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Samsung infringes key text-selection patent: Reuters reports that the International Trade Commission has handed down a preliminary decision ruling Samsung infringed on an Apple patent related to a text-selection feature. However, the courts also ruled Samsung didn't infringe another patent related to detecting when other devices are plugged into a microphone jack. If the text-selection decision is upheld, the result could be a U.S. import ban on Galaxy, Transform, and Nexus devices: Read more

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Continuing its years-long trend of consolidating operations and trimming its workforce to cut expenses, Lockheed Martin is reorganizing its electronic systems division that now is based in Bethesda and slashing some 200 jobs, mostly in Orlando, Fla.
The Bethesda military and aerospace giant is splitting that division into a mission system and training sector based in Washington, D.C., and a missiles and fire control business in Dallas. Lockheed will fold a global training and logistics unit now in Orlando into those divisions. The changes are to take effect Dec. 31.
About one-third of the affected employees will be executives, with the job cuts mostly in the unit being consolidated in Orlando, said Jennifer Whitlow, a Lockheed spokeswoman, on Monday. The reorganization is expected to save about $50 million per year.
�This focus on maximizing value for customers and shareholders has already identified billions in savings for our customers and made us more competitive,� CEO Robert Stevens said in a statement.
Lockheed, like many military contractors, has been slashing its workforce in recent years as some federal budget growth is cut. The company now has about 120,000 employees, down some 26,000 from December 2008, according to recent annual reports and news releases. Revenues, however, have continued to grow, from $42.7 billion in 2008 to $46.5 billion last year.
A competitor, Science Applications International Corp. of McLean, Va., announced in August it is splitting into two public companies by the end of its next fiscal year. A spinoff company will focus on government and enterprise information technology.
Last year, another major military contractor, Northrop Grumman of Falls Church, Va., completed a spinoff of its shipbuilding unit, Huntington Ingalls Industries. Northrop had about 11,000 employees in Maryland in 2011, some 2,000 more than Lockheed, according to state figures. SAIC had about 6,500 employees in the state.
Marillyn Hewson, who leads Lockheed�s electronic systems division, will become president and COO of the company on Jan. 1. President Chris Kubasik then will become the CEO, as Stevens steps down.
Rick Edwards will become executive vice president of missiles and fire control, after leading the company's tactical missiles and combat maneuver systems for seven years. Dale Bennett will be executive vice president of mission systems and training; he now is president of the mission systems and sensors business.
Lockheed�s stock price did not change much on Monday, slipping just 0.4 percent to $94.01.


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The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is an annual event at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in March. It is the world's oldest and largest indoor flower show, attracting more than 260,000 people annually. The Show features large-scale gardens, elaborate landscapes, and over-the-top floral creations.
Visitors to the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show are treated to fabulous design, live entertainment, culinary demonstrations, gardening how-to workshops, and lectures by experts. Show week begins with an exclusive black-tie Preview Party and After Party, one of Philadelphia's premier events.
Proceeds from the Show support PHS, particularly the City Harvest program, which feeds more than 1,200 families each week during the growing season.
The 2015 Flower Show opens on Saturday, February 28 and will close on Sunday, March 8. The Preview Party will be held on the evening of Friday, February 27.
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Tickets can also be purchased in advance of the Flower Show at participating sales outlets including Acme Markets, Giant Food Stores, SEPTA retail locations, AAA Mid-Atlantic, Macy's Center City, select Saxby's Coffee houses, and AAA Northampton.
The Box Office (including Will Call, Membership and Group Sales) can be found at the west main entrance at 12th & Arch Streets.
The Flower Show Box Office and Will Call opens 30 minutes before the Show opens and closes one hour before the Show closes. Day-of-Show tickets may be purchased at the Convention Center's Box Office. Credit cards are accepted at both box offices, specifically Visa and Master Card.
The main Flower Show entrance and Show Box Office is at 12th & Arch Streets. You can also enter the Show on Market Street between 11th & 12th Streets (via the Market East train station).
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The Pennsylvania Convention Center is a handicap accessible building. Elevators are available to guests who require them. Wheelchairs are available for rent on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Each year more than 200 volunteer judges from across the country convene at the Flower Show. Judges are experienced horticulturists, landscape architects, flower arrangers, and designers. About 60 major awards are given out in total; judging occurs daily.
The Flower Show Info Center, located outside the entrance to Hall A, serves as the Lost & Found. Please call 215-418-2400 for assistance during the Show; after March 9, please call PHS offices at 215-988-8800. The Flower Show is not responsible for any lost or stolen items.
