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I've been a regular reader since 1998, and used... 51,786 Views / 77 Replies  
I've been a regular reader since 1998, and used to come multiple times a day. It's truly a sad thing to lose my most used bookmark. You'll be missed.
Posted by mr100percent, on Jul 3, 2016 at 05:22 AM, in Mac News
This should really speed apps up, since I'm... 557 Views / 3 Replies  
This should really speed apps up, since I'm fairly sure many of the sluggish apps on my watch are that way because they never updated to the new SDK.
Posted by mr100percent, on Apr 22, 2016 at 11:30 PM, in Mac News
Interesting, I wonder if Transmission is liable... 817 Views / 4 Replies  
Interesting, I wonder if Transmission is liable for virus-laden downloads on their site.
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 7, 2016 at 03:04 AM, in Mac News
I dislike it. I'm sticking with Classic mode,... 7,005 Views / 84 Replies  
I dislike it. I'm sticking with Classic mode, thanks for preserving it.
Posted by mr100percent, on Feb 17, 2016 at 07:57 PM, in Mac News
AT&T cares absolutely nothing about loyalty. I... 1,101 Views / 5 Replies  
AT&T cares absolutely nothing about loyalty. I stuck by them despite having the highest dropped-call rate in the US and their terrible 3G service in NYC for years, I didn't switch to Verizon when the...
Posted by mr100percent, on Dec 1, 2015 at 11:55 PM, in Mac News
So whats the point of sideloading then if Apple... 1,831 Views / 9 Replies  
So whats the point of sideloading then if Apple is going to object?

Besides, you can take the open-source code, compile it youself and install it. It's already in Github and anyone who downloads...
Posted by mr100percent, on Nov 13, 2015 at 11:19 AM, in Mac News
Most of this stems from the (poorly explained)... 1,909 Views / 17 Replies  
Most of this stems from the (poorly explained) difference between Match & Music.
When a file is matched against Match, you're proving you own it so that you can later download it again from Match....
Posted by mr100percent, on Jul 2, 2015 at 12:40 PM, in Mac News
Good. I'm happy to see that Lyft is following the... 512 Views / 5 Replies  
Good. I'm happy to see that Lyft is following the rules. We have these regulations for a reason, to protect passengers (like background checks on drivers and proof of insurance). Just because you're...
Posted by mr100percent, on Jul 25, 2014 at 06:32 PM, in Tech News
Telling Siri to play the podcast is a good... 559 Views / 3 Replies  
Telling Siri to play the podcast is a good workaround for now.
Posted by mr100percent, on Jun 26, 2014 at 09:27 PM, in Mac News
I've had the same podcast issue, but restarting... 559 Views / 3 Replies  
I've had the same podcast issue, but restarting the app and phone doesn't fix the problem. It happened suddenly this afternoon.
Posted by mr100percent, on Jun 26, 2014 at 08:32 PM, in Mac News
Never mind my previous question: The Journal... 1,060 Views / 5 Replies  
Never mind my previous question:

The Journal also features an image that shows the iPhone demo room from 2006. "This is a system Apple rigged together to run early prototypes of its iPhone...
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 27, 2014 at 01:49 AM, in Tech News
Who else has HD voice so far in the US? T-Mobile? 338 Views / 1 Replies  
Who else has HD voice so far in the US? T-Mobile?
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 26, 2014 at 05:39 PM, in Tech News
I'm curious what that device is in the background... 1,060 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm curious what that device is in the background that looks like a white iPhone. It can't be though, because hardware and software divisions didn't intersect until later, so what is it? A USB number...
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 26, 2014 at 05:38 PM, in Tech News
They've been trying this in New York too, after... 680 Views / 6 Replies  
They've been trying this in New York too, after Sandy they declined to repair the telephone poles and decided to put people on VoiceLink. That's even worse than before, since no DSL is possible and...
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 24, 2014 at 07:58 PM, in Tech News
The problem is that ISPs are deliberately... 2,951 Views / 18 Replies  
The problem is that ISPs are deliberately throttling Netflix traffic in order to extrot money from Netflix customers through Netflix itself.

