...only the robot's owners will live more comfortably than before.
Do you really think some people/corporations will the spend money developing or acquiring robots to share the economic fruits with everybody.
Now that would be a nice thing to do but if history teaches us anything it's that it's not likely to happen.
Let's remember that next time [insert OSS project] failed/was stopped because it didn't have a proper business model behind it.
That said, Google failed providing a decent authentication system to their free service.
They should have used API keys and limit the number of calls each one can make if they can't support unlimited calls.
My guess is that's what they're going to do next...
I happen to live n Japan and I also own an iPhone.
Sure Japanese phones have a lot of features that the iPhone doesn't have: better camera, mobile payment system, video calls...
However regarding MMS for instance, Japan is a civilized country and as such they've been using using emails on phones for years.
What's dumb on the iPhone for Japan is not the lack of MMS but the presence of SMS!
Regarding the iPhone being lame in Japan, it is the exact opposite of my experience. Almost all the Japanese who have seen my iPhone were impressed by it, even compared to local standards.
The reasons not to buy it in Japan: no mobile payment, the carrier who offers it (Softbank) doesn't have the best reputation, emoji (pictural characters) are mostly incompatible with other phones/carriers.
Again, one last time, to me the reason the iPhone blew away everybody when it came out is ONLY because it had the first mobile useable full web browser. I've seen a lot of crazy features on Japanese phones, but never that simple one.
Repeat after me:
This is not about microsoft having a ruling browser. This is about microsoft having a ruling OS, and using it push their browser in illegal ways.
I see...so you mean Google should link to Gmail AND Yahoo Mail right?
They have a ruling search engine and they are using it to push their email service in "illegal" ways to repeat your words.
When will they force Google to have links to Yahoo?
Even better, why don't they force them to give users the option between all search engines when you go to google.com. A nice popup every time you hit the search button would be sweet too.
I hate microsoft as much as the next guy, but it seems a little silly to ask for something like that.
I did not RTFA so I don't know how much this patent covers but nobody can deny that Apple came up with an innovative good interface that everybody is trying to copy now.
Sure it sucks to be a copycat now but maybe it will push these people to innovate like Apple did.
If the patent does not include every single interface using some kind of touch or multi-touch technology (which it might...) there is still room for innovation.
It's sad that nobody came up with a clean UI like that before but you have to give credits to Apple for that.
I really like the iPhone UI but it's far from perfect. I could think of lots of different ways to improve on that.
If I can do it, I'm sure some phone makers can do it too.
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That guy beat them to it: http://www.theonion.com/articles/ceos-success-credited-to-unbelievable-handshake,1809/
...only the robot's owners will live more comfortably than before.
Do you really think some people/corporations will the spend money developing or acquiring robots to share the economic fruits with everybody.
Now that would be a nice thing to do but if history teaches us anything it's that it's not likely to happen.
Let's remember that next time [insert OSS project] failed/was stopped because it didn't have a proper business model behind it.
That said, Google failed providing a decent authentication system to their free service. They should have used API keys and limit the number of calls each one can make if they can't support unlimited calls.
My guess is that's what they're going to do next...
I happen to live n Japan and I also own an iPhone.
Sure Japanese phones have a lot of features that the iPhone doesn't have: better camera, mobile payment system, video calls...
However regarding MMS for instance, Japan is a civilized country and as such they've been using using emails on phones for years.
What's dumb on the iPhone for Japan is not the lack of MMS but the presence of SMS!
Regarding the iPhone being lame in Japan, it is the exact opposite of my experience. Almost all the Japanese who have seen my iPhone were impressed by it, even compared to local standards.
The reasons not to buy it in Japan: no mobile payment, the carrier who offers it (Softbank) doesn't have the best reputation, emoji (pictural characters) are mostly incompatible with other phones/carriers.
Again, one last time, to me the reason the iPhone blew away everybody when it came out is ONLY because it had the first mobile useable full web browser. I've seen a lot of crazy features on Japanese phones, but never that simple one.
Repeat after me: This is not about microsoft having a ruling browser. This is about microsoft having a ruling OS, and using it push their browser in illegal ways.
I see...so you mean Google should link to Gmail AND Yahoo Mail right?
They have a ruling search engine and they are using it to push their email service in "illegal" ways to repeat your words.
When will they force Google to have links to Yahoo?
Even better, why don't they force them to give users the option between all search engines when you go to google.com. A nice popup every time you hit the search button would be sweet too.
I hate microsoft as much as the next guy, but it seems a little silly to ask for something like that.
Here's a good read with a checklist of things to do to secure your website from page 80
http://www.ipa.go.jp/security/vuln/documents/website_security_en.pdf
It's quite easy to understand and if you follow all the recommendations your website should be more secure than average.
I did not RTFA so I don't know how much this patent covers but nobody can deny that Apple came up with an innovative good interface that everybody is trying to copy now.
Sure it sucks to be a copycat now but maybe it will push these people to innovate like Apple did.
If the patent does not include every single interface using some kind of touch or multi-touch technology (which it might...) there is still room for innovation.
It's sad that nobody came up with a clean UI like that before but you have to give credits to Apple for that.
I really like the iPhone UI but it's far from perfect. I could think of lots of different ways to improve on that.
If I can do it, I'm sure some phone makers can do it too.
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You really can't trust pirates anymore!