Boot up: Google+ -disks, Apple's patent poker, the tablet 'slowdown' and more

When you're the stronger player, the cards almost don't matter. Photograph: Alamy

A burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team.

Also - tell us how you like the slightly tweaked look. Better? Worse? (Here's how it looked on Friday.)

"Many Google+ users saw a massive amount of notification email messages from the service this afternoon, and now Google's head of social, Vic Gundotra, has an explanation. "'For about 80 minutes we ran out of disk space on the service that keeps track of notifications,' Gundotra wrote on Google+ tonight. 'Hence our system continued to try sending notifications. Over, and over again. Yikes.'"
If you needed any confirmation that this is a rushed, half-baked product launch, then this is it. Google+ may have grown massively beyond expectations, but disk space is pretty cheap down Google way. And available - if you plan for it.

Good piece looking at the play-by-play of the mobile patents battle from Nortel.

"It was a theme picked up by at least eight other news outlets, including VentureBeat ("Tablet sales slow"), The Loop ("'media tablet' market isn't as strong as previously thought") and Forbes ("Sales Dip Hints Media Tablets Won't Replace PCs Any Time Soon").
"The source for all these pessimist headlines? An IDC report that the total number of tablet computers shipped into sales channels in Q1 2011 was 7.2 million. "At first that struck me as absurd, given that Apple (AAPL) alone is expected to report next week that it sold a good deal more than 7.2 million iPads last quarter. "Then I took a second look at IDC's report. What I missed the first time -- and what these reporters failed to take into account -- is that IDC was talking about Q1 2011, which runs from January to March, not Q2 2011, which ran from April to June. Of course tablet sales dipped after the October-to-December holiday quarter. We knew that months ago. This is news?"

"IPads are currently selling better than Android tablets to Android smartphone users. So claims Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley, who expects Apple to dominate the tablet market for some time to come. "Our smartphone and handset checks indicate iPads are selling better to Android smartphone users than the current Android tablets," Walkley said in a Friday note to clients (although he provided no numbers in support of the assertion)."

"There, you've just hidden the list of people you've chosen to follow on Google+. "My question is: If this setting is one that everyone on Google seems to feel is important for their privacy, why isn't it the default for the rest of us?"

"It breaks my heart to say this, but Mac OSX Lion's interface feels like a failure. Its stated mission was to simplify the operating system, to unify it with the clean experience of iOS. That didn't happen. "If it weren't for the fast, rock-solid Unix, graphics and networking cores, Lion would be Apple's very own Vista."
Couldn't it be Apple's Vista even with the Unix, graphics and cores?

"Has anyone noticed that this week's released screenshots of the New Xbox Dashboard conspicuously omit the Zune logo? If you look at the Music experience shot, below, you'll see some generic music note graphics, but no Zune. "The Zune brand, of course, is being phased out. This is just the latest public-facing example of this slow migration."
More like a slow eradication from Microsoft's history, Soviet-style.

"Perhaps the biggest piece of news we learned from Forsythe is that in the Mac App Store, for the first time since its creation seven years ago, Growl will not be free. Devs working on the project are "still talking" about the final price, but "it most likely will be a dollar or two dollars at most," according to Forsythe. Some may turn up their noses at paying anything for the results of an open source project, but Forsythe says the reasoning behind the charge is simple: "I'm a grown adult," he says, "and my wife wonders why I spend time working on my open source project and not with my two-month old." For all the work Forsythe and his fellow devs have put into Growl, a few bucks seems little to ask."
Growl is a very fine piece of software. It's pretty hard to begrudge someone a couple of dollars.

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Boot-up: Google +-disks, Apple's patent poker, the Tablet slowdown and more

If you are the stronger player, important almost not the cards. Photograph: Alamy
A burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the technology team.
-Tell us what you look like the slightly tweaked. Better? Bad? (Here is how it looked on Friday.)

"Many Google + users saw an enormous amount of e-Mail notifications from the service this afternoon, and now Google has head of the social, Vic Gundotra, an explanation." "For 80 minutes we ran the space on the service, notifications, the ' Gundotra wrote about Google + tonight."Therefore our system continue to try sending notifications. Over and over again. Yikes.'""
If you confirm that this überhasteten a half-baked launch, then it is. Google + can have grown beyond expectations, but space is pretty cheap, Google way. And available-if you plan it.

Well look at the play-by-play of the mobile patents battle of Nortel.
"It was a subject of at least eight other news outlets, including VentureBeat ("Tablet sales slow"), the loop ("'Media Tablet' market not as strong as previously thought") and Forbes picked up (" sales dip notes media tablets will not replace PCs of any time soon ")."

"The source for these pessimist headlines?" 7.2 Million was an IDC report, that the number of tablet computers in sales channels delivered in the first quarter of 2011. "At first, that posted, sold me as absurd, given the fact that Apple (AAPL) alone reports next week is expected, that a good deal more than 7.2 million iPads last quarter."I also have a second look at the IDC report. What I missed first painting - and what this reporter, not berücksichtigen-- is that IDC Q1 2011, said that from January to March, 2011 leads not Q2 that ran from April to June. Course tablet sales after the October December dipped holiday quarter. We knew that months ago. "Is this news?"

"IPads be sold tablets for Android Smartphone users currently better than Android." So claims Canaccord Genuity Analyst Mike Walkley, the Apple Tablet market for quite some time dominate expected. "Walkley"our Smartphone handset review and indicate which iPads for Android Smartphone users better than the current Android sell tablets,"said in a Friday letter to customers (although he not numbers in support of the assertion provided)."

"There you have to only the list of people you have chosen on Google + follow hidden."My question is: If this setting is one that everyone on Google seems to feel is important for their privacy, why it is not the default for the rest of us? "

"It breaks my heart to say this, but Mac OSX Lion interface feels like a failure." Its stated mission was, the operating system, it with the clean experience of iOS to unify to simplify. That won't happen. "If it fast for the reliable Unix, graphics and networking cores, Lion Apple's own Vista would."

Could be not it be Apple's Vista even with UNIX, graphics and cores?
"Has anyone noticed that this week of published screenshots of the new Xbox Dashboard conspicuously omit the Zune logo?" If you look at the music experience shot below you see some generic music note graphics, but no Zune. "The Zune brand, is of course, gradually abolished." "This is just the latest public example of this slow migration."

More like a slow removal of Microsoft's history, Soviet-style.

"Perhaps is the biggest piece of news, we from Forsythe learned that is not free for the first time since its inception before seven years growl in the Mac app store." Talk devs of the project "still the final price, but"there are likely a dollar or two dollars at the most"according to Forsythe of". Some can pay their noses to appear nothing for the results of an open source project, but Forsythe says the reasoning behind the charge is simple: "I am an adult adults", he says, "and my wife wonder why I spend time working on my open source project and not with my two - month old." "For all the work of Forsythe and his colleagues have devs in Growl, a few dollars seems to ask."
Growl is a very fine piece of software. It's pretty hard to someone a few dollars below.

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