“George Orwell was an optimist” says Mikko Hypponen. This is a must watch, and he is a must follow on Twitter.
Forget anonymous e-mail. Think privacy.
Google or Skype or Yahoo are capable of providing true end-to-end encryption, but the problem that they run into is that that stops their business model of advertising. Mega’s business model is pay for storage. There’s no advertising.
I cannot wait to see this in action in the new year.
Today Samsung unveiled a smart watch called the Galaxy Gear There are a couple of significant downsides that temper my enthusiasm for the new Gear. First and foremost is the speed and intuitiveness of the user interface — or rather, the lack thereof. There’s a tangible lag to anything you do with the Gear, while…
Melissa Yeong wrote a really in-depth piece in the Financial Post “I am investing to build a sustainable and growing stream of passive income with the goal of it covering our household expenses by the time I am 45 years old. We won’t necessarily quit working at that point; it’s just for the goal of…
I don’t want to be forced to pay for a cellular and data plan from my carrier. I just want a data plan. When Apple introduced FaceTime in 2011 and Google unveiled Hangouts and Voice, the notion of VoIP (voice over I.P address) became popularized. In essence, you could talk to someone face-to-face without using…
Which mobile OS is the biggest productivity booster? “Apple has managed to create a new operating system that looks from any other on the market, and that is immediately easy and intuitive to use — and that is identical on any iOS device the company produces. In terms of user experience, iOS 7 clearly remains…
MBAs say values matter more than money Eighty-five percent of respondents said learning about social and environmental business is a priority for them in their graduate school program, and 91 percent said that social and environmental issues are essential or very important to a business’s long-term success. I am glad to see that so many…
Microsoft Enlists Pawn Stars to Mock Google Chromebook Microsoft’s anti-Google Scroogled campaign is showing no signs of slowing down. Its latest target is Google’s Chromebook. Microsoft has enlisted the stars of the successful reality TV series Pawn Stars to lampoon what it wants you to perceive as the Chromebook’s limitations (“It’s not a real laptop!”). Oh Microsoft. You and your “Scroogled”…
