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Meet the godfather of wearables | The Verge
He continues, “People are upset about privacy, but in one sense they are insufficiently upset because they don’t really understand what’s at risk. They are looking only at the short term.” And to him, there is only one viable answer to these potential risks: “You’re going to control your own data.” He sees the future…
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Apple Launches Swift, A New Programming Language For Writing iOS And OS X Apps
I remember the first big lurching migrations in Developer’s Tools when the PowerPC came into view (CodeWarrior marked the move from Pascal to C), then subsequent to that OS 9 to OS X (moved from C to Objective-C) then the last big migration was from PowerPC to Intel. Now today we got Swift to mark…
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Testing, Testing: How Google And Amazon Can Help Make Websites Rock Solid – ReadWrite
It’s not unprecedented: Google already offers a testing suite for Android apps, though that’s focused on making sure they run well on smartphones and tablets, not testing the cloud-based services they connect to. If Google added testing services for the websites and services those apps connect to, it would have an end-to-end lock on developing…
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TrueCrypt, An Open-Source Whole-Disk Encryption System, Leaves Users High And Dry
More word on TrueCrypt closing up shop and taking out one of the best full disk encryption utilities available for free or for money.
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Justin.tv gets rid of its archives, discontinues premium service
Originally posted on Gigaom: Pioneering live video streaming site Justin.tv is getting rid of all of its archived content, and won’t offer the ability to record and archive any live streams going forward. The company made the announcement in a blog post this week, which read in part: “We found that more than half of…
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Here’s what you need to know about the sudden and mysterious death of TrueCrypt
Originally posted on Gigaom: The web security scene is thoroughly weirded out following the abrupt and inexplicable closure of the TrueCrypt project. TrueCrypt was an anonymously authored piece of disk encryption software that came well-recommended — even Edward Snowden was keen on teaching people how to use it. It allowed users to create hidden volumes…
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Google Shames Slow U.S. ISPs With Its New YouTube Video Quality Report
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Surface Pro 3 isn’t a superb tablet (but that may be OK)
Originally posted on Gigaom: Since last week, I’ve been using the Surface Pro 3 review unit Microsoft loaned me on a nearly full-time basis. I normally use a Chromebook(s goog) for my computing activities, both work and personal, so it has been a bit of an adjustment. So far, though, the Surface Pro 3 has worked…
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ARM targets enterprise with 32-core, 1.6TB/sec bandwidth beastie • The Register
Speaking of speeds and feeds, ARM claims that when running at 2GHz, the CoreLink CCN-508 can deliver up to 1.6TB/sec of usable system bandwidth – and that’s “T” as in “tera”. When equipped with DDR4 memory, its four-channel memory system can nudge up to around 75GB/sec. via ARM targets enterprise with 32-core, 1.6TB/sec bandwidth beastie…
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Microsoft Challenged A National Security Letter That Included A Gag Order And Won
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