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Article: More proof that freemium games are the ticket to app profits

I sure hope people wake up and boycott freemium apps.  Ultimately they charge way more than the apps are worth and the game play tends to be limited to encourage over-spending, especially from more emotionally driven children. 

I have bought around 1,400 Apps and now check first to see if there are multiple in-app purchase options available.  If there are, I pass the app by.  Please do the same.

Please also recognize the difference between freemium and try-before-buying apps.  In-app purchasing is a great model for try-before-buying apps.

More proof that freemium games are the ticket to app profits
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57418833-94/more-proof-that-freemium-games-are-the-ticket-to-app-profits/

#iTunes / App Store down for 6-7 hours for me. #AAPL has gone to cr*p since iOS 5 and without SJ.

Once again, Apple doesn't 'Just Work'.  I am finding that since the introduction of  iOS 5+ and (coincidentally?) since Steve Jobs passed away that iOS crashes a whole lot more and there is a ton of frustration where there used to not be any.  It reminds of Android 2.0 crashing, quite frankly.  I woke up this morning and I had an offset row of icons on my homescreen on the iPad 3.  What the heck was that all about?  Had to rotate and switch it on and off to fix.  I gave up my jailbreak on my iPhone 4S in an attempt to get better performance out of iOS but the only thing I got was better bluetooth connectivity.  I think iOS 5.1 may crash more than 5.0.

Between the OSX virus, Apple stock dropping 10% in the past week or so, all the law suits, focus on the new campus, and no SJ.  I wonder if the folks over there are too distracted and/or too lax?

Time to go.  Have to force-close iTunes (again).

I reached #Google #Voice SMS limit this morning. GV treated me like a spammer.

I reached Google Voice's SMS limit this morning.  Apparently you can't SMS more than 4 or 5 new people in a 5 or 10 minute time frame.  I was shopping for something on Craigslist and was SMS's sellers when Google stopped me like I was a spammer.  I said a lot of the same things to the sellers and sent links to their Craigslist ads too so maybe that contributed to my loss of service too... Google - if you are listing - GV is ideal for Craigslist and your SMS restrictions are a bit too, well, restrictive!  It with with only 4 or 5 SMS messages, after all.

A possible solution for your Personal Hotspot on working on #iPad 3 - Again, an #Apple product doesn't "Just Work".

For the life of me, I couldn't get my Personal Wi-Fi hotspot to work on my iPad 3. I could connect, but no data. It was p*ssing me off, quite frankly. I was just about to call Apple for support on the subject, which is something I haven't done except when I know something is broken - but decided to try and troubleshoot the problem one more time myself. And I fixed it.

Here is what I discovered:

If there is an apostrophe in your device's name, you can connect but data won't transfer. My iPad 3's name was "Brian's iPad". When I changed it to BPad - Voila! It works!

In typical Apple fashion, they provide few options and do not give the user the ability to name their Wi-Fi Hotspot SSID directly. Instead, they use whatever name the user gave to their iPad. They apparently didn't test this very thoroughly. I am guessing apostrophe's are not permitted in SSIDs.

So if you are having WiFi Hotspot connection issues, check your iOS device's name to see if it has an apostrophe in it. You can change it in Settings - General - About - Name.

Once again, Apple doesn't 'Just Work'.

Post office needs a redesign.

My problem with the post office is that it is too darn confusing. If you knew nothing about the services they offer and wanted to get a package delivered in the shortest period of time, which service would you choose?  Priority, Express, or First Class?  Compare this with UPS.  UPS Ground, 2nd Day, and Overnight.  See what I mean?  Also, when in the post office, it is unclear whether certain packages will be shipped appropriately if placed in certain bins so help from a postal worker is often needed which wastes time.  And their tracking is horrendous.  Most times I receive my package before it leaves some sorting center across the country, according to their tracking, and I have had numerous instances where the tracking still says the package is in transit a month after its delivery.  

I think the Mail Carriers may be right.  Restructure the post office with business minded people - of course they will cost money, won't they?  Maybe some of that Lance Armstrong sponsorship money could help.  Nothing against LA, but his greatest claim to fame is a race outside the US, well - maybe his cancer... But hopefully my point is made.

Mail Carriers Try Own Rescue
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mail-carriers-try-own-rescue.html;_ylt=AkBNb.WDt04slbzg1em7SguiuYdG;_ylu=X3oDMTNyb2M5bHJrBG1pdANGUCBUb3AgU3RvcnkgTGVmdARwa2cDN2I5NWVlMzMtZjk2NC0zZjFmLWFiZWYtM2U2ODc4OTRkYmNkBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN0b3Bfc3RvcnkEdmVyA2RlMjE0NGUxLTg4YTEtMTFlMS05ZjdkLWUxNWIwNTNkYzk3Yg--;_ylg=X3oDMTFvdnRqYzJoBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3

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In San Diego, CA 2/3 major ISPs have bandwidth caps. Time Warner Cable = No Caps, AT&T U-Verse & Cox = Capped. Go TimeWarner if you can.

After learning that Cox and AT&T U-Verse have data limits, I am changing my Internet Service Provider to Time Warner Cable's Roadrunner service.  This decision is not about wanting to download or uploaded massive amounts of data - it is about supporting a company that is not trying to squeeze more money out of its hapless customers who don't have the foresight to realize that the amount of data we are going to use is going to become greater as time goes by.

I understand that Time Warner is testing a tiered pricing plan in Texas based on usage - but it is an additional service to their existing service offerings in an attempt to offer lower prices to light Internet users.  I am ok with that.  They are trying to find a way to provide inexpensive service to people who scarcely use the Internet while promising to always maintain unlimited bandwidth service options.

Also - I am going to try out the 50Mbps/5Mbps service on TWC.  Not only do AT&T U-Verse and Cox have data caps, AT&T doesn't support the speed (in my area) and Cox wants to charge $90 for installation whereas Time Warner is free.

Go Time Warner Cable where you can - please!