Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Dec 2012 09:50 UTC
"For a seventh consecutive month, the Samsung Galaxy S III is the most popular smartphone in the United Kingdom. The data compiled by uSwitch is based on live searches, pre-orders, as well as postpaid sales. Curiously, Apple's current smartphone flagship is not even second. The iPhone 5 is outperformed by its predecessor, whose lower price and improved contract offers helped it remain appealing. The Samsung Galaxy S II completes the quartet at the top. The rest of the top ten smartphones is entirely an Android party. It includes the Google Nexus 4, who entered the rankings a solid fifth. The second half of the top ten includes the Samsung Galaxy Ace, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Sony Xperia U, HTC One X, as well as the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2." This is getting ridiculous, and it's not good for the market. For the love of Fiona, people, buy something that's not Android. I don't want to live in an Android-dominated smartphone world.
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Anyhow... I still fail to see how letting your 7 year old kid alone, unsupervised, and with full access to an unrestricted device connected to the internet is an indictment against android (or Apple, or Microsoft in case you want a different app ecosystem).
What would you do? Baby your kids in to being completely unable to function in society? Maybe when little Jonny Durden (assuming you are capable of reproducing) rapes, murders or rampages through their liberty, you'll see sense. Wrapping kids up in cotton wool makes them in to self centred asshats.
It takes literally 5 minutes to google how to lock down your android device to make it child proof. I am not a parent, and yet I managed to figure how to sand box my tablet/phone so that my nephews can play with no repercussions. So I assume it may even be easier for any parent of the year.
Yeah... *my* Android device. Not hers. It doesn't need to be "child proof" because she uses it with supervision. I just so happened that she was left for an hour whilst I was cooking. But let's get real here. If I tell my kid not to do something, they don't do it. They respect my authority. I'm fair. I don't put unreasonable limitations on to them, but they do what they are told. As another example, my 9yo Son has 8 hours a week on the XBOX family timer and he is allowed to play whenever he wants to, as long as he asks first. Do I let my 9 year old son play Call of Duty or any other PEGI 12 or over game on the XBOX? Hell no. But he is actually learning to regulate his own use of the system, because if he doesn't he quickly runs out of time. He is learning an important lesson - self discipline.
As for my daughter, she asked if she could download more games. I said, "yes, but no nasty ones." I trusted her and she knew not to download anything gross. But the games she did download where not bad... "Smurf village", "Pet story 2", "my pony" stuff like that. The Nose one comes from her love of an iPad game where you shave a virtual face. The other one was, as I've said above/below somewhere, a Kat licking the screen live wall paper. Yeah, really horrible stuff, obviously </sarcasm>. So, even when left on the big bad internet, she was still trying to be responsible. Unfortunately, the Play Store is not safe (though it should be - the iOS store is), so I've told her she is no longer allowed to download games because she isn't able to know which ones are good and which ones are bad - she won't do it again. But it's sad sorry state of affairs for Google. Anyway, if she does download anything now, she knows she will be punished by sanctions (no PC access, no DS access, restricted TV access etc.) And I'm reasonably confident she won't do it again. Can you say the same about your (possibly imaginary) children? She may have caused me a headache, I may have had to take extra steps to remove the software, but she also learnt an important life lesson. Life isn't Disney channel, you can't protect your kids from shit happening and trying to hurts them more in the long run.
PS. Maybe the whole "tough guy" act works in real life, but on the internet...
Maybe being a totally insensitive prick with no empathy works for you in real life, but here on the internet it pretty much makes you look like a totally insensitive unfeeling prick and not much else. Good luck dodging those bullets from you ungrateful maladjusted offspring.
One last point - I didn't start judging you till you judged me on the basis of one single comment on a thread on the internet, that is completely out of context from real life. Your attitude stinks and karma burns.
