And, just like the iPhone 4S that analysts claimed was "disappointing," iCloud's success will likely exceed expectations. This article is just fodder for the resident Apple-haters on Slashdot.
Um, it does back up PDFs--it stores whatever an application tries to store using the APIs, barring limitations like file size. Using dumb terms like "RDF" suggests you're a biased Apple-hater anyway.
They were thinking that they'd provide a free data syncing service for first-party and third-party apps, and that's exactly what iCloud is. Who cares if the NY Times claimed it might kill DropBox? It wasn't intended to.
Yes, it's simply because it's shiny and made by Apple that people prefer it to Android. It's not the fact that it's easy to use, doesn't drain battery life, has apps people want, and isn't riddled with malware.
Blizzard has gone back on so many things they were once publicly opposed to, from PvE-to-PvP transfers to the purchasing of gold using real-world money. And it all began after Activision got involved. Microtransactions are becoming an increasingly prominent source of revenue for this company.
$25 for a mount still blows me away. That's more than a month of subscription time...for a vanity mount.
He said "libertard," presumably referring to libertarians. Questioning government intervention would be the opposite of liberal policy. You anonymous trolls can't even get your politics straight.
Just because it's not new does not mean we should "move along." Many people assume that a photograph being published by a news source has been validated to be accurate and objective.
By the way, the WWII shot was never claimed to not be a staged photograph, recreating an event that apparently did occur and for which there was video footage.
Slashdot's headline? "Google+ user base down 60%! It must be dying!"
What the hell are you talking about? Slashdot's headline doesn't say anything about "dying." It simply states a fact--that Google+ has lost 60% of its active users since going public.
That you responded to some perceived attack over a diminishing userbase suggests you're a fan who doesn't like the bad news.
It isn't the best tech that wins but the largest market share.
You can tell yourself this if you want, but the fact is that Google+ doesn't offer anything over Facebook that people want. After all, this story says people did try Google+ but that they didn't stick around.
From the fall of AOL to the rise of iComputing, we had a 12 year golden age where walled gardens were derided, people owned their own devices, and the landscape of the internet formed more or less naturally.
You're out of touch with what people actually want.
I knew they were Democrats when their political affiliation wasn't mentioned in the headline. Seriously, it's a strange trend you'll begin to notice if you follow the news--when Democrat politicians do something unpopular, political affiliation is often left unmentioned.
If you think Kindle Fire is a victory for Android, you're not following what's going on. Did you notice Google hasn't issued a press release or said anything positive about Kindle Fire? That's because Android was created to establish Google services on mobile devices, but Amazon is replacing those services with its own. Kindle Fire is a threat to Google.
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And, just like the iPhone 4S that analysts claimed was "disappointing," iCloud's success will likely exceed expectations. This article is just fodder for the resident Apple-haters on Slashdot.
Um, it does back up PDFs--it stores whatever an application tries to store using the APIs, barring limitations like file size. Using dumb terms like "RDF" suggests you're a biased Apple-hater anyway.
They were thinking that they'd provide a free data syncing service for first-party and third-party apps, and that's exactly what iCloud is. Who cares if the NY Times claimed it might kill DropBox? It wasn't intended to.
Yes, it's simply because it's shiny and made by Apple that people prefer it to Android. It's not the fact that it's easy to use, doesn't drain battery life, has apps people want, and isn't riddled with malware.
Blizzard has gone back on so many things they were once publicly opposed to, from PvE-to-PvP transfers to the purchasing of gold using real-world money. And it all began after Activision got involved. Microtransactions are becoming an increasingly prominent source of revenue for this company.
$25 for a mount still blows me away. That's more than a month of subscription time...for a vanity mount.
Looks like you forgot to check "Post Anonymously" when replying to yourself.
He said "libertard," presumably referring to libertarians. Questioning government intervention would be the opposite of liberal policy. You anonymous trolls can't even get your politics straight.
Just because it's not new does not mean we should "move along." Many people assume that a photograph being published by a news source has been validated to be accurate and objective.
By the way, the WWII shot was never claimed to not be a staged photograph, recreating an event that apparently did occur and for which there was video footage.
What the hell are you talking about? Slashdot's headline doesn't say anything about "dying." It simply states a fact--that Google+ has lost 60% of its active users since going public.
That you responded to some perceived attack over a diminishing userbase suggests you're a fan who doesn't like the bad news.
Based on this article entitled "Google+ Loses 60% of Active Users." People tried G+ in the millions and left.
You can tell yourself this if you want, but the fact is that Google+ doesn't offer anything over Facebook that people want. After all, this story says people did try Google+ but that they didn't stick around.
Why would I want to play in a web browser instead of natively?
Westboro Baptist Church doesn't want to incur the wrath of hardcore Apple fans. They just don't know it yet.
You're out of touch with what people actually want.
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"Lot of publicity" = snarky comments on Slashdot
Such claims have been made about Linux since the creation of this website. The "Apple Phanbois" you refer to are actually a rarity in practice.
Seriously, it will be interesting to see how Slashdot's usual anti-corporation, pro-government readership reacts to this submission.
I knew they were Democrats when their political affiliation wasn't mentioned in the headline. Seriously, it's a strange trend you'll begin to notice if you follow the news--when Democrat politicians do something unpopular, political affiliation is often left unmentioned.
Bethesda hasn't released the source code for any TES games, and id released Wolfenstein, Doom, and so on before they were with Bethesda.
Uh, no it's not.
If you think Kindle Fire is a victory for Android, you're not following what's going on. Did you notice Google hasn't issued a press release or said anything positive about Kindle Fire? That's because Android was created to establish Google services on mobile devices, but Amazon is replacing those services with its own. Kindle Fire is a threat to Google.
Don't worry, Google's refusal to open source Honeycomb will discourage tampering.
The funniest part of this whole thing is that Microsoft is making more money off of Android than Google is.
Let's not forget that it bundles Flash, an insecure, closed-source plugin, yet is claimed to be an "open" browser.