Apple’s Legal Team Has Misplaced Priorities: Ivy League Teenagers Are Fair Game, Influential Global Liars Are Not
Apple’s legal team has misplaced priorities. Apple’s infamous litigiousness elicits umbrage or admiration depending on the bystander, but all would concede its effectiveness. Throughout the years, Apple has beaten critics in the courts, quashed rumors with legal complaints, and fostered a culture of secrecy that enables a sensational, spectacular product buzz unmatched in industry. The…
Facebook’s (In)conspicuous Absence From the Do Not Track Discussions
On the heels of President Obama’s recent introduction of a Privacy Bill of Rights, the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), the latest self-regulatory organization for online advertising, agreed to support widespread implementation of Do Not Track (DNT) browser headers. This is a laudable step, and in the coming months the responsibilities for how websites respond to…
Why Printers Suck (And What You Can Do About It)
Some say that printers were sent from hell to make us miserable. We cowtow to a machine’s anodyne griping about paper jams and ink levels, and still, after reloading the sheets and replacing the blue cartridge, the obstinate piece of machinery refuses to carry out its orders. How it is that a smartphone can do…
