That article says nothing of the sort. In fact the message of the article is that Android users don't buy apps, so the only way to recoup the costs of the Android port's development is to show ads.
What's the point of targeting a base of three hundred million people who are statistically unlikely to ever spend money on apps? Better to target the numerically smaller group of people who spend LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY on apps.
Or Apple could have sold those patents for short-term cash to a third party that DID have the necessary longevity to win a billion-dollar settlement from Microsoft.
Meh. This whole article is just ad keyword spam. Any second now Slashdot's gonna start posting news from the fruit and produce industry just to ensure more of its articles contain the word "Apple".
So far, Tim Cook hasn't really done anything significant one way or another and has been kind of 'coasting' on the companies success.
Apple isn't the most valuable publicly-traded company in the world just because it sells lots of things. It's also because it makes those things faster and cheaper and better than any competitor can hope to match. All that supply-chain stuff is Tim Cook.
This is the second acquisition lately by Linkedin of a small app that I've come to regard as invaluable. The first was business-card-scanner Cardmunch; now Rapportive.
Rapportive is awesome. Whenever I get an email from somebody, or start writing an email TO somebody, Rapportive's sidebar shows me that person's photo, tells me where he works, what her title is, what his phone number is, what her most recent Twitter posts are. It's like having a secretary permanently at my elbow filling in the gaps when my brain goes "who the f*ck is this person and why do I care again?"
Since all combat seems to be heading this way anyway, one might as well just say: Drones. Due to the light speed delay, they'd have to be much more automated, but again, we're headed that way anyway.
One might as well just say: Berzerkers.
Saberhagen's stories scared the crap outta me as a kid, the thought that we're on that path already is fucking terrifying.
"let it be clear that I am asking the Congress and the country to accept a firm commitment to a new course of action, a course which will last for many years and carry very heavy costs: 531 million dollars in fiscal '62--an estimated seven to nine billion dollars additional over the next five years. "
Cost of the "War on Terror" to date: just over 1 trillion 304 billion 222 million dollars.
Apple asked Xerox if they could make a GUI based on theirs, because Xerox were too dumb to realize what they had.
Oh please. Xerox took $1 million in Apple stock in exchange for allowing them to visit the PARC and see if there was anything that could be commercialised. It's not like Steve Jobs snuck in one night with a camera and took snapshots of ze secret plans. Xerox invited Apple to commercialise Xerox's concepts in exchange for an ownership stake in Apple, a stake which at Apple's present valuation must be worth pretty close to the value of the USA and everything in it.
The guy's just a twit, basically. You can tell he's not very bright.
Yep, if there's one guy you know isn't very bright, it's the guy with dual bachelors degrees in economics and law, dual masters degrees in politics and philosophy, and a Rhodes Scholarship.
Given that this is Slashdot, I'm surprised that the article wasn't headlined "Engineer for Apple Corp Artists Rips Audiophiles, YouTube and Jonas Brothers, Mentions Apple Itunes. Apple."
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That article says nothing of the sort. In fact the message of the article is that Android users don't buy apps, so the only way to recoup the costs of the Android port's development is to show ads.
What's the point of targeting a base of three hundred million people who are statistically unlikely to ever spend money on apps? Better to target the numerically smaller group of people who spend LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY on apps.
Unfortunately being the top power on Earth takes money, something the USA no longer has.
Ask who?
Did you actually read the article so you you'd, you know, have an idea what Apple has actually patented?
(Hint: not something Nokia has been doing for a decade)
It's a lot simpler to just copy whatever Apple does, which is probably a) what will happen, and b) why this patent exists.
Dear England,
Last time we played this game you got your ass beat.
The last time you played this game the British Army burnt Washington DC to the ground.
You seem confused as to what "cognitive dissonance" is.
Or Apple could have sold those patents for short-term cash to a third party that DID have the necessary longevity to win a billion-dollar settlement from Microsoft.
Meh. This whole article is just ad keyword spam. Any second now Slashdot's gonna start posting news from the fruit and produce industry just to ensure more of its articles contain the word "Apple".
I wish I was anything but a rock. Heck, I'd even like to be a policeman.
Statistically speaking, the Foxconn suicide rate is lower than the US college suicide rate.
So far, Tim Cook hasn't really done anything significant one way or another and has been kind of 'coasting' on the companies success.
Apple isn't the most valuable publicly-traded company in the world just because it sells lots of things. It's also because it makes those things faster and cheaper and better than any competitor can hope to match. All that supply-chain stuff is Tim Cook.
He SAID we all forgot about it. Sheesh.
This is the second acquisition lately by Linkedin of a small app that I've come to regard as invaluable. The first was business-card-scanner Cardmunch; now Rapportive.
Rapportive is awesome. Whenever I get an email from somebody, or start writing an email TO somebody, Rapportive's sidebar shows me that person's photo, tells me where he works, what her title is, what his phone number is, what her most recent Twitter posts are. It's like having a secretary permanently at my elbow filling in the gaps when my brain goes "who the f*ck is this person and why do I care again?"
Projectiles won't be deflected by (...) mirrors, or other fancy tricks.
My X-laser won't even know your mirror is there.
Since all combat seems to be heading this way anyway, one might as well just say: Drones. Due to the light speed delay, they'd have to be much more automated, but again, we're headed that way anyway.
One might as well just say: Berzerkers.
Saberhagen's stories scared the crap outta me as a kid, the thought that we're on that path already is fucking terrifying.
"let it be clear that I am asking the Congress and the country to accept a firm commitment to a new course of action, a course which will last for many years and carry very heavy costs: 531 million dollars in fiscal '62--an estimated seven to nine billion dollars additional over the next five years. "
Cost of the "War on Terror" to date: just over 1 trillion 304 billion 222 million dollars.
U-S-A! U-S-A!
"Twoflower has a new rendering pipeline for video, with higher quality subtitles, and new video filters to enhance your videos."
VPs at Intel are thrilled, this will really help them at CES next year.
Apple makes gorgeous meticulously designed products that make people's lives easier.
To combat this, apparently Microsoft needs to produce something that will make employees more effective at their jobs.
Apple asked Xerox if they could make a GUI based on theirs, because Xerox were too dumb to realize what they had.
Oh please. Xerox took $1 million in Apple stock in exchange for allowing them to visit the PARC and see if there was anything that could be commercialised. It's not like Steve Jobs snuck in one night with a camera and took snapshots of ze secret plans. Xerox invited Apple to commercialise Xerox's concepts in exchange for an ownership stake in Apple, a stake which at Apple's present valuation must be worth pretty close to the value of the USA and everything in it.
Violence=good
Sex=makes me feel guilty that the sky fairy is watching me masturbate
The guy's just a twit, basically. You can tell he's not very bright.
Yep, if there's one guy you know isn't very bright, it's the guy with dual bachelors degrees in economics and law, dual masters degrees in politics and philosophy, and a Rhodes Scholarship.
Some people believe in gods, some people swear by Monster Cables. What are you gonna do.
Given that this is Slashdot, I'm surprised that the article wasn't headlined "Engineer for Apple Corp Artists Rips Audiophiles, YouTube and Jonas Brothers, Mentions Apple Itunes. Apple."
I wonder which large North American nation might have leant on Australia to install these things.