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Friday, January 7, 2011

There is no #good #code !

at 11:50 AM Posted by Laurentiu

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Sad but true !

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at 11:23 AM Posted by Laurentiu

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This is a great article about the Google business model, and I suggest you take your time and read it, the whole article...

And after maybe come back with an opinion, because I find this quite interesting and close to the truth, and on the other hand it kinda gives me the creeps...

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Android Isn’t About Building a Mobile Platform

Android’s Business Strategy

This helps explain Google’s motivation for Android. Google could, of course, just extend their search advertising to mobile phones, Adsense for mobile devices and build mobile versions of their web applications so anyone can use them. That might make for a fine business, but it’d also be a rather weak position to be in compared to where Google is now. Phone makers could change the default search engine on their phones to something other than Google; mobile devices might change how people find information—they might switch away entirely from using a search engine, and in that case, Google would be dead in the water; or, worse, perhaps mobile devices could move people away from using advertising-supported web applications, and toward primarily using paid-for applications; in that case, Google would really be screwed.

Android isn’t an attempt to build the best mobile platform and sell it on its merits; it’s a play to control the vast majority of the mobile market, secure eyeballs for Google advertising and eliminate any threat to Google.

That’s Google’s business, that’s Google’s strategy. Next week I’ll consider what Apple should do.
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at 10:47 AM Posted by Laurentiu

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Thing this would be a good name for an ready build #twitter coffee maker, have to admit this seems to be pretty appealing, but really now, just can't stop to amaze my self about the fact that some people have to much spare time ... on the other hand it is nice that they take the time to create such interesting stuff and offer us the know how`s and how to`s to replicate their #inventions

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DIY Twitter-Powered Coffee Pot

If a timed coffee pot just doesn't fit your hectic, unscheduled lifestyle, you can make your coffee pot turn on and off with just a simple tweet, so the coffee's ready for you when you get home.

This project is based around an Arduino, but it's actually one of the simplest Arduino hacks around—so it's great if you've been wanting to get started with these types of hacks but haven't gotten around to it. For this particular setup, you'll also need a computer near your coffee pot (though with a slightly more expensive Arduino you could hook your coffee pot directly up to Ethernet).

The scripts necessary are all downloadable from the Instructable too, so you probably won't need to fiddle with a lot of code. And, if you're not a coffee drinker, you can actually apply this hack to pretty much any AC device—so your imagination's the limit. Check out the video to see it in action, and hit the link for the full instructions.
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at 10:22 AM Posted by Laurentiu

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Why in the world would you want this ? for the average android user, the battery life is a nightmare, from now on with this type of procesor, it will just get worse if they do not do any type of optimizations to the core OS.

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LG Optimus 2X P990 - Film: Escape the Cube with the Power of Two

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at 10:09 AM Posted by Laurentiu

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Seems there still is a future for us .dot net people

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Will ‘Jupiter’ for Windows 8 cut bloat to squeeze the OS onto tablets?

We learned about two Windows 8 code-names dubbed ‘Jupiter’ and ‘Mosh’ recently, and as we hoped, more information has leaked. Jupiter and Mosh are perhaps the two meatiest pieces of Windows 8 material that we have heard in months.

Microsoft guru Mary-Jo Foley has dug up a pile of somewhat hard to parse information from a number of sources that outlines the technical aspects of what Jupiter may or may not be. However, after consulting with several developers we have decided that there is not enough there to come to any solid new technical conclusions.

“[Jupiter] has to do with XAML + Native Code on slate/iPad-like devices. I think this is Microsoft’s approach for putting Windows on the smaller device without the bloat.” [Emphasis TNW.]

Actually, and we hate to wander to the land of complete speculation, but the tile interface of Mosh, the possible shrinking power of Jupiter, and the amazing interface of the Surface 2.0, and you have to wonder if Microsoft has something truly big planned for the launch of Windows 8.

Windows 8 will also include a new app model codenamed Jupiter that will target a new Windows Marketplace app store. The app store will provide access to new, Silverlight based “immersive” applications that are deployed as AppX packages (.appx). The Windows and Office teams are betting very heavily on this new app type, according to my source, and development has already begun using a beta version of Visual Studio 2012. These apps can be written in C#, Visual Basic, and even C++.
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