Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Feb 2009 07:05 UTC
Apple has always been about moving forward, about pressing customers to buy the latest and greatest. Product pacing has been high in Cupertino (except for the Mac Mini, obviously), and this is obviously a good thing if you're an Apple bean counter. Most Apple fans more or less accept this planned obsolescence without question, but the company may have just gone a little too far.
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Linked by fran on 05/18/13 1:38 UTC
Google added, among other features, C/C++ support to its new version of AIDE. From Android-IDE, "Now you can write parts of your app or your whole app in C/C++ on your device. AIDE supports the Standard Android NDK toolchain (GCC 4.6 + Bionic, STL, ...). No changes are necessary if you want to build an app developed on a PC with Eclipse. C/C++ development is fully integrated: Build errors appear in the error list and files can easily be navigated to with Go to file. The editor supports C/C++ syntax highlighting."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/17/13 23:35 UTC, submitted by kragil
Ars nails it: "The answer is that Google did announce what amounts to a fairly substantial Android update yesterday. They simply did it without adding to the update fragmentation problems that continue to plague the platform. By focusing on these changes and not the apparently-waiting-in-the-wings update to the core software, Google is showing us one of the ways in which it's trying to fix the update problem."
Linked by MOS6510 on 05/17/13 22:22 UTC
"It is good for programmers to understand what goes on inside a processor. The CPU is at the heart of our career. What goes on inside the CPU? How long does it take for one instruction to run? What does it mean when a new CPU has a 12-stage pipeline, or 18-stage pipeline, or even a 'deep' 31-stage pipeline? Programs generally treat the CPU as a black box. Instructions go into the box in order, instructions come out of the box in order, and some processing magic happens inside. As a programmer, it is useful to learn what happens inside the box. This is especially true if you will be working on tasks like program optimization. If you don't know what is going on inside the CPU, how can you optimize for it? This article is about what goes on inside the x86 processor's deep pipeline."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/17/13 22:15 UTC, submitted by Tom
"It was the only moment I heard regret slip into Otellini's voice during the several hours of conversations I had with him. 'The lesson I took away from that was, while we like to speak with data around here, so many times in my career I've ended up making decisions with my gut, and I should have followed my gut,' he said. 'My gut told me to say yes.'" The world would've been a much different place - Apple would have been less dependant on Samsung for its chips, which probably would've meant less money for Samsung to develop its Galaxy business.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 21:41 UTC
Glass is getting some love at Google I/O as well. New applications have been released - Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, Elle, Tumblr, and CNN. Perhaps more interesting: the newly announced Google Glass Developer Kit will allow offline applications and direct hardware access - great for hacking and expanding Glass' potential. This kit will really allow hackers to put Glass through its paces.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 17:04 UTC
"But Beck and Merrill decided that simply banning toxic players wasn't an acceptable solution for their game. Riot Games began experimenting with more constructive modes of player management through a formal player behavior initiative that actually conducts controlled experiments on its player base to see what helps reduce bad behavior. The results of that initiative have been shared at a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and on panels at the Penny Arcade Expo East and the Game Developers Conference." Absolutely fascinating stuff. I'm a League of Legends player, and to be honest, the community isn't nearly as bad as some make it out to be. I'm happy Riot games has the guts to employ science to address the issue.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 13:17 UTC
"Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems worldwide, combined for 92.3% of all smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2013 as Windows Phone crept past BlackBerry for 3rd place. According to the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Android smartphone vendors and Apple shipped a total of 199.5 million units worldwide during 1Q13, up 59.1% from the 125.4 million units shipped during 1Q12." Windows Phone doubles from a few to twice few, iOS loser market share as its growth is slower than that of the overall market. BlackBerry continues slide into irrelevance.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/16/13 12:06 UTC
"According to the latest research from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies service, global Android smartphone profits reached US$5 billion in total during the first quarter of 2013. Samsung dominated and captured an impressive 95 percent share of all Android smartphone profits." Wow.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/15/13 23:03 UTC
"During its Keynote today, Google announced new features coming to its flagship search function - you know, that thing we all started using Google for. VP Amit Singhal spent some time discussing what Google's search functionality will eventually morph into. Google's strategy is summarized by three words: answer, converse, and anticipate. Singhal explained that many of the pieces of these upcoming changes can already be seen in products that Google has recently introduced - namely, Google Knowledge Graph and Google Now, with perhaps a splash of Google Glass, too." I hold on to my hat every time Google changes Search. It's such a vital product in my daily life.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/15/13 21:46 UTC
"Wired has obtained a copy of a cease and desist letter sent by Google to Microsoft today, demanding Microsoft immediately remove the YouTube app from its Windows Phone Store and disable existing copies on consumers' devices by May 22. The YouTube app for Windows Phone - developed by Microsoft not Google - strips out ads and allows downloading, both violations of YouTube's terms of service." Incredibly petty. Just come up with a solution, you bunch of kids.More News »
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You purchased your machine with some version of OSX and some version of iLife and maybe purchased some version of iWork and some other apps were happy as a clam.
Did they suddenly stop working? Do they no longer function? Do they no longer do what they did before the announcement of the new shiny toys?
What? No? Everything works as it did before? Hmm...so what's the problem?
It's called progress. They want to move forward and do neat new things that only work, or only work as they desire with dual-core machines.
So if you want the new versions of various things, you need to have a dual-core processor or upgrade hardware to meet the minimum requirements.
Really I don't see the problem. Nothing is dictating that you MUST upgrade.
It's no different than the 2G-3G iPhone. I don't hear 2G iPhone owners whining that they can't use iPhone 3G features because there is different hardware requirements that their 2G phones don't meet.
It's no different than certain new game version requiring a certain type/level of graphics hardware, or processor speed, or amount of RAM, etc, etc. You don't meet the new minimum specs? Upgrade hardware or don't buy the new shiny toy. I really don't hear gamers whining..I just hear them salivating over the opportunity/excuse to upgrade 6 months after their last major upgrade.
Heck, I don't hear console gamers complaining. XBox360? What about all those poor Xbox owners who spent all that money on games and controllers..they can't use the new XBox360 games..Should MS upgrade their machines for Free? Should Sony upgrade all the PSOne and PS2 owners hardware because they can't play the new PS3 games or use the new features in the PS3 on their older hardware? Should MS or Sony requie all new games also work on the older hardware platforms because those people spent money on them? NO!
Want a dual-core Intel and only have a core-solo? Then upgrade the processor and stop whining. Almost all core-solo machines have a dual-core upgrade path.
If you own a PPC, you KNEW Apple was moving to Intel, and you should have known this day was coming.
This is no different than when Microsoft stopped supporting true DOS apps, or Microsoft stopping support of Windows 3.x apps, or Microsoft ceasing support of Windows 95 apps, or Apple stopping support of System X.X, etc, etc, etc..it's called progress.
Do you blame the manufacturer of your DVD player (if you have one) because you can't play Blu-Ray discs? It still plays DVD's fine, but you want to use the new shiny toy..and can't..but you know the new shiny toy was coming, but you purchased the DVD player anyway...but...but...but...I should Always be able to use the newest shiny toy even if my original toy wasn't designed to do it...and the manufacturer never ever directly told me my toy wouldn't be able to use the newer shiny toys coming out a few years from now..WAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Grow up. Stop complaining. Either upgrade your hardware, don't partake in this round of upgrades, or 'show 'em' and install Windows or Linux an your machine.