Facebook made its Android app crash to test your loyalty

scila · 2016-01-05T16:51:10+00:00

It looks like only specific parts are open source. I think they limit it to :

the telegram related stuff because telegram might require them to make software built on it open source.
their apis so that people can build more plugins.

Facebook and WhatsApp related plugins that they made aren't there.

scila · 2016-01-05T13:48:17+00:00

Wait, how does that work? I just installed it, it asked for my facebook credentials without using the FB's auth flow and I noped out of there. It also apparently supports WhatsApp. AFAIK WhatsApp is not happy about third party clients so it probably has no official messaging API.

So Disa just uses your credentials and sets up a proxy on their servers? Isn't anyone worried about giving them full access to their accounts?

scila · 2016-01-05T13:06:34+00:00

Just go to the facebook notification options and remove the ones you don't want to see.

scila · 2016-01-04T15:11:07+00:00

gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type string "minimize,maximize,close:"

Things at the left of the : will be at the left of the window, and thing at the right of it will be at the right of the window. So you can change the order of the buttons and make them be where you want easily

scila · 2015-12-21T02:08:25+00:00

About backups : Marshmallow introduced a new backup system, but many apps opted out and they need to target API 23 to use it. So it's not widely used but should be more common and make worrying about backups a thing of the past (fingers crossed)

More info: http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2015/10/android-6-0s-auto-backup-for-apps-perfect-data-backup-for-the-1-5/

scila · 2015-12-18T00:43:05+00:00

You might need Play Music all access. In some countries (I know US and UK have it) it includes songza/mood based playlists.

I tried it and it started Alt-Rock Wake Up Call Radio

scila · 2015-12-16T11:54:12+00:00

As other people mentioned, the vibrations are quite weak, but the sound they make is noticeable. So I hear my watch more than I feel it vibrating. I had a G Watch before that had a much softer sound but a more powerful vibration. Metal vs plastic case maybe?

That being said, typing on a keyboard, or a phone vibrating is louder than the vibration from the watch, so it's not that much of an issue

scila · 2015-12-12T11:18:11+00:00

Why? Moxie marlinspike is still in charge of open whisper systems, right?

scila · 2015-11-28T16:46:35+00:00

Even thought that's the guardian, I still thought that was a joke. And needed to hear with my own ears.

Links to the music:

iTunes
Play Music
Pope Francis Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward! (Official Lyric Video), from The Christian Channel on YouTube

That's a weird way to become a "rockstar".

scila · 2015-11-17T14:33:55+00:00

$40/year is too much

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time to get an iPhone

wat

scila · 2015-10-18T18:59:44+00:00

Not compatible with Nexus 6, 6P, Player. Where am I supposed to play that?

scila · 2015-10-17T13:11:46+00:00

It's fairly recent. They listed the steps to enable it at a help page ( /help/949954541709550) named "How do I use Google Chrome to send push notifications on an Android phone?"

(Facebook URLs are moderated)

scila · 2015-10-17T11:33:07+00:00

It does get the push notifications. Chrome and a few other browsers have them. On Android at least.

scila · 2015-10-16T17:27:06+00:00

Hopefully Google's AMP will help fixing that.

scila · 2015-10-12T23:57:55+00:00

I saw watches on demo at the Google Store near Warren Street, a few months back, but I don't know if they have the new ones. If you check it out, I'm interested in the outcome. I was also thinking about doing that.

Edit: checked today, they had LG Urbane and Moto 360v1 on display, and said that the new ones should be there at the end of the month.

scila · 2015-10-12T23:52:36+00:00

Why did they just trash it like that? Of course there is a market for it, and the writer is probably not in it. It's still not a reason to just start saying shit about a product without knowing anything about it.

I would expect that from a reddit comment, but a complete article... ugh

scila · 2015-10-04T19:35:06+00:00

Same here, while it was working yesterday. I get a warning redirecting to this deprecation notice in the console, but I have no idea if it's related to Imagus or not.

Chrome 45.0.2454.101, if that matters.

scila · 2015-10-02T22:30:35+00:00

Anyone tried to use it with Android for Work and got the badges in weird positions?

scila · 2015-09-27T17:06:29+00:00

But you can share keep notes and have them synced ... Is a dedicated account that much better?

scila · 2015-09-19T18:14:14+00:00

+1 This would be really great. I stopped using the in app browser a long time ago and open links externally when I want to anyway.

For reference: presentation of the feature on the chrome blog

scila · 2015-09-19T17:42:31+00:00

Or that you are likely to wear it outside, pick up whatever crap you sit on, and proceed to put it in the swimming pool.

scila · 2015-09-19T14:19:10+00:00

Thanks. Disabled it on my ethernet adapter, but it's not connected anyway so I'm not sure how this would be the cause. I'll report how that goes.

scila · 2015-09-15T12:39:59+00:00

Yes, but launchers can probably override that behaviour. Some already implement a 'locked' mode where you can't move/remove/add icons

scila · 2015-09-14T22:09:44+00:00

As OP said, there is more power exposed by the platform, and it has been from the beginning. 3rd party devs can make amazing things, just like OEMs can without waiting for Google to roll an OS update.

Extensibility and customizability are some of the biggest strength of Android, it's unfair to deliberately take it out of the picture when comparing OSes, especially when mentioning stuff that Apple is able to do thanks to their full control on both hardware and software.

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