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I had no idea. Thanks for the very cool animation/explanation. A+

so if I'm reading this correct, he hates linked in because they spam him with email? Gosh, its my resume. And recruiters call me. And I have all my recommendations in one place. sorry, but I'd like to hold on to my account if you dont mind.

custom apps. access to beta's. with 50 mill users, just charging $1/mon for beta access alone would be plenty of revenue. Beyond that, there could be plenty of cyanogen official apps that provide valuable services that users would pay for.

the biggest challenge will be divergence from google. Presumable google apps will not longer be supported (then again, they are available on cyanogen today but you can flash that on). Question is, how many android users will move to cyanogen as opposed to finding another developer who can someone clean up and build android for devices.

I don't disagree with your sentiment so I had to go back and re-read the OPs thoughts.

I think he had a Group Youtube channel. He logged in using his individual account onto his Group Youtube channel and it linked his individual G+ to the group Youtube. When he unlinked this, it disable his Group Youtube.

I think this is pretty serious stuff. If youtube allows you to group individual accounts, then you dont want to link a group channel to an individual account. I think thats the concerns being raised here.

i don't get this. For me, instacart delivery has always been free on orders over $35. What does express buy me?

Wait. So if I'm reading this correctly, Apple's answer is being silent? There are much better alternatives here

1. Point the old app to the new app, so people know there is an upgrade. Also address the concern of moving data to the newer upgraded app. 2. Provide an subscription model

wow. very critical comments here, none of which I see are a challenge in overcoming. For example

1. Text in the middle: They could move this to the side or the bottom or anywhere else since it seems like it is projected. Google Glass cannot do this.

2. Color of text. I'm sure that can be addressed with alternate colors.

3. Cannot take input other than a smartphone: You mean a camera (listed as an option)? Not sure what else would apply

I'm more surprised no one else has positive comments 1. $199 vs $1500 2. Everyone has a phone today. I seriously doubt anyone using glass is giving that up soon. So, why not just tie the device to your phone. Why replace it? 3. Once it is tied to the phone, the app can just communicate with device. If this actually works and gets adoption, app developers will work on integration. The biggest down is that Google will not which means (as someone else pointed out) no maps integration. That would be a shame.

I don't know if this is the product that will make it. But I know they have the right idea over Google in terms of demand. If google made this at $200-$300 instead of glass, I'd have pre-ordered.

"But if everyone does that, the economics of content production totally change. The shows you're buying now might not even get made in the first place."

I would argue quite the opposite. If everyone switched to 'cord cutting' more content will be made for Netflix, Amazon, Hulu etc, maybe even pushed to all rather than exclusive deals.

"The truth is that the current TV system is a great deal for everyone." I partially agree with this statement. I would remove 'for everyone' here. Clearly for darkchasma, cord cutting was more cost effective. Personally, if ESPN was available online, I would cut the cord because there is nothing else I need from cable.

The OP clearly has the numbers incorrect (only looking at primetime data) but does have a point about a-la-carte prices being higher. However, the assumption here is all viewers are on cable or all are off it. However, with a gradual transition, the price will not have a drastic impact.

Lets assume that ESPN makes itself available online. You might see a flurry of cord-cutters flock to online-only mode but there will still be plenty left on cable. Between the two, ESPN will continue to hit the revenue numbers by refining the cost on each side.

I personally think that over time, the online model will follow cable where content providers will group channels to provide discounted programming.

It is well designed and I like what you have built. Maybe a couple of reasons why this hasn't taken off.

1. You need to install something. I personally try not to install anything unless I absolutely need to. Maybe this could easily be done as a bookmarklet instead.

2. Just email isn't interesting. In addition to emailing links, you could provide the option to tweet it, publish it to well known blogs, post on fb walls etc.

comparing iOS to Surface pro is just a example of what is wrong with the article and some of the comments here.

compare osx to the surface pro. Oh wait. OSX doesn't run on anything less than a Macbook Air which weighs 2.8 lbs. It also ships with 80gb and 128gb disk of which I do not know what is available to users. the 80gb air sells at $999 and the 128gb at $1099. And the air doesn't function as a tablet, does not have a touchscreen display etc etc.

Seriously poor reporting here. Compare apples to apples and then buyers can make informed decisions.

exactly. which means i need to rip everything. i dont. amazon should just take my cds and give me mp3s.

