We've recently been told quite a lot about the activities of the US National Security Agency in monitoring internet communications. Much of it could be described as "stuff you might have feared, but that's a bit depressing to have confirmed". For people outside the US, one perhaps surprising thing is that the US government seems… Continue reading “It didn’t violate the First Amendment because Americans weren’t among the people targeted”
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No Refunds
Bogus Pokemon evolves into iTunes smash hit; 2012: The Year Scam Apps Killed the App Store — As someone who used the Android Market before either of Apple's app stores, the thing I found most mind-boggling about Apple's was the lack of any apparent way to get a refund if an application doesn't work. It… Continue reading No Refunds
We Profit For You
Gosh, all this MONEY! It's so EXCITING! Aren't we all doing so WELL! When does this delight that finally our superior methods are winning start to wear off? When does it become a bit of a worry that no other company seems capable of doing this? That we're probably entering two decades of another closed… Continue reading We Profit For You
The Apple textbook
Apple have announced a free application for making textbooks, along with a push to provide commercial textbooks from existing publishers through their iBooks delivery medium. It looks as if commercial books produced in this way will remain entirely restricted to reading on Apple hardware. (There's more flexibility for free books.) Apple have had an increasing… Continue reading The Apple textbook
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