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Facebook was chosen for the beta. What other authentication schemes would you expect? (besides creating a dedicated account)
Since it's for Android, how about logging in using your Google account?
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#34Unfortunately, the app requires that you login with Facebook.
Facebook was chosen for the beta. What other authentication schemes would you expect? (besides creating a dedicated account)
A dedicated account is the only option for me - I refuse to use apps or websites that require me to authenticate through a 3rd party.
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#35There is an already existing program that allows you to do pretty much the same thing, I have had it forever.
The app is called Tasker (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch....) works like a charm and can be programmed right on the phone.
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#36Wow! Thank you, MicroSoft Israel!
I can't wait to see the Stuxnet/Flame/Duqu plug-in that ties into this incredibly useful app!
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Facebook was chosen for the beta. What other authentication schemes would you expect? (besides creating a dedicated account)
Are you familiar with the Android Account Manager? [1] You can let users log in to your app with pretty much one click of an existing account. Since virtually every android user already have a google account signed in on their phones. It seems that using a google account would be the most obvious route for ideal user experience (no need to type in a new account you haven't before). [1] http://developer.android.com/re…
Thanks. We are familiar with it.
FB was chosen for the beta, we use it on both the device and the website.
Upvoting GoogleID.
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#38This article is bizarre. Why is written in such a strange way? "your favorite Redmond techno-giant is sitting on a horse" What the fuck does that mean?
It's blog smack. These blogs produce so much spammy content they have to vary it up with "witty" banter.
That might be a comment on the type of people who read and subscribe to techcrunch now.
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#39This article is bizarre. Why is written in such a strange way? "your favorite Redmond techno-giant is sitting on a horse" What the fuck does that mean?
I guess you haven't seen the Old Spice commercial [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE ].
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#40They likely did this on Android because it's the easiest platform to developer such a product. On iOS and WP, background apps are severely limited so it makes sense why Android is only platform that gets this.
There is no reason to say "likely," the article comes out and says that android was the easy platform: "Shira Weinberg, the team’s Program Manager, explained that the less strict security model of the Android platform is well suited for deploying early stage technology previews." I am not a mobile developer so when I read the statement I was not sure if it was an underhanded slap at andriod or a valid assessment of m…
I think the security thing is BS. It's the ability to run arbitrary background services on Android versus strictly limited background tasks on other platforms that matters here.