CUPERTINO, CALIF.—Apple Inc. says there is a problem with its latest mobile operating system that is shortening the battery life of iPhones, iPads and iPods that use the software......
Apple shares added $1.59 to $399 in aftermarket trading. Shares ended the regular session up 41 cents at $397.41.
Do you just have the max version preventing you? Other than major releases they usually don't break extensions. Disable the version checking in about:config
AFAICT, more-or-less all of RIM's unique selling points have been eradicated over the last few years and all that remains now is "All your data traffic is routed through our servers so if we experience significant downtime - which can and indeed has happened - your smartphone becomes a dumbphone". Not really much of a selling point.
Compression and security is the selling point of that.
When apps on iOS, Android and even Windows Phone are way better than Blackberry apps and people begin to realise that these types of outages are not possible on those platforms (everything on a Blackberry, including internet usage, goes through continental proxies; not the case on Apple et. al. except for specialised services like iCloud and Gmail and such), free apps aren't good enough.
That's how they do all the compression which saves you a shit ton on data usage, as well as the extra security. Pretty sure BES wasn't affected though. meaning it was only non-corporate users who had problems.
On top of that, this doesn't do anything for companies like mine that prohibit end-users from installing anything on our Blackberry phones for regulatory reasons.
Although your company did get 1 month free BES support. But you're right, it doesn't help you in particular. Were you even affected?
Even if they release a phone that's super-awesome and is somewhat competitive with today's smartphones (so far, this seems unlikely), their hub-spoke service model for consumer service is ridiculously outdated. Wake me up when they've gotten rid of BIS and internet proxies.
That depends on whether you like compression and security. A lot of people do.
Well, Ignatieff USED TO have a spine. The true Ignatieff is someone who calls bullshit and is sharp and funny. Unfortunately, I think that he's trying to please too many people and it ends up making him look wishy-washy.
Ideologically, I agree with the fiscal conservative mantra of the Liberals/Green Party/Progressive Conservatives. The NDP, while I agree with their social liberalism, simply don't seem to have as much of a fundamental grasp on economics. NOTE: PC is NOT the same as the Conservative party, which is now a mix of the PC and the right wing nutjob "Reform" Party.
That really leaves me with just the Greens or the Libs. In all honesty, if the Bloc didn't pander to just quebec, I'd probably vote for them as well. Duceppe is a great leader IMO. My vote will, in the end, go to whoever I think has the best chance of defeating the Conservatives in my riding.
Actually, the Conservatives were the LAST party to respond regarding UBB. Both the NDP and the Liberals had already called for the ruling to be reversed. The Conservatives had little choice but to follow suit.
And the reason why the Liberals and NDP don't have as much election money is because they don't get as much Lobby money like the Conservatives do. The rationale for public funding for political parties is so that they don't sell out to corporate interests, and it's there in the hopes that it encourages more trustworthy politicians who represent their constituents instead of their financial backers. Why do you think the Conservatives wanted to do away with public funding? It wasn't because of wasted spending, it was because they wanted to cripple the competition who aren't as funded by lobbyists. Seems to be that you should be asking where the Conservative money is coming from.
Btw, it's spelled "Bloc"
Of course, people forget that the NDP went into debt due to the recession and not just because of their ideoligy too. And isn't it always the case that the "other guy" is making too much money for not doing any work, but when it comes down to your own salary, you're always underpaid?
Curious statement about Canada suffering during the Jean Chretien/Paul Martin years. Really? Those were very prosperous years for us as a country, and Martin built up a large surplus that the Conservatives have now more than squandered (even before the recession).
I also don't understand why people are so terrified of the Bloc. They are NOT separtists. If the Bloc were in power, do you really think that they would want to lose that power by separating from Canada? The simply try to get what's best for the people they represent, which is waht any good MP should do. As long as the Bloc represent a fair percentage of the population, I see nothing wrong with negotiating with them. But, of course, people fall for the separtist propaganda, spread by all of the other parties when the Bloc are allying themselves with their opponent. Curious that in 2004 Harper had no problems forming a "Coalition" with the Bloc.
I'm curious as to why you believe the Liberals are so bad? Is it just that people bought into the "He didn't come back for you" nonsense character assasination? I honestly don't understand why people think the Conservaties are the "best of the worst" what with their ongoing list of advertising scandals, misspoken MPs, forging documents and lack of openness. Isn't that worse than what caused people to dislike the Liberals 5 years ago? It blows my mind.
Chrome has done more to keep people using Windows than MS would ever give credit for. You don't see Google trying to make it the default browser choice on all systems sold by, I dunno, Dell or HP, do you?
Really? What has Chrome done to keep people on Windows? What alternatives do you have on other operating systems that you can't get on Windows?
There;s a difference between trusting them to give out certificates and trusting them with your personal data, although sometimes we do have to trust that they do not give out bad certs.
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Of course, when Apple does it, it must be okay. If other maufacturers do, BURN THEM AT THE STAKE!
Ummm...what? Do you even know what a "cloud" is, or how phones get emails?
And...you know....Playbooks. Not sure why RIM always gets left out of the equation when their device is just as good as anything non-apple.
Yeah, BB users just drop their phones to get new ones from work though lol. It's not quite a fair comparison.
I don't think that the hardware fails due to faulty software as often as it's just poor hardware QC.
CUPERTINO, CALIF.—Apple Inc. says there is a problem with its latest mobile operating system that is shortening the battery life of iPhones, iPads and iPods that use the software. .....
