One problem that I do have with it is that the author seems to be trying to have it both ways with Amazon: On the one hand he points out that Amazon is the master of just-in-time ordering and delivery, but then also tries to say that they would have great difficulty delaying specific orders. As one commenter on the article highlights: since Amazon already clearly has a process in place for fast-tracking some orders while ensuring others don't arrive too soon, it would seem to be trivially easy to slow the delivery of specific products down.
Also, wouldn't it be better business (from a customer point of view) for Amazon to continue to take orders and pre-orders, only offering refunds if and when it absolutely cannot honour them? Not to mention more damaging in the long run for Hachette (in PR terms) when Amazon can turn round to their customers and say: "Here's your money back; sorry we couldn't deliver your book; it's due to a supplier (Hachette) problem." This would be more indicative of a company concerned with keeping it's customers happy (as the article implies), rather than a company trying to screw it's suppliers to the wall.
]]>Hi to you in the future! Can you tell me which year you're posting from so I know when to migrate off Google Maps?
Being a bit less facetious, the Google Maps on my Android 4.4.2 phablet, a device that hadn't been designed two years ago, has this. I suspect you can't find it because they faffed around with the UI, but it's on the panel you get when you've pinned a location (the same panel that offers Street View). I just saved a named map and then reloaded it (from my profile page).
It's also possible there's some difference on your device that is breaking it for you, but it is working over here.
]]>I'm now wondering if there was an interregnum between the old caching control and the current one. That's not impossible.
]]>HOWEVER: Having done US location verification for a major Northern European mapping company formerly heavily invested in timer {/clue} I could not drive more than a mile without finding a significant error in a suburban area with a population growth rate <5%, so I can only imagine that mapping back home in the Sunshine State will be even less error-free using the commercial services used by vendors such as TomTom. Don't drive into no gator holes by accident!
]]>HOWEVER: Having done US location verification for a major Northern European celllphone and mapping company formerly heavily invested in timber {/clue} I could not drive more than a mile without finding a significant error in a suburban area with a population growth rate less than 5 per cent per annum. Florida, growing like The Blob as it is, will (I suspect) have even more mapping errors.
Therefore, don't you go driving into no gator holes!
]]>Multiple maps can presumably be saved. You can also save the current viewed area by tapping to Search, and scrolling down to the Save option at the bottom.
The latest Maps interface 'clean up' has moved access to a lot of functionality (and I assume, lost some).
]]>I'm so glad I don't have to follow that set of instructions. On my 4.4.2 phone with latest Maps, I can do it in 4 clicks plus entering a name.
Method 1:
1: Somewhere on the displayed area, press and hold till the pin pops up 2: Tap the panel that's appeared at the bottom to open it up 3: Tap 'Save map to use offline' 4: Tap 'Save' (OK, can adjust which area is covered) 5: Type in name and tap 'Save'
Method 2:
1: Tap on the 'me' icon top right 2: At the bottom, below Offline maps, select 'View all and manage' 3: Select 'Save a new offline map' 4: Tap 'Save' (OK, can adjust which area is covered) 5: Type in name and tap 'Save'
So both those have managed to disappear on your version? Ouch!
I suspect the allowable area issue you encountered is probably generic though.
]]>3 days in ITU, then 3 in acute surgical care, now out. Note, it was a murder plot by my cat! Now on antibiotics for life...
Anyway, still alive and still reading!!
]]>In general, any sort of nature-based attraction like the various springs are good. Florida has a geology and ecology you won't see in Europe, and they get more locals rather than tourists.
If you have time, booking an airboat ride is a lot of fun. Nothing quite like zooming through alligator territory on a boat propelled by a giant fan and driven by a redneck. There are a number of companies operating on the St. John's River, which is a shallow and swampy wetland full of cows and alligators.
Also keep in mind that it tends to thunderstorm in Florida almost every afternoon. But the storms are usually done in a half hour or so -- just find cover and relax a bit.
]]>OGH wrote, "...my product has to compete for your attention and money in the same market as the [...] Assassin's Creed games. Neither of which have a near-monopoly incumbent like Amazon squatting between them and their customer base, trying relentlessly to depress prices...."
Except there is in the case of video games. Steam has a near monopoly on digital PC game sales channel. (Consoles might also be "video games", but they're a very different beast. Like comparing fiction and non-fiction markets.) Even a competing service run by one of the largest game publishers (Origin by EA) can't compete with Steam. Steam is well-known for their regular sales where games are discounted as much as 90%.
Now, Valve might not seem to be quite so cutthroat as Amazon, but it's a very similar situation and mostly hinges on the graces of the 800 lb gorilla who controls the vast majority of the market. We video game developers just pray that Steam doesn't choose to alter the terms of the agreement further.
]]>It feels pricey for an app, but as far as I know it's cheaper than the equivalent dedicated satnav, and one less thing to carry around or charge.
]]>" Alligator Attack: Attempt To Move Alligator Backfires
1 day 7 hours ago, Barcroft TV A lucky motorist got away with just a SNAP on the wrist - after trying to move an 11ft alligator out of the road. Glen Taylor Bonin, 23, spotted the massive reptile blocking the road during an outing with pals. The carpenter and friends, Kacey Kole Mays, 21, Ricky LeBlanc, 24, attempted to move the alligator by first using their t-shirts to blindfold it. But Glen narrowly avoided serious injury when the irate beast clamps its jaws round his hand and shook him like a rag doll. "
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