Really shouldn't you compare that $85 license to the cost of iOS as well? I know that Apple doesn't charge themselves a licensing fee (technically) but I am sure they are wrapping up the cost of iOS development in their tablet (and phone) prices. All things considered; windows may prove cheaper than iOS.

You guys are all just not seeing the obvious application for this kind of notebook: leave it in your desk and rig it to an alarm and/or high voltage source. That way, if anyone ever tries to steal your passwords (which are actually safely hidden in your non-obvious folder) they get a reminder of why it is you are not…

Fragmentation is probably the number one word I hear from anti-android advocates about why iOS is the better platform. It's true, no question, that Android has more fragmentation that iOS, and on top of that, since Android is deployed across multiple hardware platforms from multiple manufacturers, the possible…

I think you misunderstood me. I wasn't specifying a feature for mobile use; just a very useful application for Street View. I don't own an iPhone, and I never will, because I hate Apple.

I have no double that Google made this move very deliberately, even if you're statement is true, which I really doubt. Maybe Google looses some money from the iOS crowd; but Apple looses even more money having to develop and maintain its own mapping software from scratch. That's money they can't spend on the patent…

If you've ever been house/apartment hunting on Craigslist, then StreetView is super useful for scouting out their neighborhood before you spend time actually going there. I know its a fringe use case.

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Hi, I'm Sam Biddle and I don't actually like any of my Facebook friends.

No problem, I had another comment here on this article that I included this link, but I can post it here as well. Here is an article From the American Heart Association that details the serious risk of cardiac death associated with Tazer use:

Criminals fear the Batmullet!

Are you kidding? I am WAY more bad-ass over the phone than I am in person. Over the phone I am a 6'6" ex-navy seal who fights in MMA tournaments and runs a successful sniper rifle store and in my spare time I hunt wolverines with my bare hands.

Actually, I think you really hit the nail on the head. Firearms are used when death of the subject is pretty much the intended result (or when the Tazer is out of range or otherwise not an option). Tazers are designed as a deadly force that's not INTENDED to kill the subject; but still might. Treating them as if they…

No, I disagree with that statement. A Tazer is absolutely not safe enough to be considered a reliably non-lethal weapon. A study published by the American Heart Association affirms that tazers pose a serious risk of cardiac death; and hundreds of people have been killed by law enforcement tazings since 2001:

Totally agree. She couldn't escape, because she was not under arrest. Police should only use a Tazer when the use of deadly force is justified. Would MasterChi have made the same arguments had they shot her instead of tazing her? If not, then it doesn't hold up scrutiny.

The problem is that the Tazer was designed to give police a non-lethal alternative to their firearms: but police use it as an alternative to actually having to deal with citizens who are non-cooperative while remaining non-violent. The result you would expect from the introduction of the Tazer is that a certain…

I totally reject the argument that Apple has be hyper-aggressive with patents just because everyone else is doing it. That argument only works if you aren't the one who started it, and Apples hyper-aggressive defense of what it considered its IP with the iPhone and iOS is certainly at least the event that accelerated…

whatever fanboys

So....anything rectangular with a screen looks like an iPhone now?

Whenever I see something like this, I feel like they should be required to have a little disclaimer at the bottom that discloses how many times they tried and failed for the shot they were going for before they actually got it. (not that I wasn't impressed by this particular video)

well, maybe you can't remove complexity, but you can certainly add it, and that's exactly what has been done here. I don't see how scanning an entire image is somehow "easier" than scanning a QR code. All things considered, it's probably harder since the lighting and angle would probably matter more recognizing a…