Wild. Yahoo is on a march to redeem it’s late 90s early 00s title as a serious contender in the web-companies ring. Question I have is, where does this fit in Yahoo’s larger strategy?
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Wild. Yahoo is on a march to redeem it’s late 90s early 00s title as a serious contender in the web-companies ring. Question I have is, where does this fit in Yahoo’s larger strategy?
Novel concept but I have to say that the shape is inherently awkward to travel with. Also, it reminds me of the Pyramid Tablet
On a normal weeknight, Netflix accounts for almost a third of all Internet traffic entering North American homes. That’s more than YouTube, Hulu, Amazon.com, HBO Go, iTunes, and BitTorrent combined.
From a slashdot article (which I recommend reading all of it):
I haven’t been involved with McAfee Ant-virus for 21 years. When I ran the company the software was the best and least intrusive on the market, and in 1991 we had 87% of the world market. What happened after I left was none of my doing. As to name association, I am a master at sullying my own name and, all things considered, being associated with the worst software on the planet ranks way down the pole. It’s barely a blip in the ocean of associations – madman, paranoid, child molester, murderer, drug addict, unstable, liar, to name but a few.Thank god I’m 67 and will probably be too hard of hearing soon enough to have to listen to them rattling around wherever I go. Amy, thankfully, did half the job already by bursting my left eardrum when she tried to shoot me in the head while I slept back in 2011.
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It’s odd that people focus on the possibility that I might now be doing drugs (I’m not) and totally ignore the fact that from 1971 to 1982, 99% of my income came from smuggling and selling drugs. It’s a well documented feature of my past life. I was also taking more drugs weekly than most of you will do in a lifetime, and I was a totally indiscriminate user. Whatever came across my desk went up my nose, down my throat, in my veins or up the nether region. I never reached the notoriety of George and my writing, in comparison to him, did not merit writing books about my exploits, but we were not so totally different, he and I. I had my right testicle shattered by a hammer in 1974 when I ran afoul of some local drug barons in Oaxaca. Its the size of a grape now and shaped like a small frisbee. I have been in Mexican jails on three separate occasions and, frankly, I cannot recommend them. I was arrested in Bristol Tennessee in 1971 and charged with felony possession of a dangerous narcotic. A good lawyer got me of. (I always, oddly had tons of money that helped integrate me slightly back into humanity and smooth my transgressions).
Wow.
Terrible timing, but I wanted to post this either way. In the old podcasts app made by Apple, there was the controversial skeuomorphic reel-to-reel tape deck that was revealed by sliding the podcast logo-graphic up. Now, if you take a look at most of 5by5′s podcast graphics you’ll notice that the 5by5 logo is placed perfectly as to imply that you can indeed tap it to reveal the underlying interface. Take a look at this screenshot of Amplified’s graphic in the podcasts app. I almost wonder if this was deliberate by 5by5′s designers or just a coincidence.
If Apple integrates biometric authentication into the next iPhone, I think it will kickstart the next generation of consumer authentication. One where passwords slowly start becoming a historical item. Authentication 2.0
Because thinking beyond just fingerprint scanning to unlock your device, it’s easy to see how you could use it to login to any website.
Digital security is tough though, so there are certainly some holes with this.
Big news today, Yahoo is partnering with Dropbox to do file attachments. Especially interesting considering Dropbox just purchased Gmail client app Mailbox. I’m going to stamp this as a Marissa Mayer move.
Techcrunch:
In case you’ve forgotten, Yahoo! Mail is still the No. 3 most-used mail service in the world behind Hotmail and Gmail. But the last time we checked, it was No. 1 in the United States.
Actually not really a trend since I have only seen one example (thought there was another but can’t seem to find it…). Nevertheless, this is a great read. Hilarious and fun.
http://lookrobot.co.uk/2013/01/14/the-panasonic-toughpad-press-conference/
Joshua Topolsky has a very nice write-up on Google Glass. I recommend checking it out as Google Glass is a pretty exciting frontier in technology.
Highlights from todays unveiling
Have you ever lost or had your credit card stolen? It’s a common thing and usually a pain to recover from. Imagine if, when you lose your credit card, you could just temporarily block purchases from your iPhone/Android.
Today, Simple announced a few new features including the ability to block (and unblock) your Simple credit card from your mobile device.
After blocking your card, any additional card transactions will be declined. If you find that there’s no reason to be concerned about your card’s security, tap “Open Card,” and you’re free to use your card again.
That is quite awesome.
Now, I have a Simple card and the app but I have yet to “switch” it to be my primary bank (I say “switch” because there is a zero balance and no money is being deposited regularly). However, I do intend give it a try at some point.
What’s great about this is I bet more banks will notice and try to implement the same thing.
https://simple.com/blog/Banking/security-for-your-swipes/
Yesterday was an interesting day for Instagram. The morning was full of backlash and outcries over their new Terms of Service. Then, after an official statement from Instagram, there was even more comotion. Now that the dust has settled a bit, I decided to take a look back.
Start by reading MG Seigler’s article on Tech Crunch
Some highlights:
Some days I feel like the blogosphere is full of paranoid attention whores. Other days, I’m sure of it. Today is one of those days.
Have to agree with this as I really don’t think the story warrented such a reaction.
Well, now we have Instagram’s actual statement on the matter, and it’s pretty straightforward: “To be clear: it is not our intention to sell your photos,” wrote co-founder Kevin Systrom. He goes on to note that: “The language we proposed also raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement. We do not have plans for anything like this and because of that we’re going to remove the language that raised the question.” Not quite as straightforward — and I’m sure we’ll have 15 more blog posts on the matter — but clearly well-intentioned.
Well-intentioned or not, its quite the opposite of straightforward. It’s not their intention to sell everyones photos, but that doesn’t answer the question whether they will or not.
Fortunately, I am not the only one who drew this conclusion.
Note how ‘it is not our intention to sell your photos’ isn’t the same as saying ‘we won’t sell your photos’. Despite the forthrightness of the tone, the message is still unclear – will you or won’t you?
Update: Instagram has reverted back to the original Terms of Service
