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12Apr/111

Waze community driving: still not quite there, though fun to use

I’ve been using community mapping/navigation Waze for quite some time now. And while the latest Android version works much better on my HTC EVO 4G, the UI-wise there are still some problems. Or I simply have wrong expectations (which is quite possible). First of all, their “dynamic zooming” doesn’t seem to work on EVO at…

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11Apr/111

Chicago school bans homemade lunches

So, up until this week general public didn’t know that for 6 years Chicago school banned homemade lunches in the name of “healthful eating”. And big bucks for school lunch provider Chartwells-Thompson. Not surprising. Yes, parents make many bad decisions, and no, school district still doesn’t seem to put the responsibility on them in a…

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7Apr/110

Android Honeycomb – the non-response response

I am known for sometimes glancing over important details (or worse, misinterpreting certain things), and I’m afraid I am having such moment with Andy Rubin’s post in which he tries to dispel FUD about Android Honeycomb, transparency and Google’s policies. Because I can’t understand how is his response a response. Specifically, as I understand, people…

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31Mar/110

+1, but only if you get more control over contacts

I’m not quite as enthusiastic about Google’s +1 button as some people, but then I’m not very gushing about many new things. It’s nice that Google will allow you to show approval of search results/ads/sites but there are some questions, and I can’t find any answers at this time. Specifically: – How do you get…

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28Mar/110

Content providers are mad, want to sue Time Warner over iPad app

Oh, madness, thy name is “content providers” now (plurals are allowed, right? it’s an odd name). Because content providers are about to sue over new way to view their shows. I understand this whole “love-hate” relationship between cable companies and content providers, but this is border-line insanity with paranoia. Just when Time Warner introduced iPad…

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