On College Football 2022: Week 6 Recap and Week 7 Pre... Ken said: |
Yeah, we've both had our share of hope and disappointment in this game. Let's just hope for a good b... |
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I'm not sure how I feel about this game. On one hand, I feel pretty optimistic that we have the tale... |
On College Football 2022: Week 1 Preview Dan* said: |
Glad to see you'll be back writing football again, Ken! Congrats on the easy win today. You didn't ... |
On College Football 2021: Week 10 Recap and Week 11 P... Ken said: |
Yeah, sorry one of our teams had to lose. I've come to appreciate Penn State as a classy and sympath... |
On College Football 2021: Week 10 Recap and Week 11 P... Dan* said: |
Hey Ken, congratulations on the win yesterday! Some really odd choices by our coaching staff in that... |
Apple Watch: Tabloids Report Steve Jobs Dying | Wednesday, 2011 February 16 - 9:19 pm |
Separate reports from various tabloid sources say that Steve Jobs has lost a lot of weight and is receiving chemotherapy at a cancer treatment center in Palo Alto. According to a doctor who has no connection to Jobs, Jobs is in the terminal stages of pancreatic cancer. Also... Mariah Carey's sister is a $250-an-hour "adult escort". Let's not get all crazy just yet, folks. Mr. Jobs, best wishes on a speedy and full recovery. In other Apple news... Apple has recently announced that it would allow iOS app developers to offer in-app subscriptions, for such things as magazines, music, and videos. The first notable bit about Apple's plan is this: if a new subscriber signs up through the app, or through Apple in some other way (iTunes or the web), Apple takes a 30% cut of the subscription price. If it's an existing subscriber, or the subscriber signs up through the publisher's web site, Apple doesn't take any a cut. And publishers may not offer better deals externally than they do through the app itself. The second notable bit: publishers must offer a standard way customers may opt out of personal data collection. Both of these policies are very consumer-friendly: no hoops to jump through when subscribing or un-subscribing, and easy opt-out of personal data collection. But as you can imagine, publisher's aren't thrilled with these terms. 30% seems like a big cut... but then again, lots of publishers are willing to offer steep initial discounts to hook a new subscriber, so it's not all that different. Meanwhile Google has offered much more publisher-friendly subscription terms: a 10% cut for Google (though its unclear whether that applies to renewals, and subscriptions made directly through the publisher); and, publishers control the subscriber's personal data on their own terms. I expect that both companies will converge on similar terms eventually... and hopefully, for the sake of consumers, Apple's model will win. Finally: Motorola confirmed that the Xoom will be $800, with a Wi-Fi version coming eventually at "around $600". Yeah, good luck with that. |
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Wow Ken. I need to check your blog out more often! |