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Re:Will Google Kill my Blog on December 6th? on Monday December 02, 2013 @06:39PM (#6837429)
Same thing happened to me. It ended up being my bank denying the charge rather than Google. Check with your bank.
He writes about all the device manufacturers and provides useful stats but he was always heavily biased toward Nokia (& Symbian) but since Elop's burning platform announcement he's almost started a crusade against him. I wouldn't waste my time reading his blog. He may be right about the Nokia/Microsoft partnership but only time will tell, they might produce some awesome devices.
This is the same guy who predicted that iPhone sales would peak in April 2010. Judging by the length of his blog posts his mind is a cluttered mess. Do not blindly trust his opinion even though he may sometimes be right.

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/20/tomi-ahonen

Re:Opera Mini approved for iPhone on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @12:33PM (#1262505)
Well put. Well people started making a fuss about Opera Mini getting approved I couldn't understand why. Safari on the iPhone is the best mobile browser out there in terms of both specification conformance and performance.
Re:Kindle Development Kit on Thursday January 21, 2010 @10:32AM (#1067452)
The Kindle runs Java ME so I'm guessing a CDC implementation with some proprietary extensions.
Re:Oracle to buy Sun on Monday April 20, 2009 @08:18AM (#570526)
I wonder what the implications are for Sun's mobile efforts (Java ME)??
Re:RIAA Undergoing Massive Layoffs on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @01:24PM (#501721)
Every cloud has a silver lining it seems.