Ben Brooks on Island in the Net

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Posted on 15th December 20188th October 2019 by Khürt Williams

The Divide Between Silicon Valley and Washington Is a National-Security Threat (The Atlantic)

In the past year, Google executives, citing ethical concerns, have canceled an artificial-intelligence project with the Pentagon and refused to even bid on the Defense Department’s Project JEDI, a desperately needed $10 billion IT-improvement program. While stiff-arming Washington, Google has been embracing Beijing, helping the Chinese government develop a more effective censored search engine despite outcries from human-rights groups, American politicians, and, more recently, its own employees.

Via Ben Brooks

Apple, Amazon and the FTC

Posted on 6th July 201423rd March 2017 by Khürt Williams

Apple has added features to iOS to make it easier for parents to control their kids app and media purchases. Amazon in contrast if is fighting the FTC over adding these controls to their fire devices. Why? Just think about where these companies are making their money. Apple from the devices themselves, Amazon from selling…

TypeEngine and the Magazine

Posted on 14th March 201315th December 2018 by Khürt Williams

TypeEngine by Ben Brooks (Ben Brooks)

There isn’t a clear cut line here either. Dark text on a light background certainly isn’t a unique design, nor are red links 3 , but the combination of all the elements as TypeEngine has screenshotted can hardly be looked at as anything other than Samsung, I mean copying, Copying.

I'm a subscriber to the Magazine and I want Marco to succeed. However, I also want more compelling digital magazines – the Magazine is the only one I've found that's worthy of my money – and TypeEngine may help enable that. [caption id="attachment_45718" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] iPhone panorama.[/caption]

Lifting one finger

Posted on 9th June 2011 by Khürt Williams

Ben Brooks on the WWDC announcements: [quote]What Apple may or may not kill isn’t the big news. What is the big news is how Apple is cleverly shifting the consumer mindset — all without asking the consumer to lift a finger. Ok, maybe only asking them to lift one finger.[/quote]

Ben Brooks on the iPad 2 rear facing camera rumour

Posted on 20th January 2011 by Khürt Williams

Perhaps I am the only one, but what the hell good is a rear facing camera on a device that weighs 1.5lbs and is the size of a sheet of paper? "What the frack would I use it for?". That was my first reaction when someone at work mentioned the idea. "To take video and…