Thursday, January 14, 2016
U.S. DOT paving way for self-driving cars
Chris Ziegler reports at The Verge:
DOT and NHTSA will develop the new tools necessary for this new era of vehicle safety and mobility, and will seek new authorities when they are necessary to ensure that fully autonomous vehicles, including those …
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Adele’s ‘25’ on Pandora Pandora confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that every track from Adele'e new album is available through its radio service. That's not going to be a particularly great way of listening to 25 — because Pandora is a radio service, it means you can't choose what …Wednesday, July 8, 2015
The Verge made a FAA drone exemption search engine Ben Popper reports at The Verge: We have partnered with the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College to collect data on every commercial exemption the FAA grants. It's a fascinating snapshot of a fast-growing industry still in its infancy. …Friday, May 8, 2015
The Amazon Noncompete Clause Here it is, in all its overbroad glory: During employment and for 18 months after the Separation Date, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, whether on Employee’s own behalf or on behalf of any other entity (for example, as an employee, agent, partner, or …Thursday, May 7, 2015
Apple under federal anti-competition scrutiny, again Micah Singleton writes for The Verge: Sources also indicated that Apple offered to pay YouTube’s music licensing fee to Universal Music Group if the label stopped allowing its songs on YouTube. Apple is seemingly trying to clear a path before its …Monday, December 15, 2014
The ethics of reporting on the Sony hackEmily Yoshida (@emilyyoshida), entertainment editor at The Verge, one of my favorite tech news sites, on the publication’s ongoing and deep contemplation of the ethics of reporting on unethically leaked information: The contents of the leak are already …Thursday, August 29, 2013
Apps for storing your photos in the cloudAt the end of the day, expertise or a lack of it will define your requirements in this space. Less savvy folks love Google+ Photos because the auto-upload is effectively unlimited for them with the appropriate size setting.Saturday, August 3, 2013
How the death of Google Reader is saving RSSBen Popper, at The Verge1: Some Reader partisans may have given up on RSS after the shutdown, but the majority seem to have migrated to other platforms. In the weeks following the announcement, Feedly saw 3 million Google Reader refugees sign up and …Saturday, April 20, 2013
Why carriers should be more worried than Google about Facebook HomeEllis Hamburger, writing at The Verge: Mirroring its rollout of free VoIP calling for iOS, Facebook has updated its Messenger app for Android to allow free calling for users in the US. I think this is Facebook’s true …Thursday, April 4, 2013
Facebook announces Home, an Android launcherI was right. Oh, and in case you were worried, there will eventually be ads in Facebook Home.Monday, April 1, 2013
2nd Circuit: Aereo streaming of individual over-the-air TV feeds via internet doesn’t violate copyright lawThe Second Circuit has held in WNET v Aereo (PDF) that sending a unique stream of over-the-air TV signal to customers via the internet isn’t a copyright violation. Aereo assign each of …Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Google and ExperimentationThis is a great article, especially if you don’t know much about the history of Android. However, Adrianne Jeffries of The Verge ends her article with a silly quote from Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg. Perhaps analysts have a legitimate role to play in the consumer …Sunday, March 17, 2013
Nope, Flickr’s hashtags aren’t news eitherWSJ was wrong to pretend potential Facebook hashtags are news, and everyone reporting about a similar move by Flickr is just as wrong. What makes this even less news is that Flickr has so far only started calling their longtime tags feature …Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Apple store trade dressI wonder if there are any retail stores out there that have looked like Apple stores since before Apple stores, and before this trademark was granted earlier this month. I don’t mean knock-off stores, though. I’m thinking make-up shops, art galleries, and other entities that …Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The Verge picks the best reads of 2012This is a great list, and includes only a few that missed, which probably means I read too much about tech. But what I particularly like about it is that most of the stories would appeal in one way or another to even to “normals”who don’t obsessively follow the …Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Nilay Patel on what we agree to when we use cloud servicesNilay Patel at The Verge reads some Terms of Service and drops some knowledge bombs. It’s definitely a must-read if you’re a Google, Dropbox, iCloud, or Skydrive user. So, if you’re on the internet at all, basically.Wednesday, November 21, 2012
US accused of launching cyberattack against French government A spokesperson from the US Embassy in Paris, responding to an article at The Verge about the accusations: We categorically deny these allegations from unnamed sources, published in L’Express, that the United States government has …Friday, November 2, 2012
Nearly all of Omni Magazine at the Internet ArchiveAdi Robertson shared this at The Verge and it made me very happy. I loved this magazine.Thursday, September 6, 2012
Kindle Fire HD 8.9: how the new Kindle tablet compares with the competitionAmazon increased the power and range of its Kindle offerings and achieved impressively-low pricing across the board. Again. I’m 100% certain someone I know will get one of the newly-announced devices, maybe even before the …Friday, August 24, 2012
Microsoft’s Election 2012 hub on Xbox Live heralds the interactive TV futureSamit Sarkar, reporting at The Verge: The interactive element of the hub is a live polling system. It will gather impressions from Xbox Live users as they watch live broadcasts of the three scheduled presidential …Friday, August 24, 2012
[Longread] Scamworld: ‘Get rich quick’ schemes mutate into an online monsterThis article by Joseph L. Flatley at The Verge is a feat of modern reporting and storytelling. Do yourself a favor and watch the associated documentary, too. I like to give everything a “link” / “longread” …Monday, July 30, 2012
Don’t believe the ‘Apple invests in Twitter’ hype In fact, an Apple investment in Twitter is painted as something Twitter can take or leave, but a partnership Apple desperately needs. Tim Carmody makes a great point in this piece.