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Data rates
ITU has not provided a clear definition of the data rate users can expect from 3G equipment or providers. Thus users sold 3G service may not be able to point to a standard and say that the rates it specifies are not being met. While stating in commentary that "it is expected that IMT-2000 will provide higher transmission rates: a minimum data rate of 2 Mbit/s for stationary or walking users, and 384 kbit/s in a moving vehicle, the ITU does not actually clearly specify minimum or average rates or what modes of the interfaces qualify as 3G, so various rates are sold as 3G intended to meet customers expectations of broadband data.
What becomes obvious is that it is difficult to get full strength network connection using wireless data connections. Some fault can be placed on the wireless network providers but mostly it is the limits of the technology at this time.
However, for some one like me it is a big improvement over the old GPRS wireless connection that I had for the last eight years. It delivered data at 14.4kbps. Hopefully with the introduction of 4G the field will become more competitive and we may get better wirelss data internet connectivity.
kbps: kilo bits per second Mbps: Mega bits per second
Last year, when I realized that Zuckerberg was an amoral,
Asperger’s-like entrepreneur, I told Zynga CEO Mark Pincus that
Zuckerberg would try and slit his throat. I knew this because I
watched Zuckerberg screw over his users again and again in terms of
privacy, and I heard about the stories of him screwing over his former
employers at ConnectU and his early partners at Facebook.
The money quote from Business Insider’s scoop comes from Zuckerberg
himself: “they made a mistake haha. They asked me to make it for them.
So I’m like delaying it so it won’t be ready until after the facebook
thing comes out.” He stalled and sandbagged ConnectU–then
Zuckerpunched them! Of course, the person he said this to was his
partner–Eduardo Saverin–who he reportedly screwed as well.
He believes that people should have a single identity
He’s a proponent of ‘radical transparency’ or that transparency will overtake modern life:
But he is deeply conscious of the fact that most people don’t ascribe to that idea:
He believes that transparency has the power to create more empathy and tolerance:
He’s afraid that if the company doesn’t gradually open up, it will fail:
He believes that Facebook’s approach to privacy, in which users explicitly share their interests, is more ethically sound than Google’s data collection approach:
ComScore reported that Facebook had 484 million users in March. The advertising tool showed 436 million users in its advertising tool a couple weeks ago, which we think reflects its numbers from sometime around that time frame. From here, the monthly worldwide growth rate gets harder to determine. ComScore showed 472 million uniques in January, then a drop 463 million in February before rising by 21 million in March. We tracked 373 million at the end of January, then 394 million at the end of February before going up by 42 million in March.
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Showing the icon to insert image in the body of the e-mail created using Google Gmail, a feature that has been around in other e-mail clients for ages.
These are some of the examples that show that web based application are good enough and mostly work but are inconsistent causing aggravation to their users.
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