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Adios, Analytics. Hello, Gaug.es.
A lot of nerds have been talking about their growing distrust of Google — myself included. But complaining about Google and moving away from their services are two different things. Personally, I leave Safari logged out of my account, and really only use search and Reader. (For the latter, I use Reeder, but it’s still powered by Google’s backend.)
However, Google Analytics has remained a central part of my workflow, especially when it comes to the site. While it might not be the best-designed analytics solution in the market, is the most popular, and the one most people rely on for things like advertising contracts.
‘All That Q&A Schmidt’
Episode 2 of the 512 Podcast is out. On it, Myke and I talk about the iPad 3 and rumors, Mobile World Congress and silly Android phones, and Myke’s love of ridiculous hardware.
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Twitter Apps to Get Ads
How long until third-party apps have to include these tweets?
Missing the Surprise
In the world of 24-hour news, Twitter accounts and blurrycam photos, it’s hard to be surprised by much anymore.
Sure, Apple pulls it off every once in a while — most recently with Mountain Lion — but usually, when an Apple event is about to be held, just about everyone has a good guess at what is under that black cloth.
This time around, every nerd I know is talking about the iPad 3’s Retina Display, its LTE chipset and the fact that the case is 0.8 mm thicker.
Deemed ‘Ethical’
From the Verge’s live blog of the Google keynote at MWC:
For the wealthy, Schmidt says technology is only limited by “what we deem ethical.”
Call me crazy, but I don’t want Google — and especially not Eric Schmidt — deciding what’s ethical. Yikes.
Apple Announces iPad Event
It’s on March 7, in San Francisco.
Apple announced right in the middle of the Google keynote at Mobile World Congress. Classic.
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The Problem with Android
[Google’s Android boss man Andy] Rubin said that the biggest problem for Android on tablets is “there’s no organized way for consumers to recognize it as a viable platform,” and that Google wants consumers to see its tablets as part of the broader Android ecosystem. “The educated consumer realizes it now that they’re either picking the Apple ecosystem or the Microsoft ecosystem or the Google ecosystem… we’re going to do a better job at making people understand what ecosystem they’re buying into.”
‘OS X Cowardly Lion’
Good Advice
Chernobyl? There’s an App for That
Photographer Gerd Ludwig’s coverage of Chernobyl is stunning. At $7, this app is very much worth the photos and information it contains.