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kwestro··on Hummingbird; A powerful RaspberryPi competitor
Kind of silly. RaspberryPi doesn't compete with anybody. They're like a charity, with the goal of doing the most good.
kwestro··on CyanogenMod – Android Community Operating System
"Download the CyanogenMod Installer for Windows Vista/7/8"... . No love for Linux? Wow!
kwestro··on Feedly gets hit by DDoS attack, refuses to give in to blackmail
It looks like they got hit by a second one today.
kwestro··on Intuit acquires Check for $360M
I've never understood the real significance of automatic bill pay. Once a month, within 30 minutes, all bills can be paid online at each website manually. .
kwestro··on I'm back. This time without Google
It's funny how people are scared about Google this and Google that, yet are okay with credit bureaus and credit card companies selling one's information to third parties. Very funny, I say.
kwestro··on Impermium acquired by Google
Impermium protects SaaS application users from account hijacking and account compromise.
kwestro··on What does a game developer do to promote his game?
www.chaserace.com looks like a real life mechanic shop. . Is the site spelled differently, because I couldn't find it?
kwestro··on Banks need to take on Amazon and Google or die
These content paywalls are killing me. I can't even read the story. Even one of my local newspapers decided to put up a paywall. They're losing a lot of readers because of it.
kwestro··on Katie Couric to Become Yahoo’s “Global News Anchor”
It seems like Yahoo is spending too much money, and nothing lucrative is coming out of it.
kwestro··on Any Tech Sites that don't always talk about Google, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft?
Thanks, ArabG. I'll go ahead and give those sites a look.
kwestro··on Any Tech Sites that don't always talk about Google, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft?
jokes. lol
kwestro··on Hacker Attack on Adobe Sends Ripples Across Web
I can't even read the article. :( WSJ Paywall. Skip.
kwestro··on Linux Voice – A new Linux magazine that gives back
Print is dead. Most publications have migrated to digital only. Why waste money on physical magazines, when digital versions are inexpensive and very easy to distribute?
kwestro··on Feedly not updating or adding YCombinator RSS Feed
same here. I haven't been to get any feeds via feedly.
kwestro··on Google Should Buy Twitter Before The IPO
Twitter has NEVER made a profit. They can barely monetize their products.
kwestro··on Yahoo Acquires Bread, Will Shut Down The URL Shortener That Earned You Money
They could have been toast from running out of dough. Luckily they found a breadwinner to help them rise to the top.
kwestro··on Heroku = down
I'm tired of these posts too.
kwestro··on OpenDesk – Open Source Furniture
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kwestro··on Zynga sues sex app maker over Bang With Friends name
Thanks for sharing this comical story. lol. Zynga, of all companies. Suing? They're crazy.
kwestro··on Exorcising Google
Memo: Privacy died a long time ago. . If you want true privacy, you must disassociate yourself from technology, move to the mountains and live off of the land.
kwestro··on Reasons to Choose Opera over Chrome
I'm not convinced. I tried it, and it still sucks to this day.
kwestro··on VLC threatens to sue Secunia over full disclosure
To Secunia. Law 101. Don't talk about incidents when you're being sued. Wide open grounds for incrimination.
kwestro··on Moody's takes rating actions on nine Hong Kong banks
Well, that's quite a stretch. I don't see where Snowden fits in. Plus, the rating agencies are already under heavy scrutiny over the housing market crisis.
kwestro··on DuckDuckGo Changes Homepage Logo, Links to StopWatching.Us Call Campaign
I tried it, and the results aren't up to par with whatever I'm searching. They'll be forced to relinquish data like all the other companies when they get big enough.
kwestro··on How tiny commuting app Transit is beating Google Maps
That's right. Sounds like hype.
kwestro··on Rawgithub.com
Couldn't come up with any other name? The site is just begging to be taken down by Github.
kwestro··on Yahoo buys GeoCities (1999)
...and Bebo filed for bankruptcy a couple of days ago: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/05/bebo-fi...