Showing posts with label Potentially. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Potentially. Show all posts

Friday, February 10, 2012

iOS 5 File System Sleuthing Uncovers Potentially Beefier AppleTV [Apple]

By Jack Loftus Oct 8, 2011 7:00 PM 35,036 45

iOS 5 File System Sleuthing Uncovers Potentially Beefier AppleTV9to5Mac's discovered what appears to be a nice new AppleTV hiding in the file system of the upcoming iOS 5 file system code.

The previous code was listed AppleTV 2,1 while the newly discovered one is 3,1, indicating major changes are probably afoot. Take some guesses of your own, but easy money's on the next iteration containing a dual core A5 chip, a la other iOS devices currently or soon-to-be in the field.

And, like the iPhone 4S before it, this new AppleTV will most likely boast internal changes, given the recent case redesign.

Of course, we should also note that, like Apple some patents that bubble up on sites like this one from time-to-time, code numbers sometimes don't mean anything in the long run either. [9to5Mac]

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Facebook's Potentially Creepy 'Subscriber' Feature Isn't Actually Creepy [Facebook]

Facebook's Potentially Creepy 'Subscriber' Feature Isn't Actually CreepyFacebook, in a rare coup, has rolled out a new sharing feature without somehow completely botching its privacy implications and freaking everyone out. It sounds scary—people you aren't friends with can read your updates—but it's opt-in! Thanks, Mark.

The Subscribe Button is meant to let you follow (HELLO, TWITTER!) "interesting" people you aren't friends with, like Mark Zuckerberg and other venerable public figures. You can also set your account to be followed, making public status updates of your choosing.

Basically, if you don't care about this, you don't have to do anything, and it's as if it doesn't exist. Which is how everything on Facebook should be. I'm hoping Facebook's learned from its past mistakes that not everyone wants to gyrate and writhe in Zuckerberg's Roman orgy of life sharing.

But isn't this entire thing what Facebook Pages are for? Why would Beyoncé set her account as followable when she has a fan page for that? Why would any remotely famous person not do the same thing? Who would want strangers reading what they say, if not on Twitter? Do you? [Facebook]

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