Yes, you are correct. I did mention scalability, which almost goes without saying when you're talking about a distributed, multi-data-center database. But you are correct in pointing out that scalability is perhaps the top...
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I knew a CEO who had no understanding about a person having hearing problems. We did our best to explain to him in a polite way about what hearing problems are about and how to be nice about it. After several meetings with...
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@Broadway Oh, no. I didn't mean nuclear warheads! We wouuldn't need drones or cruise missiles for that. I meant conventional high explosives. The accuracy of cruise missiles make it possible, and the proximity of overhead...
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I've read tales about people having a heck of a time trying to get their LinkedIn profiles deleted while still alive. No so sure it'd be easy to get LinkedIn on the delete-the-dead-profile bandwagon.
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You don't get your status updates when you download your Facebook data?Twitter, at least, now lets you download an entire archive of all of your Tweets.As for $20...that might not even cover the price of the USB stick!
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same here I could not agree more... but like everything else... change do happens... how I see it.
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First, I'll say that this is a cool topic for an article, and I'd love to see more like it in the future. We talk a lot about some of the trends on offer here (mobility, 3D drafting, telepresence is not mentioned but could...
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@Shakeeb
Agreed. What do you consider is the right strategy for microsof to keep growing and expanding? I think they're in the right track... Thoughts?
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@shakeeb
Agreed, amd this is ome of the main reasons there's much competition, which favors consumers
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@shakeeb
Yes, that's a work around, but it beats the purpose... If I purchas a phone only to have to make changes straight out of the box than that's a flaw.
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@nasimson
Agreed, and I think this is one if the many reasons that Samsung and others keep struggling versus focusing in real innovation
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Dave I agree. I think we need to coin a new buzz word just to put big data to rest it has gotten so over used its bordering on complete lack of meaning.
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Few actors can claim a legacy as great as Mr. Nimoy's. If the huge outpouring all across the world over just one day is not evidence enough of that, then some of the unique and unparalleled aspects of that legacy that you've...
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@mejiac – Consumers didn't embrace Note Edge as they expected, mostly because of the high price range. Smartphone industry is very competitive and consumers expect the prices to be competitive too.
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@mejiac – Today we see most forecasted technologies coming to us (sometimes much faster than we expected).
Soon we will see flexible devices.
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I don't quite know what it says about me how many of these I already knew about (and that I'm willing to admit it), but there you go. Vin Diesel is the go to for nerds talking about this topic. Nick Cage is well-known, too...
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@Ashu001 - I remember it as LG who came up with flexible led screens. LG came up with LG Flex smartphone with a curved screen. The prices were quite high at the initial stager but eventually we will see prices going down...
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@Ashu001- I think it's high time for smartphone manufacturers to come up with extended power. Quad core and Octa Core processors are draining the battery much quicker.
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@Ashu001 – I always prefer devices with large displays but such devices in the market today consume much power than an ordinary smartphone. This is one reason why I feel an ordinary mobile phone would help you do the...
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@Shamika – Today a smartphone is a device we can't live without; carrying a smartphone will keep you connected to the world.
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Gary, there's been plenty of precedence set for destroyed cities --- whether the fire in London or the quake in SF, or every major European city being leveled in Europe in WWII --- the financial system always seems to recover....
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