If ISPs can't handle 2-4mbps of traffic for normal...
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 22, 2014 at 02:24 AM, in Tech News
Interesting, how does this compare to cheaper... 538 Views / 1 Replies  
Interesting, how does this compare to cheaper apps like GIFBrewery?
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 21, 2014 at 11:50 PM, in Mac News
If AT&T got their way, they would be able to... 2,951 Views / 18 Replies  
If AT&T got their way, they would be able to dictate terms to Netflix, and we the consumer would be stuck with outages, the same way our cable provider cuts off certain channels during negotiation...
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 21, 2014 at 11:47 PM, in Tech News
This is a good step, but now we need to secure... 371 Views / 4 Replies  
This is a good step, but now we need to secure email in transit. Will Gmail ever support PGP or S/MIME encryption?
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 20, 2014 at 04:39 PM, in Tech News
3D televisions didn't take off like they predicted 294 Views / 1 Replies  
3D televisions didn't take off like they predicted
Posted by mr100percent, on Feb 26, 2014 at 05:54 PM, in Tech News
Great, now when can we thin out the bloating... 824 Views / 3 Replies  
Great, now when can we thin out the bloating Messages app?
Posted by mr100percent, on Jan 13, 2014 at 06:16 PM, in Mac News
Cool! So when's it coming out? 392 Views / 2 Replies  
Cool! So when's it coming out?
Posted by mr100percent, on Jan 8, 2014 at 04:32 AM, in Tech News
March? Meanwhile, iOS 7 performance on iPhone 4... 358 Views / 1 Replies  
March? Meanwhile, iOS 7 performance on iPhone 4 is ridiculously slow. They can't rush a speed patch?
Posted by mr100percent, on Jan 7, 2014 at 02:52 PM, in Mac News
Biscuit seems a lot like bestselling app Alien... 541 Views / 2 Replies  
Biscuit seems a lot like bestselling app Alien Blue
Posted by mr100percent, on Nov 27, 2013 at 04:30 PM, in Mac News
Doesn't iPhone 5 also have Bluetooth LE? 539 Views / 1 Replies  
Doesn't iPhone 5 also have Bluetooth LE?
Posted by mr100percent, on Nov 21, 2013 at 02:32 PM, in Mac News
Right, so no third party apps, because you... 391 Views / 4 Replies  
Right, so no third party apps, because you wouldn't want anyone else using your data except yourself, Microsoft and the NSA...
Posted by mr100percent, on Nov 4, 2013 at 10:05 PM, in Tech News
@BradMacPro, hardly. Apple has an interest in... 883 Views / 7 Replies  
@BradMacPro, hardly. Apple has an interest in making sure developers have access to the latest APIs and a marketplace that has most people running the latest versions. This helps them. Apple made...
Posted by mr100percent, on Oct 28, 2013 at 09:28 PM, in Mac News
I wish BBM took a cue from Mailbox and showed you... 391 Views / 2 Replies  
I wish BBM took a cue from Mailbox and showed you your place in the queue. That helped.
Posted by mr100percent, on Oct 21, 2013 at 07:08 PM, in Tech News
Why do we demand the government step in and ban... 2,112 Views / 20 Replies  
Why do we demand the government step in and ban stuff because of their own irresponsibility?
Posted by mr100percent, on Oct 2, 2013 at 10:46 PM, in Mac News
Easy solution; don't program it to unlock with... 3,278 Views / 39 Replies  
Easy solution; don't program it to unlock with your finger. Use something else that isn't leaving prints everywhere.
Good luck figuring out which body part you need to scan to unlock my phone.
Posted by mr100percent, on Sep 23, 2013 at 02:49 AM, in Tech News
Video aside, I'm still skeptical. Apple said that... 3,278 Views / 39 Replies  
Video aside, I'm still skeptical. Apple said that their sensor uses conduction sensors, so the old "gummy finger" hack to bypass old fingerprint scanners was no longer effective. I'm wondering how...
Posted by mr100percent, on Sep 23, 2013 at 01:43 AM, in Tech News
"no one has ever really asked the question as to... 407 Views / 4 Replies  
"no one has ever really asked the question as to how the two, once very close friends, become completely at odds and had their relationship irrevocably damaged."

