23
2012
PSA: Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.x shuts down today
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Still rockin’ windows Mobile 6.x? Time to check all your 应用程序 for updates one last time. Microsoft has issued a final reminder that, beginning today, the Marketplace for 6.x devices will no longer be available. This means you won’t be able to browse, buy or 下载 应用程序 from your phone via the service. Everything you already have will, 答案是肯定的, work just fine, but if you needed to reinstall something — now is the time to do it. Unless it’s available direct from third party sites, in which case you’ll have a little breathing space. 仍, better safe than sorry. [Thanks, nAramRay]
23
2012
Marketplace for Windows Phone 6.x goes extinct today

I wager this will affect very few of you out there considering most geeks today wouldn’t be caught dead using a windows Mobile 6.x 设备. On the chance that a few of you are rocking these old windows Mobile smartphones, here is a public service announcement for you. Today is the last day windows Marketplace for Mobile 6.x will be in operation.
19
2012
Facebook’s $16bn IPO means nothing today

The biggest tech event of the year – if you believe the financial pundits – has been and gone, leaving analysts, shareholders and Mark Zuckerberg to pick through the remains of the Facebook IPO. Seldom have so many gathered to stretch credibility and understanding to talk about so little. In the end, despite stock flat-lining in a way that sent delicious shivers of schadenfreude down the spines of those who still can’t quite see the worth in shared contemplation of navels, Facebook has more than $16bn of extra cash in its 帐户. For actual Facebook 用户 though – in fact, for just about everyone, even if they’re now a shareholder in the company – the IPO is, so far, gloriously irrelevant.
12
2012




