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February 25, 2016

Thursday News: The one about Apple and the FBI

JanetPublishing NewsApple / Bill Gates / FBI / iPhone / law / Mark Zuckerberg / national security / privacy / safety / security / surveillance / technology2 Comments

The Apple-FBI Fight Isn’t About Privacy vs. Security. Don’t Be Misled – The FBI’s demand that Apple create software that allows law enforcement (in this case, the FBI) into people’s phones marks a very important crossroads in regard to the tradeoff many people believe we must accept between privacy and security. ... more >

February 19, 2016

Friday News: DC, Apple, and Disney

JanetPublishing NewsApple / DC-Comics / Disney / female sexuality / iPhone / privacy / security6 Comments

DC ANNOUNCES FULL “REBIRTH” LINE, TWICE-MONTHLY BOOKS, LOWERED PRICE POINT – Information on DC’s “creative team” for their new line-up will be announced (and live-streamed) at the upcoming WonderCon, but in the meantime, DC Comics has announced that it will keep the price point for its DC Universe comic books at ... more >

October 27, 2015

Tuesday News: Penny books, iPhones & warrants, SXSW struggles with speech, and visualizing poetry

JanetPublishing NewsApple / booksellers / federal law / Free Speech / Gamergate / harassment / iPhone / poetry / SXSW / used books / visual arts / warrant8 Comments

A Penny for Your Books – I’ve actually always thought of these books as $4.00 books, because while they technically sell for a penny, Amazon’s $3.99 shipping effectively makes them $4.00. What I did not know, though, is that these books are basically picked from garbage. How brilliant is that?! It’s ... more >

Neuromancer by William Gibson
October 22, 2015

Thursday News: Harriet Klausner dies, Kindle “catfishers,” best SF books(?), and new iPhone emojis

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Apple / best books list / emojis / Harriet Klausner / iPhone / Kindle / reviews / SFF6 Comments

Obituary: Harriet Klausner – Janine kindly forwarded me a tweeted reference to Klausner’s obituary, which was the first I heard of her death. Indeed, I can otherwise find no mention of her death, outside of a reference to her date of death as October 15th on her Wikipedia page. Although the ... more >

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January 5, 2015

Monday News: Apple’s storage space problem, Sci-Fi Romance, “nerd entitlement,” and notable pop culture moments of 2014

JanetPublishing NewsApple / cloud storage / Ethics / gender / iPad / iPhone / lawsuit / power / Romance / Science Fiction / Science-Fiction-Romance / sexuality / social equality / storage space / Violence5 Comments

Apple sued for shrinking storage space on 16GB devices thanks to iOS 8 – Two Florida residents have filed suit in California against Apple, alleging that they have misrepresented the amount of storage space available on their 16GB iPhones and iPads, which is further limited in the upgrade from iOS7 ... more >

October 12, 2014

iPhone 6 Plus. Does Size Matter?

IAM JSONEssaysiPhone / reading / Tech Sunday16 Comments

So…..  my iPhone 6+ arrived last week. The big’un. I was worried when I ordered it that maybe it would be too big. That it would bend. I thought I end up wishing I’d ordered the 6 instead. Because here’s a truth. If I don’t have my phone, I am ... more >

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