March 2010
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“It’s only the internet - it’s not as if people will turn up to...”
– Hundreds expected outside parliament to protest at digital economy bill | Technology | guardian.co.uk - Unfortunately, an unattributable (and potentially inaccurate) quote from the House of Lords about the Digital Economy Bill.
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“For years, Viacom continuously and secretly uploaded its content to YouTube,...”
– YouTube Blog: Broadcast Yourself - Just wow.
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So, Who's Ready To Buy Palm? →
Don’t get me wrong, the Pre isn’t perfect: but the webOS platform is genuinely innovative. I’ve always thought webOS would have been a Google OS (given their expertise in Javascript / HTML / CSS) - maybe more so than Android - but I’d be sad to see Palm disappear.
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“Writing good software basically comes down to having a worse case of OCD than...”
– Drew McLellan, via Twitter
“If you follow your customers, you’ll follow the money. If you follow the medium,...”
– Merlin Mann on the publishing industry - though equally it could be about the movie studios or record labels.
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On this Mac App Store Hysteria
Late last week, 9to5Mac - along with a number of other sites - reported the changes to Apple’s Mac Developer programme with “Mac Developer license falls to $99/year, Mac App Store coming?”. If you’ve read the piece, you may well agree there’s some logical failings, and whilst I try to not question the logic in too many articles for fear of sounding like a complete...
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Call Me Fishmeal.: An Open Letter to Steve Jobs... →
Go read this. Right now.
Apple’s lawsuit against HTC, whilst a bold - and potentially damaging move - continues to amaze me. I fully appreciate that a company has to provide sufficient evidence as part of any suit, but 700 pages of evidence - along with hardware examples - completely out the blue is one hell of smackdown to the Android ecosystem.
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“You think Apple is evil? The other mobile companies make Apple look like Nelson...”
– Tom Morris, via Twitter