Looks like a great service. However, my reason to not using you however is that I'm tied in to the Amazon ecosystem. I buy all my new music on Amazon. I buy my movies, tv shows there too. Using you means I'm tied to another service for a specific need. Do you guys have tie-in with Amazon in any way? Amazon should really buy you guys (unless you want to stand alone)

Nice. But I wish Amazon would start a trade-in program (similar to Apple). I have CDs from way back when and I'd like to able to get MP3 versions of those CDs. I'm happy to send the CDs to Amazon and have then replace them with MP3s on my cloud player. How about that for a business idea?!

edit: Apple doesn't have this but they do convert MP3s you upload to legal versions. Unsure if Amazon provides this as well. Also, while I realize it is easy to rip and upload, I just don't have the time to do this. I don't think it is worth paying someone to do this either. I'd rather Amazon take this up.

I disagree with this comment. If anything the video shows that the HTML5 version here does not lose state when moving between feed and wall. So in effect, it consumes less data when used.

Also, FB is an online community so there is no way to get content, whether native or HTML5 without data plans on your phone. While the native app will be able to cache some content, FB will never make it large enough because they want to get site traffic (and hence ads)

Couldn't agree more. Apple tried to throw its weight around when it clearly had no business suing. Apple's working on the principle it is too big to fail.

exactly my thought when I saw this at a cheaper price point. However, the resource furniture one is a lot more finished product (flat back with sides covered). I've even seen ones with shelves to hold more things. I think $660 price point is more appealing but it lacks the visual appeal. If it were more finished (not an eyesore as a desk), I'd definitely consider paying up to $1000 for a queen.

exactly. I'm surprised this is being so heavily discussed. I mean, if Telsa charged $63000 instead of $60000, no one would care. That 3000 covers the maintenance for 5 years. It is negligible in comparison to the cost of the vehicle.

i agree the article got Mercedes costs wrong but your comment is on the other end of the spectrum. I've owned 2 Mercs and never had to run through 4 sets for 50k miles, 1 maybe 2 at most. But I do agree that merc dealers charge crazy for a service. I was once told to fork up $1600 for a full service. The local service shop charged me $150 for the same thing.

The article seems to suggest that BMW has a good new car warranty but Mercedes doesn't. All new mercs have 4 year, 50k miles warranty as well.

how about using gimp effects rather than a programmatic solutions. For example. Animation -> Rippling.

http://postimage.org/image/5ki873h2v/

and that is not a SLK500 rather an SLR

Just to be clear, LendInk facilitated lending through Amazon, not a service they were providing. They were simply matching users who had the same reading interest.

I doubt Amazon pressured them into shutting down considering LendInk is sending business their way.

disagree with you on all point here.

Yes you can arrange the icons on your phone the way you like it and yes you can do this on your laptop too. But when I dock my laptop, the screen resolution changes and now I have to find something.

On the desktop, I use launchy. A simple keyboard shortcut, type and run. Simple.

Overall I agree with most of the authors point. I do mainly agree on the point that users should have an option to have their standard desktop back as the default screen rather than metro.

You presumably work at Yelp? This isn't a case of killing the messenger. This is a case where the company wants business owners to conform to its way to dealing with spam rather than have its engineers come up with a better solution to the problem

Read this very well written article on the problem and possible solution and maybe you'll have a better idea of the problem at hand.

http://justinvincent.com/page/1874/yelp-you-cost-me-2000-by-...

no cron, no thanks

Credibility of this is very doubtful indeed. Even if the 2CV was easy to deal with mechanically, the task of doing this in itself is a challenge in the middle of the desert. Add to that he didn't plan on breaking down and had tools + food/water to last him the trip. Then you take the precision of the work itself. He even bothered to add a license plate and he managed to level it as well.

DRM or not, this seems like a great way to distribute content.

I'm sorry but Apple does not care about the 3gs either. Use it and it is slow and miserable. And come summer, you'll have the same experience with the 4s.

While the Mozilla one worked, your example did not work on FF 11.

Agreed. Amazon could use a similar policy rather than having to ship stuff back. For example, I ordered something from Amazon worth $200. A few days later, the price dropped to $100. I already had it unboxed and wired into my setup so I called Amazon and said do a price match. Instead, they wanted me to ship the old one back and reorder the new one. I'm like why? Now, I have to be out $8 shipping it back to them, they are out whatever to ship the new item back and they still give me $100 back. But that was policy and that is what I had to do. Makes no sense. Seems like UPS comes out ahead.

ff9 doesnt work for me. chrome does. you mentioned ff8?