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News about Suburbs, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Mar. 9, 2015
Mira Kamdar Editorial Observer examines trend toward gentrification and tolerance in her home suburb of Seine-St-Denis outside Paris; observes that changes, in anticipation of new initiative called the Metropolis of Greater Paris, reflect shift away from period in which the 'banlieues' were viewed as incubators of poverty and immigrant discontent. MORE
May. 10, 2014
Poverty in the suburbs is rising faster than in any other setting, outpacing that in cities and rural areas; suburbs are grappling with problems that once seemed alien, exacerbated by lack of institutions for helping the poor and long distances that make it difficult for people to get to their jobs; trend is especially pronounced in California, which according to some measures has highest poverty rate in the nation (Series: Caught In Poverty). MORE
Apr. 17, 2014
Report on counties of Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk, based on United States census data, finds that young people seem to be staying put in New York City, perhaps because suburbs offer less diversity and dearth of modest rentals; some suburban towns are trying to make themselves more alluring to young residents by building apartment complexes, concert venues, bicycle lanes and more exotic restaurants. MORE
Apr. 17, 2014
Op-Ed article by Prof Vishaan Chakrabarti notes influx of people, both young adults and retirees, are moving to cities in response to social, economic and environmental factors; holds shift provides opportunity to transform United States to more prosperous, sustainable and equitable country; urges federal government to shift its focus from suburbs and institute policies supporting urban living and infrastructure. MORE
Oct. 20, 2013
Op-Ed article by Prof David L Kirp contends that comprehensive new analysis of what has happened in Mount Laurel, NJ, since 140 units of affordable housing were built there in 2000 shows that suburbanites' fears of having such housing in their communities are unfounded; maintains that the community offers lessons for how to improve the lives of poor and working-class families across the nation. MORE
Aug. 25, 2013
Ada Calhoun Lives essay describes her experiences as a city kid growing up in New York, when she fell in love with the suburbs during a preteen summer trip to Ohio. MORE
Jul. 7, 2013
Op-Ed article by author Richard Ford recalls drives he would take with his father through the Mississippi suburbs as a child, during which they would drive around looking at houses; reflects on what the private, inner song of the suburbs must have meant to his father. MORE
May. 20, 2013
Analysis by Metropolitan Police Program of the Brookings Institution finds that while the number of poor people in New York City and Newark has declined by 7 percent between 2000 and the 2008-2010 census, population of poor rose in suburbs rose by 14 percent. MORE
Apr. 6, 2013
How can we keep from building a new inequality on top of the old one? MORE
Feb. 17, 2013
Many Brooklyn creative professionals of child-rearing age are relocating to suburban towns along the Hudson River, attracted by cheaper real estate and surprising number of good restaurants and cultural attractions once only found in urban life. MORE
Feb. 17, 2013
Roundup of several artsy Hudson River suburbs that many Brooklynites are colonizing. MORE
Dec. 23, 2012
Ginia Bellafante Big City column notes data showing that 64 percent of mass murders occur in rural and suburban areas with populations of less than 250,000; speculates that contributing factors are higher concentration of gun ownership in such areas, along with potential for isolation and alienation in places where community is more limited. MORE
Oct. 7, 2012
Many New York City residents considering a move to the suburbs rent houses initially before making a purchase, allowing them to acclimate to a new lifestyle before they commit. MORE
Sep. 21, 2012
Op-Ed column by author Christopher C Sellers contends that environmentalism has lost its once enthusiastic backing, especially in the suburbs where the movement gained its initial force; contends that if the movement is to regain its political force, it must return to the close-to-home environmental altruism that once made it so popular. MORE
Jul. 8, 2012
Editorial calls attention to the growing poverty in suburbs, specifically citing Long Island; urges suburban officials and residents to admit that poverty is growing and not going away, and that the social safety net must be expanded and funded to address the problem. MORE
May. 27, 2012
Op-Ed article by Prof Christopher B Leinberger observes that the most valuable real estate lies in walkable urban areas, in contrast to the 1990s when the most valuable real estate was in the suburbs; urges developers and their investors to take advantage of this trend. MORE
Apr. 24, 2012
Suburban backyards across the United States hold a surprising amount of biodiversity, rewarding those homeowners who are willing to take a closer look; entomologist Merrill Peterson of Bellingham, Wash, discovered a species of moth in his backyard that had not yet been documented in North America. MORE
Apr. 24, 2012
Carol Kaesuk-Yoon and husband Merrill Peterson, an entomologist, provide basic advice for exploring suburban biodiversity; 18 species found in their Bellingham, Wash, backyard noted. MORE
Apr. 10, 2012
Editorial welcomes the receding of outer suburbs, or exurbs, which exploded between 2000 and 2010 but collapsed with the housing crisis; notes that the cost of large-scale suburban sprawl is traffic congestion, environmental degradation and increasing addiction to fossil fuels. MORE
Nov. 26, 2011
Op-Ed article by landscape architecture professor Louise A Mozingo holds that 'pastoral capitalism,' or sprawl, is not a sustainable approach to business development; urges local governments to adopt common-sense strategies to point corporate residents to a more sustainable path and away from office parks, corporate campuses and estates. MORE
Nov. 26, 2011
Op-Ed article by Brookings Institution senior fellow Christopher B Leinberger notes a profound structural shift in American housing patterns, with car-dependent suburbs becoming less and less sustainable; urges developers to heed the pattern and to build mixed-income, walkable city centers and centrally located neighborhoods. MORE
Oct. 25, 2011
Poor population in America's suburbs--long a symbol of a stable and prosperous American middle class--rose by 53 percent between 2000 and 2010, forcing suburban communities nationwide to re-evaluate their identities and how they serve their populations; as a result, suburban municipalities once concerned with police, fire and roads are confronting a new set of issues, namely how to help poor residents without the array of social programs that cities have, and how to get those residents to services without public transportation. MORE
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Stuff We Liked: Mapping Slang's Spread, Suburban Demographics
Other interesting reads from here and there included a deeper look at Civil War soldiers and a map of where Britons swear most.
August 1, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON SUBURBS AND: Teeth and Dentistry , Suburbs , Christians and Christianity
Segregated Schools in the Suburbs
A former schools superintendent says consolidating districts would help achieve integration.
July 15, 2015, Wednesday
MORE ON SUBURBS AND: Segregation and Desegregation , Suburbs , Education (K-12)
Brooklyn Expats Come Home
Many former Brooklynites can't help returning often to visit friends and their favorite places. Some find they have to move back.
July 12, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON SUBURBS AND: Real Estate and Housing (Residential) , Brooklyn (NYC) , Suburbs
China Aims to Move Beijing Government Out of City's Crowded Core
The move is a recognition, urban planners and historians say, that the existing strategy has created ever-worsening traffic problems, and widespread destruction of Beijing's monumental old city.
June 26, 2015, Friday
MORE ON SUBURBS AND: China , Beijing (China) , Xi Jinping , Urban Areas , Suburbs , Hebei Province (China) , Relocation of Business , Area Planning and Renewal
The Polk Family's Quest for a Better Life
Latonya Polk and her two teenage children moved from a violence-prone Chicago suburb to the county that stands out for upward mobility.
May 4, 2015, Monday
MORE ON SUBURBS AND: Poverty , Children and Childhood , DuPage County (Ill) , Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides , Suburbs
A Complicated Future for a Banlieue on the Outskirts of Paris
Forces of gentrification and tolerance in a working-class suburb.
March 9, 2015, Monday
MORE ON SUBURBS AND: Paris (France) , St Denis (France) , Immigration and Emigration , Suburbs , Editorials , Religion and Belief , Social Conditions and Trends
Stuff We Liked
Interesting links include improvements on a measles graphic and a comparison of Girl Scout cookie variations.
