But you can move the box to any new TV you buy, and the AppleTV provides a range of features that OEM manufacturers simply can't (native display mirroring, AirPlay, etc).

Vizio doesn't provide games, music streaming from any app on your tablet or phone, video streaming, display mirroring, etc.

There are VERY few products that Apple has successfully banned, and many others which it hasn't banned and provide plenty of competition (in theory) to Apple's products.

A good response except for the "needs to be killed" part of the first paragraph.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/08/how-twitter-based-hedge-fund-beat-stock-market/41389/

If the "Family" group is blocked from past timeline posts, anyone added to the "Family" group won't be able to see them. There is no difference.

I hope you have since changed your mind then.

A lot of people actually, especially some top performing funds recently who have performed better than the rest of the market by basing their investment decisions on Twitter trends regarding the topic or company in question.

Actually it isn't stale, a lot of the financial news you get on Twitter is faster than you get anywhere else. Everyone who knows their shit in Finance is getting on Twitter.

This just demonstrates that you don't understand Twitter.

Sounds like you just need to work on putting people in proper groups and setting privacy permissions.

What are you talking about?

It's better online, but the apps are just awful as you can see from my screenshot, so much wasted space. Video is handled slightly better, but is still awful compared to most apps.

Every flash in the crowd is another indication of someone who doesn't know how to use their camera.

All of the chargers I see used are USB cables, not docks. It is very rare that I ever see someone actually docking their iDevice, and when they do, it is to play music through speakers so the headphones are unplugged anyway.

You definitely can reach it with your thumb. First off Apple takes that into account, second, this isn't like those Android phones with the massive screens, this is just as narrow as the older iPhones.

Why is it a terrible idea?

Pretty much yeah, it is an awesome combo.

The NBC app is just awful too. Look at what they consider fullscreen. FULLSCREEN. So much space for ads with huge margins. Some of the worst UI design I have seen in a while.