Publishing 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 >
Publishing 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 >
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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 >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Apple / best of 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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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 >
EssaysiPhone / 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 >