March 7, 2015, Saturday
MORE ON SUBURBS AND: Suburbs , Urban Areas
More New Jobs Are in City Centers, While Employment Growth Shrinks in the Suburbs
A striking reversal in a trend that dominated the 20th century could have big implications for how people live and work in the decades ahead.
February 24, 2015, Tuesday
MORE ON SUBURBS AND: Urban Areas , Labor and Jobs , City Observatory , Suburbs , Relocation of Business , Population
As Immigrants Settle Beyond City Limits, Help Is Hard to Find
In the suburbs of the United States, an expanding population of immigrants is faced with an absence of public transportation, scarcity of lawyers with immigration expertise and lack of opportunities to learn English.
February 16, 2015, Monday
MORE ON SUBURBS AND: Illegal Immigration , New York State , New York City , Legal Aid for the Poor (Civil) , Rural Areas , Suburbs , Migrant Labor (Agriculture)
A More Inclusive Paris
The grand strategy is to merge the banlieues with the capital's center to end the "eternal ostracism."
February 6, 2015, Friday
MORE ON SUBURBS AND: France , Urban Areas , Paris (France) , Suburbs
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#91 - BE YE RECONCILED VIRGENE ANDREWS"I CAME NOT TO JUDGE THE WORLD BUT TO SAVE THE WORLD" Jn. 12:47"When I first began to believe in the reconciliation of the world, I fell on my knees and put my head on the floor and cried tears of joy. The revelation came to me in a flash, like lightning and immediately I received it as truth.God was in Christ reconciling the WORLD unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. 2Cor.5:19.All will be judged then reconciled back to God so that He will be All in all.God is a consuming fire and will burn out all the dross from everyone."
#93 - WHENCE ETERNITY? ALEXANDER THOMSON"The inspired scriptures never speak of eternity. They describe nothing as eternal. They contain no term which itself bears our time sense of everlasting. As eternity is not a subject of revelation, our present object is to discover how and when this unscriptural term gained entrance into theology, with most disastrous results.It may be stated, without fear of contradiction, that the more one explores into the early centuries of Christendom, the clearer does it become that a corrupt theology was alone responsible for displacing the teaching regarding the eons by a dogma respecting 'eternity.'"
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A shining sequel, Stephen King's 'Doctor Sleep' is an entertaining thriller.Written by Jeff McGinnis | | firstname.lastname@example.com
It takes a little while for "Doctor Sleep," the new novel by eternally best-selling author Stephen King, to stop worrying about being a sequel to "The Shining" and start telling its own story. When it does, it begins to summon up its own set of characters, events and terrifying images that will remain in the mind long after reading — those moments that King has specialized in during a long career as the world's most popular horror novelist.
Then, just when you thought you had this new story figured out, callbacks to the original classic hit hard and heavy. Instead of feeling forced, though, these moments amplify the emotion of everything that happens and give the reader a sense of closure, like healing a wound that somehow has remained open for 30 years. "Doctor Sleep" can never quite escape from the shadow of its original. So instead, King embraces it, making this sequel a story that is both its own part and of a larger piece.
The book could also be seen in some way as King trying to reclaim the story of Danny Torrance and his family's horrific experiences at the Overlook Hotel from the clutches of pop culture influences that pulled it in a different direction. Nowadays, when people think of "The Shining," they tend to remember the terrifying Stanley Kubrick film starring Jack Nicholson which has long since become a horror classic, but deviated from King's original in numerous ways. King has made his befuddlement toward Kubrick's film plain, and by drawing attention back to the original novel (which "Doctor Sleep" follows in continuity), perhaps he sees his chance to put his stamp back on one of his most famous stories.
The best idea in "Doctor Sleep" lies in its decision to focus on a familiar character — Daniel, the little boy with the power of a unique form of telepathy — and to put him in a wholly new circumstance, rather than rehashing the events of the first book. As time has passed between "The Shining" and present day, so too has time passed for Daniel, who has grown into a troubled man as the novel opens, his father's legacy of alcoholism having sadly been passed to his son.
As his father did before him, Daniel has reasons to justify his drinking — the psychological power of his "shining" has remained with him, and that level of supernatural empathy can be too much for one to bear. But as Daniel wanders around the country, an aimless soul with no desire to belong anywhere, it becomes clear that his gifts are merely an excuse — the kind of justification any addict finds to keep his lifestyle intact.
It is through Daniel's struggle with addiction that the book finds its greatest strength. He begins to establish a new life through the support of friends, an AA group, and a new job as a specialized caregiver at a hospice. There, by helping patients in their final moments, using his powers to comfort and guide them, he earns the nickname "Doctor Sleep." But King makes it clear that the temptation toward the bottle that destroyed his father — and the Overlook Hotel — remains at all times, adding remarkable tension to
the question of whether Daniel can actually remain sober, and making the conflicts that follow into a larger metaphor.
King has always had a knack for crafting unforgettable villains, and the True Knot falls right into his wheelhouse. Led by a top-hat clad villainess named Rose, the group roams the country in RVs, a highway-bound plague who look upon those living a normal life as "rubes." They've lived unseen for decades — centuries, perhaps — and have no moral qualms with murdering if it means they continue to live. An early scene depicting the final moments of one of the True's young victims is particularly disturbing.
In the end, as Daniel tries to help a 12-year-old girl named Abra repel the True's horrific plans, "Doctor Sleep" becomes a gripping and entertaining read in its own right. It is not the equal of "The Shining," but how many stories are? However, as a tale of a young girl becoming a powerful woman, a troubled man fighting against his demons and the fearsome villains who are determined to destroy them both, the book carves out its own niche as a worthwhile read. King found there was indeed a reason to revisit the tale of Daniel Torrance in adulthood, and I suspect most readers will heartily agree.
Tags: Abra, Danny Torrence, Doctor Sleep, Jack Nicholson, Overlook Hotel, Pop Goes the Culture, Rose, Shining, Stephen King, True Knot


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this will absolutely prevent me from getting the slingplayer for the iphone. I was ready to shell out the $30 for the app but now that i have to pay an extra $120+ to get new hardware its not worth it. Ill just pay $10 for OrbLive and watch the content stored on my home media server.
