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This. It's an easy way to bend tax laws.

Bundling this with internet and cable is also a sneaky way to manipulate taxes.

>I am not aware of a socialized plan to put phone in the hands of poor people

"Since 1985, the Lifeline program has provided a discount on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers... The Lifeline program is available to eligible low-income consumers in every state, territory, commonwealth, and on Tribal lands."[1]

[1] https://www.fcc.gov/general/lifeline-program-low-income-cons...

"What's this cool database modeler? Huh, it's made by vertabelo... where have I seen that? Oh goddammit."

All open source projects are just forks all the way down. The hierarchy and "top" are just ways to represent them, they don't have inherent meaning. Remember: GitHub isn't the authority on git.

Good on BK for bucking their recent heath food trend.

>This article contains one or more incomplete lists which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness

Well isn't that ironic.

>so it is about marketing

I read that line the same way. Under everything, their business isn't privacy; it's making money. They just happen to take a strong public stance on customer privacy. That seems really difficult to explain to readers without patronizing.

I wonder if it will be part of the nexus line; perhaps it will run apps targeted for the Nexus Player.

Any speculation on how he did that? In some of the shots I can see the main string splitting into what looks like two strings, but I was expecting a third.

Edit: http://imgur.com/O0Z2UOM

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This probably isn't new, but I just noticed it. For shame.

This could have more utility for a user with a feature phone. Their notes app is likely more difficult to access, its data not backed up to the "cloud" or just not be a feature at all on the phone.

Perhaps they're questioning the perpetuation of the "women-are-personal-assistants" stereotype? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just noticed OSM has overhead power lines on their maps. A quick search reveals GM either doesn't have that data or doesn't have any way of displaying it. +1 for OSM in my book.

They're making big money on their online listings -- particularly from small business owners who know no better. A product I used to develop was a direct competitor to them (listings for a niche business market) and the sales team would tell horror stories of the aggressive sales techniques YP uses. They would basically bully small business owners (primarily in the older demographic) into paying exorbitant rates for a templated ("Custom!") web site with unreal promises of traffic and leads. These charts really seem to support that target market. It's one thing, if that's what your clients are actually using to find your business, but it's disgraceful when using your brand recognition to extort businesses. Reminiscent of the alleged Yelp shenanigans.