August 18, 2015

Tuesday News: Online spying, speech, censorship, and piracy

JanetPublishing NewsATT / censorship / defamation / domestic surveillance / email / First-Amendment / national security / NSA / piracy / social privilege / speech rights6 Comments

What We Know About the NSA and AT&T’s Spying Pact – We talk about mergers like the AT&T + DirectTV deal from an anti-trust standpoint, but new information about AT&T’s “highly collaborative” relationship with the NSA provides a new level of concern about the consolidation of companies with control over a ... more >

June 19, 2014

Thursday News: Fire phone, spying increases demand for cloud services, Daniel Keyes dies, and hilarious First Moon Party video

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / cloud / Daniel Keyes / Fire / NSA / obituaries / Satire / security / SFF / Smartphone / YouTube2 Comments

Amazon’s Fire phone has average looks and high aspirations (hands-on) – Well, some of the reviews are in, and they’re not exactly glowing. If the Amazon Fire phone were a serious contender to overthrow the iPhone, I might consider it. But a phone that doesn’t even have Bluetooth (It has Bluetooth ... more >

February 4, 2014

Tuesday News: Rabih Alameddine loves his characters, Adobe hates you, Tech companies love transparency (sometimes), who loves a stolen book?, and when loving lasts too long

JanetPublishing NewsAdobe / author interview / DRM / Google / Libraries / NSA / privacy / sexual-encounters31 Comments

Interview: Rabih Alameddine, Author Of ‘An Unnecessary Woman’ – Alameddine’s novel features a heroine who works in a bookstore in Beirut and translates her favorite stories into Arabic, never to be sold or published. Despite the title and Aaliyah’s circumstances, she is happy and fulfilled. I adore Alameddine’s response to a question ... more >