Facebook is giving up Places (Foursquare competitor) and Deals (Groupon competitor) and is now going after Instagram with plans to add filters to your photos on FB.
Instagram was all in a tizzy last night with lots of #IGaintFB posts. Apparently, for a good part of the summer, FB was trying to purchase Instagram. When that didn't happen, they just decided to copy it.
...and I'm not the least bit worried. See, Foursquare, Twitter and Groupon are all still around. This will be gone after a few months.
The case was about Bell denying service to a user based on the presumption that he was guilty of using the phone for illicit activity. Bell, being the owner of those lines...
In the BART case, we have BART - the owner of the repeaters - denying service to it's users based on the presumption that they were going to use their phones for illicit activity.
There will be an initial impact...but what do you think is going to happen in a few weeks when they announce the iPhone 5? This was a strategic move by Apple...this is absolutely THE BEST time for him to step down without lasting impact to Apple's value. Not only is the iPhone 5 coming out...but it's also going to Sprint (probably). So, now you've got 52 million more eligible customers in the US alone.
...plus all the 'back-to-school' products being sold...yeah, this isn't going to last past their next quarterly shareholders meeting.
Tomorrow there will be a good dip in their stock, but once they make that announcement...they'll easily be the most valuable company...
I hope you meant that sarcastically. Apple is the 2nd most valuable company in the world. And it's only $10B away from being the 1st. Google couldn't afford Apple if Google's worth doubled and Apple's halved.
Similarly, we have "attempted murder" or in the drug using world "intent to distribute".
Perhaps someone will make a new crime with "attempted distribution" or "intent to distribute" which would be a lesser penalty than actually distributing.
I'm the same way...I work for a small company as the systems administrator. There's quite a few people here who are close to my age and I get along with great at work...but that's where it ends. My FB/social networking is my private life.
Working for a small company (150 employees) there tends to be a lot of water cooler talk. I lost 80 through diet and exercise and heard rumors that I lost the weight via smoking crack rock. And, since I'm not a healthy weight and a lot better looking before, I hear a lot more "he's sleeping with..." "he's slept with..." and none of it is true.
Heaven forbid these rumor mongers have an actual glimpse into my real life (I think they'd be bored to death!)
And I completely agree...a teacher's relationship with a student is far different than my relationship with the users at my company. There's no professional benefit from me friending my coworkers. There is some benefit to the teacher/student.
That's what I was thinking...but if it's their equipment to provide a service for their users...then I don't see how it could be illegal for them to turn it off. I think when you block the signal, it's actually messing with the carrier's signal.
"So can someone explain why the federal government is coming down so hard on Bradley Manning, rather ***thank*** taking some of that energy and focusing on securing the State Department's computers?"
...you like the word apparently. 4 uses in the first paragraph, twice in 1 sentence. If it was so apparent, then why did you feel the need to keep reminding us of how apparent it is?
Sorry. It was just hard to read because of that.
As for the topic, it's tough to enforce something like this. Those two execs have experience with working on electronic payment systems and Google, offering their own service, would need employees with experience to help them get theirs off of the ground.
I mean, isn't that what we all do? Take our work experience to the next job and use that knowledge to excel at the next place...?
Now, if there were some proprietary PayPal tech going into the new Google system...I could see the problem, but if that's not the case then I don't see how PayPal has a chance here.
I was just having a discussion about this with a friend of mine. I hate being on the telephone. I absolutely hate it. I get that it's necessary sometimes, such as job interviews, doctor's appointments, etc...but I don't like it one bit. Even with old friends...and I didn't understand why.
After much discussion, I realized that I didn't like being on the phone because when I'm on a phone call, I can't realistically do anything else but be on that phone call. If I'm listening to music in my car, watching TV/movie at home, at work, hanging out with a group of friends...if I'm on the phone, I have to be on the phone. If I'm doing something else, the person on the other end of the convo will know that I'm distracted.
