Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Why is iPhone 3.0 push notification carrier specific?

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The big value proposition for iPhone 3.0 push notification is dumping SMS fees and using instant messaging. That's an internet app tho...

Storms in the cloud: Google Reader, Google Calendar ...

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I really don't trust the cloud. I care about my data far more than any corporation cares. It's tough to fight mother nature thou...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

When stocks fall, where does the money go? Essential reading

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Via Freakonomics, I get to an article that answers longstanding questions of mine ... http://finance.yahoo.com/focus-retirement/article...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

The dangers of the early books

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I've been reading Gears of the City . I don't care for it; to me it's bleak yet predictable. I'm slogging to the end, but it...

Is AIG's major counterparty China?

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The NYT summarizes the state of dispute about where AIG money is going. Who are the "counterparties"? Shouldn't they take a h...

Apple's defective iMac displays

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Nearly all owners? That's impressive ... AppleInsider | Apple sued over exploding iPod touch, iMac display issues ... Florida resident R...
Saturday, March 14, 2009

The details of American torture

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Today's NYT OpEd is the condensed version of an article from the New York Review of Books . It is the story of American torture of "...

When DRM is a force for good - the Apple App Store software renaissance

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Once upon a time we had a pretty good collection of educational software for children. It wasn't quite as good as what we could find in ...

App Store overload - smarter browser needed!

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The iPhone/iTouch/iNetbook-t0-be Apple App Store recently passed the 25,000 app mark. Let's assume 15,000 are available in English. Del...
Friday, March 13, 2009

The Dow is at 1966 levels?!

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We're used to thinking that the Dow is at 1997 levels. I think that's a pretty reasonable bargain -- we really do have a lot of adva...

JAMA Editor does not have an ego deficiency problem

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DeAngelis, editor of the largest circulation journal of medical research (JAMA)  has been around a while. The experience evidently hasn'...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Dreaming of iPhone 3.0 - my wishes

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We're all dreaming of iPhone 3.0. It's a good break from reading about the collapse of western civilizations. After reading the PC(!...

Pogue reveals the GrandCentral/Google Voice matters I've missed

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I've used GrandCentral and GrandDialer for months to call Canada free of charge . That alone paid for my iPhone's data service. I ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Twitter and Facebook - because feed readers didn't make it

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I've been a Twitter value skeptic as noted in Explaining twitter and CB Redux , but the world is not cooperating. Communications, espec...
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Help Google give you better ads - and think about your identities!

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Google is now targeting ads based on what it knows of your interests, but only a computer-specific basis. So the next time someone at work f...