Wait, wait—the company trying to build a web-based operating system thinks the Internet needs to be faster?
Get. Out.
Maybe this is the real reason desktop OS producer Apple keeps their mobile devices chained to the slowest provider they can find.
Cosmo Catalano
This is childish nonsense. Healthy dose of salt req'd. Click for Serious Cosmo.
Apple responsible for 99.4% of mobile app sales in 2009
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If you build it, they will come.
…provided your monopolize the shit out of your product and store and give users absolutely no opportunity to obtain apps from other sources without physically changing the the infrastructure they’re contractually obligated to use for the next two years, then yes, they will come.
Reblog of Soup
Online Business Development
co-worker 1: Is there a simple HTML design tool freely available, one that quickly lets you create a web page?
co-worker 2: Yes -
<html>
<body>
put your stuff here.
</body>
</html>
That will be $500 please
So true. Sadly, that technical leap is a bridge too far for >90% of the business world.
The real tragedy is that so many people don’t understand real *free* tools like WordPress are orders of magnitude better than most paid CMS software packages because they are designed by people who want to use them.
But the notion of not having a contractual guarantee makes people with “Assitant Director” in their titles crap their pants in terror. Avoiding accountability is the prime directive of every middle manager.
Reblog of greenfog blog
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The band has mentioned that many people tell them they have played “One” at their weddings, prompting Bono to respond, “Are you mad? It’s about splitting up!
— Wikipedia
Now testing: “Read More” breaks
Inserting a break will truncate your post so readers need to click “Read More” to view it in its entirety.
Themes can even style them using the new
{block:More}tag!{block:More} <a href="{Permalink}"
class="big_ass_button">Read More</a> {/block:More}You can add a break with the plain text and Markdown editors with the simple tag:
<!-- more -->These are only available in Text Posts at the moment.
Watching Tumblr roll out “new” features is kind of like reading a history textbook with a chapter on the rise of blogging. Wonder when we’ll get to comments…
Reblog of Tumblr Staff
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She says a state official told her she shouldn’t have claimed the AdSense payment as income because it was “residual,” meaning a payment made for services previously rendered. New York does not regard residual income as employment pay that could make someone ineligible for unemployment benefits.
Starbucks to test adding booze to the menu
After building an empire based on caffeine, Starbucks is mixing it up and giving beer and wine a shot.
Good idea, poor execution. Limiting the offerings to wine and beer may sit well with draconian liquor laws in the US, but offering espresso coretto, especially on Friday and Saturday night, would actually bring people the register.
Reblog of Oh! Ryan Kelley
Unless thieves learn how to turn on Airplane mode…No more worrying about leaving your iPhone at the bar!
Reblog of Oh! Ryan Kelley
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