Remember the message you wrote on Facebook, but never hit “send”? … Well Facebook certainly does … “for research purposes” :/ … and don’t think the other ad-financed networks do any better.
Month: December 2013
ADN: Pauli and Einstein in Kindergarten
https://alpha.app.net/riyad/post/17558297
ADN: Google Buys Boston Dynamics
https://alpha.app.net/riyad/post/17397907
ADN: NSA schnüffelt in Entenhausen
https://alpha.app.net/riyad/post/17396675
Explaining Shell Commands
Let explainshell.com explain your shell commands and let it look up arguments and flags. 😀
Nexus V
I’m happy … I received my new Nexus 5 just last Thursday. You won’t believe how amazing this 3 generation leap feels … remember I’m coming from a Nexus S. 😉 I had the chance to toy around with it over the weekend and I must say: I like it. It’s well-built. It has a beautiful screen. The software is top notch (at least if you’re not as paranoid as I am).
The screen resolution is a funny matter, because the Nexus 5 is now second rank at home. Only losing to a Retina MacBook Pro. 😉
What I like:
- It’s blazingly fast (at least generally 😉 )
- The screen is gorgeous
- I can now run Firefox as my main browser without killing all other apps 😉
- Going to alarms with a swipe (in the Clock app) is a relief
- Configuring app icons and widgets on the home screen is well done
What I don’t like:
- I’ve come to miss several niceties of CyanogenMod over the years
- You can’t get rid of the Search bar on the home screen (yes, I know the “home screen” is part of the “Google Search” app now)
- The speaker (yes, only one) is crap
- You need a special desktop app to copy files over USB, WTF?!?
- I need to start some apps twice, because they crash the first time 🙁
- It comes without a headset 🙁
- The abandonment of core apps on favor of Google flavored ones (like integrating the home screen into Google Search, mixing basic SMS with Google Hangouts or transferring G+ avatars in the Phone app)
- Google Play Music can only play the first 69 minutes of “long” MP3s, WTF?!?
Still not sure:
- Battery life on work days
- The devices sturdiness
- SMS in Google Hangouts
I’m so used to CyanogenMod by now that I miss several niceties it provides over the stock Android experience:
- Getting the Notification Center or the Configuration Tiles depending on which side of the top bar you pull
- Directly executing actions (e.g. turning WiFi on/off) by tapping Configuration Tiles
- Making the device behave like an ordinary USB stick when connected to a PC
- Having something like App Guard
- Having the ability to give apps root (mainly for Helium, AdBlock Plus)
- Superior music player
- Auto-unlock when the PIN is correct
None the less, I’m happy. 🙂
Update:
Battery life seems fine, even after a day of moderate use.
CyanogenMod together with Open WhisperSystems just revealed secure messaging will be baked into CM. This will allow you to send encrypted messages to others through any SMS/messaging app. 🙂
Twitter: TextSecure baked into CyanogenMod
https://twitter.com/riyadpr/status/410176745825112065
Post on the CyanogenMod blog.
Post on the Open WhisperSystems blog.
Awesome! 😀
ADN: Plan I
https://alpha.app.net/riyad/post/16865333
Heavy Twitterers among South Korean Military and Spys
1.2 million tweets were sent out by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) to smear opposition leaders, and 23 million tweets were spread by the Defense Ministry’s Cyberwarfare Command to tip the scale in favor of current President Park Geun-hye.
Source: Global Voices Online
Oh, no … Who could’ve known this was even possible?!? :/
Update 2015-02-11:
The former chief of the NIS was sentenced to three years of prison for trying to manipulate the 2012 presidential election.
ADN: Proof-of-concept Malware Jumps Air Gap
https://alpha.app.net/riyad/post/16864080