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Apple had plenty of warning about its bad maps
October 10, 2012
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Developers who played with Maps before its official debut told Apple that its software was awful. "I posted at least one doomsayer rant after each (developer) beta, and I wasn't alone," a developer with three iOS apps in the App Store told CNET's Josh Lowensohn. "The mood amongst the developers ...
Email Is getting harder because everything else is so much easier
October 3, 2012
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Data from the Buzzfeed network has found many fewer page views are coming from email than they used to, as other modes of sharing, like Facebook and Twitter have taken off. Since the beginning of this year, all the sites included in that network, including TMZ and the Daily Mail, ...
The most common iPhone 5 glitches and their fixes
October 2, 2012
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Now that some iPhone 5 owners have had their hands on the gadget for a little over a week the ravings have subsided and we're starting to hear more about the phone's flaws and glitches. Beyond the Maps app problems, which Apple continues to say will get better, and other ...
What Facebook is learning from your offline purchasing data
October 2, 2012
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In its first foray with Datalogix, that company that uses rewards card data to make advertising more effective, the social network has found that fewer than 1 percent of in-store sales could be tied to brand advertising campaigns on Facebook, reports Reuters's Alexei Oreskovic. Basically, just because someone clicked on ...
Google won't be bailing Apple out of its maps problem anytime soon
September 25, 2012
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Google has spoken: The company is not working on a maps app for the iPhone. "We have not done anything yet," Google's Eric Schmidt said to a group of reporters in Tokyo, when asked about a forthcoming Google Maps alternative to the not very well-received native Apple Maps app. That ...
How much data can Facebook collect before the FTC gets involved?
September 25, 2012
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Facebook has defended its new in-store tracking partnership with Datalogix, which gives Facebook access to our offline shopping habits via our rewards cards, by explaining that it doesn't violate any Federal Trade Commission regulations. Facebook says it will anonymize the data and is only interested in showing advertisers how their ...
Everything you need to know about why Apple's maps problem isn't going away soon
September 24, 2012
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Apple knows it has a Maps issue, but the company is saying, "the more people use it, the better it will get." Unfortunately, as mapping technology explains, that fix won't solve its location data problem very soon. A lot of the anger surrounding the new Maps app has to do ...
The three biggest Apple iOS 6 complaints, solved
September 20, 2012
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As per usual, Apple's iOS 6 update hasn't gone well for all iPhone 4 and 4S owners with the complaints continuing after Wednesday's debut. Here at The Atlantic Wire, we had our own upgrading problem, in which the phone reset its password and locked us out, which Apple assures is ...
Once and for all, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is not a Google double agent
September 18, 2012
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When Yahoo appointed former Google loyalist Marissa Mayer as CEO, some suspected that it was part of a Google plot to bring down the competition. While never a very likely scenario, it looks even less likely today. First of all, Google didn't even know about Mayer's departure until 30 minutes ...
All the latest from Apple's big iPhone event
September 12, 2012
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Finally, Apple has confirmed what we already knew, introducing us to the iOS6 equipped iPhone 5, a thinner, lighter version of its phone, with a bigger 4-inch screen. The iPhone 5 New Skinner, Lighter, Bigger Design: It is pretty much what everyone expected: "It is made entirely of glass and ...