I must say i am VERY disappointed in Sling with this move. I was a beta tester for the slingbox and have absolutely loved the service since day one but this move makes no sense.
the only upside to sling was for live tv as i have tons of content store on a media server at home and with sites like hulu i rarely watch live tv at all anymore (the only thing i watch live is sports) so i think i am just gonna ride my slingbox classic till it dies and bid farewell to slingmedia.
the founders of the company were great and provided excellent support and a great product. I have not been impressed with the moves since it was sold to echostar. there have been almost no improvements to the functionality and no exciting features added.
Current SlingBox Owners Getting Shafted by iPhone SlingPlayer?
As it stands, many of you have been craving some Slingplayer action on your iPhones. Well the good news is you are about to get it, the bad news is you may be paying more than you originally thought.
Engadget has posted that folks with older Slingboxes must upgrade to newer hardware in order to be able to stream content to your iPhone. And to make matters worse, this upgrade is technically not needed! Yup, the good people at Sling have decided that for everyone who wants to use Slingplayer Mobile on their iPhone, you can dish out some extra cash on some fresh hardware at home as well.
blockquote>the company just posted up a page saying that owners of every older SlingBox save the Slingbox PRO will have to upgrade to a Slingbox SOLO or Slingbox PRO-HD in order to stream to iPhones. Yes, this is totally ridiculous: we've been told that the limitation is purely money-driven and that previous builds of the iPhone client worked just fine with older Sling hardware
Ouch, there you go, the only reason you may have to upgrade is pure corporate greed. This is surely a shot below the belt to current owners of older Slingboxes. So what do you say, will this prevent you from using Slingplayer Mobile on your iPhones or is it time for you to upgrade? We are curious...
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Current SlingBox Owners Getting Shafted by iPhone SlingPlayer?
this will absolutely prevent me from getting the slingplayer for the iphone. I was ready to shell out the $30 for the app but now that i have to pay an extra $120+ to get new hardware its not worth it. Ill just pay $10 for OrbLive and watch the content stored on my home media server.
@al hahaha wtf
This is totally BS. I'm not going to go out in current economy and replace my two working slingboxes with new ones just to watch it on my phone. Screw them.
They could make just as much selling the slingplayer. I purchased the player when I had my Treo. It's greed and it will backfire on them.
Al, you're a jerk! Enough said on the Anti Semitic remark.
I hope they rescind this decision as it's going to be very unpopular with the vast majority of their clients. I have two of the older Slingbox pro models with the HD cables. I'm unclear whether they're acceptable or not. The new one if I recall has the HD built in. Anyway, we will find out soon enough.
Al = pure idiot.
Digg that up to spread the bad PR, make them rethink this decision
I just sent this to Jay Tannenbaum at Slingmedia
Almost $200 for a new slingbox (which would be my third one) and the App..Echostar should be ashamed of themselves. I think you guys may have shot yourselves in the foot on this one. The existing player plays on much less powerful devices than the iPhone and your coupon gets the Solo down to "street" prices.
The App that I once was waiting for with baded breath ..now I'll probably pass
friggin underlines, the URl should be
http://digg.com/apple/Older[underscore]Slingboxes[underscore]won[undersc... [underscore]with[underscore]SlingPlayer[underscore]on[underscore]iPhone
Got a beef with Sling's strategy for this situation? Why not let the team that wrote the press release know. Here is his contact information:
Jay Tannenbaum
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Al, I hope a Jew punches you in the face. I can make that happen if you swing by Chicago. Regarding the move on Sling, this is ridiculous. If anything, us early-adopters of the slingbox should be rewarded. We bought into the game when they were just starting out. Way to appreciate your old fans. D-bags.
Dear SlingMedia,
I am very disappointed on the recent news that the soon to released Slimgbox iPhone app will not work with older Slingboxes on the bases of insisting established customers purchase new hardware. I have two original Slingboxes and like everyone else here have been waiting for
the Slingbox app.
I would like you to reconsider this decision and make the older Slingbox hardware compatible. If your decision stands, I will no longer promote your devices or purchase any in the future. Secondly, if you do not change this decision for the aforementioned reasons, I suggest you change your company'a name to Slime Media.
hahaha, Fender Doc, NICE. Everyone should copy/paste this:
"Dear SlingMedia,
I am very disappointed on the recent news that the soon to released Slimgbox iPhone app will not work with older Slingboxes on the bases of insisting established customers purchase new hardware. I have two original Slingboxes and like everyone else here have been waiting for the Slingbox app.
I would like you to reconsider this decision and make the older Slingbox hardware compatible. If your decision stands, I will no longer promote your devices or purchase any in the future. Secondly, if you do not change this decision for the aforementioned reasons, I suggest you change your company'a name to Slime Media.
Thank you"
and send to THIS person:email@example.com
Well... It's been over a week since Sling allegedly submitted the app to Apple, which is unusually long. What if the original app got kicked back by Apple for taking up too much bandwidth, mandating the H.264 codec be used. This would explain why the beta version of the iPhone app worked with all models. Once Slingmedia found out about the app being denied, they put this upgrade program out there since they new many people would pissed off about being forced to upgrade.
This is just a theory. As a Slingbox AV user, I'm just as mad as everyone else... and I won't be spending my hard earned money to upgrade hardware. But what if this was truly out of Slingmedia's control? Other sites are reporting that the reason for the required newer hardware is the H.264 codec being used versus the WMV codec on older Slingboxes... so that would make sense. And since the app isn't out on the App Store yet, wouldn't Slingmedia be forbidden to talk about it (and explain the reasons behind the upgrade program) thanks to Apple's non-disclosure agreement?
Again, just a theroy...
Orb anybody?
I checked and I found that my Slingbox Pro is supposedly covered, however I'm adamant that they should still rescind this decision. I might add that the iPhone application is over priced if it sells for more than $20.00. From what I've read, the iPhone app will be selling for $40.00! It appears they're reaming Sling customers on all fronts.
I've been checking the app store twice a day for the past week for the slingbox iphone app. Then yesterday I saw at slingmedia.com that they were going to require the new hardware. Screw 'em. And their "discounted upgrade program" is a joke -- $50 off their list prices just brings the prices in line with street prices. Orb will continue to be just fine with me.
just sent an email to Tannenbaum, you an read what i wrote at my blog, http://smub.it/kot/blog. I encourage you all to do the same.
