Safari contains third-party blocks for cookies across all the OSs that it runs on; however, Google needed to leave a cookie on the device in order to preserve +1 analytics. Their solution is quite devious, and dare I say — “Evil”?
Google has since blocked this from occurring, but other third-parties are still using methods that are inexcusable.
This week we talk about the iPad rumor mill; Apple & Google’s war in the living room; More on patent uselessness; Facebook’s push to show more ads; Bing & a look at social media SEO. This show could be sponsored by you! Check us out on our website for more information.
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The chart is absolutely insane.
My post on a new blog from my friends Ben & Ben, “Bumba Broadsides”, on the Ethics of Google and the recent anti-trust search debate.
“The growth is now driven primarily by smartphones,” the executive wrote on AT&T’s Innovation Space blog. “Add to that new customer additions and the continuing trend of upgrades from feature phones to smartphones, and you have a wireless data tsunami.”
A few Apple rumors becoming confirmed: the launch date will be a week after an event held on March 7th, and it will include LTE capability on both AT&T and Verizon.
Many enthusiasts (myself included) believe that the only way the LTE antenna would be included is if the battery life isn’t sacrificed. I’m going to bet that the iPad 2 (the current model) will be eliminated entirely, except for a black version at 16GB with no antenna.
As pointed out by the Huffington Post:
The new design moves caption, comments and advertisements to the right-hand side of the picture. Previously, users could view captions and post comments directly below the photo.
I thought the new design puts emphasis on the photo more and makes for a better experience, since mostly commenting is secondary to actually viewing the photo (hence the left to right flow). Of course, the biggest jarring feature aside from the photo is the advertisement, but I quickly turned on my blinders towards it.
Amir Efrati and Ethan Smith, WSJ:
It’s unclear which retailers would sell the entertainment device, which would stream music from Google’s online music-storage service and pipe it wirelessly to Google-designed speakers or other Web-connected devices in people’s homes, according to these people. In the future, such a device could potentially stream other forms of digital media such as video, one of these people said.
Apple already does something like this, if you have Airplay compatible devices, so this would have to be better. Whatever that means.
They clearly want to release the product on a day everyone will forget for a little while.
As most have pointed out, this is a prelude of the capabilities of live streaming from Apple. But, this is also something they have full control over and a quicktime stream to boot.
Thinking Nelson is pretty appropriate here.
Sad. Yet another example of patents being utterly useless.
Details are still scarce, but Verizon and Redbox are launching a service for subscribers that will allow for streaming or renting of physical media. It will be interesting to see if they can beat the current Netflix pricing.
Sebastian Anthony, ExtremeTech:
Facebook is stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, it has to provide a compelling mobile experience because its users demand it; but by doing so, it leeches traffic away from the lucrative desktop browser version. Facebook needs to find a way of unobtrusively advertising on mobile as soon as possible — probably by pumping sponsored posts into your news feed, or something along those lines.
Just two weeks after Apple announces iBooks author and textbooks for the iPad.
Just scroll (becoming a common theme with modern web design).
(via Daring Fireball)
Amidst the recent controversy of Google indexing it’s Plus results amongst other search results, Bing developer Stefan Weitz speaks out on AllThingsD about the deals that Microsoft has with Facebook and Twitter:
Us partnering is the only way we’re going to make a big difference here. We have to use the whole web to actualize our vision of helping people do stuff, not just find stuff. And everyone wins, which is nice.
This was a really great podcast discussing Apple’s new SVP of Retail; How music quality and streaming ability haven’t lined up; Siri’s (un)reliability during its “beta”; Facebook’s ability to make Spotfiy a booming success; Tablets as the new PCs. Enjoyed the podcast as much as we did? Consider being a sponsor! Check out the website for more info.
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Looks like it’s finally happening…
Good observation from Dan Frommer:
As Apple’s retail expansion efforts will be increasingly international, I suppose it’s smart to bring in someone with international experience. That may not have been Tim Cook’s priority, but it makes sense.
Neil Young, during an interview at D: Dive Into Media:
“Steve Jobs as a pioneer of digital music, and his legacy is tremendous,” Young said. “But when he went home, he listened to vinyl. And you’ve got to believe that if he’d lived long enough, he would have done what I’m trying to do.”
Marco Arment gives two reasons why Siri is not up to the Apple standard.
I use Siri to make alarms, set calendar reminders, and occasionally check the weather. The service is pretty unreliable for me, perhaps because of the Apple servers or because of 3G. I find the dictation to be a bit cumbersome as well.
Spotify has 3 million paying subscribers, which is up from 2.5 million “64 days” ago. The reason?:
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg highlighted Spotify’s success, saying that Facebook has helped add more than 7 million users of the service.
The headline reads Android has a “record” 39%, and Apple’s shipment numbers have called from quarter to quarter, but Apple still maintains a strong incumbency with only one tablet product.