Posts by jai

it's reported

"Apple has scrapped certain health-monitoring technologies from its upcoming Watch, it's reported"

Who is it reported by? two journalists at the WSJ

Who first broke the rumour that the Watch would be able to do all this monitoring? the same journalists at the WSJ last June.

Evidently the WSJ's approach to journalism is to make wild, unsubstantiated claims about a future product before it's been announced. And then, when the final product doesn't fullfill those claims, to then write a story about how the company had to abandon their plans.

http://daringfireball.net/2015/02/the_artful_dodge

if only there was life on Mars...

then there would be a chance of a green man taking a look at Beagle and maybe prying open the 4th flap for us

"more consumers are switching to the larger phone"

No sure I agree with the conclusion "more consumers are switching to the larger phone"

Apple's new phone forced everyone buying a new iPhone to the larger screensize. If you wanted the new shiny shiny, then the only option was the larger phone size, or the small phablet size of the 6 Plus.

Personally, it's the thinness and the lightweight of the 6 that i like. If they'd released a 6 Mini with the form of the new phones, but the screen size of the original iPhone, i'd have been more than happy with that.

i rather liked mine

it was nearly entirely filled with pictures of various lunches and dinners that are i ate throughout 2014. ahh, happy memories. i was quite hungry by the time it had finished.

i forget...

who was it that was banging on about "Don't be evil" being their guiding mantra a couple of years ago?

three of top five...

but significantly, aren't only two of the top five making any significant profits? and of those two, neither are chinese owned companies.

there's having market-share... and then there's having a sustainable, profitable company.

GTA V replay value?

i'm loving going through the single player storyline all over again. all the heists offered two options, didn't they? I'm deperately trying to remember which option i chose for each the first time i played on the PS3. Hoping i'll remember when they come up, so i can choose the other one.

but even so, ever since GTA 3, there's never been a better, more relaxing way to unwind than to just jump in a car and cruise around the streets listening to the road. And with each game since, the radio has just gotten better and better.

ah Vice City, those were the days.... </nostalgia>

The Unarchiver

+1 for the Unarchiver!!

in the pre-OS X days, Stuffit Expander was always the first 3rd party utility that i'd install on my mac. But now, it's The Unarchiver that's the first.

"have become almost routine major updates"

Aside from the above quote not making sense, it seems odd to me the the PS4, Xbox One and iPhone are the only devices in the world to have had a major update / system release.

I was pretty sure there were a gazillion other items and devices out there in the world, and so three of them having issues with an update doesn't qualify for "almost routine"

spin

"1,000 transactions" != "serious battering"

"a Bank of America issue" != "Apple Pay picking pockets"

quality!!

i thought it was a Stob article, well played sir!

and this is a bad thing?

/IF/ you are inclined to use NFC for payments, then you have to trust someone not to be stealing your money while you're doing it. Personally, I'd be more inclined to trust a massive company to at least be making it as secure as possible, . The alternative is that you're placing your trust in some unknown 3rd party developer who's released a payment app for free, but for some reason, it also asks you to take a photo of your card and type in your social security number...

1st World Problems

Peter Cohen put it best:

But the inordinate amount of actual anger directed at Apple and U2 over this is so disproportional to the actual event, I’ve started to wonder about the mental state of some of those complaining. It’s really been off the charts.

If you fall into that camp, let me speak very plainly: I have no sympathy for you. I have trouble thinking of a more self-indulgent, “first world problem” than saying “I hate this free new album I’ve been given.”

http://www.imore.com/nsfw-apple-u2-and-looking-gift-horse-mouth

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Seems like Lemon Demon need to update the song's lyrics to reflect these new results:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/285267

:)

very sad loss

big bucket of win, the man was a comic genius, but equally great in the dramatic roles. a shame he didn't do more like Insomnia. he will be greatly missed.

El Reg is Pro-Amazon sympathiser?

How come this article completely fails to pick up on the horrific mis-quoting of George Orwell, wherein Amazon have deliberately spun his pro-paperback quote into an anti-paperback statement?

El Reg is usually good at picking up on these things and sticking the boot in, but you've completely missed it.

who more anal, the analyst or the analyst who analyses him?

So, one analyst is claiming that other analysts don't know what they're talking about?

He's actually done some research and looked some real numbers, which is first because from what I can tell, most analysts get their data from the tea leaves at the bottom of their chai latte, or the patterns made in goats intestines and from casting animal bones.

I suspect the rest of his industry will soon disown him and likely duck him in water or prepare a burning stake....