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:-( anyone know? I've only seen it missing in comments view when the item was non-expanded but not like this. - immaterial

If you use "mark all as read", Reader sets a flag so that all the posts received before a certain date are flagged as read. That's why you won't see "keep unread" for those posts. It's a technical limitation. - Ionut

oh, thankyou :-) that would explain it - immaterial

No - Jérôme Flipo

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009... - Evan Parker

"People feel uncomfortable when their expected associations are violated, and that creates an unconscious desire to make sense of their surroundings. That feeling of discomfort may come from a surreal story, or from contemplating their own contradictory behaviors, but either way, people want to get rid of it. So they're motivated to learn new patterns." - Ionut

methinks the title is overly negative - it's a _nice_ phone which you can overload with apps perhaps a little easily :-/ - immaterial from Android

I think that's always true when it comes to tech toys. The G1 is about a year old, time for generations 2-5 (from my G1 :-)) - John μller from Android

" Android and iPhone users download approximately 10 new apps a month, while iPod touch owners download an average of 18 per month. iPhone and iPod touch users are twice as likely to purchase paid apps than Android users." - Ionut

Nice! I must go and change mine also. - Ryan - @magicofpi

Yeah, I'm gonna file a bug on that. I actually framed my screenshot around that bug. - Kevin Fox

"ForceHTTPS is a simple browser security mechanism that web sites or users can use to opt in to stricter error processing, improving the security of HTTPS by preventing network attacks that leverage the browser's lax error processing. By augmenting the browser with a database of custom URL rewrite rules, ForceHTTPS allows sophisticated users to transparently retrofit security onto some insecure sites that support HTTPS." ( https://crypto.stanford.edu/forceht... ) - Ionut

Can't find it in the Android market in the U.S. either. Bummer. - Adam Lasnik

1. there are third-party spotify clients 2. you can change your country in itunes by signing out, picking a country from the drop-down at the bottom and creating a new account without credit card - Ionut

"A good example is the well known game Trism, which sold over $250,000 in it’s first two months on the iPhone. On Android it has sold, to date, less than 500 copies. That’s $1,046 total earnings, max. How psyched are those guys that they ported a huge hit to Android and can’t even cover a party sub for the release dinner?" - Ionut from Bookmarklet

Google's response: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009... - Ionut

It's not an "investigative journalism area", it's a collection of "investigative journalism, opinion pieces, special-interest articles, and other stories of enduring appeal". - Ionut

13 days ago http://blogoscoped.com/forum... :) - Jérôme Flipo

I see. Well, I only found it today. - Ionut

Who use the Maps app while driving/being in a car? It works but it isn't a very good navigation system. Will they release a (free) turn-by-turn app. I think and hope so. Will Apple authorize it? I wouldn't bet. - Jérôme Flipo

The passengers might use it. - Ionut

Yes, but I guess the average number of passengers is below 2 in the US (cars only). With turn-by-turn, they would increase considerably the average time of use (more data). I think it wouldn't be difficult to enhance the current app with turn-by-turn functionality. As the TomTom app costs 100$, they would probably get tons of users, which means a lot of new data, i.e a huge competitive advantage. - Jérôme Flipo

You should have bought an Android:p - Patrik Johansson

I don't have an iPhone, but the HTC dream has comparably poor battery life. With a bunch of stuff running in the background, GPS tracking, bluetooth and wireless on, my phone lasts 4-6 hours if I don't touch it at all. With all the bells and whistles off, I can get 2 days of standby time out of it. Just. - Slappy Line

