Plus Google's autocomplete inconsistencies, and the secret behind the success of Dropbox
A quick burst of 6 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
"Amazon wording on the page said, "Your Amazon Prime membership now includes unlimited, commerical-free instant streaming of 5,000 movies and TV shows at no additional cost". Shortly after it was reported, the Amazon user who found the page could no longer access it, but multiple screenshots at Engadget.com clearly shows the details and is the best proof yet that Amazon is getting ready to challenge Netflix with a subscription based streaming service."
Dropbox: Why is Dropbox more popular than other tools with similar functionality?? >> Quora
The chief executive of Syncplicity on why his company's product didn't get the rave reviews and success of Dropbox. Enlightening in many ways: "If you're starting a new company, the best thing you can do is keep your feature set small and focused. Do one thing as best as you possibly can. Your users will beg and beg for more functionality. They will tell you their problems and ask you to fix it. My philosophy is that they're right if their feature request is right only if it works for 80% of your customers. Until you have a lot of resources, stay focused on your core competency."
Google won't autocomplete "bittorrent" but will autocomplete "how to kidnap a child" >> Boing Boing
"Google won't autocomplete searches for "bittorrent," but if you are interesting in learning how to kidnap someone, make meth, build a bomb, cheat on your taxes, or shoplift, they will happily autocomplete your search for you."
Translation: Stephen Elop's ecosystem messages >> asymco
Horace Dedlu (ex-Nokia) translates Nokia's chief executive Stephen Elop's elloptical... er, elliptical comments from his analyst call over the company's latest earnings.
Samsung 'sells' over 2 mln Galaxy Tab in 3 months >> Yonhap News Agency
"About 500,000 units of the Galaxy Tab were shipped to Europe while 350,000 tablets were sold in North America and another 330,000 units in Asia." Er, OK - where are the other 820,000 then? Also, note that the word "sold" is used in its loose sense of "sent to the channel", ie wholesalers and/or retailers. How many of those end up in users' hands is a different matter. For reference, Apple said it had 2m iPads in the channel at the end of Q4, and 7.4m had sold - as in, reached the hands of users.
BBC News - Can Leo Apotheker make Hewlett Packard a cool company?
"The starting gun will be fired on 9 February, with a "big product announcement" on mobile devices, and hints of phones and tablet computers. "The product line will get a new name and come under the HP brand, Mr Apotheker says; the days of Palm and Palm Pre seem to be numbered. "Then, on 14 March, we will get the big unveiling, Mr Apotheker's "secret answer" and "vision of what HP is capable of in the future... the starting point".
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