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Tag Archives: John Gruber
John Gruber’s faulty maths on ChromeOS
Daring Fireball Linked List: Acer and Chrome OS, Sitting in a Tree: “Sounds like Chrome OS is starting to get some traction, but I do wonder if actual sales match the ‘shipments’. Looking at my stats here at DF, Chrome … Continue reading
Remembering before the Apple Retail Stores
John Gruber on the way that people got the Apple retail stores 100% wrong: The first is that Edwards wasn’t out on a limb. In the investor and general tech press, it was common at the outset to believe that … Continue reading
The Windows Store Revenue Split
Daring Fireball on the Windows Store Revenue Split: Another big difference from Apple. I wonder though, with the various antitrust agreements Microsoft has made around the world, whether they could even consider an Apple-style “if you use our store, all transactions … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft
Tagged Daring Fireball, John Gruber, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Windows 8
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Roboto and the open source red herring
I largely agree with John Gruber and many others than Roboto is a bit of an ungainly beast of a font, although it’s much better than the hideous thing it replaces. But I think that John is missing the mark … Continue reading
Malware, the Mac, and the wolf
John Gruber’s delivered a list of previous claims that the Mac is about to succumb to malware real soon now under the title of “Wolf!” The analogy John’s making is that the pundits should all remember the tale of the … Continue reading
Posted in Macs
Tagged Apple, Daring Fireball, John Gruber, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Macintosh, Malware, Safari, security
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Sometimes John Gruber just hits the spot perfectly
John Gruber arguing against the silliness that is Henry “Fraud, you say?” Blodget’s latest nonsense: “Keep in mind that Apple’s penalty for losing the PC war in the 1990s is that it is now the most profitable PC maker in … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPhone
Tagged Android, Apple, Daring Fireball, Google, Henry Blodget, iPad, John Gruber
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Nieman Journalism lab responds to John Gruber
Nieman Journalism Lab responds to John Gruber’s defence of the 30% Apple subscription take: “But if someone searches for and downloads The New York Times app — after the Times has spent more than a century building up its brand, … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Publishing
Tagged App Store, Apple, Daring Fireball, iOS, John Gruber, New York Times, Nieman Journalism Lab
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The value carriers bring to Android
Commenting on Andy Rubin’s comment that “the carriers have a lot of value to bring” to Android, John Gruber asks: “What software on Android phones have the carriers added that’s any good at all?” I can think of one example: … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Mobile
Tagged Android, Andy Rubin, Bing, Google, John Gruber, Microsoft
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John Gruber, Joe Wilcox, and why comments are anti-web
Myself and John Gruber have had plenty of disagreements. John and I have debated the reasons for the relative lack of malware on the Mac. I’ve tweaked his tail over his habit of excoriating those who make predictions and get … Continue reading
Posted in Web/Tech
Tagged Apple, Blog, Dave Winer, Derek Powazek, Joe Wilcox, John Gruber
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Apple’s quest for massive market share
John Gruber has an excellent post up on Apple’s apparent-restriction of cross-platform development tools on the iPhone. I largely agree with him – from Apple’s perspective this makes perfect sense, although it puts a massive spanner in the works for … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPhone
Tagged Apple, Daring Fireball, development, iPhone, iPod, John Gruber
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