Steve Jobs Offers World ‘Freedom From Porn’
I didn't plan to pick a fight with Steve Jobs last night. It just sort of happened: An iPad advertisement ticked me off; I sent the Apple CEO an angry email; he told me about “freedom from porn.” — ...
Facebook is a utility; utilities get regulated
From day one, Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook to become a social utility. He succeeded. Facebook is now a utility for many. The problem with utilities is that they get regulated. — Yesterday, I r...
MPAA Worries About Pirating U.S. Soldiers in Iraq
It is no secret that the MPAA is involved in an ongoing battle against copyright infringers in the United States. Tens of thousands of copyright notices are sent out each year informing illegal file-...
New ‘OpenID Connect’ Proposal Could Solve Many of the Social Web's Woes
David Recordon, one of the key architects of OpenID and other identity technologies that have emerged over the past five years, has envisioned a new direction for OpenID. — His proposal, which was d...
Adobe and Google Sitting in a Tree? Or Did Adobe Just Pwn Google?
There's something really fishy going on with Adobe's “I ♥ Apple” Ad campaign. You might have noticed it yesterday as you were browsing websites such as TechCrunch and Google Reader.
Tweets In Buzz: It's Complicated — Well, Maybe Political
Well, Maybe Political — Yesterday, I moderated a panel at TiEcon featuring the heads of product for Google, Twitter, and Facebook — an interesting group, obviously. It was a good, long discussion (h...
Skype Screen Sharing Is A Huge (And Free) Productivity Tool
Over the years we've been pitched many thousands of times by startups. Sometimes those pitches are in person. Sometimes it's over the phone, which works if you have a live website to play with.
10 juicy details from the iPhone affidavit
How the cops cracked the case of the missing fourth-generation prototype, step by step — Click to enlarge. Source: San Mateo Superior Court — Here's what we know now that we didn't know before th...
Asus netbook will have a takeaway phone
TAIWANESE MANUFACTURER Asus is planning a netbook with a slot-in mobile phone that will double as a 3G communications module, according to a UK distributor. — The arrangement offers an easy way to u...
Apple MacBook refresh leaked in Vietnam (video)
We're not sure what's going on in Vietnam these days but it's suddenly a hot bed for industry leaks. Perhaps it's due to manufacturers expanding from China to Vietnam's relatively cheap (but limited)...
How secure is Flash? Here's what Adobe won't tell you
Yesterday, I called Adobe's Flash “the new Vista” and asked the company to start talking seriously about how they're addressing problems with their products instead of pretending those problems don't ...
Bill Maher Thinks The Government Would Work Better If It Was Run By Apple
Bill Maher's public disillusion with President Barack Obama continued on last night's Real Time, where Maher expressed confusion at the fact that the President was now denouncing technology, a referen...