jharrier | 13 years ago | on: CNN just got played again because they don't know how Twitter works
After getting fooled by the Te'o hoax, they include another hoax in their report on the first hoax. When will the madness end?
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jharrier | 13 years ago | on: CNN just got played again because they don't know how Twitter works
When will the media learn their lesson?
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: To the defense of Apple: Can they respond to the WSJ or not?
Looks like two great bloggers jumped the gun.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: Don't Poke with Facebook: Poke is #2 in App Store after one day, Snapchat is #8
This looks like a challenge to other companies that Facebook wishes to acquire.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: An actual Microsoft Surface buying experience
A much more positive experience than has previously been reported.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: Batteries not included: Microsoft's first folly with Surface
The Touch Cover should have been included or been $50 or less. $100-120 is way too much to spend on something most people think is included.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: The Magazine
Exactly, there's no reason for this to be an app, other than the new business model. It's just a blog in an app, not a magazine. In fact, the content will either be from already-free web archives, or will be published later on the web for free. It is just a way to generate revenue from new/old blog posts on top of the web revenue.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: The Magazine: Introducing the app blog
I could see a business model for Daring Fireball and others where the linked list stays the same, but feature articles are published to their app blogs first ($1.99 subscription) and then after 3 days to the sites.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: How to use Google Maps natively in iOS 6 right now
Very true. If I were them, I'd wait a while and make some ads before launching their app.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: How to use Google Maps natively in iOS 6 right now
Google is clever by linking to their maps web app, which is much better than Apple's latest native maps app.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: Archiving in the trash: The Instapaper UI
Actually, when dragging a disk to the trash in OSX the trash can turns into an eject button.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: Nokia Lumia 920 is more retina than the iPhone 4S
Agreed. Not a lot to brag about, but I'd at least mention that it is retina.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: AT&T’s app-blocking defense anti-consumer and anti-Apple
What about Google Hangouts (preloaded) and Skype (going to be preloaded in Windows Phone 8)? Why single out FaceTime on the iPhone?
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: What if Twitter let us pay? Let's do some Twitter maths.
Good point. But remember, the 8% is presumably using third-party apps and not seeing ads now anyways. They would be willing to pay to continue to use the third-party apps ad-free.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: What if Twitter let us pay? Let's do some Twitter maths.
Why do you think Twitter won't even make the option available for users to pay for the service?
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: Instagram 3.0 deletes geotag data from photos you choose not to display on map
Especially a bad policy because some of the business data associated with the photos is wrong. So, just because I don't want to associate a photo with a restaurant means the location data is deleted.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: Google's garden in iOS
They should do it to make users happy. I'd like to be able to more easily use apps like Sparrow and Chrome, but it's tough when they can't be set as the default.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: Will services built using App.net be better for users? I think it's up to them.
Developers will need to be paid somehow. Absent revenue sharing directly from App.net, that means it will have to come directly from users or from ads. Unfortunately, users usually choose ads.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: Why isn't join.app.net catching on?
Haha, very true. That's why it isn't working. The initial price needs to be much lower to reach their goal. Over time, as the service grows, I think $50 is eventually a fair price. But, way too much for a fledgling service with unclear benefits to the user.
jharrier | 13 years ago | on: Why isn't join.app.net catching on?
I think better marketing towards regular users instead of developers would help to explain many of these questions. They really need to explain to people what value app.net is going to add and why it is better than the free, ad-funded, alternatives. They have not done a very good job of that and marketing the correct message can help.
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