I have the classic and was so looking forward to using slingplayer on my ipod touch. There is no way I will upgrade the hardware. I guess I will have to continue to use ORB. I hope people will NOT purchase the application. In fact, I hope we can submit reviews on the itunes store sharing are customer experience.
I used a bit of your letter and modded it for my situation:
Dear Mr Tannenbaum,
I am emailing you this afternoon to voice my disappointment in Slingmedia's decision to make the iPhone app incompatible with older Slinboxes based solely on the greed of the company wanting people to purchase new hardware. We know the player works fine with older Slingboxes as it has been working with jailbroken iPhones for a while now.
I have been a loyal slingmedia customer and own a Slingbox A/V which I have used with several Windows Mobile devices including the most recent powerful, HTC Touch Diamond with VGA screen. As a recent convert to the iPhone platform, Slingplayer for the iPhone was one of the "must have" applications that I wanted to have moving from Windows Mobile to the iPhone. However, since this requirement of having to purchase new hardware just to play on the iPhone, it looks as though I will no longer be able to support the company.
I have always been a staunch supporter of the product and have encouraged several friends and family members to get one for themselves.
With the growing number of alternatives out there to the Slingbox it strikes me as a very odd move that Slingmedia would alienate users who still have older boxes by making them purchase new hardware for no good reason. I was eagerly awaiting the iPhone app and was expecting to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 for the app. However if it will not be supporting the older Slingbox A/V will not be purchasing the app and will no longer be supporting the company or its products.
Although I am not an engineer, I am wondering why a firmware update (even if charged a reasonable amount) would not suffice in providing at least some form of basic functionality to the iPhone. Even though I have HD television, I don't need to transfer that to my mobile device and all I require is to be able to watch and control my DVR player as I have done with the various Windows Mobile devices I have had in the past.
I hope the company decides to reverse its position on this matter and support the older customers who have stuck by and promoted the product for the last few years. If not I can assure that, judging by the comments being posted on numerous forums and blogs online, I will not be the only one who stops using and promoting your product.
Thank you and good day.
Come on people what do you expect, it is what it is. In this day and age what do u ever buy that is not obsolete in a matter of couple years or even months. That goes for hardware, software, electronics or whatever. Company's are not here for just your convenience they are here to make money, period. This case might not even be that. Plain and simple they may have had to do this just to make the app functional.
Bull. I don't accept that and it seems that many don't accept it either, especially in the economy the way it is. I call this bull because my slingplayer streams video from my TV to a mobile device. It has been able to do that for devices even more powerful than the iPhone. Hmmm...how come a firmware update couldn't be offered or even better, how about a limited subset of functionality be offered that allow older units to stream as is like they do to my mobile devices. If the iPhone requires a different protocol than then the software deal with it.
Not trying to piss anyone off with this, but there just may be another prespective going on here that people dont realize is all. You may have Apple to blame for this, you dont really know for sure. A lower subset of functionality, why would sling want to do that and bring down what will be a great app. for other users and future users.
Of course you could be absolutely right, but we will probably never really know. I just think if this was sling's intention we would have heard this before it released it to apple. This is what makes me think this could be a possibility also, that this is apple's doing. No one is makeing sling give a $50.00 credit to people who need to upgrade either. They could easily just take on new customers and not do anything at all for previous owners.
If sling felt bad about it they would have more than a $50 credit
I went to the website and I sent Sling a nasty-gram. I suggested they look at the blogs (like this one) and see the feedback. I told them how come iPhone users are penalized while other mobile phones didn't have to get a hardware upgrade.
I'll let you all know if I get a response back from Sling.
I agree with David's posts before for a couple reasons.
1) We don't know why they will not allow the old ones to work with the new iphone ap. People are speculating without all the information (so typical of americans) and the mob mentality jumps on the bandwagon, "corporate greed" etc..
2) When you all (and I) bought the initial slingbox, we were never promised anything more than what we got. We spend $200+ to be able to watch tv on computers and i would have spent twice that, but that doesn't mean i should automatically be entitled to something more years later (such as the ability to watch on an iphone, the iphone didnt even exist when i bought mine)
3)If people cannot profit on innovation then people wont spend money and time to innovate. It is as simple as that.
All this nonwithstanding - it may prove to be a bad decision by sling media, simply because people may opt to turn to a competitor. I'm not arguing that this is good marketing etc. (especially if they are banning the old slingboxes for no good reason) and ruining customer loyalty - im just pointing out that we still do not know the all the facts and that we all shouldnt be out in arms about having to pay for additional services.
Now, someone feel free to explain to me how capitalism is dead.
While I'm not sure, I am an electrical engineer and I design Gigabit routers and switches for a living so I know a little something about bandwidth and video compression. I've looked over a number of the responses, and while I agree that it's totally too bad that the Sling folks will be requiring a new slingbox (mine is a solo and only 2 months old), I also highly suspect that this really could be fixed with a firmware upgrade.
Also, I offer a bit of speculation: It is highly probable that the newer sling boxes are more efficient from a bandwidth perspective than the older boxes. If part of the "deal" with Apple is to reduce this bandwith as much as possible, this could have been a good reason to limit the app to the newer more efficient devices.
Finally, the new iPhone3GZ to come out in June09 is said to now have double the 3G bandwidth possible. While this won't help AT&T, if I were the phone company mother-ship, I would start forking money into infrastructure as much as possible. This video thing is on it's way and no power on earth will stop it. The new switch/hub architectures are all about QOS and management which will help this along. Get with it AT&T. The new bandwidth will not be free, but won't cost as much as they want us to think.
C'mon you don't think that someone will hack this app and make it work with the old Slingboxes?
I agree it is total BS and this may or may not be a cash grab.
A reason why they could be doing this is they know full well someone will crack the app or create a substitute. Then there goes the revenue from the app. "No Problem" says the SlingMedia Exec! "We just ding the customer by making them buy new hardware!". That's when old man corporate wrings his wrinkly old hands and twirls his mustache and comments ala Mr Burns..."eeeeeeexcellent....".
