IntenseDebate - Mike Weber (@mweb)

15 years ago @ TechCrunch - Facebook App Is Finall... · 2 replies · +3 points

And they continue to ignore all non-Apple platform entirely. The Blackberry app is an embarrassment and do they even have an Android app? They can't put 1-2 people on these?

15 years ago @ TechCrunch - Scary Thought: What Wo... · 0 replies · +4 points

"But, as they so often do, they’re taking the side of profits over market share."

But at the expense of the customer experience too, which Apple does typically take a lot of pride in and surprises me somewhat to see it going on this long at the expense of market share now.

15 years ago @ TechCrunch - Plancast Plans To Spre... · 0 replies · +2 points

You can see the new widget in action at: http://www.onehopewine.com/events

We added it to our page yesterday to replace the clunky RSS integration we were previously using from Plancast. The new widget is sexy and rocks!

15 years ago @ TechCrunch - You Know Where Else It... · 0 replies · +7 points

I love it. These posts are the technology community equivalent of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's callouts of peeps in politics and mainstream media - calling out the hypocrisy & lies is always a great time.

16 years ago @ TechCrunch - Facebook Like Buttons ... · 0 replies · 0 points

This isn't new, I've noticed this for at least a week...

16 years ago @ TechCrunch - Google, Apple, Jacob, ... · 1 reply · +2 points

Did you want to provide any real insight or value with your comment? The article was about Google vs. Apple, where does Nokia fit into all that? No other companies were discussed here.

Plus, whether Apple removed Eric Schmidt from their board or it was pressure from the FCC, what does it matter? I think it's clear from the companies' roadmaps that FCC or not, that was going to happen regardless.

But since you brought up Nokia... how long have they been around? How long have Apple and Google been making/powering phones? What do you think will happen to Nokia when apps matter? And developers decide to focus on just a couple platforms? Unless, HTML 5 and web apps become big on mobile, the app ecosystem is going to drive a lot of Nokia smartphone sales down the road.

I love the new phones Nokia is presenting, but I can't find myself to pick one up given that I've heard close to zero about its apps or anyone making any. In fact, as a Blackberry user I'm also questioning RIM on this... I wouldn't want to be the 3rd mobile app ecosystem down which is already happening as everyone rushes to develop for Android and iPhone/Pad.

16 years ago @ TechCrunch - Firefox to Chrome: We'... · 0 replies · +1 points

No. Firefox definitely seems to get more and more bogged down as you use it. Sure, a new release speeds things up but that only seems to last for a little while.

Chrome has a few bugs, more so in the Dev version which I had somehow... but overall, it's a lot faster on a consistant basis.

16 years ago @ TechCrunch - Blippy Swipes Back At ... · 0 replies · +6 points

Also, if this service provides so much value they should detail the spending of their $13 million in funding on its own Blippy profile... After all, privacy is so last year :)

16 years ago @ TechCrunch - Blippy Swipes Back At ... · 0 replies · +4 points

I used Blippy for a few months and found zero value in the service. Further, I deleted my account and it was still active and the profile publicly viewable. It wasn't until my second attempt, over a week later, to delete my account that it actually vanished. There's just not enough trust with this company to sit around on it until it provides value.

16 years ago @ TechCrunch - Report: Facebook Locat... · 0 replies · +3 points

I think check-ins are more about specific venue matching... so in an ideal world I check in a a restaurant like Four Daughters Kitchen where I live and it shows the check-ins on the Facebook page similar to how check-ins are shown on FourSquare venue pages.

The Twitter model (adding location to a status message) is more about knowing the general area an update or tweet came from and allows applications to pull these updates by location (but largely regional). This form of location adding is usually less specific, i.e. South Bay Cities - Manhattan Beach, CA area vs. Starbucks Coffee in Manhattan Beach (the latter being more of the check-in model)

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