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That's not what they are saying at all. The obfuscator is to protect their source code, it has nothing to do with your account and files being secured or not.

I apologize if showing mobile apps is frowned upon (I rarely see them discussed here, so I thought maybe they were, but couldn't find anything).

Here's the links: Website: http://convoyapp.net App Store: http://budurl.com/ConvoyIOS

yep I had the same issue on my MBP13, they dont let you boot off USB basically. Sucks.

I see your points, and I'm definitely not suggesting G+ should be a Twitter clone, but at the moment I'm seeing that the whole concept of 'following' peoples posts, whether you know them or not, is being used (and encouraged by G+) so I think it needs some improvement.

In regards to the configuration options, I'd suggest that perhaps the defaults should be changed.

My latest app (Convoy - http://convoyapp.net) is a live map display of where you and your friends are. It uses internet and location services very heavily, yet I developed it almost entirely using an iPod touch, despite it's lack of 3G and GPS. I don't have to do any detection, the internet and location API's hide all of these details for you.

In fact I tested the app using my android phones wifi hotspot feature and the iPods wifi based location access.

I'm glad Bill is putting some money towards this. It seems quite complex but if they can make it cheap and easily maintainable it could save a lot of lives.

For anyone who doesn't think this is a big problem, picture taking DOUBLE the population of the USA, moving them to an area ~1/3 the size and having them defecate in the open with no sanitation. This (from what I've read) is pretty much the situation in India, where more people have mobile phones than access to proper toilets.

It sounds like you are basically saying there is not really a problem as long as you wash your hands?

Have a look at some of the health problems that come up due to the fact that around 6-700 million people in india defecate openly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_...

"In India there are 700 million people who do not have access to safe and hygienic toilets. The waterborne diseases this causes kill 500,000 children every year, mostly from diarrhea,"

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20071102/toilet_summit_0711...

While yes the proposed solution does sound complex, it's better to try and make it work than just let the spread of disease continue

An added benefit of this is Exchange customers can take advantage of what Microsoft has learnt from filtering Hotmails spam by using FOPE (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/forefront/cc540243) as a cloud based spam filter. It's amazing how well it works

I couldn't see the free limits or the pricing for upgrades?

I've found that those that switch from iOS complain about it the most, as they are used to the one button approach. Just like swapping between any OS I guess, you have the things you are used to and initially, the new idioms don't sit well with you.

If you don't want it in alphabetical order, put the apps on your home/launcher screens and organize them how you want. The app drawer is only a fallback for apps that aren't commonly used (therefore, they need to be in a logical order as you aren't likely to remember where they are)

I thought the same thing when I went to the website, though it looks like it simplifies things a bit, particularly in regards to billing. Might be good to have the advantages on an FAQ page somewhere.

how do they make money??

What's yours stays yours... except for when we stuff up the login system and let anyone login to your account?

Yes I know it was a mistake, but now that you've sorted out the licensing terms, lets move onto the issue of showing people you have improved your security model. Many people put pretty important stuff in their Dropbox, prove them that it will be secure. You need to come out with a blog post outlining all the new security incentives you are doing to win peoples trust back in that regard. Perhaps look at offering two factor authentication like Gmail (I believe they open sourced that), or at least when you setup a new PC to sync you need email confirmation like Steam. Maybe give people the option of having 'extra secure' dropbox folders that require you to give an extra password to access.

Also... Windows 7, .NET, Visual Studio, Office 2007 (Ribbon overhaul), WP7 (though a way to come yet, but tends to get good reviews, particularly for the UI).

Just because they are not your personal preference doesn't mean that they aren't good products.

So you think his other reasons for swapping aren't valid? Or do you think that there is a compelling reason not to use Live Mesh if you want to switch from Dropbox?

The link is down for me. Ironic given that lots of the brilliant people at Facebook are working on ways to make websites stay up under heavy load.

I've had good experiences with flash on my Galaxy S, mainly flash streaming, I don't play flash games. I've used it on a number of occasions to watch streams of cricket matches.

Much better than not having it at all.

I reckon this UI would lend nicely to being controlled by a Kinect

So you are saying that when people see that Windows 8 is different to what they currently use, they won't buy it, and instead they'll purchase a whole new, even more different operating system (OSX Lion)? I'm not sure I agree with that train of thought.

Having too many screens doesn't make you get distracted, there is a root cause as to why you are procrastinating or not enthralled in your work, and it's not having too much screen real estate.

You should try to address the root cause of your issues because it's only a matter of time before the 1 screen you have left ends up being covered by a browser window full of off topic tabs.

So you are saying Google should decide what is crapware and what isn't? The only thing I think that needs to happen is they change the ranking algorithm for search so it's easier to find the real app, not that I ever have any problem with that.

All the press I'm finding re malicious apps is the ones saying Google has removed them, as they should. If you know any more that haven't been removed I suggest you report them.

For some reason I seem to get heaps done whilst listening to Metal band 'Insomnium'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K003TNG40P8 doesn't interfere with my thinking as much as other Metal bands, can blend into the background nicely

What apps are you talking about?

Mario games as a whole on the platforms they are intended for may have sold lots but how many people have bought the SNES, Gameboy etc versions?

We're talking about an old game on a device it wasn't meant for, there's no way your average consumer would rather that over a game built for the touch interaction on a device.

Everyone always goes overboard with their reaction to any app removal from the marketplace. I don't see what the big deal is, I'm glad to see Google keeping the market from being too dodgey. All of these "oh well this is pretty much Apple" comments are silly. If you are doing something illegal, you can distribute the .apk online, anything else can go on the market without a lengthy review process. It's worlds apart.

came to post exactly this, have it off by default and users can turn it on. That way most people won't have it on so the fights don't occur, but it's still there as a convenience.

I remember Paul Obrien tweeting that the GSII was really open, seemed to actively encourage modding. Twitter search is horibble so I can't find the tweet now though.

It's good to see something that is advertised as 'only CSS' or 'pure CSS' that is actually pure CSS and doesn't have any javascript.

I'd imagine that if it was Apple, Google or even Facebook buying Skype this sort of article would have been all over the tech press from day one, but because it was Microsoft it was labelled a stupid deal, Ballmer obviously wanted to waste some money, or Microsoft just wants a Facetime competitor (as if they need to buy Skype for something as simple as that). Perhaps that's due to their own track record but it would be good to see more thought put into articles like this one has as opposed to just writing it off or not thinking very deeply about it.