Look if it can work over a network connection to a PC it can work over an iphone, stop kidding yourselves with techno babble (compression, protocols, blah blah). Orb worked on my 1st gen Ipod Touch, so did the NCAA March Madness games. They can make it work if they really wanted too but they wouldn't make cash after the app was hacked pure and simple...OUT...
I've written Sling Media about the seemingly unnecessary hardware upgrade which, of course, only impacts existing Sling Media customers. I had asked that they better explain the reason for the upgrade since we've all seen beta versions of the iPhone Slingplayer demonstrated on existing Slingboxes since 2007. After all, the upgrade could be legitimate. The response was basically "Don't upgrade if you don't want to, but you can't use the iPhone App or any other new functionality we might provide in the future." I have found the reason that people won't provide an explanation is that there isn't one that anyone wants to hear. I really wanted this iPhone App, but not for $200, and not by replacing an existing Slingbox that works just fine.
The Gall.
I own 3 Slingbox classics and an iPod Touch.
Now they're telling me that my Slingbox Classics won't work with the iPod Touch (iPhone Mobile)?
I officially think SLING sucks now.
I loved this company.
I ranted to everyone about them.
I beta tested for them.
And now, my boxes, in three different places in the world won't work on the iPhone platform?
They should seriously re-think that.
You want me to buy 3 more boxes?
You greedy idiots. Bad marketing strategy. Bad loyalty strategy.
Not supporting the people that supported you and made you who and what you are.
You've fallen off your pedestal in my view SLING Media.
And I WILL spread that word to all!
If you continue that policy, you should offer completely free upgrades to users like me.
I repeat, I bought three of them.
You b**tards.
Unimpressed and now undevoted and NO, I will not buy the Sling App for iPhone/iPod Touch that I was waiting for and I hope Apple doesn't let them sell it in the App store (it would serve them right).
It's bad enough they wanted $30 for it. Though they may have had that from me. Now they'll get nothing. I hope the company goes the way of GM, and fast.
A real shame indeed, Sling was such a great customer-focussed company before....It still makes
great products and the iPhone app looks stunning but this latest decision by their new owners stinks :(
I've seen so many people getting annoyed about this decision in various forums...especially the slingbox community forum. I along with many others have written to sling too and none of us have received even the courtesy of a reply.
Really all....the only way you can effectively show your disappointment is by not buying the app once it hits the store....Sling know that there is so much pent up demand for this App, but if after all that development it doesn't sell and hit the top of the App charts then they'll know somethings up.
Now there will always be those who are willing to take any rubbish from a company just to get the latest stuff....and they will even overlook this truly awful customer service, upgrade at great expense and buy the app...I see the attraction but maybe they could wait a couple of weeks before they buy the app just to show some kind off annoyance! leave duff feedback for the bad service not the App...the App looks great!
lets hope sling get the message and get back to being the great company they once were.
Of course, none of this will matter if Apple doesn't approve the iPhone Slingplayer App. It was supposedly submitted to Apple at least two weeks ago. The approval delay, plus AT&T's now retracted new restrictive TOS, and Sling Media's apparent attempt at self destruction by corporate greed lead to the conclusion that more may be going on than meets the eye.
I own a Slingbox AV and as soon as I heard about needing an upgrade for the iPhone I bought the Slingbox Pro HD. And I am very glad that I did. The Slingbox Pro HD provides much, much better picture than the Slinbox AV did. Plus, I am getting much higher and more consistent transfer rates.
If you can spring for the HD then I would definitely recommend it!
I am a customer of Sling box. I have an older Sling box and subscription to sling player mobile. I hate to say it, but the greed by Sling box to gorse their loyal custmers to spend extra money to have the ability to get Sling box on their iPhone, Not a good practice! $30.00 to get the Sling player mobile for iPhone, in a heart beat. Spend an extra $140.00 for no good reason, never... On Principal. During this economical crisis, karma.
I have an original Slingbox tuner..........didn't read the fine print,so i bought the app for my iPhone.
Sling Box support was no help.........less than friendly customer service people in Costa Rica,with the"we don't support the "tuner"- iPhone app!
When asked to enter a channel I can get local channels 1 through 11 by entering 4 in setup..........any suggestions on if I should enter different channels in setup to get more channels?.........I agree with most of the comments,this company sucks forcing you to upgrade.
Will never by another SlingBox product!
Very interesting site is organizing sling box sharing with all countries
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Great post, but you need a spelling and grammar checker =P
John Gruber of Daring Fireball has put up an interesting post debating marketshare vs. profit-share numbers in the good old Android vs. iPhone feud. He comes to the reasonable conclusion that the criteria for defining "winning" can vary, and that not all are equally valid. To wit -- money is the way you keep score in business.
If we count all the money in Apple's pockets from iOS devices vs. all the money in Google's pockets from Android devices (and throw in ODMs like HTC, Samsung, and Motorola for good measure), Apple's clearly winning. Heck, if we count the amount of customer satisfaction, the amount of iPhones sold vs. any other handset,, etc. you can find any number of reasons to rationalize the iPhone as winning.
And that's fine. But I'd argue it's wrong. Apple isn't winning.
Apple's already won.
Apple and the iPhone won years ago, when Google hit the brakes on their BlackBerry and Windows Mobile Standard competitor and began cloning the iPhone, when RIM and Microsoft stumbled their way towards Storm and QNX, and Windows Phone, when Palm went webOS, and Nokia burned their platform.
The smartphone now looks, feels, and acts nothing like it did before the iPhone, and that's because of the iPhone. Reviews now compare, contrast, and dub "killer" every new hero phone on the market to only one thing, and that's because the iPhone redefined the market.
And in tablets, the enormity of the victory is even more ridiculous. 18 months after launch it still has not a single rival. No one is breathing down the iPad's neck. No one is even breathing in the same hemisphere.
Whatever happens in the future, whether Android becomes the Windows of mobile, whether Rim or Microsoft surge back to the top spot, whether Apple trips and falls and one day becomes a shadow of its current success, Apple has set the standard and shaped the industry.
Every time a finger pinches or swipes a big capacitive touch screen, every time the modern web is functionally rendered, every time an app is easily purchased from a built-in store on any device, it concedes that the battle now can only be fought for the next generation.
Because for this generation, Apple has already won.
