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Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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brenda m - Feb 16, 2012 1:29:39 pm PST #19480 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

just that wi fi minutes don't count against your total.

Mine do. Blegh. But it is a hugely helpful feature. My network reception at home is so crappy it makes a huge difference. My only quibble is if you leave the wifi area (like I leave home in the middle of a call) it drops instead of switching to network.


§ ita § - Feb 16, 2012 1:44:52 pm PST #19481 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

When I went online, there was an option available to me for "free wi fi minutes" and I just added that to my account, and I'm free and clear. I don't know if it's because of the package I have or what, but I like what I can get for my dollar. And what I can get for no dollars at all.


§ ita § - Feb 16, 2012 6:57:14 pm PST #19482 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Swype is out for ICS! Thank dog!

I used Swiftkey for a little, and I'd highly recommend it over any tapping keyboard I've used. Its predictive capability, even without the ability to mine much of my typing, certainly made things a *lot* faster. Even before you start typing the next word, it suggests things for you based on the last word. And, hey, sometimes that was what I wanted. Because of how English works. Even mine.

But Swype is back on my phone, and I'm on it like a crack whore on my pipe. Booyah!


tommyrot - Feb 17, 2012 5:39:36 am PST #19483 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

WSJ: Google caught circumventing iPhone security, tracking users who opted out of third-party cookies

Google has been caught circumventing iOS's built-in anti-ad-tracking features in order to add Google Plus functionality within iPhone's Safari browser. The WSJ reports that Google overrode users' privacy settings in order to allow messages like "your friend Suzy +1'ed this ad about candy" to be relayed between Google's different domains, including google.com and doubleclick.net. This also meant that doubleclick.net was tracking every page you landed on with a Doubleclick ad, even if you'd opted out of its tracking.

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In the iPhone case, it's likely that Google has gone beyond lowering the quality of its service for its users and customers, and has now started to violate the law, and certainly to undermine the trust that the company depends on.


le nubian - Feb 17, 2012 5:44:15 am PST #19484 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I don't know WTF Google is doing.

I am getting more and more disturbed by their behavior.


§ ita § - Feb 17, 2012 6:22:36 am PST #19485 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My sister boycotts them, and I ask her why any of the other 1000lb gorillas are less bad, and she says it's because Google promised to not be evil.

I'm not sure why she thinks any massive corporation is making promises they're going to keep on a personal moral level. The idea is so laughable and irrelevant I wasn't paying attention from the start.


Toddson - Feb 17, 2012 6:24:24 am PST #19486 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I saw an ad for a bank on TV where they filmed random people on the street and asked them to read from a script. The script was the standard customer "service" responses you get. They were about as believable as the people you get on the phone. sigh


Polter-Cow - Feb 17, 2012 7:01:54 am PST #19487 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

That happened to a friend, but when she complained, they told her that she got charged because she sent it to voicemail instead of letting it ring out. If the phone was off or she le it ring out, she didnt get charged.

Yeah, my parents were calling me at 3 in the morning; I couldn't let that shit ring out. I was able to get the charges taken off, though. At least, I think so. One guy said he would do it, and then I think they were still there, and I called again, and now I don't remember whether I was credited or not.


Liese S. - Feb 17, 2012 11:59:27 am PST #19488 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

So, for private online journaling, ita !, there's Penzu. It looks like it does most things we want (including tagging & encryption), but only in the paid version, which is $19/year. (crass commercialism: if anyone upgrades using my referral link they'll get 20% off and I'll get it free.) I'm pretty happy with it so far.


§ ita § - Feb 17, 2012 12:32:33 pm PST #19489 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm not interested in online, Liese, but thanks. I just wanted a time-stamped app for my tablet or phone that could arrange my info in a calender. Cloud-syncing would be fine, but I don't want to have a net connection to update or read.