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Weird but cool. Who has time to come up with these?
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Apple No 1 for 9th consecutive time for smartphone customer satisfaction
If there’s one thing J.D. Power & Associates semi-annual report on customer satisfaction can agree upon, it’s that Apple is – and has been for quite some time – the best in smartphone customer satisfaction. Based on a 1,000 point scale with points given for performance, physical design, features, and ease of operation, Apple ranks a full 60 points ahead of the 2nd place combatant – Nokia. While the study average sits at 796 points, Apple is the only one that rises above it with 855 – that’s not to say that the competition isn’t relatively close behind, but it is true that Apple is also the only manufacturer that rates a 5 on the Power Circle Ratings 1-5 scale for smartphones as well.
So, it is true, Apple is DOOMED!
New adware trojan targets OS X users
Adware attacks against OS X are on the rise this year, says a report by anti-virus company Doctor Web. The Russian firm recently discovered another threat, Trojan.Yontoo.1, which has quickly become the most prominent adware trojan attacking Apple desktops and laptops.
The trojan worms its way onto your computer through websites that require you to install a plugin to view the content of the site. The most common vector are movie trailer websites that prompt you to install an HD Video player or similar plugin. Instead of a media plugin, unsuspecting users will download the trojan.
Never install a plugin that a web page is asking you to install. If there is an update to something like flash or Java, go to Adobe or Oracle and download from there.
Sorry Google; you can Keep it to yourself
GigaOm on the new app Keep by Google:
It might actually be good, or even better than Evernote. But I still won’t use Keep. You know why? Google Reader.
How about a pledge? If you build it, we use it, and you use our personal data to make your other products better or your ad sales executives richer, then you will keep it around.
You make a service available for free, you dominate the market, then yank it. Will they stop developing Android? It’s not like they are making a shitload of money with it. Will they kill Chrome? It’s free, they don’t make money on it. This is an advertising company everyone mistakes for a software and technology one.
I thought I would never say this, but Google was better off with Eric Schmidt at the helm. Larry Page is a Bozo.
Vulnerabilities Continue to Weigh Down Samsung Android Phones
Independent Italian researcher Roberto Paleari discussed several bugs he recently found in Samsung Android phones in a post on his blog yesterday. Paleari claims that after taking some time to sit down with some of his devices, he found six exploitable bugs on older devices such as the Galaxy Tab and the newer Galaxy S3.
Don’t worry, I’m sure an update will be released soon.
Paleari writes that Samsung did contact him on Feb. 20 and requested he delay public disclosure, insisting that “any patches [Samsung] develops must first be approved by the network carriers.”
Never mind.
Google’s Stunning Street Views From the Top of the World
This is great, because there is no way in hell I’m climbing any of those mountains.
Samsung working on another smart watch
Samsung Mobile VP Lee Young Hee confirmed reports that the company is developing a connected wristwatch, saying “we’ve been preparing the watch product for so long,” and adding that the company has been working hard to bring it to market.
Translation: We heard Apple might be doing something with watches, so we are doing that too.