Coda: We live in a world where the flagship front-facing QWERTY BlackBerry has a capacitive touch screen, where Microsoft has a functional mobile web browser, and where every platform has an app store -- and Android has several. If you don't think that's because Apple won this generation, you're nuts.
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Idk if you noticed, but I did let him blog - in fact, I had no control over whether he blogged or not ;)
Check your facts first.
Btw, I really think it's you who needs to shut the pie hole. Really. You made it worse =)
Did you know that people who constantly correct grammar in comments are more hated then those that are always calling "FIRST!!!1"? Live with that. People hate you, more then "that moron"
I like how you somehow twisted it around to say that I called him a moron. Good job, moron.
It is a common problem on SPE sites, it seems. You gets used two it. :-D
Calling a spade , a spade alright, we all remember what touchscreens were like before iPhone . Garbage would be putting it nicely.
Duh, winning! Bi-winning! Winning here winning there!
Points that are too often overlooked
very well said sir.. dope article..
Great article.
The iPhone is so good.. the head of Google's Android development uses one more than his Android.
Android will win at the end.
random comment about iphone vs andorid phones. they don't count all ios devices vs all android devices for a very good reason. They don't all compete in the same market. Tablet markets are seperate from cell phone markets. They merely have similar operating systems.
When they compare phones with android to iphones, iphone is merely a proxy for "phones with ios." They assume you're intelligent enough to understand that the discussion is bound to the smartphone market and iphone is the only phone running ios thus it's kinda silly to say phones running ios when there is only one. If that changes they'll just say iphones unless they change the name of a second phone.
But this is about financial market analyst and they use these number to weight whether it's a good price to invest in a given market. And they use the number of iphone market share to gauge whether it continues to be a good investment at whatever price it happens to be at. If it's declining too fast i may not be. But the point isn't like money is gonna go to google. Google makes pennies off of android. And analyst know their growth comes largely from ad sales so a decline in apple market share for phones only effects whether they'll invest more or less in apple. Profit share doesn't mean that much. What they care more about is consistently growing profits. That is the rate of profit growth as opposed to the share. If they have 100 of profits it's not growing and thus a if that's the only revenue generator profits aren't getting bigger. If it has room to grow that's better. Apple is profitable, has room to grow, it's declining market share is expected, its' well run, and if they ever get off their ass has new products coming so people will continue to like them.
The rest of this charlie sheen winning stuff is kinda fanboy childish. Another reason why they need to release this phone so i can just use it and stop hitting all these websites. lol. but i wouldnt' get so bent out of shape over
but they will always analyze tablet market share and ios market share because the people making these are largely stock analyst and market share is the more useful barometer of earnings movement even if it bothers tech geeks trying to win a there operating system wars.
So you're creating another metric to define winning [the "copy cat" effect, if you will] but saying that's outright why they won, already. I agree w/ Gruber, we can all go back/forth defining our own definitions here.
I will say though...you're not going to see one single competitor to the iPhone. Every other OS [sans webOS] has multiple phone versions that, many times, change per carrier [especially w/ Android] so comparing one single phone model against individual models by different ODMs will not pan out properly. That's why you see Android Smartphones [as a whole] vs iPhone and not HTC Evo 3D vs iPhone.
Food for thought but again...just another metric in the never-ending saga of "who's winning"...today. :)
first off this is something we all need to see stick to the end there is still some stuff after the credits.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq5D43qAsVg
the point is there is no won and because the game is never over. even using the term winning is arbitrary. Rene usually your pretty reasonable with what you write and I'm not saying your unreasonable in this article but I think you've lost sight in that everything is just one more step in the grand theme we call progress
Well this works right up to the point where iOS 5 started taking things from Android ;) - so now I would say Android has Won :) Also in all of this - it wont be single device beating apple, but an army of devices.. As it ALWAYS has been with anything vs Apple.. Apple by its own way of doing business will eventually make it the minority/niche market. Closed / single device release cycle, too much control by apple, etc.
-- "Well this works right up to the point where iOS 5 started taking things from Android ;) - so now I would say Android has Won :)"
Apple "taking things" from Android is one thing...
Google rebuilding an entire OS as a response to the iPhone is another thing altogether.
We'll never know what Android would have looked like if the iPhone was never created.... but here's what Android looked like as recently as December 2007:
It's clear that Android was shaping up to be a competitor to the Blackberries and Palm Treos of the day...
Now you tell me.... who "took things" from who?
Man, Rene's articles are like Android to MG Siegler's IOS...
Really, who's interested in this "winning". Quit playschool. I like my Apple devices, but I don't need Apple to "win". Quite the opposite, it makes my phone common. I like my Audi, but I don't want Audi to be "the winner and sell more cars than anyone else". Most people don't buy Audis, not because they're being perceived as not good, but because some people prefer cheap over good, or have a different taste than myself. Which phone is "winning"? Really. Grow up.
Consumer mindshare is hugely under appreciated. . When 'iPod' 'iPhone' & 'iPad' became part of the average Joe's vernacular, that's when the winning started.
In the early 90's, the Windows PC became ubiquitous, just when the killer app of the Internet took off. The average consumer didn't even know what Apple was, that's why they lost that war.
I'm sure Jobs vowed to never let that happen again, in any category he got himself into, when he rejoined.
Couldn't agree more with this.
Such a silly article. I like Apple products almost as much as the next guy (I say almost because the next guy is a bit batty for Apple products), but I'm old enough to know that you don't focus on a few current items and declare that a company has won. Companies don't win, they simply lead for a while. You've taken Apples current advancements and declared them the winner because others are copying those advancements. However, Apples advancements comes on the backs of prior advancements. It would sound very silly to say that "Palm has won" every time you pick up any of today's smartphones. Fact is, Palm simply led for a while and died off when the competition took things to the next level. Stop pretending that the innovation started with and will end with Apple. It did not, and will not.
I swear, Renee posts from time to time such obvious fanboy articles that it's borderline Foxnews disgusting.
During a 2007 joint-appearance at the "All Things D" conference with Microsoft's Bill Gates, Jobs said the Microsoft deal came about because "there were too many people at Apple and in the Apple ecosystem playing the game of, for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose. And it was clear that you didn't have to play that game because Apple wasn't going to beat Microsoft. Apple didn't have to beat Microsoft. Apple had to remember who Apple was because they'd forgotten who Apple was."
