When I was young, my mom and my grandmother were always yelling at me to put my coat on when I went outside. Often times I didn’t listen. And then I got grounded. I got to be familiar with my room fairly often when I was under 5′ tall. But times have changed. Now, instead of having physical bodies yelling at me to put my coat on, I can have a net nanny coat hanger do it for me. If you haven’t got it by now, the coat hanger is connected to the internet...
Anyone who is “afraid” or not into technology will usually point out their distain for being watched, monitored, or snooped on. It’s a valid argument. Though one that I tend to look past as gadgets of all shapes, sizes, and colors yank my attention faster than – It seems the current trend in nanny state movements is that of hidden (and sometimes not so hidden) cameras. Under the guise of security, the last several years have seen copious amounts...
Reach back in the depths of your cranial cortex to April 26th. It was then that we talked about an upcoming app by developer “Greg”, that allowed you to sync your iPhone/iPod Touch over WiFi. Obviously, a bunch of criticism and shifty eyes followed as such functionality is just so terrible for the App Store. And as we thought, Greg has come forward today to announce that while Apple did reject his extremely useful app (that adds functionality we’ve...
I’ve seen plenty of articles criticizing Ubisoft’s latest DRM scheme. You know, the one requiring you have to have a constant internet connection where an interruption in your service, if even for a split second, will cancel your current game and fail to save any progress. Ya, it is an epic failure on paper and in practice. How anyone could think this is a good idea is f*cking stupid. Ubisoft has tried defending their position basically saying that from...
Joining the likes of Metalica’s Lars Ulrich and U2 manager Patrick McGuinness, U2 frontman Bono is starting off 2010 showing his incompetence and complete lack of understanding of the music marketplace in the digital age. In an article in the NYT, Bono claims the entire world needs stricter web copyright policies and more policing. This is the exact opposite of what really needs to happen. The real solution is simple — change your decades old business model...
