Yearly Archives: 2013

This could be very interesting for the +Motorola Mobility Moto X 1

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This could be very interesting for the +Motorola Mobility Moto X

All of the recent rumors for the Moto X have indicated that it "only" has a dual-core processor which most people took to mean that it would be a mid-range phone. However, this new processor from Motorola has 2 application cores and 4 graphics cores. If this same heart resides in the X, it could in fact be a high-end device after all. The only thing missing is the massive battery of the MAXX

Motorola using its own 8-core chip in new Droids
Motorola is getting into the system-on-a-chip game. At Verizon’s event in New York City today, the Illinois-based manufacturer announced the Motorola X8 Mobile Computing System, a new 8-core chip….


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Its an oldie but a goodie 2

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Its an oldie but a goodie

Reshared post from +Amir Abbas

GM response to Bill Gates Hell Funny

Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated:

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon..

In response to this comment, General Motors issued a press release stating:

If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash………Twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive – but would run on only five percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single ‘This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation’ warning light.

I love the next one!!!

7. The airbag system would ask ‘Are you sure?’ before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10. You’d have to press the ‘Start’ button to turn the engine off.

#billgates #GM #funny
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The final season of the original Fox-body +Ford Motor Company Mustang brought the…

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The final season of the original Fox-body +Ford Motor Company Mustang brought the addition of a higher performance Cobra variant

Right before the reworked SN95 Mustang debuted in 1994, Ford reintroduced the Cobra name for the first time in a decade. The base version added 15 hp to the classic 302 V8, bigger disk brakes front and rear and a strut-tower brace to stiffen the front end.

At the same time they introduced the limited edition track-oriented Cobra R, with even beefier suspension, a rear seat delete option and no air conditioning or radio.

Wild About Cars – Tech Pages Article
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Click the Logo to see what Ford is up to now! For 1993, the Mustang lineup received an additional model – the limited edition Cobra and Cobra R to go along with the standard LX and GT series. This special Mustang featured a 230 HP version of the GT’s 5.0-liter V-8, utilizing specialty parts from …

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This is totally consistent with +Verizon Wireless MO of let's see how much money… 15

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This is totally consistent with +Verizon Wireless MO of let's see how much money we can get from customers before they flinch

Verizon can get away with this because unlike in other parts of the world, the carriers are set up in such a way that you can't take your equipment and go somewhere else if you're not happy. If you want to take advantage of the VZW network, you have to put up with their pricing policies because phones are incompatible.

When VZW changes pricing in recent years, they never do it in a way that will cost you less. When they introduced family data sharing they deliberately priced in a way that would not save money for most customers and over time would likely cost more as people use more data.  

Now they offering customers a chance to pay back the subsidy they aren't getting anymore while also paying for a new phone. Until we have phones that support all LTE bands, we are all locked in and screwed!

Verizon CFO: ‘We will not touch our service pricing’ after launch of VZ Edge | Android Central
Following both the release of its new “Verizon Edge” upgrade plans and Q2 2013 financial results, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo had some interesting statements regarding the new upgrade scheme.


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I would certainly hope no one signs up for +Verizon Wireless Edge plan 1

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I would certainly hope no one signs up for +Verizon Wireless Edge plan

Unless of course you like paying double for your phones

Verizon CFO doesn’t think most people will sign up for Edge upgrade plan
In comments following Verizon’s earnings call this morning, CFO Fran Shammo noted that he didn’t expect Edge — the early-upgrade plan that the carrier plans to deploy late next month — to have…

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If you want to swap out your phones more often than every 2 years, don't waste…

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If you want to swap out your phones more often than every 2 years, don't waste your money with +AT&T or +Verizon Wireless

Just go straight to +T-Mobile or Ting so you don't get double-dipped on the cost of the hardware. 

Verizon confirms Edge device financing program is coming
During a call for investors today, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo confirmed that the carrier is planning to launch its Edge device financing program, though he declined to provide any details on the…

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Blogs are often accused of making money off the backs of "real" journalists… 1

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Blogs are often accused of making money off the backs of "real" journalists by aggregating news

The Economist recently reversed that process by lifting content from a blog verbatim. Unfortunately no one bothered to check the veracity of the story, lifting it from http://autoblopnik.com/ 

I'm sure that in this case Otto had no problem seeing his work "stolen"

The Economist Accidentally Plagiarizes From Parody Car Website
The internet. It’s tricky. One thing you learn at the beginning is to vet your sources. Make sure they’re reliable. That’s something that The Economist, a super legitimate publication apparently hasn’t learned yet. They just took words from a parody site as fact and published them. Whoooops.

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As ever, if you are looking for a good deal on mobile phones and service, stay away…

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As ever, if you are looking for a good deal on mobile phones and service, stay away from +AT&T or +Verizon Wireless 

AT&T’s Next phone upgrade plans are a huge ripoff
AT&T unveiled its new Next plan today, which allows you to pay a small monthly fee for the privilege of upgrading your phone every year without a down payment. It’s a clear response to T-Mobile’s…

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