"Suddenly the internet is everywhere and you can get an account on most of the major online services and tons of small startup "on-ramps," dial in with your modem and access some internet services. But the internet is not another online service or even an extension of one, so people aren't getting the full picture." - Ionut from Bookmarklet

oh wow. that is a truely wonderful article to read now :-) - immaterial

A comment: "Here is the crux of the issue. Basically your saying that you've spent an absolute fortune on a bespoke system and unfortunately you were a bit short sighted and it only works in IE6. Whoops. Well I'm sorry to tell you this, but IE6 is losing market share everyday and the fewer the number of people that use it, the greater the number of sites who will drop support for it. It's just a matter of time before all you'll be able to do at work is sit and admire your wonderful CRM platform. I can't understand why any forward-looking company would voluntarily shut themselves off from all the exciting new technologies that are being developed on the web. OK - you're not interested in social networking, but what about potential productivity aids like google wave for example, or apple's me.com? You and your company are missing out on a surge of innovation that is happening right now. It seems incredibly foolish to just close yourselves off and assume there's nothing out there for you." - Ionut from Bookmarklet

"build 23129 is tagged as 4.0.202.0. While it's just a number, it means, of course, Chrome will likely hit v4 long before Firefox ever does. Other than the version number I haven't noted any obvious changes as of yet. Technical Program Manager Anthony LaForge posted a note to the Chromium-dev board announcing that the move was made to reflect the code freeze on Chrome v3. "There is still a bit of work that needs to be done for 3.0 in terms of stability and fixes," he wrote. "To that end we will be pulling changes into the 195 branch (what will become the stable release)."" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Oh, the old version number war again. If Google is fast enough they will reach 11 before Opera. :) - Norbert Evenich

Do we vote or guess? - John μller

What's in it for Friendfeed? Money. Facebook has the capital to keep it going longer and monetizing the service is now Facebook's problem. - Morton Fox

please let it be google shaved into the back - Paul Ogle

Yeah, pics please! - Kevin Mohr

for a commercial - Jess Lee from Bookmarklet

Whoa, I was half right??? Mark this down in your calendars, people! - Andrew C

Apparently nobody from that post (the author and those who comment) understands what's wrong with Hotmail: after an account is disabled for inactivity, it becomes available for new users. Gmail has a different policy: http://mail.google.com/support... - Ionut

Also see: http://news.livejournal.com/114123... - Ionut

"One of our main goals at YouTube is to help content creators effectively make money from the distribution of their content online." What about the video creators? Shouldn't they receive some money from the ads? - Ionut

That is one of my biggest annoyances. - Bret Taylor

Fried Babelfish: Don't let the name fool you, it uses Google Translate. Defaults to detect language -> English, but source is included and if you feel like changing it you can. Has 2 tabs, so you can have 2 language pairs ready for translating back & forth between 2 languages without having to keep switching the settings. http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums... - April Russo (app103)

Exactly. Got the same thing. Tsch. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

Google still expects users to read :) - Joel

That IS pretty good - LANjackal

It's classy, but is it really useful for those who accidentally see it? - Ionut

so kind, thoughtful, & considerate, :) - chaz2b

Don't see it yet, is it being rolled out at the moment? - Philipp Lenssen

I tried different browsers and it works in all of them. - Ionut

pretty sure it's location(server farm?) related - not seeing it here yet in chrome3.0.196.0 or firefox3.0.11 - immaterial

Why do you say it's pointless if you want this feature in Google Calendar? - Ionut

I added an update: the feature is now available in Google Calendar. - Ionut

I already have FB birthdays integrated in my Google Calendar and I turned it off pretty quickly... - Adarsh

Google Wave - Ionut

oops - yes :-) but not public yet :-/ Also Twitter & Facebook are close but just give you links saying stuff has changed. GReader isn't quite either. - immaterial

"The best choice of software is often no software -- and barring that, as little software as you can possibly get away with, and even then, only from the most reputable and reliable sources." - Ionut

"Despite some positive factors in Bing’s favor, users thought that both search engines produced equally relevant results. Overall, most users stated they would continue using Google over Bing and were unlikely to switch." - Ionut from Bookmarklet

Tell me how you feel about it too. Thanks! - Daniel Dulitz from iPhone

Thanks y'all. Any others? - Daniel Dulitz from iPhone