City of Austin tries to out-San Francisco the San Francisco, ban plastic and paper bags
I swear, lately the environmentalism turned from venerable goal into some sort of a madness. Fresh example — city of Austin tries to ban plastic and paper bags. Well now, the proposed ordinance on ban of bags is out and it’s just crazy. First of all, both plastic and paper single-use bags will be banned…
Continue reading…Carrier IQ: poor little victim of carrier’s desires (NOT)
Sometimes when I read TechCrunch I’m not sure if they’re just trolling or accidentally “omit” certain aspects of story. You have probably seen enough Carrier IQ news everywhere — how it’s capable of recording everything on your Android phone but choses to only “help carriers to improve service”, how Apple turned out to also have…
Continue reading…A few thoughts about an ideal Android phone: Razr Glaxy Nexus anyone?
So, today is the day for Android announcements. Motorola has Razr completely and officially unveiled. Samsung and Google showed Galaxy Nexus and new Ice Cream Sandwich OS. And as I’ve already got accused of being a hater for my initial impressions of the presentation, I decided to think about the ideal combination. What would make…
Continue reading…Ice Cream Sandwich presentation: first impressions
Well, I’ve watched to Ice Cream Sandwich presentation from Hong Kong. It’s always nice to see new hardware and software, though here the actual presentation seemed to have ran into rough patches repeatedly. Aside from the fact that all presenters were speaking in front of a video screen (which created horrible dotted patterns, driving youtube…
Continue reading…How Amazon killed the PlayBook’s chance for mass adoption
So, it’s been a few days since Amazon introduced its Kindle Fire, and now I think we can put a final dot in RIM’s PlayBook’s chance for mass adoption. Poor RIM, undercut by the very same hardware manufacturer that made the PlayBook. But first, let me tell the reasons why I think PlayBook won’t play…
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