I hope they can find a model like how Django (Python) has its own foundation to support it. With Gradle being defacto build tool for Android ecosystem and companies like Netflix using it, it feels like they would have no problem with finding a new home/raising-fund for future.
I have been using Groovy and Grails for less than a year now and love it so far.
Now, if they stopped using that crappy app that can't even do a background download and come up with a better app, that would make the redesign more complete.
They'd probably be better off really developing out their mobile web presence - after all, their articles are almost always just text. Very little native multimedia handling required.
True that background downloads are a pain, though occasionally they mysteriously work when a new New Yorker appears on Monday morning. But apart from that annoyance, I am generally pretty happy with the New Yorker app. Quickly browsing through all the cartoons is nice. I heard once that it was one of the few success stories in online journalism (i.e., users are actually paying for news content). Is this still true?
Last I knew, iOS Newsstand apps were allowed to do a special push to the app in the background—but only as often as the physical issue was released. So, it might be that they get to do a background push once a week, and aside from that, all downloads have to be started while the app is open.
I've never quite understood this statement. Aren't you still going to pay the monthly installments regardless of whether you were in a contract or not? On ATT, Verizon, etc, the non-contract prices aren't cheaper than the ones on contract.
So, at the end of two years, you'll be paying the same amount for your phone bill and have a subsidized device.
Yes if you stay with ATT/Verizon/Sprint. If you instead choose a MVNO like StraightTalk or Virgin Mobile, you'll pay less. I pay $45/mo on StraightTalk, and when I buy a new phone in the next year or so, I'll jump to $30/mo with Virgin Mobile since I don't need unlimited voice (or text...).
If you're paying for yourself and either buying used or slightly outdated hardware(or getting a new Nexus 4), this is probably completely true. If you're bundling several smartphones and regular phones, the contract price can win out. You still need to shop around to see what the best price is if you're going with iOS or the more expensive Android devices.
For example, since I'm sharing a plan with my family, the ATT contract comes out to around 20% cheaper than a similar contractless byo device Virgin Mobile service for iPhones, upgrading only after the contract is up.
In Romania I pay 15€ monthly for a PrePay plan with 1 GB of data, 3000 minutes in the same network and 150 national/international minutes. It's a PrePay, no contract, and I've seen similar deals in other European countries.
I have an iphone, but don't want a data plan. I pay $35 per month (Chatr, in Canada) for unlimited calling and texting.
I bought the phone outright. Most telcos would make me pay $80 per month over a couple of years to get the subsidized phone. A much more expensive deal for something I don't want.
can you do that on other networks? most of the phone reps say you can't use a smartphone without a dataplan, since "everything goes over data" as they say.. my wife would love a smartphone, but not the dataplan...
You absolutely don't need a data plan - my girlfriend is on Rogers with a smartphone kitted out as a dumbphone. Just turn off packet data (in the network settings menu) and you're set. You might not be eligible for subsidies on some devices though: many carriers have a minimum monthly cost to get the full discount.
Wow would love a US equivalent of this if it's out there? Could turn an older iPhone 4 into a cell phone for kid without an expensive data plan (they're without a wireless option about 12 minutes of the day)
I have a AT&T-mvno Straight Talk plan here in the US that costs 45$/month for unlimited data/talk/text - it's vastly cheaper to just purchase the phones outright. Too bad straight talk quit selling AT&T compatible SIM cards a few months ago.
Is anyone aware of any resources that shows you how to setup your machine to see how an HTML page is rendered in Webkit, step by step, like remote debugging?
The Chrome DevTools timeline gives a solid overview of the construction of each page. You can see the progression of grabbing network assets, Parsing HTML, Recalculating styles, Layout (aka reflow), Paint, Compositing
I have the Macbook Pro that keeps making a constant white noise right after the machine boots up. The sound is loud enough when I am by myself that it totally distracts me. I have had 3 mac laptops before and this is the loudest one by bar. After I compared my machine with a close friend who has an exact machine (same late October last year generation), I realized that the machine had some issues.
I took it to the apple store. They said they tested it and could not "hear" the noise. So they wouldn't do anything about it. Yet when I put my macbook pro next to any laptop, everyone can tell my laptop is the loudest.
I have become one of their disappointed customers.