You mean Isaacson never...
Posted by mr100percent, on Sep 12, 2013 at 01:15 AM, in Tech News
The DEA can't get ahold of iMessages, but I'm... 448 Views / 2 Replies  
The DEA can't get ahold of iMessages, but I'm sure the NSA can (under PRISM)
Posted by mr100percent, on Sep 6, 2013 at 11:45 PM, in Mac News
According to Snowden's interview, the government... 370 Views / 2 Replies  
According to Snowden's interview, the government still hasn't broken PGP (which is what he uses). Instead, people more often use easy-to-guess passwords or faulty encryption software that lets them...
Posted by mr100percent, on Sep 5, 2013 at 08:52 PM, in Tech News
Actually, Safari in OS X Mountain Lion DOES have... 1,404 Views / 8 Replies  
Actually, Safari in OS X Mountain Lion DOES have support for notifications (go look in Preferences). It's just that no site I know of uses them yet. Pity.
Posted by mr100percent, on Sep 5, 2013 at 12:21 AM, in Mac News
I'm skeptical of Apple adding NFC. They've said... 475 Views / 3 Replies  
I'm skeptical of Apple adding NFC. They've said it's not yet ready as a solution for the public yet, and disparaged the idea of bumping phones at the last WWDC in favor of AirDrop. Considering how...
Posted by mr100percent, on Jul 16, 2013 at 04:10 AM, in Tech News
Nice, but what about all the spying? 404 Views / 3 Replies  
Nice, but what about all the spying?
Posted by mr100percent, on Jul 16, 2013 at 03:19 AM, in Tech News
Ugh, they're ruining instagram. I use it to see... 504 Views / 1 Replies  
Ugh, they're ruining instagram. I use it to see and share PHOTOS. If I wanted videos, I would have downloaded vine in the first place.
Posted by mr100percent, on Jun 20, 2013 at 01:59 PM, in Tech News
From what I read, the "throttling" is the phone... 494 Views / 7 Replies  
From what I read, the "throttling" is the phone picking the strongest signal instead of the fastest signal. If you apply the hack to pick the fastest, it might speed up your connection, but you're...
Posted by mr100percent, on Jun 5, 2013 at 06:29 PM, in Tech News
Well that's unusual given that FaceTime is... 2,408 Views / 2 Replies  
Well that's unusual given that FaceTime is supposed to have full duplex (simultaneous 2-way) audio and video. What is your connection speed? Is either side laggy or running too many apps at once?
Posted by mr100percent, on May 28, 2013 at 05:46 PM, in macOS
Haha, they're really stretching if they think... 1,918 Views / 14 Replies  
Haha, they're really stretching if they think these are great must-have features. The animated home screen is quite distracting and was panned by reviewers. The only real feature the Surface has is...
Posted by mr100percent, on May 23, 2013 at 02:27 AM, in Mac News
I doubt they'd remove youtube support,... 364 Views / 1 Replies  
I doubt they'd remove youtube support, considering how OS X has native uploading to youtube in iMovie and elsewhere.
Posted by mr100percent, on May 22, 2013 at 07:09 PM, in Tech News
Eh, this is interesting, but not that big of a... 1,342 Views / 7 Replies  
Eh, this is interesting, but not that big of a threat. Chrome is the minority browser on iOS, and is used mainly by people who want to sync bookmarks or google apps. If a developer wanted to make...
Posted by mr100percent, on May 7, 2013 at 10:19 PM, in Tech News
Talk about Sour Grapes. 1,341 Views / 8 Replies  
Talk about Sour Grapes.
Posted by mr100percent, on Apr 30, 2013 at 04:02 PM, in Tech News
Easy fix 513 Views / 2 Replies  
A few simple lines of code on Apple's end can easily fix this; No more than 1 message per person per second can be sent.

Also, hopefully in the future Apple will add blocking in iOS 7, so you can...
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 31, 2013 at 07:42 PM, in Mac News
Noooo 1,290 Views / 7 Replies  
I've been a loyal Google Reader user for years, and even though Google took out the social networking features it has still been the best reader app. Now what am I going to do?
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 13, 2013 at 10:12 PM, in Tech News
Mac app? 425 Views / 1 Replies  
Twitter has let the Mac app languish, no retina support, and it's embarrassingly old and neglected.
Posted by mr100percent, on Mar 5, 2013 at 01:00 AM, in Tech News
@lkrupp 963 Views / 6 Replies  
No, if you restore your iOS device, it will not have the jailbreak files. Apple will not be able to tell it was jailbroken in the past.
Posted by mr100percent, on Feb 7, 2013 at 04:29 AM, in Tech News
Quite a shame. Ordinarily I would have jumped at... 327 Views / 7 Replies  
Quite a shame. Ordinarily I would have jumped at new media like this. The few articles and videos I saw that people shared from The Daily were high-quality and I wanted to see tablet magazines take...
Posted by mr100percent, on Dec 3, 2012 at 12:30 PM, in Tech News
Why 2.0? It came with the original iPhone. 245 Views / 1 Replies  
Why 2.0? It came with the original iPhone.
Posted by mr100percent, on Oct 30, 2012 at 09:30 AM, in Tech News
My WiFi iPad 2 doesn't have GPS, neither did my... 1,632 Views / 15 Replies  
My WiFi iPad 2 doesn't have GPS, neither did my WiFi only iPod touch. This isn't news.
Posted by mr100percent, on Oct 23, 2012 at 07:43 PM, in Tech News
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