This American Life retracts Mike Daisey’s story on his visit to “Apple Factory”. It seems to Daisey that his truth is a different kind of truth.
Original artwork is from Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth.
Picked up an iPad, going back to work.
I picked up an iPad, 32 GB, Black, 4G LTE for Verizon model at Apple Store South Coast Plaza about an hour ago. I am heading back to work.
There will be none of:
- Unboxing
- Re-boxing
- Shadow boxing
- Booting up
- Pictures of the screen
- etc.
There are already a lot of people doing that, so I’m going to come up with something different. Providing my lazy-sleep-depraved self does not take over.
One reason to choose Verizon 4G LTE: Mobile Hot Spot.
If I were to get an iPad with 4G LTE, I’d get the one on Verizon network. That’s because Verizon includes Mobile Hot Spot into the plan.
From Verizon Wireless iPad page:
Mobile Hot Spot Support For The New iPad.
Verizon is the only carrier in the U.S. that allows the new iPad Wi-Fi + 4G to act as a personal mobile hotspot. This means you can share your Verizon 4G LTE network with up to 5 Wi-Fi enabled devices (such as a computer, gaming device or camera). And the best part? This personal hotspot is available at no extra charge and simply uses your data allowance.
Dear AT&T, I am not buying one for your 4G LTE network.
Point Zero Five Percent
PayPal Here™ charges 2.7% per transaction, 0.05% less than Square. Paypal also touting same day funds availability using PayPal merchant debit card and live customer support. PayPal Here™ works with Android and iOS.
UPDATE:
PayPal Here™ takes Discover unlike Square and the future.
According to The Verge, PayPal Here™ doesn’t have iPad optimized app yet as opposed to the newly released Square Register.
There are a lot of people who had been burned by PayPal and will not touch PayPal Here™ with a ten-foot pole.
Disclaimer: We use Square.
Yellow Sticky at Apple Store Online.
What if you could order the new iPad using the Apple Store App and pick it up at a local Apple Store. I had that thought and I saw this a few minutes ago. The familiar yellow sticky note says The Apple Store Online is down for maintenance.
The new iPad goes on sale Friday at 8:00 AM.
To camp or not to camp.
This should be called “Glutton for punishment, part II” because I’m seriously considering to get the new iPad on the release day. That means I have to go to the nearest Apple Store after Midnight. to be honest I value my sleep time a lot. I’ll mak the decision sometimes Thursday afternoon.
Apple will start selling the new iPad at 08:00 PM local time.
Scumbag Tech Elitist: Open Source
New feature called “Scumbag Tech Elitist” premiers with this post.
Topic: Open Source
Scumbag Tech Elitist preaches about Open Source, why it is better and why he supports it. Scumbag Tech Elitist blathers on and on why he likes Android and makes one big endorsement because it is Open Source.
Scumbag Tech Elitist then endorses SquareSpace while badmouthing WordPress.
Wait a minute Mr. Scumbag Tech Elitist,
- WordPress is an Open Source Project.
- There are no mentions that SquareSpace is an Open Source Project. It is never declared as an Open Source Project.
- There are self-install WordPress.org and fully hosted WordPress.com.
- SquareSpace is a sponsor of Scumbag Tech Elitist.
Well that is too convenient, Mr. Scumbag Tech Elitist.