Texting, email, IM, FB, et all...allow me to do other things while engaging in some interaction with you. I can be with a group of friends out at dinner and shoot someone a quick text and not be considered rude. I can reply to a comment on FB while watching a movie and not have to pause said movie.
...I don't really consider an unscheduled phone call rude. I just find that it's easier to do more when I'm not anchored to a phone attached to my ear.
I sincerely hope the judge, after throwing out the case, says something along the lines of "You didn't win, not because of Facebook, but because of your ignorance of the law."
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Instagram
Instagram was all in a tizzy last night with lots of #IGaintFB posts. Apparently, for a good part of the summer, FB was trying to purchase Instagram. When that didn't happen, they just decided to copy it.
...and I'm not the least bit worried. See, Foursquare, Twitter and Groupon are all still around. This will be gone after a few months.
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Re: Clearly distinguishable
In the BART case, we have BART - the owner of the repeaters - denying service to it's users based on the presumption that they were going to use their phones for illicit activity.
I really don't see how you can NOT see that.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Google's bigger plan
...plus all the 'back-to-school' products being sold...yeah, this isn't going to last past their next quarterly shareholders meeting.
Tomorrow there will be a good dip in their stock, but once they make that announcement...they'll easily be the most valuable company...
/fanboy
But it doesn't make it any less true.
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Re: Re: Re: Google's bigger plan
Valuations based on the US...not the world.
***EDIT***
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Re: Re: Google's bigger plan
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How about a new, lesser charge...
Perhaps someone will make a new crime with "attempted distribution" or "intent to distribute" which would be a lesser penalty than actually distributing.
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Working for a small company (150 employees) there tends to be a lot of water cooler talk. I lost 80 through diet and exercise and heard rumors that I lost the weight via smoking crack rock. And, since I'm not a healthy weight and a lot better looking before, I hear a lot more "he's sleeping with..." "he's slept with..." and none of it is true.
Heaven forbid these rumor mongers have an actual glimpse into my real life (I think they'd be bored to death!)
And I completely agree...a teacher's relationship with a student is far different than my relationship with the users at my company. There's no professional benefit from me friending my coworkers. There is some benefit to the teacher/student.
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No.
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Re: it might be illegal
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#correction
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"A facebook is a printed or online collection of photographs of people."
Similar to a yearbook.
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Re: Fair Debt Collection Act
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Re: Apparently
The focus IS on Osama Bieder (as well as a Stephanie something) and Google's payment offering does NOT use PayPal.
It's common for writers to overuse the word "apparently" apparently to avoid committing to a statement of fact.
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Apparently
Sorry. It was just hard to read because of that.
As for the topic, it's tough to enforce something like this. Those two execs have experience with working on electronic payment systems and Google, offering their own service, would need employees with experience to help them get theirs off of the ground.
I mean, isn't that what we all do? Take our work experience to the next job and use that knowledge to excel at the next place...?
Now, if there were some proprietary PayPal tech going into the new Google system...I could see the problem, but if that's not the case then I don't see how PayPal has a chance here.
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On the post: Phone Calls Are So Last Century
Can you hear me now?
After much discussion, I realized that I didn't like being on the phone because when I'm on a phone call, I can't realistically do anything else but be on that phone call. If I'm listening to music in my car, watching TV/movie at home, at work, hanging out with a group of friends...if I'm on the phone, I have to be on the phone. If I'm doing something else, the person on the other end of the convo will know that I'm distracted.
Texting, email, IM, FB, et all...allow me to do other things while engaging in some interaction with you. I can be with a group of friends out at dinner and shoot someone a quick text and not be considered rude. I can reply to a comment on FB while watching a movie and not have to pause said movie.
...I don't really consider an unscheduled phone call rude. I just find that it's easier to do more when I'm not anchored to a phone attached to my ear.
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Stupidity
*slams gavel*
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Tekken has been doing is since 1998
http://tekken.wikia.com/wiki/Panda
This game came out in April of 1998.