It also is not related to Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll stepping down in the way suggested. The crackdown on internet cafes is the reason Carroll stepped down, not the other way around as implied....
Rob Malda (born May 10, 1976), also known as CmdrTaco, is an American internet entrepreneur and former editor-in-chief of the website Slashdot. He is a graduate of Hope College and Holland Christian High School.
In 1997 Rob Malda and Jeff Bates created Slashdot while undergraduates of Hope College. After running the site for two years "on a shoestring", they sold the site to Andover.net, which was later acquired by VA Linux Systems. Malda ran the site out of the SourceForge, Inc. office in Dexter, Michigan.
Rob Malda also wrote a monthly column for Computer Power User. In 2002, he was named in the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
On August 25, 2011, Rob Malda announced his resignation from Slashdot...[SNIP]
In 2008, iTunes had "margins that are better than the best e-commerce companies around; no marketing costs and a built in audience; Sales of nearly $3 billion a year in its existing business; and a new $1 billion business on the way."
In 2013, we now know the sales projections were conservative, and with a need to show revenue growth to investors, I'm sure Tim Cook would not announce that Apple would begin quarterly reports of software revenue (e.g. iTunes) without being certain he can produce big numbers.
I know we've been told that repeatedly, but that was specifically in reference to music sales. I suspect it has also been somewhat of an accounting trick. Remember that the App Stores are part of iTunes...
This seems like another revenue stream for Apple's iAd Network, which can definitely use the boost.
Advertiser-sponsored streaming radio stations (a la Pandora) with a paid option to remove advertising.
These buy buttons seem like the obvious tie-in with iTunes to buy a song as it is streaming. This falls in with Apple's announcement that they will start separating software revenue from hardware revenue in quarterly reports. I guess they won't be propping up iPod revenue with iTunes anymore (since music players don't affect the stock any more).
You guys did something wrong. In mobile Safari when I try to scroll down the page, it often detects my touch as a click and opens a story I don't want to read. This isn't a problem with the browser because it doesn't happen on any other mobile site. It seems to be a problem with the size of your click-able regions. I'm not sure what kind of beta testing was done, but it obviously wasn't enough.
Bay Area is a common local colloquialism used to refer to populated areas situated around a bay. Some examples of locales in the United States that are referred to simply as "the Bay Area" by their residents are:
East Coast:
Chesapeake Bay area, in Maryland and Virginia
Massachusetts Bay area, in Massachusetts
West Coast:
Coos Bay Area, in Oregon
Humboldt Bay Area, on the far North Coast of California
San Francisco Bay Area, in California
Monterey Bay Area, in California
San Diego Bay Area, in California
Gulf Coast:
Galveston Bay Area, in Texas
Tampa Bay Area, in Florida
I wouldn't consider buying many items from Ebay either. However, his main point (topic sentence) was that having to wait several days for the auction to end negated the chance that someone would shop on Ebay during Amazon's outage. That is not a valid point, since (as you point out) Ebay has had seller stores for years.
Ebay has several "Buy Now" products sold by vendors. Ebay is specifically trying to compete with Amazon. Several niche products are only available via Ebay "Buy Now" merchants.
This phone connects to the main phone via NFC, as the article points out. None of the aforementioned benefits would be derived from this setup. Furthermore. running the NFC radio on the main phone (needed so the smaller phone will work) will drain the battery even more. The dumbphone does not work without the smartphone.
The article points out that it connects to the main (mother) phone via NFC. It's a tethered phone rather than one that connects to the cellular carrier.
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Yes. Allied Veterans was running Internet Cafes and claiming the profits were going to veterans.
It also is not related to Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll stepping down in the way suggested. The crackdown on internet cafes is the reason Carroll stepped down, not the other way around as implied....
You didn't even read the summary! Your second sentence is specifically addressed.
If you don't see the benefits of trolls winning with "Toxic Comments," you're an idiot.
-1 Not True.
Rob Malda (born May 10, 1976), also known as CmdrTaco, is an American internet entrepreneur and former editor-in-chief of the website Slashdot. He is a graduate of Hope College and Holland Christian High School.
In 1997 Rob Malda and Jeff Bates created Slashdot while undergraduates of Hope College. After running the site for two years "on a shoestring", they sold the site to Andover.net, which was later acquired by VA Linux Systems. Malda ran the site out of the SourceForge, Inc. office in Dexter, Michigan.
