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Microsoft tries, Bing App fails
In an effort to compete with Google, Microsoft recently released a Bing search application to the Apple App Store. Similarly to Google’s Mobile App, the Bing app provides access to all the Bing features including a voice search. According to Microsoft, Bing is the “Mobile decision engine that is always by your side” and that it should be used for ” quick answers, Web searches, product lookups, and local listings”.
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Tagged bing, fail, grinds my gears, ipod touch, microphone, Microsoft, rant
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Bad Xbox Customer Support, Bad!
Microsoft, you have ONCE AGAIN proven that your ability to grind my gears is truly infinite.
Submitted for your approval…one Xbox 360 with a defective wired NIC. I knew this fact as soon as I began troubleshooting his console, because, great gaming consoles though they may be, the quality with which they are assembled (as well as the parts used therein) is abysmal.
Break-even points
Technology is an investment. You spend a couple hours learning how to do something new, and hope this new piece of technology will save you time in the long run, or provide you with some cool new widget that is worth the time you put in. But with every investment, there is a break-even point where the return on the project isn’t worth the time and money put into it. For most people, this break-even point is fairly low. The potential return isn’t worth “the hassle.” Some people are able to see the long term investment potential. Their threshold for technology hassle is much higher than other people. We call these people “nerds.”