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Today’s rant.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Apple’s announcements yesterday? Color me unimpressed. And another thing. All the analysts that are calling the Kindle Fire “not an iPad killer” are totally missing the point. If the Kindle Fire does 80% of what an iPad can do and costs 40% of the price, it is an iPad killer. Just like Android hasn’t been [...]

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Privilege Escalation…

Monday, February 28, 2011

I’m noticing an odd trend on Android applications. Increasingly, applications are asking for more and more “privileges”. Today, CBS’ TV.COM application is asking for “audio record” capabilities on the latest upgrade. Um… okay. What? You want me to allow your app to record audio from my phone? How about a no. It isn’t the first [...]

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