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wib

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About wib

Writer - editor - journalist

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    Comment #8606556

    Cool app. I was looking for something exactly like this yesterday and I was surprised no one had made it yet. Your UI is nice, but the icons are a little crowded on the view activi…

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    Comment #7371695

    Cool. So what happens when Chrome updates or I accidentally turn off Dev mode? Does Chromebrew get wiped?

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    Comment #7270526

    Where are the photographer credits? Where is the licensing information for each photo? What is your mechanism for compensating the creators of the original works you are republishi…

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    Comment #7161906

    I use the !hn bang syntax on DuckDuckGo daily… Here's hoping it stays available.

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    Comment #6719024

    Pretty cool. But why would I use this over Etherpad?

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    No more Skype chat via imo.im?

    Skype logo now missing from home page and from "add account" options on web interface... https://imo.im/

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    Comment #5445920

    Which is why this acquisition was more about PR than talent or technology. It says (or tries to say), "You might think we're just dusty old Yahoo!, but we're hiring 17-year-old wun…

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    Comment #5422971

    Haven't tested in Firefox. I assume the webapp works just fine, but there's a dedicated Chrome extension.

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    Comment #5422961

    Thanks but also sorry, because I should clarify—it's not my app, I just found it last night while looking for just this for a new Chromebook. I'm a heavy NValt user and there's sad…

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    Writebox – Syncs with Dropbox. Chrome, iOS, Web

    Similar to TextDrop, but free (as in beer) and without some of the handier NV-like features.

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    Comment #5393669

    Really cool, looking forward to giving this a try.

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    Comment #5111067

    Agreed, lots of glitches that kept me from shelling out for the paid service. I gave it up and went back to Dropbox for OSX Android syncing. At least the buyer isn't talking about …

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    Monument to Steve Jobs opens in St. Petersburg, Russia

    "An interactive sculpture of glass and metal in the form of the iPhone, was erected in memory of Apple founder Steve Jobs, in Saint Petersburg's State University of Information Tec…

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    Comment #4991039

    "No porn." Thanks mom! I'm mortified for the kid.

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    Comment #4937199

    I'm having a real hard time deleting my account, because I used plus addressing in the email when I signed up for Instagram. This is making it impossible for me to log in to the we…

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    Comment #4776858

    For a second I thought satire. Nope.

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    Comment #4707440

    Yes. I've never given to a Kickstarter campaign but would totally contribute to this. Proprietary chargers feel like such a ripoff at ~$30-$50, but clearly the $5 generics are a ba…

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    Comment #4682590

    Cool & handy

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    Comment #4587009

    That's cool. I'll definitely buy your app in the future if you incorporate a Tasker plugin. http://tasker.dinglisch.net/developers.html

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    Comment #4563841

    How does this improve on Quickdroid? Can I run scripts with it? tasker integration?

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    Comment #4245919

    Headlines were bait before there were hyperlinks. Nothing new there—you're just seeing the process for the first time. Also, this doesn't take away from the substance of a very wel…

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    Comment #4245912

    Meh. Added spam to shared links. Buggy app that got worse and more bloated with every update. Finally stopped using the beta when they started crippling features like plain text se…

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    Comment #4113273

    Really appreciate this developer's frank style combined with non-dickishness (offering refunds etc.). An example for others.