Edited 2012-12-06 10:19 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/13/13 14:35 UTC
The third and final WWDC product I want to talk about is - of course - OS X 10.9 Mavericks. While iOS 7 was clearly the focus of this year's WWDC, its venerable desktop counterpart certainly wasn't left behind. Apple announced OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the first OS X release not to carry the name of a big cat.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/11/13 17:07 UTC
We already talked about iOS 7 yesterday (after a night of sleep, it's only looking worse and worse - look at this, for Fiona's sake!), so now it's time to talk about the downright stunning and belly flutters-inducing new Mac Pro. As former owner and huge, huge, huge fan of the PowerMac G4 Cube - I haven't been this excited about an Apple product since, well, I would say the iMac G4. This is the Apple I used to love.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/10/13 23:13 UTC
Apple held its big keynote event thing at WWDC earlier this evening, but since I was away with friends I've had to read up on it later in the evening. The company announced iOS 7, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and they gave a preview of the new Mac Pro. Especially the Mac Pro impressed me, and while iOS 7's new Holo/Metro-inspired theme looks messy and garish to me, I do commend Apple for finally breaking the mold. This news item will focus on iOS 7 - I'll dive into the Mac Pro and OS X 10.9 tomorrow (it's late here now).
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/08/13 14:57 UTC
And yes, the PRISM scandal is far, far from over. More and more information keeps leaking out, and the more gets out, the worse it gets. The companies involved have sent out official statements - often by mouth of their CEOs - and what's interesting is that not only are these official statements eerily similar to each other, using the same terms clearly designed by lawyers, they also directly contradict new reports from The New York Times. So, who is lying?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/07/13 11:40 UTC
This story is getting bigger and bigger. Even though most Americans probably already knew, it is now official: the United States government, through its National Security Agency, is collecting the communications and data of all American citizens, and of non-Americans using American services, through a wide collaboration with the large companies in technology, like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and so on. Interestingly enough, the NSA itself, as well as the US government, have repeatedly and firmly denied this massive spying on Americans and non-Americans took place at all.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/04/13 12:45 UTC
Ah, patents - the never-ending scourge of the technology industry. Whether wielded by companies who don't actually make any products, or large corporations who abuse them because they can't compete in the market place or because they're simply jerks, they do the industry a huge disservice and are simply plain dangerous. According to The Wall Street Journal (circumvention link), president Obama is about to take several executive actions to address patent trolls - which may seem like a good idea, but I am very worried that all this will do is strengthen the positions of notorious patent system abusers such as Apple and Microsoft.
Linked by nfeske on 05/31/13 10:12 UTC
With version 13.05, the developers of the Genode OS Framework take measures to ensure that Genode continues to scale well with a growing number of users and the steadily broadening platform coverage. Further highlights are the improved SoC support for Exynos 5, OMAP4, Raspberry Pi, i.MX, and new components for realizing headless systems.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/29/13 16:59 UTC
At the D11 conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook once again took the stage to be interviewed by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. While most of the interview can be replicated by picking and reading 10 random Apple fanblog stories - there were still a number of very interesting things that warrant some closer scrutiny.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 17:26 UTC
So, the Xbox One disaster continues. Microsoft's policy for dealing with the used games market has reportedly leaked - and it's a clear and direct attack to destroy the used games market. Prices for used games will be set at the retail value of a new game, and retailers have to hook into Microsoft's computer systems and comply with Microsoft's terms and conditions.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!More Features »
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Anyhow... I still fail to see how letting your 7 year old kid alone, unsupervised, and with full access to an unrestricted device connected to the internet is an indictment against android (or Apple, or Microsoft in case you want a different app ecosystem).
It takes literally 5 minutes to google how to lock down your android device to make it child proof. I am not a parent, and yet I managed to figure how to sand box my tablet/phone so that my nephews can play with no repercussions. So I assume it may even be easier for any parent of the year.
PS. Maybe the whole "tough guy" act works in real life, but on the internet... meh. I almost lost it laughing with the whole patronizing bit about "parenting" and "balance," right after you having clearly lost your shit. Good times, good times.
Edited 2012-12-05 19:01 UTC