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If money is not a big issue, why not consider cross platform solutions such as Wikitude?

In the end, the answer is "it depends."

Marketing, obviously. They were technically correct, but the figures used were not "median income" (or whatever it is called).

TechCrunch has a table that shows the comparison between advertised and real earnings: https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/19/uber-settles-ftc-lawsuit-c...

Yeah. It doesn't work on my Note 3. Samsung disabled copy & paste in the Emergency Call dialer.

The author clearly didn't do his research, simply assuming that the vulnerability affects all Android devices:

> But there's no telling when it'll reach Android devices made by Samsung, LG and others. Blame the Android's fractured updating system, which is slowed down by phone manufacturers and cellphone network carriers.

My guess is that just refers to higher end models.

> Whether you're 70 or 100, you will be frail, dim-witted[1], and unattractive

That perspective seems self-centred.

As long as he can still be a source of joy to people around him and makes the world a better place in his own way, I'd say it's a life worth living.

Also, memes such as "can has <xxx>" are considered passé now.

XSD seem good for several reasons: validation, contract, auto-complete and documentation.

Yes. It's stated in the "Get Started" section.

> it requires a specific (common, but not universal) set of circumstances to escalate it to code execution.

Man in the middle attack does not require code execution because the data is already available.

In a sense, this bug is like having part of a keyboard sniffer already installed for you.

Since explots can be done through hardware, firmware and software, how is a GNU phone better (genuine question)?

The intro video already has a few red flags to show that he doesn't know what he's talking about (or he's not being honest):

- He considers the 240x240 display an HD display

- He claims the watch has 4GB of RAM

His Kickstarter page is so full of BS materials that anyone with just a little bit of common sense and technical knowledge about smartphones should be able to tell this is not a legitimate project.

I hate it when apps don't feel 'native' for the sake of cross-platform consistency. It's stupid.

4 MB. It's quite mindblowing to think that now a low-end laptop has 1,024 times more RAM.

In my opinion, the colours don't look professional or polished at all. It's like something that an amateur designer comes up with.

I would have preferred the colour scheme of Flat UI: http://designmodo.github.io/Flat-UI/

But I'm not a designer. There could be a valid explanation as to why the chosen pastel colours are the absolute best for iOS 7.

EA on not allowing larger cities: "The system performance challenges we encountered would mean that the vast majority of our players wouldn’t be able to load, much less play with bigger cities."

Seriously? If they had allowed offline play in the first place, the city size would only be limited by the player's own hardware.

I worked on various projects in the region for more than a year. That has been my experience. I'm not white, if that matters.

I've only been to a few countries in the Middle East, so I can't generalise. But one thing common among these countries is the lack of warmth, sincerity and humility among the locals. It is one of the most unpleasant and hostile cultures that I have encountered in my years of travel.

They treat blue-collar foreigners as lesser humans.

EDIT: To clarify, I've only been to Qatar, UAE and Bahrain.

I'd say this is probably the first time it's done right on a popular computing device (to my knowledge). Previous fingerprint scanners always required the finger swipe gesture, which was frustratingly difficult to get right.

Just like the pattern lock (or face unlock and its variations) on Android phones, the idea is to encourage users to have at least some protection.

As an Android phone user, I hope to see this being adopted by the Android manufacturers (and I hope the Apple camp would shut up about people copying their idea).

I wonder why they chose to support iOS and Windows Phone first and not Android.

Yet another entry in the list of missed opportunities.

But I suppose it's easy to criticise people with the benefit of hindsight.

Why does the "Time Square, 2013" picture have markers for Hello Kitty, Elmo, Mario and Spider-man?

Hype and a huge cult following. These make the movie much easier to sell.

Even the updated article is completely wrong!

"Microsoft Has 1 Million Server Datacenters" - Uh, that's not what Ballmer meant.

But as a link bait, this article must have been super successful.

The Register article is much easier to read as a news piece, especially for people unfamiliar with encryption algorithms.

Besides, the article includes links to more technical materials, including the project page should the reader want to find out more.

RE: TouchWiz UI - Did you know that you can use your own launcher and apply any theme you wish (legally; without even rooting the device). While I agree that it is not as polished as iOS, it can look great too. You can even make it look like iOS or Windows Phone with some effort.

RE: Display - Just like normal TV set, you can select your preferred display mode on the S4. According to DisplayMate, the movie mode gives you the most accurate colours. Please read their detailed display shootout between the S4 and iPhone 5: http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S4_ShootOut_1.htm

RE: Battery Life - Are you kidding? From my experience, iPhone 5's battery life is shorter than that of many Android phones.

RE: Call Quality - Wow. Really?

And yet we seem to have accomplished so much, both in advancing humanity as well as in doing damage to nature.

Looking at the syllabus, it looks more like "Miscellaneous Programming-Related Topics" than anything "advanced".

Part of their pitch is that you don't have to carry your cables around (they did include 2 USB ports at the base just in case).

But I guess their mistake is pitching this as an iDevice charger from the start (see their video; very heavy focus on iDevices). And when they couldn't include a lightning connector, it became a deal breaker.

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