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Should I wake you up when you can do that anywhere, not just with android?

about 22 hours ago on Google TV: silent but not forgotten at I/O 2013 1 reply

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Amazon worked fine on google tv from the start…

about 22 hours ago on Google TV: silent but not forgotten at I/O 2013 1 reply 1 recommend

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The joys of fragmented distribution rights across the world.

1 day ago on How Google beat Apple to a streaming music service

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They count the number of buttons they produced and then divide by the average number of buttons on the phone keyboard and this gives them the world numbers.

2 days ago on Windows Phone overtakes BlackBerry to claim third place in 2013 smartphone shipments 1 recommend

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Yeah, the fastest growing platform. Everyone who is anyone on cw shows uses windows phone.

2 days ago on Windows Phone overtakes BlackBerry to claim third place in 2013 smartphone shipments

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Accept The Big Sneeze and fear the coming of The Great White Hankie!

2 days ago on Golden Gate Bridge-sized asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31st 3 recommends

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Well we kind of do have that currently in US with 50 states free to define own rules. A few of them allowed experimentation with self driving cars. If it goes well others will join…

2 days ago on Larry Page wants to 'set aside a part of the world' for unregulated experimentation

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Ah, une de vignettes,
What is it that you can buy for $4, $40 or $4000, and yet in the end you hold nothing?

2 days ago on Biggest Bitcoin exchange accused of violating US financial regulations, CEO faces fine or jail 3 replies 2 recommends

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So she wanted to show more? And now is being held back by society at large, too?

2 days ago on Disney abandons sexualization of 'Brave' heroine after public backlash 2 recommends

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I thought you guys had a working browser on a windows phone. Not yet?

3 days ago on Larry Page to tech world: 'Being negative is not how we make progress'

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Well, perhaps microsoft just needs to add ads and that would solve it since most users would use microsoft app anyway? Why does Microsoft need to steal copyrighted content?

3 days ago on Google demands Microsoft remove YouTube Windows Phone app, cites lack of ads 1 reply 2 recommends

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I am sure they did.

3 days ago on Google demands Microsoft remove YouTube Windows Phone app, cites lack of ads 3 replies 2 recommends

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I don’t think you understand how labor works. You are compensated according to the collective
bargaining agreement, or any other more specific contract that takes precedence, and the final product belongs to the company or the financiers of the enterprise. Did you see any chinese kids in front of your house trying to collect your ipads? Din’t think so.

5 days ago on Ill-gotten gains: how many museums have stolen objects in their collections? 1 reply

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Well, bribing a foreign official is a US crime, too. So, it would be a hard sell to argue to a judge that you committed a crime, and therefore you are allowed to keep the proceeds of said crime. If you live in the US, like most people do (well known fact on the internet).

5 days ago on Ill-gotten gains: how many museums have stolen objects in their collections? 1 reply 1 recommend

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All of them with Egyptian artifacts, as it is illegal to export them from Egypt.

5 days ago on Ill-gotten gains: how many museums have stolen objects in their collections? 2 replies

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Um, no, actually they were killing people to produce soylent green.

5 days ago on Would you eat a $325,000 test-tube burger?

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Still better than pink slime that is currently used by the industry. Its usually no more than 25% of your burger, if that is any consolation.

5 days ago on Would you eat a $325,000 test-tube burger?

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I assume hotels first get a bunch of tax breaks on their property taxes, and then the visitor pays some tax. Meanwhile, normal people pay an arm and a leg in property taxes in New York, so the lost tax revenue is not really legit.

8 days ago on Landlords beware: Airbnb is booming in big cities, but many users run legal risks 1 reply 3 recommends

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And I should add, I would buy it even if they price it at $1000 if it gives me access to 4K movies and games.

9 days ago on Unlike the PS3, Sony isn't expecting to lose money on the PlayStation 4 1 reply

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If it does 4K, I will buy it on day one, together with the 4K tv. Leap forward or not :)

9 days ago on Unlike the PS3, Sony isn't expecting to lose money on the PlayStation 4 1 reply