Apple shares added $1.59 to $399 in aftermarket trading. Shares ended the regular session up 41 cents at $397.41.
Wtf?
More surprisingly, they found that the frequencies responsible for making a sound unpleasant were commonly found in human speech,
My Lenovo SL500 is matte too. Cost me all of $500.
Do you just have the max version preventing you? Other than major releases they usually don't break extensions. Disable the version checking in about:config
AFAICT, more-or-less all of RIM's unique selling points have been eradicated over the last few years and all that remains now is "All your data traffic is routed through our servers so if we experience significant downtime - which can and indeed has happened - your smartphone becomes a dumbphone". Not really much of a selling point.
Compression and security is the selling point of that.
Pretty sure BES wasn't affected...
When apps on iOS, Android and even Windows Phone are way better than Blackberry apps and people begin to realise that these types of outages are not possible on those platforms (everything on a Blackberry, including internet usage, goes through continental proxies; not the case on Apple et. al. except for specialised services like iCloud and Gmail and such), free apps aren't good enough.
That's how they do all the compression which saves you a shit ton on data usage, as well as the extra security. Pretty sure BES wasn't affected though. meaning it was only non-corporate users who had problems.
On top of that, this doesn't do anything for companies like mine that prohibit end-users from installing anything on our Blackberry phones for regulatory reasons.
Although your company did get 1 month free BES support. But you're right, it doesn't help you in particular. Were you even affected?
Even if they release a phone that's super-awesome and is somewhat competitive with today's smartphones (so far, this seems unlikely), their hub-spoke service model for consumer service is ridiculously outdated. Wake me up when they've gotten rid of BIS and internet proxies.
That depends on whether you like compression and security. A lot of people do.
On the negative side, you need to compile EVERYTHING.
Nobody ever suspects the zero
I'd rather vote for the party who is most likely to defeat the Conservatives and then just send the Greens the $2 they would get by having my vote.
Well, Ignatieff USED TO have a spine. The true Ignatieff is someone who calls bullshit and is sharp and funny. Unfortunately, I think that he's trying to please too many people and it ends up making him look wishy-washy.
Ideologically, I agree with the fiscal conservative mantra of the Liberals/Green Party/Progressive Conservatives. The NDP, while I agree with their social liberalism, simply don't seem to have as much of a fundamental grasp on economics. NOTE: PC is NOT the same as the Conservative party, which is now a mix of the PC and the right wing nutjob "Reform" Party.
That really leaves me with just the Greens or the Libs. In all honesty, if the Bloc didn't pander to just quebec, I'd probably vote for them as well. Duceppe is a great leader IMO. My vote will, in the end, go to whoever I think has the best chance of defeating the Conservatives in my riding.
Actually, the Conservatives were the LAST party to respond regarding UBB. Both the NDP and the Liberals had already called for the ruling to be reversed. The Conservatives had little choice but to follow suit. And the reason why the Liberals and NDP don't have as much election money is because they don't get as much Lobby money like the Conservatives do. The rationale for public funding for political parties is so that they don't sell out to corporate interests, and it's there in the hopes that it encourages more trustworthy politicians who represent their constituents instead of their financial backers. Why do you think the Conservatives wanted to do away with public funding? It wasn't because of wasted spending, it was because they wanted to cripple the competition who aren't as funded by lobbyists. Seems to be that you should be asking where the Conservative money is coming from. Btw, it's spelled "Bloc"
Of course, people forget that the NDP went into debt due to the recession and not just because of their ideoligy too. And isn't it always the case that the "other guy" is making too much money for not doing any work, but when it comes down to your own salary, you're always underpaid? Curious statement about Canada suffering during the Jean Chretien/Paul Martin years. Really? Those were very prosperous years for us as a country, and Martin built up a large surplus that the Conservatives have now more than squandered (even before the recession). I also don't understand why people are so terrified of the Bloc. They are NOT separtists. If the Bloc were in power, do you really think that they would want to lose that power by separating from Canada? The simply try to get what's best for the people they represent, which is waht any good MP should do. As long as the Bloc represent a fair percentage of the population, I see nothing wrong with negotiating with them. But, of course, people fall for the separtist propaganda, spread by all of the other parties when the Bloc are allying themselves with their opponent. Curious that in 2004 Harper had no problems forming a "Coalition" with the Bloc.
I'm curious as to why you believe the Liberals are so bad? Is it just that people bought into the "He didn't come back for you" nonsense character assasination? I honestly don't understand why people think the Conservaties are the "best of the worst" what with their ongoing list of advertising scandals, misspoken MPs, forging documents and lack of openness. Isn't that worse than what caused people to dislike the Liberals 5 years ago? It blows my mind.
Then you need bruce willis in there too. He can be that bear guy that changes shapes.
Chrome has done more to keep people using Windows than MS would ever give credit for. You don't see Google trying to make it the default browser choice on all systems sold by, I dunno, Dell or HP, do you?
Really? What has Chrome done to keep people on Windows? What alternatives do you have on other operating systems that you can't get on Windows?
Geez, I've been on the FF4 beta for like 5 months now almost. IMO it's much better and stable. Almost all of my extensions work in it too.
If your extension doesn't work with 3.6, edit your install.rdf file and change the MaxVersion to 3.6 (or wildcard)
Except you don't need to root your android phone to install alternative apps. Of course you can do it if you have root access.
Don't forget the privilege of writing an Apple App. And then for the privilege of selling it.
There;s a difference between trusting them to give out certificates and trusting them with your personal data, although sometimes we do have to trust that they do not give out bad certs.