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Hey guys.

There are quite a bit of these around (fully aware of that), but we're trying to make a step ahead. Think of Cronforce as online timesheets meets vacation/absence scheduling meets project cost management for SMBs/startups. Real time tracking and rich 3rd party integrations to complete the picture.

The focus right now is bundling the software with segmented apps (think Google Apps, Jira, Basecamp, SAP, Trello). We're heavily relying on the Jira integration as it seems a lot of users are keen on it:

http://cronforce.com/integrations/jira-time-tracking.html

Would be glad to have your opinion on what works and what could be better!

Unfortunately the mainstream media has taken a stern stance of building a negative image of those services. You always get to read how it's full of pedophiles and drug traffic. The fact that such services help dissident journalists, bloggers or political figures or are invaluable in case of repressive internet shut-down seems to escape their spotlight.

This generalization of tech phenomenon which can be used for both good and bad deeds has led to extreme paranoia. Hence such harsh sweeps when dealing with it, I guess. Those who are under the effect of the judgement are also a part of yet another generalization encompassing an undefined, ridiculously big network of "criminals".

Agreed. I'm interested to how they will implement copyright issues too.

What I'm also worried about is design changes. YouTube had some poor decisions in this domain and if Twitch experiences stuff like this, it may turn to a rather unpleasant platform.

I haven't deleted it, but for me the problem lies somewhere else:

The tech-sector is slowly growing into an oligopoly or at least that's my impression. I expect it to be diversified but deals like this leave me questioning and yes, they make me a bit sad. Perhaps the Oculus guys can use the resources Facebook will flow into them but...I have a bad feeling about this. Really.

This is like a real-life crime fiction.

Yeah, screw those decades before, 2010 is where it's at!

Pax Americana will continue for another 3 or 4 decades, even more. No matter what the U.S. does, there is a time needed for the developing giants at the moment (mostly China and India) to get into the next gear and make that power shift.

The next power status bearer won't be any different, though. That's how international relations have rolled in the past, and that's how they'll continue to be.

Don't know much about other stuff but from what I experienced in England (London area especially), the public transport is unbelievably expensive. I went there for 2 weeks and maybe the biggest part of my expenses was spent on trains/buses/the tube. Especially trains.

This from the point of view of a tourist, though. I guess English citizens have some preferences/reductions?

I don't think they are that stupid. Would surely lose a chunk of their user base.

But you never know with companies becoming overconfident...

Strange, where are you from?

I'm the same as you - heard the name, never used the app. In the recent 4-5 months though all of my friends migrated to WhatsApp. I'm from Eastern Europe and when I cruised around other countries from the region there were many people who used that too. Maybe has to do with the fact that some telecoms still charge insane prices for a piece of SMS when you deplete your free quota.

Pretty neat! Good job on that, hope it goes viral fast :)

Heavy handed approach is seldom adequate, especially in situations with separatist sentiment. Retribution is an invisible and hard-hitting enemy in the long run, and going all guns blazing is a guarantee to breed one.

It was a whatthehell moment for me too. I started learning German a bit later than English (we had to learn 2 foreign languages at school). Pronunciation exercises brought the epiphany here, haha. Was strange at first but then we thought - hell, after all, these languages have much in common going back some centuries.

God but I hated pronouncing the umlauts.

Well this is a cocky attitude.

They have a bit of right, though. Bing is just downright horrendous, Xbox is a not-so-good tier compared to other consoles in the sector. They need some optimization with allocating resources and offering services.

I'm still wondering if culture has a bit to do with this.

Eastern (Asian) culture is a bit different than western attitude and way of approaching things.