This really shouldn't take that long to get a basic app out the door, sans 3D and turn-by-turn GPS features. Google's servers do most of the heavy work, and Apple's original google maps app is basically a scrolling app that loads more tiles and drops pins with search. Using the right dev tools, they could make…

Probably flooded from all the traffic

It's better to hold down Option (or Shift for Windows) and click Check for Update, which will upgrade the iOS device rather than erase and restore.

When the first iPad came out, one of the reviews said it was a great device for consuming, but not for creating. Apple worked to change that, and now the iPad 2 is very big on creating; taking notes, editing iMovies, creating Powerpoints, etc. The Kindle strikes me as a consuming-only device, and that puts it at a…

No, student suicide is not a big problem at NYU. There was a case where a student on drugs jumped, then a depressed student a few days later was inspired by the first to do the same. The school put up plexiglass years ago, this is just a new design.

I still don't know if I can trust LastPass. How certain are we that someone can't get ahold of your master password list, either through a hacker breach or a warrant?

There was a pause, a flash on the surface, then the vacuum began

I have my own theory on why Muslims search for "sex" on google more than any other group in the world (and depending on who's writing, therefore are more repressed or horny).

Joss Whedon actually addressed this 3 weeks ago on Reddit. When asked if killing off his beloved characters had an effect on him, he wrote:

Looks like a mashup of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets cloning

Oh that's a bit harsh.

They decided to go the slow route. The Police wouldn't arrest him, so the prosecutor is convening a Grand Jury to get him arrested that way.

As a Muslim, let me say that I'm horrified by this. There is nothing, absolutely nothing in the Quran that justifies this. It doesn't even say to kill for adultery (unlike the Bible).