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess 1 reply

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you’re blunt, aren’t you? Anything to deride any company not Google.

3 days ago on Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess 1 reply