Rob Malda also wrote a monthly column for Computer Power User. In 2002, he was named in the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
On August 25, 2011, Rob Malda announced his resignation from Slashdot...[SNIP]
Here's a story from 2008 where Steve Jobs once again repeated the claim that Apple didn't expect to make a lot of money through iTunes selling phone Apps. However, the author disagrees and compares iTunes to other e-commerce businesses like Amazon and eBay.
In 2008, iTunes had "margins that are better than the best e-commerce companies around; no marketing costs and a built in audience; Sales of nearly $3 billion a year in its existing business; and a new $1 billion business on the way."
In 2013, we now know the sales projections were conservative, and with a need to show revenue growth to investors, I'm sure Tim Cook would not announce that Apple would begin quarterly reports of software revenue (e.g. iTunes) without being certain he can produce big numbers.
I know we've been told that repeatedly, but that was specifically in reference to music sales. I suspect it has also been somewhat of an accounting trick. Remember that the App Stores are part of iTunes...
EDIT: OP was "+4 insightful" when I commented. At +5 Funny now. Someone got it.
It looks like you "whooshed" the moderators. Good job!
This seems like another revenue stream for Apple's iAd Network, which can definitely use the boost. Advertiser-sponsored streaming radio stations (a la Pandora) with a paid option to remove advertising.
These buy buttons seem like the obvious tie-in with iTunes to buy a song as it is streaming. This falls in with Apple's announcement that they will start separating software revenue from hardware revenue in quarterly reports. I guess they won't be propping up iPod revenue with iTunes anymore (since music players don't affect the stock any more).
Apple's software is getting stickier.
Spots the Space Marine: Defense of the Fiddler is still listed on Amazon. What was the point of this, a free advertisement?
m.slashdot.org only shows a blank page in Chrome on my laptop.
It will display the page, but there are no click-able regions on Firefox 18.0.2 on OS X 10.8.2.
I guess this is the actual Beta Test period?
It requires JavaScript to work.
Same exact behavior in mobile Safari.
You guys did something wrong. In mobile Safari when I try to scroll down the page, it often detects my touch as a click and opens a story I don't want to read. This isn't a problem with the browser because it doesn't happen on any other mobile site. It seems to be a problem with the size of your click-able regions. I'm not sure what kind of beta testing was done, but it obviously wasn't enough.
Bay Area is a common local colloquialism used to refer to populated areas situated around a bay. Some examples of locales in the United States that are referred to simply as "the Bay Area" by their residents are:
East Coast:
Chesapeake Bay area, in Maryland and Virginia
Massachusetts Bay area, in Massachusetts
West Coast:
Coos Bay Area, in Oregon
Humboldt Bay Area, on the far North Coast of California
San Francisco Bay Area, in California
Monterey Bay Area, in California
San Diego Bay Area, in California
Gulf Coast:
Galveston Bay Area, in Texas
Tampa Bay Area, in Florida
Source: wikipedia
Yes. However, it appears that some parts are printed AND some parts are purchased.
"The design is based on parts either 3D-printed or bought from your local hardware store."
[sarcasm] I can't wait to read the article and find out if it's 3D printed parts or parts I have to buy. [/sarcasm]
I bet it can at least spell "citys" correctly....
I wouldn't consider buying many items from Ebay either. However, his main point (topic sentence) was that having to wait several days for the auction to end negated the chance that someone would shop on Ebay during Amazon's outage. That is not a valid point, since (as you point out) Ebay has had seller stores for years.
To understand your comment was wrong? Ebay is not simply about auctions anymore. They are trying to compete with Amazon. How could I be clearer?
Ebay has several "Buy Now" products sold by vendors. Ebay is specifically trying to compete with Amazon. Several niche products are only available via Ebay "Buy Now" merchants.
This isn't news to anyone but you, by the way.
This phone connects to the main phone via NFC, as the article points out. None of the aforementioned benefits would be derived from this setup. Furthermore. running the NFC radio on the main phone (needed so the smaller phone will work) will drain the battery even more. The dumbphone does not work without the smartphone.
The article points out that it connects to the main (mother) phone via NFC. It's a tethered phone rather than one that connects to the cellular carrier.