#“Has group buying jumped the shark?” After all, if you're a consumer, another great deal is always around the corner, so why ever pay full price? Other local businesses offering the same products or services will always have deals of their own. Just wait a few days. Further, as more and more businesses discount for the likes of Groupon, they erode their own perceived value, and destroy their own pricing power. »
#“Interesting way to order "impossible" things from abroad” I spotted this on one of the Android forums earlier. It's a way of ordering things from abroad from vendors who won't ship outside of their own country. I've heard of similar in the US for years but I didn't know it was here in Europe too. The service is called Borderlinx and appears to be facilitated by DHL. So you order something from the UK and give the Borderlinx UK address for delivery. »
#“A tablet I’d actually buy” My feelings about the iPad remain little-changed since launch despite having played with one several times. Having said that, if I had lots of disposable income and bought XBox360s, PS3s or the latest laptop on a whim, I'm sure I'd have dipped my toe in. But as a must-have device, it ticks no boxes for me. The one area where tablets make complete sense for me is with kids. »
#“And yea verily did the Paid Apps magically appear on the Honourable Conor’s Android Phone” I'm assuming they are tildes and not minus signs. Perfect timing for the arrival of the full version of Angry Birds next week. »
#“Give me your seed” via techcrunch.com Top class. »
#“Last night’s Apprentice UK reminded me of these” I had the Dilbert "Utilize Synergy" strip pinned to my cubicle from the mid 90s to 2001. That strip sat alongside the classic Wally "I leveraged synergy across all technology platforms" and the all-time-great "Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams". Here we are 10 years later and the type of people who apply to be on The Apprentice in the UK and Ireland still think words like "Fusion" "Synergy" and "Apollo" are something other than laughable. »
#“About….Bloody……Time…: Android - More Countries, More sellers, More buyers” Since we launched Android and Android Market, we have seen the population of Android users and devices expand into many countries. This widespread adoption has brought with it growing interest in Android Markets support for the buying and selling of paid applications in these additional countries. via android-developers.blogspot.com Yay, Ireland is in the list. No more messing with UK SIMs. »
#“Any Thoughts on this as a Half-Marathon Playlist?” Playlist Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun (00:00) The Prodigy - Stand Up (00:00) The Datsuns - Sittin' Pretty (00:00) AC/DC - Thunderstruck (00:00) Jace Everett - Bad Things (00:00) Muse - Uprising (00:00) Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle (00:00) The Black Keys - Your Touch (00:00) House of Pain - Jump Around (00:00) OK Go - This Too Shall Pass (00:00) The Blues Brothers - Gimme Some Lovin' (00:00) The Killers - Somebody Told Me (00:00) Guns N' Roses - Paradise City (00:00) U2 - no Title (00:00) Pixies - Here Comes Your Man (00:00) The Dickies - Banana Splits (00:00) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Taste of Cindy (00:00) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (00:00) The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You (00:00) AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie (00:00) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Cherry Bomb (00:00) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N' Roll (00:00) Rory Gallagher - Bullfrog Blues (00:00) The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog (00:00) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Crimson & Clover (00:00) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Six Barrel Shotgun (00:00) Blur - Girls & Boys (00:00) Blur - Parklife (00:00) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll. »
#“Incredible: A Kick-Ass Android Phone for \u00a399 PAYG!” via youtube.com Paul O'Brien from http://www.modaco.com has a useful unboxing video of the Orange San Francisco (aka ZTE Blade). But the incredible thing is what you are getting for 99 on Pay As You Go with Orange UK. * Capacitive Touch Screen * Android 2.1 (Soon 2.2 Froyo) * 512MB RAM * HSDPA 3G * MicroSD Slot * FM Radio * 3. »
#“Paid Apps in Android Market in Ireland, Sorta.” Just spotted from @Popple3 via @jkeyes that he can see paid apps on his Irish Android phone (Meteor). I also just got a mail from Google telling me that lots more countries will be rolled out in the coming weeks. Someone finally banged the appropriate heads together.But it looks like the Irish thing may be network specific for the moment. I ain't got diddly on my Vodafone SIM despite a few reboots so I'm stuck using my 3UK SIM trick to install Paid Apps. »