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It takes a while for the App Store to index new apps for search (which is annoying), but the app is live! You can see it here - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/wifimapper-free-wifi-maps/id....

Because we can't collect pressure readings in the background (apple doesn't allow a background mode for pressure), so it would just be a waste of the user's battery to be constantly taking their location.

WeatherSignal is completely open for non-commercial use, and our data is actually being used by many of the same researchers as PressureNet!

And we're working on making our data more open - with our new resources we'll have more time to work on improve the data we make available via both our website and API.

The data included in OpenSignal insights is aggregated both geographically and temporally at a resolution that makes it impossible to identify any individual user. All we show are averaged stats over a monthly or quarterly period for a given area.

Part of our project is to inform users about how carriers are performing, but also to inform carriers how they're performing so that they can improve their service for their users. We use our data to independently regulate the carrier market, from both the supply and demand sides as we think this is the best way to help effect much-needed improvement. We sell to operators so that we don't have to charge consumers or show them annoying in-app ads!

This looks cool, but how does it actually work?

'WHAT IF A BRIBEE ACCEPTS THE BRIBE, BUT THE DATE NEVER HAPPENS?

Once a bribe is accepted, it is up to the members to communicate and plan the details of the date. Even after bribe acceptance, some dates may not happen.'

- There is something gloriously appropriate about this being in the FREQUENTLY asked questions.

Absolutely agree. I think this app sounds horrendous.

The $80k from Bloomberg was possibly a PR move for both parties as well. I don't think the Edge was ever supposed to succeed - pretty clever though, Indiegogo as a marketing platform.

The Edge is going to be the most successful unsuccessful crowdfunding project ever

While I completely agree with most of this article, there was one thing I found utterly repellent. This line - 'People largely stopped talking about what Wikileaks revealed years ago, & now discussion of Assange is dominated by the usual cliches about him being arrogant, a rapist, etc.'

Oh yes, those usual boring cliches - arrogance and rape. Repulsive. People talk about Assange being creepy because he has been accused of rape by two female (former) supporters, not because of a series of subtle derogatory digs in the mainstream media. And arguing that these rape cases are a fabrication to bring Assange to justice for what happened over wikileaks (which I don't believe at all) isn't an argument in this instance, because the two cases are so unlike each other it seems ridiculous to make the comparison. I'm not disagreeing that Edward Snowden is being subjected to unpleasant ad hominem attacks, he is and it's outrageous, but to compare him to the treatment that Assange has received is ridiculous.

Before he is, like the Snowdens of yesteryear, gone from this earth.

one gold star to you! Yes, it is D3.

Tangentially related - we did some analysis a little while ago of how screen size affects use behaviour (in terms of data consumption) - http://opensignal.com/reports/data-usage-by-screen-size/

Couldn't agree more. However I would also add that from a truly liberal perspective the logic behind government intervention is market-driven as opposed to primarily humanitarian. Recognising that markets have failures is a key part of capitalist liberalism, and it is that failure of recognition that makes libertarianism such an unstable and unworkable political philosophy.

Agreed. Although in my experience it can go badly wrong... http://opensignal.com/blog/2013/04/26/an-apology-to-our-kore...

Thanks very much! PressureNET's a really cool app as well.

I think this sounds really cool. It would be really interesting to get REALLY specific into your interests and see if anyone matched up with you.

It's great that it's not designed to be a dating site, I take it there'll be no pictures or 'how would you describe your body type?' data fields, then?

Thanks a lot, no problem about the nits, we love feedback! Agreed about the compass, we'll have a think about it for the next update.

Unfortunately those are the permissions required for monitoring usage, so it looks more sinister than it is. It's irritating that in order to count data use and texts sent we have to ask for permission to access texts and contacts, which we NEVER do.

Haha, thanks for that. We'll bear it in mind in future. Glad you like the look of the app though.

Are geeksquad that bad? My dad uses them (although he's very far from being a technophobe - despite spending a lot of time missing MS-DOS) and has had nothing but a good experience as far as I know.

The corollary to Godwin's law is that the first person to bring up the Nazis automatically loses the argument.

The point made by Legere (T-Mob CEO) a few months ago was that we need to start seeing handsets for the sophisticated, lasting, pieces of technology that they are. He argued that handset subsidies have pushed us into a mindset where we see our phone as disposable, destined for upgrade every 2 years. When we take this perspective there is no shortage of available phones, we should just be comfortable with upgrading our handsets much less often than we are currently accustomed to.

Also, T-Mobile still allow you to pay off the cost of your phone over the length of the contract, so people will still be able to get state-of-the-art phones for a low upfront cost.

Full report that this article is based on here - http://opensignal.com/reports/data-usage-by-screen-size/

My whole family was in Buenos Aires

The people's champion

Thanks for the feedback. We aim to measure the actual user experience on LTE, rather than the theoretical capacity. If an area has a higher density of users then of course connections will be slower, but that is meant to be a part of what we're recording. Obviously countrywide averages are never going to say very much about localised area speeds, but they do give a general indication for the purpose of international comparison.

This is wonderful -'Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time'

Or you could, you know, take keys... I fail to understand the distraction of having keys. It's not like I walk past every door I see and think 'man, must try and unlock that with my handy keys'. I suppose they do jangle. Bloody jangling keys.