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https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2213767-dutch-intelligence-...

With the latest set of big apps ported (like Instagram and Snapchat), it's quite nice.

It's not only about the big apps. The 'download app from' in advertisement footers are only referring to the App Store and Google Play. By choosing an iPhone or an Android consumers know for sure that they are able to download and use any app, not just the big ones.

Response from Greenwald in the comments:

Q: Thanks for reporting this. I have to ask though, why is it that you are doling out this information now after the recent congressional inquiry into NSA spying and not earlier?

A: We've published almost two dozen exclusive articles about NSA spying in the last 7 weeks, in multiple different countries around the world. Is that pace not fast enough?

There are thousands upon thousands of documents and they take time to read, process, vet, and report. These are very complex matters. On top of everything else that has to be done with these articles, from explaining, debating and defending them in the media to dealing with the aftermath.

People can accuse us of many things. Not publishing enough or fast enough is hardly one of them.

That House vote was about one specific topic - bulk collection of phone records - that this newest article has nothing to do with. That House vote isn't the be all and end all: it's just one small battle in what I can assure you will be a sustained and ongoing discussion/controversy.

There is a lot more to report still. Accuracy is the number one priority. That takes time.

The Apple store gives discounts to employees of other IT companies as well: IBM, SAP, Dell, HP, etc. The list is pretty extensive. Just ask for it and don't forget to bring your company badge :)

According to Apple, iOS is capable, on the iPad mini, of recognizing whether your thumb is resting on the narrower border, or tapping on the interface.

"Rethinking the screen meant we also had to rethink the software behind it. iPad mini intelligently recognizes whether your thumb is simply resting on the display or whether you’re intentionally interacting with it. It’s the kind of detail you’ll notice — by not noticing it."

Source: http://www.macstories.net/stories/ipad-mini-our-complete-ove...

- I'm not familiar with American law, but I presume the document has the status confidential, until it is allowed as evidence by the court.

- read page 133. It shows a signed Certificate of Translation.

I just tested this on my mid-2012 MBA, and indeed. Pretty amazing detailed and "small" design feature. Great.

Good point, but Google also has to counter bad seo practices.

Twitter already has good anti spam algorithms and for this case they should be able to determine the quality of accounts and the quality of the tweets as well: age of an account, diversity of the tweets, hash tags, verified accounts, account linking to 3rd parties, re-tweets by other 'good' accounts, etc.

I think that such an offering would only extend and enhance their current competency since I'm already using Twitter like I used to Google to search for real time info. But I like Twitter to become better, more advanced and more relevant in search. I want to find the information referred to in tweets (blogs, news articles, videos, charts, etc) not only sorted by time, but sorted by quality as option. Hundreds of 'opinion' tweets with no links are less valuable. I don't want to wade through them.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Twitter decided to end the availability of their feed through Google Search?

Fully agree. I don't 'Google', I 'Twitter'. Primarily through my feed of course but I use also Twitter search for all the topics I'm interested in but that are not covered by the accounts I follow. Exaggerated, but Google Search is slow compared to Twitter.

What if Twitter also indexes the web pages that are/were referred to by the links in the tweets and builds a Google like search page for that index. For example, the number of re-tweets and clicks can be used as input for the sort relevance. The result is a search engine that is crowed sourced combined with a robotic one and in real time. Combine "AdSense" and there you have it.

Their games also got me into computers. But they also encouraged me as a 10 year old to learn and understand English. I remember playing with 2 different dictionaries, looking up every word I didn't understand. Thanks Ken & Roberta!

The default camera does zoom. Just 'pinch to zoom' and it shows a slider as well.

Indeed they don't have special ground with the iPhone. Except maybe for one "thing".

Back in 2007 I joined a new employer. One evening during my new hire training a colleague demo'ed his iPhone he brought over from America to Europe. All other attendees, including myself, were amazed about the multitouch, pinch and zoom photo's, the easiness of use, the awesome GUI and the beautiful design. At the end of the demo there was a deep respectful silence by all of us. Amazement. Thinking about our own phones at the time compared to what we just saw.

Then.. the owner of the iPhone put it gently against his face and caressed it. Yes he actually caressed it. I still remember that image.

This is the "thing". You know, this thing called love. Something that cannot be traded like an item and which still holds true for many.

I don't think Spotify can easily sell themselves. It would immediately void all their current licensing agreements.

"Quick and easy fix for all Android patent problems. Google should buy Motorola" 02 Aug 11, unwiredview.com:

http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/08/02/quick-and-easy-fix-to-...

Another great prediction of the rise of electronic commerce way back in 1967 from the Harvard Business Review archives. Including an amazing illustration.

http://blogs.hbr.org/hbr/hbreditors/2011/03/hbr_predicts_the...

Thanks, interesting reads.