Is Apple starting down the same path again, with Iphone vs. all other phones mentality?
I would say MSNBC disgusting. Rachel Maddow disgusting.
"...and not "batty" for other products"
Uhm...have you met an android or webOS fan lately? I can assure you that Apple is not the only game in town when it comes to people being "batty" for their products.
Look, Apple makes good products, nay, GREAT PRODUCTS! They deserve every bit of success they are getting. However, the batty stuff that causes one to write articles such is this is not only not necessary, it is distracting. Same for all platforms. I guess we just have to keep weeding through the mess to get good info.
This is the dumbest article I have ever read.
Spoken like a true Apple hater. Ignorance isn't bliss. Men lie, women lie...numbers don't.
I swear, Renee posts from time to time such obvious fanboy articles that it's borderline Foxnews disgusting.
During a 2007 joint-appearance at the "All Things D" conference with Microsoft's Bill Gates, Jobs said the Microsoft deal came about because "there were too many people at Apple and in the Apple ecosystem playing the game of, for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose. And it was clear that you didn't have to play that game because Apple wasn't going to beat Microsoft. Apple didn't have to beat Microsoft. Apple had to remember who Apple was because they'd forgotten who Apple was."
Is Apple starting down the same path again, with Iphone vs. all other phones mentality?
Rene this article is SPOT ON
Good article, but.... does this matter to the end user? At the end of the day, does this change anything? I don't get articles like this. Just give me an awesome phone and Ill use it. I think Apple and Google have both "won" I love my iPod and my iPad and I love my EVO. They are all great devices. I'm the winner, not Apple.
hell yea! thats what i say everytime i heard ios 5 is a copy of android...
Yeah, I give them some slack though. It feels like a rat race to get the story out first. Where I don't cut slack are for issues in the title. Those still bother me, as a writer. It is the easiest thing to proof read.
Your only mad cause he is right, Apple came into a mobile platform that has many serious competitors and from DAY 1 all their competition scared, if you don't believe that your actually ignorant
I use a blackberry everyday but there isn't a day i don't wish I has my old iPhone, and android is a whole operating system not just one phones it's really iPhone against every company out there and REALLY your mad at Rene?
Clearly Apple has won, and if you still don't believe that got check lines for iPhones on launch day
This article would make great sense if not for one little fact...none of us own Apple.
From Apple's perspective they have indeed won. They innovate and make more money than anyone. From our (everyone who doesn't own a computer company) perspective the Android OS is currently winning. They have their product on the most handsets.
This is realty, this is what matters:http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AAAPL


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This is a very small earthquake - at least from a distance. Nothing fell, nothing cracked (with the possible exception of me). But it was an unnerving beginning to the day. A day that is heading for 98 degrees. Again. A day where many Missourians are only beginning to come to grips with post-tornadic realities. A day when others are watching the rivers rise. Hell, even the bugs are jumping up and smacking us in the face.
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So what greets me when I open up Reader this morning? Kerry Scott telling me my house is on fire. No kidding. And she wants to know what I'd grab as I'm running out.
I actually started to think about it. The pictures are backed up online so I don't need to go for those. All the techy stuff can be replaced. My purse would be a good idea. But a thing - something of personal value or significance? This place is full of things. My grandmother's crocheted pieces. My great-grandfather's powder horn. A wooden goose I loved as girl and now have in my family room. Family silver and china and crystal and rugs. The quilts - I really should grab one of those. The books. My husband might grab one of the etchings from his family. The paintings. I'd probably go up in smoke trying to figure it out.
Months after Hurricane Katrina hit I spent several weeks working with the Red Cross in Mississippi. These things take a LONG time to clean up before anyone can begin to think of rebuilding. On Halloween we drove around cheerfully serving meals and passing out candy to families living in tents, trailers, campers amid the rubble. Cheerful was key. I was cheerful. I wore a St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap and bantered with the clients. They bantered back. I even teased one woman who was wearing a Christmas tree pin that she had the wrong holiday. She looked puzzled then glanced down at the pin. "It's the only thing I could find afterwards," she said. I can still see her face.
That's the point. When everything goes up in smoke I'll grab something. Probably whatever thing is nearest the door or window I'm jumping out of. It really doesn't matter what it is because it will be all that's left.
Meanwhile, I'm calling an end to this year. It has, on every possible level, been one for the books. I had high hopes for the rapture a few weeks ago, but that was a bust. No way I'm waiting until October for the next go-round. Time for a new one. I don't think I can actually pull off decreeing that it is now 2012, so from here on out this year is officially 2011.5.
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I recently celebrated my 5-year anniversary with GoGrid! That's me holding the service award we hand out to employees who celebrate 3 and 5-year anniversaries. It was 5 years ago that I implemented the idea of handing out these gems, gems that GoGrid employees proudly display at their desks.
I remember my first interview with, then, ServePath, and interviewing in a very small office down the street from our current corporate office. The office was so small my interview was conducted in the break area/lobby surrounded by cubes. 5 years later GoGrid's corporate office occupies the second floor in the Hills Plaza complex that overlooks the Bay Bridge. Talk about an upgrade!
My first tour of our San Francisco Data Center was amazing. Back then the data center shared the floor with cubes and offices, housing our small engineering and support teams. Now the data center is so big, with only servers and more servers lining pretty much every inch of our space, that I get lost on the occasional tours I give to my vendors and employees.
Although I have witnessed many changes over the last 5 years what hasn't changed are the people that work for GoGrid. We are still that group of people I saw on the Craigslist posting for my job 5 years ago but better. We still work hard and like to have fun. This is what makes GoGrid a great place to work and why there are quite a few of us who have been here for a very long time.
So now that I have been inducted to the unofficial (still working on internal marketing) "Old School" club I join the ranks of 14% of the company who have been here for 5 years or more and another 12% that will hit their 5 years sometime this year! This means as an Old School member I get one week to Take a Break this year- that's GoGrid's way of saying thanks for your continued years of service and that's in addition to the 25 other days I get for PTO. Thoughts on where I should vacation would be appreciated!
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