Apple blocking Beeper Mini, not a service unto itself but an unauthorized client for a proprietary platform that costs a lot to run, is not anticompetitive
There's a lot to catch up on since last I wrote about Beeper. Long story short, they've been playing — and no surprise, losing — the cat-and-mouse game with Apple. Threads: @eshumarneedi , @lscottspe...
Software has eaten the world, fading into the background like electricity or cars before, and is now secondary to conventional industry differentiation concerns
Benedict Evans : Tweets: @chanezon , @josephflaherty , @eric_seufert , @eric_seufert , @hkanji , @craigmod , @benedictevans , @helgeklein , and @dwellington Tweets: @chanezon : “this year's MBA class...
A look at the rise of murder-for-hire marketplaces on the dark web, the vast majority of which are schemes to pilfer money from gullible users
The dark world of online murder markets — On a sunny July day in 2018, Alexis Stern was sitting behind the wheel of the red Ford Fusion … Tweets: @harpers , @adamshermanesq , @davidparis , @bcmercha...
Media historians, tech designers, science fiction writers, and activists on how and why “slow media” curated by humans should replace today's social media
My quest to imagine a different reality. Tweets: @nytimes , @ngrossman81 , @scottgreenfield , @craigmod , @profjessmaddox , @annaleen , @noahpinion , @warinthefuture , @janinezacharia , @fox , @amyxzh...
Human rights groups say false information spread on Facebook, which is dominant in Myanmar, is stoking violence against the Rohingya ethnic group
New York Times : Tweets: @craigmod , @pernillet , @juliacarriew , @lvandenassum , @kenroth , and @malachybrowne Tweets: @craigmod : (from no electricity to solar; from no connectivity to wireless; fr...
A look at how 15-year-old Google Book Search has shrunk in ambition and scope, after prolonged legal battles
Google Books was the company's first moonshot. But 15 years later, the project is stuck in low-Earth orbit. — Books can do anything. As Franz Kafka once said, “A book must be the axe for the froze...
If users prioritize big-data AI services, like those offered by Google, Amazon, Facebook, then Apple will be in a position similar to BlackBerry was in 2007
Before the iPhone, RIM's BlackBerry was the king of smartphones. They seemed unstoppable, because by most accounts … Tweets: @hunterwalk , @bryfitz , @craigmod , @benthompson , @benbajarin , @ericksc...