1,152 karma · joined March 14, 2011
ps.if you prefer android just read the name in a l33t way.
-taller screen
-4g lte connection
-better camera
-better earphones
-better graphics
-new connector: no backwards compatiblity
-new software: no jb for a while, apple maps still less reliable than google maps, apple youtube app removed and the new google one can't play videos in the background
-no nfc
Not to mention that the case you pointed me to (and more on http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=apple+trademark) look way more legitimate, because there is some kind of a visual resemblance with the Apple logo, the grocery store on the other hand is totally different visually and I think it is extremely unlikely that a consumer may be confused by it.
I think that Google is clearly losing the "don't be evil" credo, whatever you may think about a specific industry.
Google is trying to do everything, Google is not satisfied with ads and is trying to remove the middlemen, all the possible ones.
They tried to attack the fashion ecommerce niche with Google Boutiques, they tried to attack Groupon with Google Offers, now they become an Internet Provider, but why? Here are my two cents:
-they will be able to know everything, and I mean everything, their users do online, and they are one of the few organizations actually able to parse and exploit this size of data -they will be able to know the identity of their users -they may be able to control the speed or stability of the connection to specific sites, they may even hijack specific banner ads without anyone noticing
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You can have all the money in the world and all the world class runners you want, but your team will still lose if you run even just on a slightly wrong track.