And isn't it unfair that a retweet is a worthwhile metric but a +1/reshare is not? And why would "Google find some way to fudge the numbers"? So Google, a gigantic company, one of the most valuable in the world, would lie through it's teeth but Twitter, a struggling company desperately trying to prove they are worthwhile, would not? What are you basing this accusation on?
I don't understand the hate on Google+. I love and use both services for different things. I read lots of great stuff AND lots of crap on BOTH services every day, but it's a largely different kind of material. I would even say I use them both equally (maybe G+ a bit more these days.) Why does one have to win?
And one other thing, Twitter had FAR less to do with the arab spring and other activist movements than it gets credit for. Until I see legitimate data otherwise, that claim will continue to annoy me.
I'm not much of an Apple fan, but I do have a used MBA and I have to say, the old style magsafe adapter is one of the greatest features of any laptop I've ever seen. If having a laptop that is 10mm thicker meant leaving this brilliant bit of engineering alone than it's no question to go with the thicker machine.
I was really interested to see this data until I saw that they use the BMI; possibly the dumbest and most loudly touted measure of health. According to these numbers I am overweight, heading towards obese, and I don't think any doctor on Earth would say I was overweight if they looked at me.
It's certainly not the most common method; I'm sure point-and-click is. But the kind of people who use keyboard launchers, the ones who are sounding off the loudest on their tech blogs and sites like HN and Reddit, surprise me. I'm sure the average user might be confused, but for me at least, I'll do what I do with Win7, OSX, or Ubuntu: Super + typing + Enter.
The main complaint I hear is the change of start menu behavior, but most people I know use a keyboard based launcher anyway. If you're typing the name of the thing you want does it matter if it's going into Launchy, the Win7 start menu or the Metro interface? As long as you quickly get to the app or file you want, the interaction (typing) is pretty much identical.
Any love for those of us who already bought this? I don't want to pay twice, especially considering the only other game I want that I don't already have is Super Meat Boy.
I'm writing a little Sinatra app for my fiancee's birthday. It's nothing complicated, it just displays a different reason I love her each time the page loads (or you can permalink to a specific reason).
It's perfectly reasonable that Google would try to consolidate their properties. You used to need a YouTube account to do anything, and they own YouTube and don't feel like managing disparate databases about their users. It may be a minor inconvenience because it's a change from what people are used to, but it makes sense logistically and serves their business interests. They ARE a business after all...
And isn't it unfair that a retweet is a worthwhile metric but a +1/reshare is not? And why would "Google find some way to fudge the numbers"? So Google, a gigantic company, one of the most valuable in the world, would lie through it's teeth but Twitter, a struggling company desperately trying to prove they are worthwhile, would not? What are you basing this accusation on?
I don't understand the hate on Google+. I love and use both services for different things. I read lots of great stuff AND lots of crap on BOTH services every day, but it's a largely different kind of material. I would even say I use them both equally (maybe G+ a bit more these days.) Why does one have to win?
And one other thing, Twitter had FAR less to do with the arab spring and other activist movements than it gets credit for. Until I see legitimate data otherwise, that claim will continue to annoy me.