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Five rational arguments against Apple's 3.3.1 policy
Many developers are up in arms about a new policy from Apple that mandates all iOS applications to be written in either a flavor of C or JavaScript. It’s original motivation is apparently to prevent Adobe’s imminent Flash-to-iOS compiler in CS5 from working, but the collateral damage is…
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Steve Jobs’ response on Section 3.3.1
After posting my reaction to clause 3.3.1 of the iPhone SDK terms I decided to write Steve Jobs the following email:
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Google honors Topeka, Kansas by becoming... Topeka.
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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A new approach to China: an update
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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James Randi comes out of the closet at 81
James Randi Educational Foundation
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How I Ran An Ad on Fox News via Google TV Ads
All stories about Video
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Karl Rove's book vs. Rework - what the American People need to know
REWORK, our new book on starting, building, and growing — or not growing — a business was released one week ago today. The book is selling out around the country and rocketed to #3 on Amazon.com’s bestseller list. Thanks to everyone who picked up a copy and spread the word. But…
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Patriot Act Renewed Without Any New Civil Liberties Protections
Yesterday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to renew three expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, after the Senate abandoned the PATRIOT reform effort and approved the extension by a voice vote on Wednesday night. Disappointingly, the government's dangerously...
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Senators Kerry & Lugar Introduce the Startup Visa Act
Senators Kerry & Lugar Introduce the Startup Visa Act in […]
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Serious threat to the web in Italy
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World
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How old were you when you decided to start giving up?
The official blog of Inkling Markets. We make prediction market software for organizations to improve their forecasting and make better decisions.
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Computers shouldn't make people feel like idiots
Predictably, some argue the iPad doesn’t do enough. It needs a keyboard or a removable battery or multitasking ability or whatever. But there’s an interesting backlash to that backlash. (Meta-backlash!) The discussion has people openly discussing an ugly truth that doesn’t typi…
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A new approach to China
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
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Almost a third of our portfolio is under attack by patent trolls.
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.
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Doctorow, How to Destroy the Book
Cory Doctorow, my former EFF colleague, now novelist and all-around-inspiration, gave a stirring speech entitled "How to Destroy the Book" in November at a Canadian conference dedicated to literacy. Fittingly, it was spontaneously transcribed and posted online at The Varsity.ca. The whole thing is...