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They have a lot of cash on hand: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=TWTR It's likely money left over from the IPO & previous fund raising events.

It'd be one thing if student loans were true unsecured debt but they're not. The government backs most student loans (even private ones) and they are not dismissible through bankru…

This is awesome news for marketplaces who see the value in processing payments. Marketplace payments are a tough egg to crack and after meeting their CEO, Bill, and learning more o…

To build on gtcameron: The call comparison is bad -- the first one is when the phone is "unlocked" and the "new" one is when the phone is in a locked state. Also, the previous vers…

It looks the same on iOS 7 because Apple hasn't updated any of their non-preloaded apps yet. (iTunes Connect, Apple Store, iTunes U, Podcasts, iBooks are all other examples which h…

The Settings app, Safari app and Compass app icon's are all pretty bad. (too much detail compared to the rest) I do agree with the general sentiment that the icons, in general, do …

Stitched leather did make it onto iOS 6, by way of Find My Friends. I'm not overly for flat design or overly against skeuomorphism, but Find My Friends was horrendous.

At my university, they'd make the chirping noise, but it'd also state which road has the walk sign. So it'd repeatedly say "Farm Lane Walk Sign" while the sign was on.

That jump is for new loans, fortunately. All previous federal loans are locked in at the rate they were originally signed for.

While Atlanta is in the south, Atlanta proper is much like any other big city. There is an unbelievable amount of great food and every restaurant has vegetarian options (my wife is…

Doubtful, given it is not web-based. edit: There is nothing definitively saying it is not web-based, but I do feel as if that would be a big talking point when they first introduce…

When you copy from outlook, it copies that unless you first double click on the contact then select just the email address.

"full mobile back-end" is pushing it. Don't get me wrong, I love what Parse has brought to the market, but the capability of it is limited at the moment. One of the biggest limitat…

You can also consider moving elsewhere -- I'm paying $9.50/month to webfaction to host my app. While it took about a half hour to set everything up, (In my case rails, postgres, et…

Seriously -- My mother died when I was 2, 24 years ago. The type of cancer she had took her quickly -- however, today, the available treatments would have likely given her a relati…

Is requiring a top university really a new thing at Yahoo? I remember 5-6 years ago when I was applying for internships I couldn't even finish my application as it required you to …

I agree -- I've turned down a job before I received a formal offer (was told one was in the works) partly because no one could tell me what the vacation policy was. Not that I'm on…

Have you looked into whether or not your school provides free legal services? My university's student government paid for two pretty awesome lawyers (through a student tax) which c…

Rdio does #1, and has the ability for #2, although I'm not sure if there are many apps consuming Rdio's API.

User interface is huge for me, especially from a mobile app standpoint. In my opinion, Spotify's mobile app is pretty terrible when compared to Rdio's. Also, I love the "Collection…

The beta testing is all done. The game comes out in two weeks.

Me too. I had the chance to play the beta last weekend and even with reduced functionality the game was quite a lot of fun. I rarely if ever play games and I'm certain this will be…

I agree -- I think this is more Apple's problem than anything. If I disable location data for an app, Apple shouldn't allow any form of my location to be passed to that app.

This. I switched from github to bitbucket in all of about 10 minutes a weekend ago for my private repos. $7/month more in my pocket. I did find it interesting that when I canceled …

This is awesome. Google Play is a very frustrating marketplace from a review standpoint. Itunes is a little bit less frustrating, but frustrating nonetheless.