Comments for The Loop

Comment on by zwei

zwei — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:44:00 +0000

It is a non-issue, unless the pins you are uploading are affiliate links that make YOU money …but all I gotta say to that is Wah. Sounds like a solid business model to me.

Comment on by Tony

Tony — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:35:00 +0000

i think you are awesome!!!!!!!! i love you!!!!!!!!!

Comment on by Guest

Guest — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:33:00 +0000

hello wtf

Comment on by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:22:00 +0000

“. . .Maxwell Smart shoe phone feel. . .”

Hahahahahahahahahah! Priceless, man!

Hen hao!

Comment on by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:14:00 +0000

Paul who? … Kidding! I’m so kidding… No, really.. Maybe he’ll WOW us with a few hours from his symphony.. Can’t wait.. Really. Honest…….

Comment on by Mau Sandoval 

Mau Sandoval  — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000

So, they are not really pages… all the content of all “pages” are already loaded in the original page.

Comment on by Wong Way

Wong Way — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:47:00 +0000

Asshole!

Comment on by Clark

Clark — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:54:00 +0000

Not exactly. I use a capacitive stylus for writing Chinese characters, taking notes and creating simple illustrations. I find it feels more natural and accurate than using a finger. I use it primarily on my iPad but at times on my iPhone as well. I don’t use it all the time, just for these particular activities.

I’ve used the Galaxy note and it’s useless as a phone – it gives you that Maxwell Smart shoe phone feel. But, at least over here, it’s being marketed as something more.

Comment on by Terpax

Terpax — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:48:00 +0000

Are you paying extra because of these links? Is pinterest getting your banking info when you pay at those ecommerce sites?
Sounds like a non issue. Like the mall owner getting a percentage of a retailers profits when you walk into a store and buy something.

Comment on by Moeskido

Moeskido — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:26:00 +0000

“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!’

Comment on by Moeskido

Moeskido — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:18:00 +0000

Try not to spend your first check from Samsung Marketing all in one place.

Comment on by leicaman

leicaman — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:35:00 +0000

So, the laser tag gun rumor wasn’t true. They’re actually issuing REAL laser guns, and Halliburton is going to use iPhones in their spread of capitalism throughout the Middle East, one extirpated city at a time!

Comment on by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:45:00 +0000

Dang. I’m going to have to miss the concert because I’ll be attending a presentation on “Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper”. That’s ironic, right? I’m afraid to say anything’s ironic any more because someone always jumps down your throat.

Comment on by JimD

JimD — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000

They’re ready to compete… with two soup cans and a string.

Comment on by Stef Pause

Stef Pause — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:36:00 +0000

They’re not “used MP3s”, though. That’s shaky reporting by Wired, at best.

The key thing is that the only audio files ReDigi accepts are songs purchased from iTunes, so are AAC audio files which have embedded metadata that confirms you were the person that bought the music. (Apple embeds this information in all purchased music.) You can’t just rip a song an sell it. ReDigi say their software deletes all copies once a song’s uploaded for sale, including on synced devices, so they do appear to genuinely be trying to make sure the user doesn’t just sell a copy and keep the song for later listening.

How effective this deletion is is an interesting question. Assuming it passes legal muster, the case then becomes much more about the doctrine of first sale and what rights you have to do what you wish with something once you’ve bought it; whether the music is actually sold or merely licensed; that sort of thing.

It’s analogous to selling your old CDs (or DVDs or books), which the content industries would also dearly love to stop you from doing if they could. Oh, how much more money they could make – and control they could exert – if they could kill the secondhand market!

The right to resell something you’ve bought is an important right to have, and just because the product you bought is digital rather than physical it shouldn’t mean having to give up this right.

Comment on by Matt_99_hey

Matt_99_hey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:33:00 +0000

Wow, Shawn, ever heard of Google? What the hell do you think happens when you click on one of their ads? They’re not exactly forthcoming about it, but I’m sure you know that they are getting a penny in the piggy.

Comment on by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:51:00 +0000

Tweetbot is the best Twitter client I’ve ever used on iPhone, hands down. Now they’ve announced an iPad version as well! Could this day get any better?

Short of RIM axing the Playbook, I don’t think so….

Comment on by Player_16

Player_16 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:31:00 +0000

Well yo can’t say it didn’t get people talkin’.

Comment on by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:22:00 +0000

I’ve got a serious vision problem with Apple walking away from ARM architecture, I just don’t see it happening. Apple has thousands of people working on the A-series chips. Are they just going to fire all of them? I’m sure a lot of other companies would hope so. More importantly, the great appeal of ARM is that you license the architecture and then design the actual chips however you want. Apple is famously a DIY company, and for it ARM is PowerPC without IBM or Motorola.

So while, yes I agree that you’ll probably never see an Ax in a Mac, I’m even more confident you won’t see an Intel anything in an iOS device.AS WELL as whatever comes AFTER Macintosh.

Comment on by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:49:00 +0000

Uh oh.. watch out for the Osborne Effect!