* Posts by AstroCam

6 publicly visible posts • joined 24 Jan 2017

Amazon confirms it locked Microsoft engineer out of his Echo gear over false claim

AstroCam

It is amazing that a Microsoft engineer could buy into the complete myth of a smart home. Why would anyone want Amazon listening to them 24/7? IOT is a joke.

Bring back Nedd Ludd!!

JavaScript developers left in the dark after DroidScript software shut down by Google over ad fraud allegations

AstroCam

Google is about making money. It is why they track you and sell your data to advertising. I am sure that any program that limits this will not be welcome on their sales platform. Also, we remember the story about the guy who made Terreria. He got banned but unlike Droid script just said. okay not publishing a successful game on this rather flimsy game streaming platform which needs all the games it can get. Outcome his account came back as they wanted to make money from him. Similarly I had a rather minor you tube channel which they shut me out of. It was a reasonably successful folk channel. When I was locked out of it due to a fight between my isp and google I could no longer access my account. There was no comeback at all. That is google for you. Say one thing do another.

My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop)

AstroCam

Chromebook

Now having read the el reg story about the expiration of the chromebook I would just like to say it is a good low cost computer. You can save your photos to your google drive and what not. Taking this piece of trash out means if it is nicked by some **** then I am only down 150. Perhaps it would be prudent to take a working pc out with you like the chrometrash and leave the good Mac Book in the house. Then swap data via the cloud if needed.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: If you can stomach the nagware and price, it may be Droid of the Year

AstroCam

Really?

Send all your details to China via this phone? No thanks.

Microsoft's latest Windows 10 update downs Chrome, Cortana

AstroCam

Yay. I do not use Chrome and hate Corty. This is the update for me.

Though Chromium works fine on my Linux browser.

Just another yearly browser update to give us more woes. Thanks, MS. You have the power to annoy everyone with your updates.

Google hardwires its Android app store into new Chromebooks

AstroCam

It had potential ...

For the price they are charging they need to improve the specs. Min should be 4gb 32gb hd.

It is a good portable computer but hardly essential as it basically is a keyboard with a phone gui. I had thought that they would try to improve it but so far it is just getting increasingly dated.