@Philip_Fry: Yeah, I'm not sure if the star system has been helping. I always read with all comments expanded because I know for a fact that otherwise, I'd be missing out on many of the best comments. If stars aren't given to persons that always give decent contributions, then why have this setup of a mod-controlled…
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@Nickoladze: Are you saying you've never seen comments, especially on Lifehacker, saying that Bing had a superior interface for image and video search? It appeared to be general internet consensus to me. It's not like I'm trolling
@quantumslip: Sure, Swyping a-pp-l-e is quick, but the reason you can't do this without looking now is that you never memorized what that swype pattern looks like. However, you've already been taught how to write the word apple. It may take slightly longer than Swyping but it's otherwise the same thing (guestures to…
@quantumslip: Swiping on the screen according to remembered patterns with no visible keyboard? It's called handwriting recognition. We've had it, and I wouldn't mind it coming back
Practical purpose? You can see the whole screen now instead of having it obstructed by keyboard. That sounds important
@RJ went back to 2005 and bought an Xbox 360!: bad idea, IMO
I guess they got tired of hearing how much better Bing is at all this stuff
They really don't care how many comparisons to Bing they get, do they? Microsoft must be sincerely flattered.
@Mikestan: Mario always trying to be bi-partisan... pick the red pill or the blue one, and stick with it Mario!
@Yahweh Took My Prepuce: OK.
@Anonymoose: The notification system, piped through MS's servers for this purpose, has been engineered to conserve bandwidth and battery life
You said "street view", which may be confusing. StreetSide is not a part of mobile Bing Maps. You would have meant aerial, or possibly Bird's Eye view
@Ian Logsdon: Have you practiced with it on your own phone?
This is... one GREAT article
Steve Jobs markets. He throws words like "magical and revolutionary" around like fairy dust. He sounds proud of every single thing he announces.
@orionburcham: He means Apple
All you commenters know about MyPhone, right?
"Microsoft's tablet hopes and dreams hinged on the HP Slate"
Music.