And your suspicion would be dead wrong. They want to control your "market" and prevent you from 'stealing' their stuff ( like YT down-loaders, and ad blocks. ) and also to keep you 100% within their ecosystem.
Yes, you can use a 3rd party VoIP app with a 3rd party provider, but having the Google integration was really nice. And how many will be free? Only ones i know of hook into Google voice.. all the rest are pay, so might as well keep using your cell minutes.
Oh, wait, you can just use Chromium and stop crying.
For how much longer? You can fork but then it becomes yet another 3rd party browser, behind the 'official' one that you can no longer get features from, and might even get slapped down for "unauthorized 3rd party use of APIs"..
Don't forget moving nearly all their stuff to the new 'Google play framework'... and all the internal hooks it brings with it, just to read mail or send a message..
Look, kill it, quick! Just like they did with AT&T
Cant have those pesky companies making a profit in this socialist 'state'. I still want to know who Google pissed off to bring the wrath of the feds down on them.
Sure, NK doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell of pulling it off, but directed energy weapons are NOT a bad idea in principle, and if done correctly could be far more effective than projectile weapons.
The problem really wasn't with silk road, it was no more or less illegal than your street corner. The problem is it was being run by some guy who was violating laws, and got caught. If you do something to piss off the man, you really need to stay clean.
Its too bad the dealers lost their $, but that can happen in real life too if your supplier gets busted before he delivers.
We did it back in the 70s.... with voice. Could have done it again later when acoustic modems became available to the average person.
IrDA existed in the 80s and 90s.. And was a life saver when the parallel port went out on my *expensive* laser printer.. It had irDA... was great for syncing my PDA to my PC and not having to futz around with cables. Could even pipe it thru a fiber in a light-noisy environments.
Xerox was experimenting with it for office transmission back in the 80's too, trying to make 'universal tablet' devices that had no local storage, just pick up one and use it like a pad of paper. It used Infrared from transceivers in the ceiling.
While its nice to see it making a comeback, I really don't see the big deal or the 'big and expensive' nonsense..
Barrack Obama broke the law, and didn't got his day in court.
And your point?
The Obama story isn't over yet, but he should be hauled in front of a judge too. Clinton, he lied to congress. A crime. He deserved to be removed from office. I disagree Bush broke the law. But if he had of, yes, he should be in court too.
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And your suspicion would be dead wrong. They want to control your "market" and prevent you from 'stealing' their stuff ( like YT down-loaders, and ad blocks. ) and also to keep you 100% within their ecosystem.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/11/04/merging-of-google-voice-and-hangouts-will-result-shutting-down-all-3rd-party-voice-apps-in-may-2014/
Yes, you can use a 3rd party VoIP app with a 3rd party provider, but having the Google integration was really nice. And how many will be free? Only ones i know of hook into Google voice .. all the rest are pay, so might as well keep using your cell minutes.
Oh, wait, you can just use Chromium and stop crying.
For how much longer? You can fork but then it becomes yet another 3rd party browser, behind the 'official' one that you can no longer get features from, and might even get slapped down for "unauthorized 3rd party use of APIs"..
Don't forget moving nearly all their stuff to the new 'Google play framework'... and all the internal hooks it brings with it, just to read mail or send a message..
Google has run off the track.
First you are going to kill off VoIP via Google voice, and now this.. Have they lost their minds? What is next?
Except that was never its intent.
Might want to make that more clear in story, it almost reads like an anti-bitcoin FUD thing.
So a 'bank' had their servers breached and money stolen... *yawn*.
Look, kill it, quick! Just like they did with AT&T
Cant have those pesky companies making a profit in this socialist 'state'. I still want to know who Google pissed off to bring the wrath of the feds down on them.
The first one is always free.
Not if its directed.
Sure, NK doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell of pulling it off, but directed energy weapons are NOT a bad idea in principle, and if done correctly could be far more effective than projectile weapons.
Always the lowest common denominator for any persecution "its for the kids". Next they will suggest HE is a pedo to ruin his image further.
Not that i agree with what he did ( he DID break the law ) but this is sad.
The problem really wasn't with silk road, it was no more or less illegal than your street corner. The problem is it was being run by some guy who was violating laws, and got caught. If you do something to piss off the man, you really need to stay clean.
Its too bad the dealers lost their $, but that can happen in real life too if your supplier gets busted before he delivers.
We did it back in the 70s.... with voice. Could have done it again later when acoustic modems became available to the average person.
IrDA existed in the 80s and 90s.. And was a life saver when the parallel port went out on my *expensive* laser printer.. It had irDA... was great for syncing my PDA to my PC and not having to futz around with cables. Could even pipe it thru a fiber in a light-noisy environments.
Xerox was experimenting with it for office transmission back in the 80's too, trying to make 'universal tablet' devices that had no local storage, just pick up one and use it like a pad of paper. It used Infrared from transceivers in the ceiling.
While its nice to see it making a comeback, I really don't see the big deal or the 'big and expensive' nonsense..
Right, if you take something your company owns its theft.
When you have the media bought and paid for, they can convince the masses of anything.
You assume that it didn't go exactly as planned.
it was designed to fail, so as to inaccurately blame the Republicans and replace it with single-payer as a ' i told you so ' maneuver.
Not a challenge, but a requirement to be competitive.
I am sure someone somewhere caught him on camera.
Office Communicator.
Theft and release of classified materials to unauthorized personnel are both crimes.
Want to try again?
Its becoming tightly integrated with their other enterprise communication offerings. So *tons* of people will use it. Many wont even know it.
They don't want their internal stuff being used by others. I don't see a problem really.
I could care less what you think about the guy, he *clearly* violated the law. You can take your stupid crap and shove it.
Barrack Obama broke the law, and didn't got his day in court.
And your point?
The Obama story isn't over yet, but he should be hauled in front of a judge too. Clinton, he lied to congress. A crime. He deserved to be removed from office. I disagree Bush broke the law. But if he had of, yes, he should be in court too.
As it should be. Regardless of how one feels about what he has done, be it for or against, he broke the law and should have his day in court.
That is fine with me. And yes, it is a jailable offence.